December 19, 2013 — Learn about WordPress accessibility for the physically disabled. This talk goes over some interesting facts on internet trends concerning the disabled and why it is important that we cater to this demographic. It covers some current and generalized strategies for making any website more accessible. And it showcases some specific WordPress plugins and techniques that make WordPress websites way more accessible to the disabled.

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December 18, 2013 — WordPress has grown so much lately that it can be daunting for beginners in finding where to start. This talk covers each section of the admin panel and explains what each does.

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December 18, 2013 — Sliders are one of the most popular functional elements included with themes, or added via plugin. Despite their widespread use, the value added to a site by having a slider has been increasingly questioned lately, with some results showing that a slider actually hurts the site in terms of click-through rate, in addition to possible negative effects to the overall site performance. In this talk see where sliders can be most effective, how they can be effective and what makes, or doesn’t make, a slider a valuable addition to a site.

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December 16, 2013 — If you’ve spent cycles of iterations with clients losing your shirt, the problem may not be your client. It may be how you see yourself. Misunderstanding your role will quickly lead to lost profits or leaving money on the table. For freelancers and development shops alike, this session will help you avoid some classic mistakes we’ve all made.

December 16, 2013 — The Model-View-Controller design pattern is a popular technique to help structure applications in a way that is flexible, modular, and easy to maintain, but it hasn’t received much attention within the WordPress community. This session introduces the basic principles of MVC and show some practical tips on how to implement them in a WordPress plugin.

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December 15, 2013 — The presentation includes tips for how to encourage other members of the WordPress development community to contribute to your plugin and theme projects. Many of the lessons learned and presented come from several years of experience with managing plugins that have very active community contributions.

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December 15, 2013 — This talk shows you how to use custom post meta data and the body_class filter to define custom layouts for both static pages and single blog posts. As a bonus, it shows you how to use custom post metaboxes, rather than forcing users to deal with custom fields.

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December 14, 2013 — This talk discusses how to use WordPress to tell better stories that lead visitors to action. It also deconstructs successful sites and looks at external systems that interface with WordPress to help us maximize our digital presence.

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December 14, 2013 — This talk is a look at what it is about WordPress that makes it a great choice for start-ups to crank out their MVP.

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December 13, 2013 — The great thing about our WordPress community is, while there is always going to be someone (or hundreds) of people who know more about something than any single individual, we all bring something unique to the table. It’s my hope that I validate some things you are doing right, shine some light on some areas you maybe hadn’t thought of before – or things you just haven’t had the courage to do or say.

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