Author Archive
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James Laws: Your Web Form Stinks
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: James LawsApril 23, 2015 — This presentation covers both industry standards and my own professional experience to help you create a web form that does exactly what you want… get people to click submit.
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Nancy Thanki: Best Practices – Building Accessible Websites in WordPress
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Nancy ThankiApril 21, 2015 — This presentation discusses both tools and techniques that can help you build accessible websites.
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Lenny Gale: Performance Max
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Lenny GaleApril 21, 2015 — In this session, I share my story about working remotely, first as a CPA consultant and now as a full-time blogger. Plus, I talk about the three things I do every morning before 10am that keep me motivated, productive and energized throughout the day.
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Tom Tortorici: Awesome Images On Your WordPress Site
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Tom TortoriciApril 20, 2015 — When someone lands on your website, the first thing they notice are the images. Are they powerful, compelling visuals that draw visitors closer? Or are they … just o.k.?
We’ll look at a slew of before-and-after examples that show what can be done to increase the visual appeal and visceral impact of your photos on the web. From banner images to profile photos to stock photos, you’ll discover tips, ideas and all kinds useful insights for creating ‘eye candy’ that makes your site stand out. This is a non-technical presentation of eye-catching possibilities. -
Aisha Henderson: Sass and WordPress—Enhancing Your Front-End Workflow
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Aisha HendersonApril 19, 2015 — This talk covers how to start your theme development with Sass and WordPress, using Underscores as the starter theme. While this session is geared towards beginning WordPress theme designers I recommend this for anyone inquiring about Sass and it’s awesome features.
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Adam Silverstein: Put a Little Backbone in Your WordPress
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Adam SilversteinApril 19, 2015 — This talk delves into a sample Backbone project and review major WordPress core components built with Backbone – including media, revisions and themes. And also covers using the JSON REST API to get data into and out of WordPress.
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Jamal Jackson: WordPress JSON API and You!
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Jamal JacksonApril 19, 2015 — This presentation goes over the new and interesting avenues presented for WP developers with the new JSON API integration. And talks about things like best practice API consumption, possible use cases, upselling plans for clients, and much more!
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Tom Sommerville: MultiSite As An Intranet Hosting Platform
WordCamp Toronto 2014Speaker: Tom SommervilleApril 18, 2015 — Case study of OPSpedia, which uses WordPress MultiSite as a hosting platform for numerous Ministry and enterprise intranets, as well as a blogging platform and professional networking site for Government of Ontario employees.
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Stefanie Newell: Using Your Platform To Write Your First Book
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Stefanie NewellApril 18, 2015 — Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, this session is designed to help you begin your manuscript and complete it! It will walk writers through the first year of writing including: the dreaded procrastination, never having time, fleshing out ideas, writing the first words, writers block, and more!
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Tom McFarlin: TL;DR – The Importance of Following the WordPress Coding Standards
WordCamp Atlanta 2015Speaker: Tom McFarlinApril 17, 2015 — Sounds boring, right? Maybe. But how many times have you inherited code from someone else only to find yourself spending half the time on the project trying to figure out what was going on with the code. This is a point of frustration that developers have all felt at some point or another especially when inheriting projects from another agency or another group of programmers. But it doesn’t have to be this way! In fact, coding standards make it possible to actually minimize frustration both for us and our peers.
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