December 10, 2016 — Many of us are already aware of the ways that version control is necessary and beneficial when building software, but it can also easily be applied to parts of life outside of work. Lisa will suggest a few surprising and creative ways to use version control in a nontechnical capacity. You’ll come away from this talk with both a new appreciation for version control and the inspiration to start using it in a new way.

December 10, 2016 — Content can make or break a great WordPress site. While developers aren’t always in control of creating the content, it’s an integral part of their jobs. If you are tired of getting vague specs on content demands and want to learn how to communicate with your content creators, the tips covered in this talk will get you speaking their language! No more fuzzy constraints or unknown variables, when you learn effective communication skills with content creators you’ll reduce stress AND development time!

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December 10, 2016 — Life is like an iceberg.

Too often we only see or share the good and great, the sunshine and success (or the above the surface stuff). But in reality, we all suffer and struggle at some point with things buried under the surface.

Particularly in the online world we’re immersed in, it’s too easy to get lost, or to suffer in silence.

My story is an example of that. In almost 9 years of entrepreneurship (10 in the WordPress community), I’ve had my share of above the surface successes (co-authoring a “For Dummies” book, building a great WP company) as well as below the surface struggles (divorce and depression).

I will be sharing my personal experiences and story and how I manage my iceberg in business and life.

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December 10, 2016 — Do you work in a development team or on an open source project? (Of course you do, because you work with WordPress.) 🙂 If you do, do you have a code review practice or set of guidelines? Let’s talk about why code review is a fantastic tool and can help you keep your code running optimally as much as possible.

We’ll discuss principles of code review, some examples of code review in practice, and easy ways for you to implement the basics of code review in your development practices.

December 10, 2016 — In Episode 8 I talk about the Flow Team, which reported on the user experience of a volunteer testing the WordPress Mobile App Version 6.1 on an Android 5.1 device.

The Support Team is a good place for someone to get started helping people who have issues with their WordPress websites.

December 9, 2016 — Getting readers to your website, blog or landing page is only half the battle. Once they have arrived you need to keep’em and hook’em. Wether you’re selling a service, product or point of view your copy needs to do more than just engage your readers, it needs to seduce them! In this presentation we’ll look at creative copy writing techniques that convert your readers into site members, subscribers, customers or whatever your goal is!

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December 9, 2016 — Pour avoir un site Web qui est capable de supporter beaucoup de visites et facile d’entretien demande beaucoup de précautions.
Tout faire sur le site Web public parce qu’il est difficile de pouvoir reproduire et se résoudre tout réinstaller, nous faisons les « coins ronds ».

Télécharger sur le serveur lorsqu’on enregistre des changements est une méthode de travail à bannir depuis les années 1990.

Comment organiser son espace de travail de développement Web et pouvoir le comprendre?
Comment l’organiser pour que je n’aie pas à écrire dans des documents texte comment j’ai fait la dernière fois?
Comment être capable de répondre à la charge de travail s’il y a beaucoup de visiteurs simultanés parce qu’il est devenu populaire?
Les « frameworks » de développement modernes et commerciaux ont toutes leurs façons de fonctionner et WordPress n’est pas facile a adapter aux techniques modernes.

J’illustrerai comment adapter WordPress pour être plus facile à entretenir de façon automatisée. Je démontrerai aussi quelques gabarits fonctionnels dans un contexte de système de gestion de configuration, comment organiser son code pour qu’il puisse être possible de travailler localement, et y exécuter la même configuration partout en tenant compte des subtilités à observer.

Il y a plein d’outils, de techniques, et tutoriels de disponibles sur le Web. Cette présentation illustrera par quoi commencer, et j’y partagerai quelques leçons apprises à la dure.

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December 9, 2016 — Code quality truly matters! This talk is about understanding why investing in quality development is key, from a business point of view as well as a for technical reasons.

December 8, 2016 — У своєму виступі Орест розповідає як кожна особа, що має певне захоплення, спеціальність чи унікальні знання, може перетворити це у бізнес за допомогою ведення тематичного блогу, адже сам Орест власне так і починав свого часу. Зрештою запуск профільного блогу він вважає одним із найкращих перших кроків до збільшення продаж все існуючого бізнесу чи монетизації особистих чи професійних якостей окремих осіб.

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December 8, 2016 — När WordPress nämns så går tankarna direkt till webbsajter, stora eller små, men med det nya möjligheterna som API:et öppnar för så höjs blicken för vad som kan göras. Det öppnar för helt nya projekt där WordPress är kärnan men utförandet kan bli till vilken typ av produkt som helst, varav de närmaste typerna är appar och digital publicering, men kan sträcka sig mycket längre än så. Vi har arbetat med att ta steget över till sajter och appar som drivs helt av API:et för ett flertal projekt, bl.a. för Bonnier tidskrifters kommande digital plattform, och kommer dela med oss om den processen. Det har varit både utmanade och fantastiskt och det finns många lärdomar som kommer hjälpa när du väljer att ta nästa steg.