January 10, 2015 — This talk is an introduction to e-commerce on WordPress, giving special attention to Shopp. It discusses what to consider when setting up a store front while configuring Shopp from scratch.

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January 9, 2015 — iThemes Exchange is billed as the simplest e-commerce plugin you will ever use. In this session you’ll get to hear directly from the project’s lead developer and see for yourself how to build tools that are easy to use and feature rich.

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January 8, 2015 — This talk discusses what work/life balance is; how to see the warning signs that the paths are crossing; and how to maintain the balance so that both work and life are enjoyable and fulfilling.

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January 7, 2015 — This talk looks at a few of the horror stories to see how things went terribly wrong and what I might have done to prevent them. Essentially looking at the pitfalls in managing client relationships, taking responsibility for our own actions and working to improve our communication skills.

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January 7, 2015 — What is required to ensure that your themes, plugins, and content are multilingual ready?
Which plugins extend WordPress core to provide multilingual capabilities?
How do I translate a theme into a new language?
How do I send content to a translation services provider?
What is the process for translating posts, pages, menus, and other types of content?
How can machine, community, and professional translation be leveraged?

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January 7, 2015 — This talk covers using custom metaboxes, fields, and forms to provide structure to your data, as well as keeping WordPress very easy to use for clients. By leveraging CMB2, a major rewrite of the popular “Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress” library, you’ll be able to enable all sorts of awesome things in your WordPress sites with minimal code effort.

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January 7, 2015 — This presentation talks about getting the confidence to kickstart your web development career NOW and within short order build it into a serious part or full time income without any initial out of pocket investment.

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January 7, 2015 — This session discusses:
Choosing your Audience – Building out your content – Theme or custom? – What Plugins must I have? – Security, content management, IDX, social interaction.

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January 7, 2015 — We always talk about rankings and the performance of your website, but changes you make to your overall business strategy can greatly impact the way your website performs and how much business you actually makes.

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January 6, 2015 — Yana Petrova talks about depression in IT, a problem that seems to be widespread in the industry and still something that people prefer not to talk about. How depression can be recognised, how to find the actual reasons for it and why nobody should be afraid or ashamed to ask for help are some of the main points in her talk. She believes that speaking freely (and also listening) about depression and mental health is an important step for making the environment around us better.

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