Author Archive
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Michele Mizejewski: Positive User Experience: The Power of P2
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Michele MizejewskiAugust 3, 2013 — P2 from Automattic is an atypical theme that works for longer posts but really lends itself to quick updates, inline commenting, and real-time communication. In this session, see how a P2-powered internal blog has improved staff communication and cohesion at UCSF resulting in a much better user experience for the researchers and students we support.
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Shannon Smith: Big in Japan: A Guide for Themes and Internationalization
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Shannon SmithAugust 3, 2013 — This presentation covers all the steps you’ll need to follow to get your brand new theme internationalized and localized. If gettext, Poedit, POT files GlotPress, all seem like a foreign language to you, this presentation will change that.
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How to Create a Custom Navigation Menu
Speaker: Jerry BatesAugust 3, 2013 — It’s easy to create a custom navigation menu for your site using the WordPress custom menu function. We’ll cover how to set up your first custom menu, as well how to create drop-down menus and other basic settings.
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Josh Broton: Sticks, Spit & Duct Tape: Advanced RWD Layout Techniques
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Josh BrotonAugust 2, 2013 — This presentation is a quick overview of the history of responsive web design, as well as uncovering a plan B, C, and maybe D for your responsive layout.
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Stephanie Leary: Content Strategy: WordPress Case Studies
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Stephanie LearyAugust 2, 2013 — Using examples from working with university departments (which Steve Krug calls “content factories”), this presentation shows you how you can manage the complete content life-cycle in WordPress using plugins that are available on Extend right now.
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WordCamp San Francisco 2013: Hallway Interviews Track 4
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speakers: Jason Coleman, Dre Armeda, Bob Dunn, Jeff Chandler, Trent Lapinski, Brad WilliamsAugust 2, 2013 — Hallway interviews with attendees at WordCamp San Francisco 2013
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Introducing WordPress 3.6 “Oscar”
August 1, 2013 — Introducing WordPress 3.6 “Oscar”, a release — named after Oscar Peterson — that streamlines the experience of collaboration, media, editing, and navigation in WordPress core. You can learn more about the release here.
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Mika Epstein: Don’t Use WordPress Multisite
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Mika EpsteinAugust 1, 2013 — Too many people see Multisite as a silver bullet that can do everything they need, only to find out they’ve bitten off more than they can chew, and now they have a site that is too big, too complicated, and too much of a hassle. Understanding what Multisite does out of the box, what it’s best at, and where it’s easily extendable will help you build the right site.
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Konstantin Kovshenin: What I Wish I Had Known Before Developing a WordPress Theme
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speaker: Konstantin KovsheninAugust 1, 2013 — Theme developers tend to overlook some of the APIs, principles and WordPress best practices. This talk covers a few of them in detail, and includes the reasons behind each one.
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WordCamp San Francisco 2013: Hallway InterviewsTrack 1
WordCamp San Francisco 2013Speakers: Mika Epstein, Jeff Chandler, Jason Tucker, Aaron HockleyAugust 1, 2013 — Hallway interviews with attendees at WordCamp San Francisco 2013
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