Author Archive

  • Chris Butterworth: There’s a plugin for that.

    WordCamp Manchester 2018Speaker: Chris Butterworth

    May 15, 2019 — There’s a plugin for that but does it need to be? Whether it’s performance or conflicts having too many can cause a lot of issues; with a few examples this talk will show a couple of simple ways to remove and replace plugins with your own stripped down code fully integrated with your theme to help stop these issues from arising.

  • Dan Maby: WordPress, the Community and Your Mental Health

    WordCamp Manchester 2018Speaker: Dan Maby

    May 15, 2019 — Back in 2009 I discovered the power of WordPress. In 2012 I met the WordPress community. In 2016 I relied on the community!

    Let’s have an honest discussion about the challenges of running your WordPress business. Building your own business, no matter what size, can be one of the most rewarding, satisfying and freeing experiences you’ve ever encountered. It can also be one of the most terrifying, isolating and lonely roads to take.

    Having successfully started, developed and sold businesses, Dan has first hand experience of both the positive and negative impacts on his mental health.

    Dan will talk candidly about some of his experiences and giving you some insight into his decision to launch the charity: WP&UP.

    WP&UP supports & promotes positive mental health within the WordPress community.

  • Mika Epstein: The Magical Repeatable Gutenberg Block

    WordCamp Manchester 2018Speaker: Mika Epstein

    May 15, 2019 — Gutenberg. It’s real, it’s happening, and it’s terrifying because you don’t know how you’re going to do everything you do today. What if I told you that for the majority of the simple tasks out there, no only will you still be able to do them, they’ll be even easier? Let me show you how with the magical, repeatable, Gutenberg block.

  • Graham Armfield: Accessibility Hacks

    WordCamp Manchester 2018Speaker: Graham Armfield

    May 15, 2019 — This session has a look at some small tweaks that developers can make when building WordPress sites for themselves or their clients.

    The first part explores using SVG images in a way that ensures that screen reader (and other AT) users can access them successfully. Then we’ll progress to some CSS techniques that are useful for improving accessibility in websites – during the development stage, for content authors, and for the benefit of your site visitors.

    Where possible, I’ll be demoing some of the techniques covered.

  • Santiago Merlos: WordPress: Disaster Recovery 101

    WordCamp Bilbao 2019Speaker: Santiago Merlos

    May 15, 2019 — Mi motivación para llevar esta charla a acabo, es la cantidad de veces que he tenido que restaurar un sitios sitio web hackeado, o dañado por pérdida de información.

    Es impresionante saber la poca planificación que hay al mantener, asegurar y respaldar el sitios web realizados con WordPress.

    Aprovecho la oportunidad para brindar mi experiencia como profesional, de educar y concientizar la importancia de establecer un plan de recuperación de desastres.

  • Mark Onoja: Inbound Marketing: The New Best Practice for Website Design

    WordCamp Lagos 2018Speaker: Mark Onoja

    May 15, 2019 — Inbound Marketing is the new best practice in positioning both website and social media platforms to create and convert leads. My talk will be to introduce participants to the concept of inbound marketing and share how to make use of the 4 principles of Inbound Methodology: Attract, Convert, Close and Delight when designing a website and for their business or clients.

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  • Raffaella Isidori: From “it’s mine” to “it’s me”: how the concept of branding has evolved over the last 50.000 years

    WordCamp Rotterdam 2019Speaker: Raffaella Isidori

    May 15, 2019 — “The practice of branding can be traced back to 50.000 years ago. The concept of marketing branding to 4000 BC. And with the (r)evolution brought forth by the Internet and Social Media, today “we are all brands” and as such, we all need to be aware of how a brand is best managed.

    This talk is a primer on the origin and the evolution of the concept of branding, so to better understand and care for our brand(s), regardless of their being a company, a product or a personal one. It covers 3 aspects of the branding practice: clarification on terminology, a historical overview to frame the culture, and a “branding recipe” section to highlight the process and the key aspects of quality branding.”

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  • Mike Rynart: Get Fast and Stay Fast

    WordCamp Rotterdam 2019Speaker: Mike Rynart

    May 15, 2019 — “A deep dive into WordPress performance enhancements with a resounding impact on organic traffic, content engagement, and conversions. Users are expecting more and more from the web experiences that they interact with, and want their sites to load instantly.

    In this talk, I’ll take you on a journey how to speed up your website using the tools available to you to measure, optimize and monitor your performance.

    Whether you’re new to WordPress and curious how to make your website faster, or you’re an advanced professional looking to speed up your clients’ sites, this session is for you.”

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  • David Pérez: Olvídate del FTP: Mejora tu flujo de trabajo con Version Control y Git Push

    WordCamp Madrid 2019Speaker: David Perez

    May 12, 2019 — Me gustaría explicar mi proceso de trabajo para el desarrollo de temas y plugins en WordPress.

    Explicar las ventajas de tener tus webs en Version Control y explicar el proceso para publicar los cambios hechos en local a una página web directamente, sin utilizar el programa FTP.

    Para ello veremos las diferentes opciones del mercado actual, y mis recomendaciones.

    Qué van a aprender los asistentes:

    Mantener versiones documentadas con GIT
    Crear un flujo de trabajo para subir cambios
    Configurar el servidor para dicho flujo
    Nivel del asistente: Avanzado

    Público objetivo: Desarrollo

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