December 6, 2013 — Roshan talks about what the problems are with WordPress search in fetching the relevancy of data and how it can be improved using Sphinx Search Engine.

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December 5, 2013 — Utsav talks about child themes and explains why it is important. A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of the parent theme. A child theme is the best and easiest way to modify an existing theme, whether you want to make a few tiny changes or extensive changes.

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December 5, 2013 — This session talks about the mistakes made, the challenges faced, and the things learned, (and the fun I’m having) with WP-Table Reloaded and TablePress development. I share some insights on my development workflow and my favorite tools, on the techniques that the plugins use, and on what else you should be doing besides coding to make your plugin more valuable to the community.

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December 4, 2013 — When writing a WordPress plugin, development shops find that the productivity and quality assurance tools they are accustomed to their MVC framework providing are conspicuously absent. This session evaluates the trade-offs and offers some solutions that empower developers to maintain a high-quality user experience while implementing features that off-the-shelf WordPress isn’t suitable for.

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December 4, 2013 — This session reviews how to create a marketing strategy that brings in leads, including: Where to start and how to evaluate marketing options (email, PR, social media, SEO and more), Messaging and content, How the web site fits in, Creating a practical plan, and Measuring results across your program.

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December 3, 2013 — In questo intervento verrà presentato il tool WPScan, il principale software per effettuare il security assessment di installazioni di WordPress. Verranno portati come esempio gli attacchi più famosi e si parlerà di cosa è possibile fare perché non si ripetano gli stessi errori.

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December 3, 2013 — This presentation covers the history of my role as icon designer for the WordPress project, the emerging “flat” paradigm for interface design, and how it relates to the development of WordPress. Also, A brief demonstration on making icon fonts using Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs App, and Font Squirrel.

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December 3, 2013 — This presentation is practical examples and information about setting expectations with clients when developing a WordPress site.

December 2, 2013 — The push for responsive web design has helped web developers consider how the sites they develop can adapt to different devices, including sizes, screen resolutions, and even contexts. It should now be easier than ever to respond to a format that has existed since the start of the web – print. This presentaton walks through the process for making your responsive sites respond to the format we most often forget.

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December 2, 2013 — This talk is about wireframing, and prototyping, when to use Photoshop, and when to go straight to the browser. How to bootstrap a UX test, and when to ask your Mom for design advice. What steps you can skimp when you’re pinched for time, and how to find inspiration with our copping someone else’s work.

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