Author Archive

  • Bethany Siegler: Where to Begin with WordPress

    WordCamp Denver 2015Speaker: Bethany Siegler

    July 1, 2015 — Each time I go to WordCamp, there is a group of folks (either site owners, newbie bloggers or graphic designers) who want to understand the basics of WordPress. They struggle to fit in, they don’t know how to get started.
    By sharing tales of my own start in 2005, as well as how my colleagues, collaborators and clients got their feet wet (sometimes falling on their eventual road to success), I believe it can do several things:
    • Fill a missing gap in the beginner’s struggle
    • Provide confidence (and tips) to overcoming the curve
    • Begin their day feeling connected and ready to learn from the rest of the event’s storytellers

  • Chris Lema: We Are Not Building Chairs

    WordCamp Denver 2015Speaker: Chris Lema

    June 30, 2015 — Chris tells the story of managing software developers who create WordPress sites, plugins, and custom themes – using the concepts of freedom, constraints, complexity and chaos.

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  • John James Jacoby: Cultivating Community

    WordCamp Miami 2015Speaker: John James Jacoby

    June 30, 2015 — BuddyPress history and perspective.

  • Dominik Schilling, Konstantin Obenland: WordPress Q and A

    WordCamp Cologne 2015Speakers: Konstantin Obenland, Dominik Schilling

    June 30, 2015 — WordPress – Was du schon immer wissen wolltest, aber dich nie getraut hast zu fragen.

    Es gibt kaum welche im deutschsprachigen Raum, die sich besser mit WordPress auskennen — und für eine spontane Frage- und Antwort-Runde auf eine Bühne trauen:

    Dominik und Konstantin tragen mit zusammen über 1.000 Änderungen alleine am WordPress Core seit Jahren zur Entwicklung von WordPress bei.

    Zwischen Arbeit an WordPress.com und Verbesserung der WordPress.org Infrastruktur, sowie Default Themes und Übersetzungen, gibt es kaum etwas, was die beiden noch nicht gesehen haben. Nach einer kurzen Vorstellung und einem Ausblick auf WordPress 4.3 beantworten sie alle Fragen die ihnen gestellt werden. Ausser über WordPress im Jahr 2020, denn die Glaskugel ist ihnen kaputt gegangen.

  • Sze Liu: How to Start a WordPress E-commerce Site Using WooCommerce

    WordCamp Miami 2015Speaker: Sze Liu

    June 30, 2015 — How to Start a WordPress E-commerce site using WooCommerce” is a 30-min step by step presentation on how to set up an online store on WordPress with WooCommerce. Set up a simple E-Commerce WordPress site. It’s best for beginners in e-commerce and beginners to immediate in WordPress.

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  • Kirsten Schelper: Buzzword Information Architecture

    WordCamp Cologne 2015Speaker: Kirsten Schelper

    June 30, 2015 — Für mittelgroße und größere Webprojekte ist eine solide Planung sehr wichtig. Für kleine Projekte auch. Im Alltagsgeschäft geht dieser Aspekt oft unter, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Kunde, Designer und Coder verläuft improvisiert bis chaotisch. Irgendwer macht irgendwann ein Strukturdiagramm, der Designer entwirft etwas Hübsches und der Coder schraubt es zusammen. Kurz vor Launch kommt der Kunde mit seinen Inhalten.

    Das kann gut gehen. In der Regel führt dieser Ablauf aber zu jeder Menge Missverständnissen und Wiederholungsschleifen. Kunde, Designer und Coder sind gestresst, Kosten laufen auf und die Zeit wird knapp.

    In ihrer Präsentation spricht Kirsten darüber, welche Schritte notwendig sind, um mit den Herausforderungen zurechtzukommen, denen wir täglich bei der Planung von Web-Projekten begegnen.

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  • Job Thomas: Nuke Your Community and Make It Flourish

    WordCamp Cologne 2015Speaker: Job Thomas

    June 30, 2015 — In his talk, Job will illustrate how community building does not merely depend on using the right tactics, but also on understanding your community’s culture and preferences and being ready to adjust your plans to serve it.

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  • Petya Raykovska: On Making WordPress

    WordCamp Cologne 2015Speaker: Petya Raykovska

    June 30, 2015 — This talk will introduce the different aspects of the WordPress project, the different teams on make.wordpress.org and will hopefully convince everyone that you don’t need to write a single line of code to be an active WordPress contributor.

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  • Luc Princen: The Javascript Theme – business in the front, WordPress in the back

    WordCamp Cologne 2015Speaker: Luc Princen

    June 30, 2015 — JavaScript now offers one of the best ways to deliver a clean, well-structured front end for your WordPress website. In Luc’s talk we’ll combine tools like the REST API, Backbone and Handlebars to give developers more control then ever and a theme that’s a delight to both build and maintain.

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  • James Tryon: Understanding Your Project Before You Start

    WordCamp Miami 2015Speaker: James Tryon

    June 29, 2015 — Let’s take a step back and think about our project. We need to understand the project, the company we are building the site for, and all the goals associated with the project.

    So many people rush in. Sometimes we are too eager to get started, or we are too worried about how it will look or a specific due date. This leads to upset clients, under quoting your work or the very worst – project failure. Let’s fix that.

    After this talk, you should know things like:

    – Planning/breaking down entire projects

    – Defining the problems you are trying to fix.

    – Defining and setting goals.

    – Defining your target audience and learning to view things through their eyes.

    – Creating a site map.

    – Defining all the custom Post types and Taxonomies.

    – Planning an order of attach.

    – Setting timelines

    – The importance of communication.

    – Understanding how Project Management is just as important as anything else.

    Anyone that built or is thinking about starting a website would benefit from this talk. Even advanced developers could get a lot out of a talk like this.

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