August 17, 2015 — Tom talks about how he built a tournament-style bracket system for the NYPost’s Decider.com using the Polldaddy API and Fieldmanager. Aside from the brackets themselves (voting, round creation and procession, match-ups, modal navigation), He touchs on some related aspects of the development process such as: Custom fields, storing data, leveraging available services/functionality, scalability.

August 15, 2015 — Forms. We all use them to collect contact information, but there’s so much more you can do with a custom form builder. Many WordPress users don’t realize just how much you can get out of this one little tool.
Naomi’s session opens a whole world of possibilities for you to discover with your deceptively simple but incredibly powerful form builder. Learn how to equip your website to collect payments, schedule appointments and lots more—all while avoiding the need to bloat your site with a dozen different plugins.

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August 13, 2015 — In Phillips Vortrag geht es um die Präsentation eines nackten WordPress-Themes für WordPress-Entwickler, WordPress-Hasser und WordPress Einsteiger in der Theme-Entwicklung.

Das Theme ist so aufgebaut, das zunächst alle Scripts, Klassen und Styles entfernt sind, sich aber mühelos wieder hinzufügen lassen. Der Vortrag beantwortet die häufig gestellten Fragen: “Wie entferne ich etwas?” und “Wie füge ich etwas ein?”. Das Theme soll dabei helfen WordPress zu verstehen und zu eigenen Lösungen anregen.

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August 13, 2015 — Konstantin spricht in seiner kurzen Session über die Herausforderung für Plugins, Dokumenten-Titel ordentlich darzustellen und welcher Lösungsweg jetzt beschritten wird.

August 13, 2015 — We’ve spent almost a decade perfecting the art of adding settings to WordPress, in hopes of improving the user experience. Instead, we’ve destroyed it. I talk about how we can make decisions for users, shape the settings experience based on a user’s environment and specific needs, along with looking at how low-level AI (artificial intelligence) can be used to reimagine the entire settings experience in not just WordPress, but all software (and maybe even the world).

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August 12, 2015 — This session will contain an introduction to WP Settings API, Functions list, Adding settions fields on an existing page and a new page along with overall discussion on why use Settings API.

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August 12, 2015 — Whether a plugin or theme, free or paid, at some point you’ll need to support your product. Let me show you how to lay the groundwork for customer expectations and prove excellent support without going (completely) insane.

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August 12, 2015 — The tools for PHP performance profiling (from basic to advanced) and how to build actionable and beneficial workflows out of them.

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August 12, 2015 — Content is still king, and some claim that 95% of the web is text. How do you present your texts? I want to give an introduction to the anatomy of letters and hierarchy of text, how to choose the right font and practical tips for good readability and accessibility.

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August 11, 2015 — Former CEO of CyberChimps gives on a presentation on how to launch a product using WordPress. The presentation touches on how to put together an minimum viable product, and launch your product using WordPress.

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