December 10, 2012 — You Want To Stick That Where? You can just stick photos and graphics into WordPress. Scaling images with Photoshop to fulfill the 2mb upload limit in WordPress. Knowing the difference between file size and image size, dpi and ppi, 72dpi and 300dpi can save you a ton of time.

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December 8, 2012 — The huge range of community-contributed plugins is one of the most valuable features of WordPress.org. But how do you determine what’s a safe and effective plugin without being overwhelmed by choice? Learn how to make an informed decision about which plugin to use – and how to troubleshoot any conflicts that may crop up.

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December 7, 2012 — My goal for this presentation is to give you a high-level introduction to improving and measuring your site’s performance on the web.

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December 7, 2012 — Learn how community newspapers in California are replacing their proprietary publishing systems with WordPress. Learn lots of outside the box uses for WordPress from someone who learned the hard way.

We’ll take a deeper dive into topics depending on audience interest. Talking points and demos include plugin demos, theme building, child themes for mobile optimized sites, scaling WordPress, advertising sales models, subscription based sites, and more!

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December 7, 2012 — Thinking about contributing to core, but don’t know where to start? Millions of people use WordPress every day. Contributing patches can be exhilarating, but also a tad intimidating as you’re starting out. At the end of this session you’ll have all the knowledge you need to begin contributing. We’ll cover getting a local install of trunk for development, as well as writing and applying patches. We’ll look at navigating Trac, where to get answers to questions you may have, and the dynamics of the core community.

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December 7, 2012 — This talk is geared towards anyone interested in using WordPress to fuel their career: whether it’s self-employment, or building a great skill portfolio so they can be picked up by great places to work. I’ll be sharing a little about my own path to self-employment but the talk will be focused more on techniques to automate tasks, manage one’s time, and expand one’s market.

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December 6, 2012 — In this talk, Kevin Dees uncovers ways to improve our workflow and walks through what it takes to make a killer WordPress theme. A theme that has theme options, custom post types, custom meta boxes, forms, backups, SEO and more. Its a pragmatic approach everyone can use.

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December 6, 2012 — A very basic introduction to WordPress Multisite, what it is, what it can do, and references for additional information.

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/widgetbware/introduction-to-wordpress-multisite-14565405?

December 6, 2012 — We, as people of the internet, all share one thing in common: typography. Regardless of job titles, geography, or language, the web is a typographic medium that has finally come of age. Foundations of typography, thoughts on how to design with it, and techniques/tools to use, design and improve your typography skills. You’ll hear strange words like slugs, kerning, pangolins and grids. Whether you’re new to the whole “font” thing or a seasoned typographic designer, there’s something here for you.

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December 5, 2012 — Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/wordcampsyd/siloing-your-site-for-seo-success

The Silo model is an old-skool SEO technique, used to create strong keyword related themes on your site, improving the relevancy of your site in the eyes of the search engines. It also lines up surprisingly well with traditional information architecture (IA) principles.

Stephen will look at the benefits of using the Silo model, how it is still relevent in 2012 and then show you how how to implement the model in WordPress.

Stephen started developing websites in 1997 and is passionate about all things web. For the last 5 years, he has managed websites for a Queensland Government department, giving him an in-depth understanding of SEO, Content Strategy, Information Architecture and User Experience for large scale sites.