Author Archive

  • Stephen Dumba: Turn your passion into income with WordPress

    WordCamp Entebbe 2019Speaker: Stephen Dumba

    June 21, 2019 — This topic intends to inspire novices embrace WordPress as a way of sharing their experiences in the fields they love most and how their passion can be used to bring in an extra dime alongside their jobs.

  • Jesse van de Hulsbeek: The magic (key)word: why your site is not getting the traffic it deserves

    WordCamp Bristol 2019Speaker: Jesse van de Hulsbeek

    June 20, 2019 — Are you ever frustrated because you just can’t seem to get a page ranked in Google? Or because you’re ranking for a search phrase without getting any meaningful traffic?

    Keyword research is the first step to a good SEO strategy. But it’s not easy: to rank, you need to know what words people type in to find you. Come up with keywords you can rank for. Take your competition into account. But how? Unfortunately, no tool can do it for you. You need to do research yourself. In this talk, I’ll guide you through the essential steps of keyword research, so you can get your most important pages ranked.

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  • Tais Álvarez: En dos sencillos pasos: cómo evitar tirar el dinero cuando montas un e-commerce

    WordPress Meetup PontevedraSpeaker: Tais Álvarez

    June 20, 2019 — En esta charla hablaremos de la importancia de que todos los actores implicados, en la creación de una web de venta online, trabajen conjuntamente desde el minuto uno.

    Hablaremos de estrategias y trabajo en equipo.

    Tais es e-marketer, customer centric y consulting en Locuens.

  • Graham Armfield: So What have the New HTML5 Elements Ever Done for Accessibility?

    WordCamp Bristol 2019Speaker: Graham Armfield

    June 20, 2019 — Ten years ago the HTML5 proposition saw the light for the first time. HTML5 introduced new and extended APIs to support more interactive pages, and a whole stack of new semantic elements to delight us.

    So after a lifetime (in web terms), how extensively are these elements being supported by browsers, used by developers, and how have they impacted upon the accessibility of websites that use them?

    We’ll look at some successes, some elements where more browser or assistive technology finesse is required, and a frustrating selection where we are still a long way from being ‘match ready’.

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  • Pablo Arias: Creando webs accesibles

    WordPress Meetup PontevedraSpeaker: Pablo Arias

    June 20, 2019 — Vamos a ver qué es la accesibilidad web y sus beneficios. Comentaremos detalles a tener en cuenta, así como buenas prácticas a la hora de crear nuestros sitios o contenidos para ellos.

    Veremos dónde encontrar documentación y cuál es la normativa al respecto, así como herramientas que nos ayuden en el día a día.

    Pablo Arias es entusiasta del software y hardware de fuentes abiertas y libres. Es coorganizador del Grupo de Usuarios de Joomla de Vigo.

  • Álvaro Fontela: WPO fácil para acelerar tu WordPress

    WordPress Meetup PontevedraSpeaker: Álvaro Fontela

    June 20, 2019 — Hablaremos de técnicas prácticas de WPO (Web Performance Optimization, optimización del rendimiento web) específicas para acelerar y mejorar la velocidad de carga de cualquier WordPress, con pruebas y algún caso real.

    ¿Quién no quiere que su web funcione más rápido?

    Álvaro Fontela es consultor WordPress especializado en WPO y co-fundador de Raiola Networks, amante del mundo del motor y curioso tecnológico por naturaleza.

  • Tammie Lister: Thinking in Patterns

    WordCamp Bristol 2019Speaker: Tammie Lister

    June 20, 2019 — Everything has a pattern underneath. Designs can be broken down, distilled into patterns. When you think in patterns the process can be faster, easier. I’ll show you in this talk, that whatever you label it, the concept is powerful, natural. A fragmented approach to design goes perfectly with modern development and gives you a robust workflow for the future.

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  • Sumner M Davenport : The Ease of Web Accessibility Compliance with WordPress

    WordCamp Santa Clarita 2019Speaker: Sumner M Davenport

    June 20, 2019 — Web Accessibility gives your clients and their clients full and equal enjoyment of their website for gaining information and purchasing products and services.

    With the increased media attention on websites that are not compliant with Web Accessibility, and the opportunistic trolls that target small business, it is important for Web designers and developers to understand the WHO should comply, WHAT is and WHY of Web Accessibility, WHEN should you start with Accessibility plus HOW to talk to your clients about Accessibility and the VALUE it adds to your services and reputation.

    In this presentation, Sumner M Davenport will cover:

    – What difference does it make to be/not be Accessible;
    – Recent cases in the news;
    – Troll activity against small businesses and how to protect yourself from being a target;
    – Ease of adding code, and/or use of Plugins;
    – Testing tools; and
    – Value added to your Web Design business

  • Joseph Dickson: Upgrading Kubrick for Gutenberg

    WordCamp Santa Clarita 2019Speaker: Joseph Dickson

    June 20, 2019 — Unsurprisingly, last December’s release of WordPress 5.0 made us nervous. Today, some of our themes are in need of extensive upgrades.

    While reviewing the oldest of such designs, 2005’s classic default theme Kubrick. We’ll rediscover why it is important to WordPress’ past and discuss new opportunities. In this session, Kubrick’s design will be applied to blocks allowing users to anticipate exactly what to expect before they hit publish.

    If we can modernize Kubrick for Gutenberg in 2019, we can do anything.

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