Language: English
-
Ben Dunkle: Flattening WordPress
WordCamp Buffalo 2013December 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.
-
Wes Chyrchel and Karim Marucchi: Setting Client Expectations In WordPress Web Development
WordCamp Los Angeles 2013Speakers: Wes Chyrchel, Karim MarucchiDecember 3, 2013 — This presentation is practical examples and information about setting expectations with clients when developing a WordPress site.
-
Adrian Roselli: Making Your Site Printable
WordCamp Buffalo 2013Speaker: Adrian RoselliDecember 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.
-
Reid Peifer: A Real World Design Process
WordCamp Chicago 2013Speaker: Reid PeiferDecember 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.
-
John James Jacoby: BuddyPress Rules – The Road To Rewrites Is Paved With Pretty Permalinks
WordCamp Chicago 2013Speaker: John James JacobyDecember 1, 2013 — This session discusses how WordPress Rewrite Rules API integration for BuddyPress 1.8 was planned, architected, built, and patched.
-
Panel Discussion: The Zen Of Freelancing
WordCamp Chicago 2013Speakers: Aaron Holbrook, Kyle Unzicker, Drew Poland, Andy StrattonDecember 1, 2013 — Panel discussion with guided discussion and Q and A across a panel of successful freelancers in the WordPress community.
-
Shanta Nathwani: Data Architecture In WordPress
WordCamp Buffalo 2013Speaker: Shanta R. NathwaniNovember 30, 2013 — Posts vs. Pages & Categories vs. Tags. There is so much confusion about what types of things should be put on a page and what should be in a post. Static vs. Dynamic content is the best way to tackle this. When creating a website, you can edit a menu to include not only pages, but also category archives that can create a more complete experience for small businesses.
-
Al Davis: Managing Multiple Authors – Creating an Editorial Process
WordCamp Buffalo 2013Speaker: Al DavisNovember 30, 2013 — This session looks at a couple of different options as to how you can handle multiple authors, whether they be guest bloggers or regular contributors. It also looks at options for creating a full blown editorial workflow with WordPress — one that will allow you to establish clear guidelines and processes for any team, whether it be a one person shop to multiple writers and editors.
-
Monte Martin: Optimizing Your Site For Business Performance
WordCamp Chicago 2013Speaker: Monte MartinNovember 29, 2013 — How do you determine if your site is living up to potential? This presentation tackles that question and discuss ways to gather information about how visitors interact with your website. It discusses how to use the information you gather to answer important questions about your sites (business) performance.
-
Tom Jenkins: Plugin Unit Testing For WordPress
WordCamp Chicago 2013Speaker: Tom JenkinsNovember 29, 2013 — WordPress has it’s own testing environment. Integrating PHPUnit with the WordPress testing framework can not only improve your code quality, but also your architecture. This talk walks through the process of integrating these environments into your plugin development for more efficient code and easier feature development.
An 
Thingamajig
