January 5, 2015 — This presentation discusses the benefits of choosing WordPress to power a nonprofit website, point out special considerations and must-have. It covers recommended plugins and themes, and share resources available online to help nonprofits with their websites.

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January 5, 2015 — Roots isn’t for people who’ve never developed a theme before, but for people who are looking for a good way to start their custom themes, this is the way to go. This talk expects people to have some background with developing custom themes. Jumping into development with Roots will be a lot easier after this talk!

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January 5, 2015 — Get started with Gulp.js for task management. Learn how to use Gulp to compile CSS, concatenate JS, minify files and more. Get an introduction into Gulp plugins and walk away with a Gulpfile.js and package.json ready to use in your next project.

January 5, 2015 — This presentation covers an array of tools that the modern designer and front-end developer have at their disposal to refresh not only their ability to create meaningful, lasting websites, but their interest in having a meaningful, lasting profession.

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January 5, 2015 — This talk is about what you need to plan for when building your site. As a designer, I find these are common elements that clients have not even considered before starting their blog or online storefront.Copy, layout, photos… it’s all part of the planning.

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January 5, 2015 — This talk reviews how to get valuable data from your website using A/B testing, advanced Google Analytics, and other tools; and how to use that data to gain insight into how you can improve your website or blog.

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January 4, 2015 — The presentation goes over the basics of Angular JS, what makes it special, an introduction on how to start programming with Angular and tools / resources you can use, some examples and tutorials of how angular can help improve your theme / plugin development and an overview of the limitations of an Angular App and what potential SEO impacts it may have

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January 4, 2015 — – How a WordCamp can change your life, twice
– How you could be lying to yourself
– From full time employment, to freelance, contractor, consultant and finally, agency – The beauty of the WordPress ecosystem + why WordPress
– WordPress naysayers and how to shut them up
– Starting Make Do, the mistakes we made
– More mistakes, damn we made so many
– How we work as a team
– The tools we use to work remotely
– Why you don’t need an office
– Working with clients/customers
– How you can do this
– How to go it alone, the options to choose from
– Friends, enemies & competition

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January 4, 2015 — This talk covers areas that need looking after and offer some tips and tools so that site owners can walk away confident that they have the goods to be able to better maintain their digital homes.

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January 4, 2015 — Podcasting enables everyone to be a broadcaster. Whether you want to build your business or just promote your hobby, podcasting lets you get your message out. This presentation is delivered from a novice WordPress user’s perspective. This presentation provides step-by-step instructions explaining the experience moving from a simple blog to hosting a podcast on iTunes.

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