Author Archive
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Erick Hitter: From URL to Query
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speaker: Erick HitterFebruary 13, 2013 — Erick Hitter walks through the process WordPress undertakes when your site is accessed, how the permalinks are translated to database query that ultimately delivers the content. He also sheds light on the various APIs used & how these APIs work together to make the software function.
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Alison Barrett: Advanced Actions and Filters
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speaker: Alison BarrettFebruary 13, 2013 — This session explains the concept of actions & filters, covering some of the lesser known but extremely useful WordPress hooks. You will learn how to create & utilize your own hooks when making theme frameworks, parent themes, and plugins.
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Kurt Payne & Josh Hansen: do_action(‘hack_me’) Advanced Security for Plugins
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speakers: Josh Hansen, Kurt PayneFebruary 12, 2013 — This presentation shows several of the most common vulnerabilities found in plugins and themes. It exploits these vulnerabilities live and then shows how they can be prevented with correct coding.
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Ilene Haddad, Crystal R.R. Edwards, Amanda Quraishi, and Corrin Foster: But don’t you know who I am?
WordCamp Austin 2012Speakers: Ilene Haddad, Crystal R.R. Edwards, Amanda Quraishi, Corrin FosterFebruary 12, 2013 — Celebrity bloggers? We don’t need no stinkin’ celebrity bloggers. Want to know what blogging’s really all about? Roundtable with Q&A to find out how these four bloggers keep from getting bored, avoid being sued, and entertain & inform the masses. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it…
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Eric Weiss: Content is King
WordCamp Austin 2012Speaker: Eric WeissFebruary 11, 2013 — You started a blog or you’re still in the planning phases. What are you going to write about? How are you going to create content that will engage your audience and earn you a loyal following? This presentation covers how to pick your topics, how to make it compelling, and how to make your content do most of your SEO for you (without looking or sounding like spam).
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Mark Kelnar: Adding source control to your code and life
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speaker: Mark KelnarFebruary 11, 2013 — A look at how Git saved a developer’s life more than once. Learn how and why taking the time to develop your themes and plugins with source control will increase productivity and probably make you more money at the same time.
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Aaron D. Campbell: Community – Getting Involved
WordCamp Austin 2012Speaker: Aaron D. CampbellFebruary 11, 2013 — You love WordPress? Want to pitch in and help out? Not sure how? It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, a developer, a translator, or just someone that uses WordPress on your own site. This presentation talks about how you can help make WordPress better.
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Cliff Seal: Content Strategy – No one cares about your content (yet.)
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speaker: Cliff SealFebruary 9, 2013 — In this session, we will refresh how you view your own web content by seeing it through the eyes of the user, and we will discuss methods of improving UX by employing simple and effective psychology alongside common-sense SEO. We will also explore how methods of effective in-person conversation can be applied to web content strategy. Then, since better prospects will be finding and reading your content, I will show you how to target your audience, measure the results, and constantly improve your outreach.
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Michelle Weber: Building Community and Audience
WordCamp Phoenix 2013Speaker: Michelle WeberFebruary 9, 2013 — From Zero to Hero: A Crash Course in Configuration, Content Creation, and Community.
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Nick Batik: Designer’s Guide to Working With WordPress Developers
WordCamp Austin 2012Speaker: Nick BatikFebruary 9, 2013 — Nick Batik talks about the difference between designers and developers and how they think and they can work together. He takes a photoshop template from a designer and walks throught a developers process of converting it to a WordPress template.
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