Language: English
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Noel Jackson: P2 1.1 Theme Preview
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Noel JacksonNovember 15, 2009 — Noel Jackson of Automattic demos the 1.1 release of the P2 group blogging theme for WordPress in this 5-minute presentation.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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Scott Kingsley Clark: The Pods CMS Plugin
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Scott Kingsley ClarkNovember 15, 2009 — Scott Kingsley Clark delivers a brief overview of the Pods CMS Framework in this quick six-minute presentation.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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John Hawkins: Canonical Plugins
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: John HawkinsNovember 15, 2009 — John Hawkins introduces the concept of canonical plugins in this just-more-than-two-minute talk from WordCamp NYC.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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Andy Peatling: Why Use BuddyPress?
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Andy PeatlingNovember 15, 2009 — Andy Peatling asks, “Why Use BuddyPress” and then answers the question in this five-minute talk from WordCamp NYC.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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Jeremy Clarke: Writing PHP with IDEs
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Jeremy ClarkeNovember 15, 2009 — Jeremy Clarke gives an overview of choosing a good IDE for development of PHP applications in this five-minute talk.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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Jim Doran: Using jQuery in Your WordPress Theme
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Jim DoranNovember 14, 2009 — jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript framework that’s extremely popular with Web designers and developers. Jim Doran presents an overview of jQuery and how to start using it and will show beginners how to start using jQuery and how to begin making WordPress themes.
Slides for this presentation are available here.
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Daryl Koopersmith: Elastic—Your Theme’s Future WYSIWYG Editor
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Daryl KoopersmithNovember 14, 2009 — Change the way you look at WordPress themes. Daryl Koopersmith talks about Elastic and the concepts behind today’s WordPress themes. Elastic is a plugin and theme framework that began development during GSoC 2009. Elastic isn’t just a parent theme; it represents a fundamental change to how WordPress themes work.
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Justin Shreve: Building a Better Search for WordPress
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Justin ShreveNovember 14, 2009 — Justin Shreve presents his Google Summer of Code 2009 project creating a WordPress search API. The rationale behind the project, the lack of power and flexibility in the existing WordPress search engine, and aspects of the development process are discussed. The presentation concludes with an overview of the enhancements made with this project and some Q&A.
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Amanda Blum: Saving the World with WordPress: A Guide for Non-Profits
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Amanda BlumNovember 14, 2009 — Non profits inhabit their own strange little bubble of marketing goals, work attitude, lack of staff, volunteer turnover and of course, budget. NPO websites need to serve both marketing and functional goals to create engaging messaging and effective service delivery. Amanda Blum nails down why Wordpress is the ideal solution across the board (and speaking of which, how to convince yours).
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
Slides for this presentation are available here.
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Adria Richards: Blueprint for Small Business
WordCamp New York 2009Speaker: Adria RichardsNovember 14, 2009 — Every day, there are thousands of people who need a website built. They have no idea what it will take, how to do it or where to start. WordPress is great but how to tell that to a business owner? Join Adria Richards to learn what it takes to prepare for a successful project.
Video courtesy ISOC-NY.
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