November 12, 2012 — If you want to submit to the theme directory, your theme has to conform to a lot of very specific needs. This session will walk you through the steps you need to take to keep your theme ship-shape for entry into the .org Directory, and one boilerplate that might make the process even easier.

Slides: http://speaking.grayghostvisuals.com/wp-theme-directory

November 12, 2012 — Nothing is more intimidating than looking at a blank screen when you’re starting a WordPress theme. As you begin theme development, even as a designer, ask yourself questions: What’s so different about WordPress vs static HTML development? Can I work from my Photoshop theme? What if I need options? And how do I even structure this theme?

Mitch Canter will take you from the blank Dreamweaver / Notepad++ file to a fully functioning theme, discussing theme structure, the loop, and best practices for theme development from scratch. He’ll also show examples of a WordPress from PSD conversion

November 12, 2012 — A content management system can only take you so far. You need to have a plan to make it work with both blogging and traditional site content. Mapping out a realistic one to fit your team is necessary first step.

Slides: http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2012/10/my-wordcamp-presentation-content.html

November 12, 2012 — You don’t have to live with graphic elements in a theme just because it’s included in it. If you know a little bit (or a lot) about Photoshop and a little bit about WP, you can custo(my)ze your WP site.

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November 11, 2012 — Lachlan MacPherson talks about the development philosophy and processes used at Sennza for all the WordPress themes they design & develop.

Because WordPress is so extendable and flexible, there are many different ways to integrate the same feature or option. At Sennza they have an emphasise keeping things as simple as they can be, but no simpler.

Lachlan is one of the co-founders of Sennza, a WordPress only digital agency based in Brisbane. He is passionate about keeping the WordPress community alive and growing in Australia. He was a co-organiser for WordCamp Gold Coast and also helped to start the WordPress Sydney and Brisbane meetups.

November 11, 2012 — BuddyPress and bbPress (the bb’s as I like to refer to them) share more than just a similar sounding name; they both include user profiles, and BuddyPress even includes group forums too. In this session, I’ll talk about why you would use which one, and how you can best build a community using them both.

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November 10, 2012 — I am going to walk you through 10 things you should do to improve your WordPress install while it’s still got that new website smell going for it. There will be some security tips to keep you safe, as well as some SEO and productivity suggestions to help you get the most bang for your buck.

November 9, 2012 — WordPress allows you to start and maintain a website with ease. With over 555 million active websites on the Internet, how do you get your valuable content found? Learn the five steps of inbound marketing and how to put them into action with WordPress.

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/aps1292/inbound-marketing-and-wordpress

November 9, 2012 — This talk is about using WordPress to rapidly develop complex web apps. Using your own Singleton class in WP, separating logic from your views, different, powerful ways to use post types and taxonomies and user accounts, and examples of all of these things.

Slides: http://www.hotchkissconsulting.com/WPWebAppFramework.pdf

November 9, 2012 — Our talk will be from a beginners perspective on plugin development. We will talk about how we approached designing and developing our first plugin for WordPress—a minimum quantity plugin for Jigoshop. Dan will talk about the development focusing on what resources he used and how he tackled learning WordPress functions, hooks & plugin limitations with little WordPress knowledge. Jen will speak about the design aspect focusing on the specific plugin behavior, user interaction and how it would integrate into the storefront.

Slides: http://www.jenwitkowski.com/wp-plugin-talk

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