October 26, 2014 — Stop plopping text on a page and think about new ways to present content. Create a library of design patterns that you can reuse (portfolios, testimonials, staff directories, and more) and pair them with Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and the Custom Field Suite. With a bit of prep work, you can create a reusable toolkit for building sites that more functional and purposeful while making your own work more efficient.
October 26, 2014 — Everybody needs to migrate a WordPress site between servers every now and then. Daniel showed how to avoid the common and not so common pitfalls of moving our sites.
October 26, 2014 — Choosing the right blogging tools can save you time and help you grow. Which tools and plugins should you be using? In this session, Syed Balkhi reveals his favorite tools that can help you dramatically improve your workflow and grow your blog. Take away practical tips that you can implement on your blog literally within hours.
October 26, 2014 — Aaron talks about becoming involved in the WordPress Community. Everybody, from user to developer, can make a contribution and make a difference.
October 23, 2014 — There are many things that solo developers do that break down when placed in a team environment. We’ll walk through some of the best practices and things to keep in mind when going from freelance to working in a team.
October 22, 2014 — Adrian unveiled his reimagined distraction-free content editor for WordPress – FrontKit.
October 22, 2014 — 現在WordPressサイトの構築や更新には、FTPもしくはSFTPソフトを利用したデプロイメントが主流です。
サイト全体の引っ越しであれば、あるいはrsyncやscpといったコマンドを使う場合もあるでしょう。
しかし手動で行う作業や、不慣れなコマンドを使うことにより、ミスしたり、時間が掛かったりしませんか?
一方で、最近は開発にGitを用いたVCを実践している、あるいは検討、勉強しているという方も少しずつ増えてきている反面、実務でわざわざ使う利点をイマイチ見いだせていない…という方もいるはず。
そこでGitとデプロイツール(サービス)を組み合わせたテーマ、プラグイン、サイト全体の、より効率的かつスピーディーなデプロイとその自動化を提案します。
また、WordPressサイトにこのワークフローを導入する際の注意点も考えます。
まだまだ、個人と職場両方の場で模索しながらこのワークフローを試しています。
実績に基づく「これをやっておけばよい」という正解をシェアできるものではありませんが、
同様に模索している方や興味ある方と現在のノウハウをシェアしあい、
インスパイアしあえるきっかけになればと思います。
October 21, 2014 — John Rodriguez – Integrating Facebook Ad tracking with WordPress – at WordPress NYC meetup on October 21 2014.
October 21, 2014 — As nearly one in four websites is powered by WordPress, there is an amazing responsibility to maintain quality control standards before launching your site. Southern Web’s Drew Barton will share in rapid-fire more than 30 tips that should be included in every WordPress site launch checklist. In order to provide security and maintain quality, these WordPress must-dos will help ensure you and your visitors will have a strong impression of WordPress as a blog, as a CMS and as a development platform.
October 21, 2014 — WordPress is an easy way to get started building your minimum viable product. We’re going to discuss a few examples and ideas of using WordPress to quickly create a new project. We’ll then cover a few ways that you could get started, even with little to no PHP knowledge.