October 1, 2023 — With all the talk about the importance of making WordPress Accessible, how does someone with low vision teach and work with WordPress? I will share the tools and techniques I have used for years as a WordPress instructor at Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and elsewhere in New York City.

I will demonstrate the Operating System and WordPress adjustments I need to make it possible for one with low vision to be productive.

This talk is based on my article in Smashing Magazine on what it’s like to have macular degeneration. “Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress

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October 1, 2023 — Been hit by an algorithm update that wasn’t your fault?!

In this talk Αnna will run through a case of a well-known publishing WordPress site in the US, that was hit by an algorithm update and lost almost 70% of its traffic.

During the talk we will explain how to analyze a traffic drop and analyze the specific actions people can take when this happens, and also how to deal with stakeholders who can often panic when this happens, to ensure expectations are managed.

October 1, 2023 — Join the WordPress Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and Automattic’s Product Architect, Matías Ventura, in a review of 2023 accomplishments and learnings in the Project, followed by a Q&A with co-founder and Project leader Matt Mullenweg, in which he will share his reflections on 20 years of open source innovation and disruption.

October 1, 2023 — Many people still seem to have a very black-and-white stance on accessible design. Accessibility and aesthetics are often seen as conflicting goals. It’s one or the other, so aesthetics gets neglected. Accessibility doesn’t have to hinder creativity and can even lead to designs that are both functional and visually striking.

It’s time to put a renewed focus on creating designs that are both functional and visually stunning. By preserving and finding a balance between accessibility and aesthetics, we can revolutionise design and create websites that truly stand out. A win-win for everyone!

October 1, 2023 — The last few years have brought many new features to CSS that open up new possibilities for designing web applications and WordPress is not out of this new wave of CSS features. The committee called Interop, which is one of those responsible for this change around CSS development, was created to coordinate feature releases and standardization across browsers.

In this talk, you’ll learn how to use CSS features like container queries, layers, CSS @properties, and the new “has” selector and see how they can affect WordPress theme development.

Let’s review some everyday situations and see how these new features can help us.

In this talk, you’ll learn how to use CSS features like container queries, layers, and :has() and see how they can affect WordPress theme development. Let’s go through some everyday situations and see how these new features can help us.

October 1, 2023 — The Global Leads of several past editions of WordCamp Europe will take the stage to discuss what it’s like to organise a flagship WordCamp, what considerations must be taken into account, and what the future could hold: from volunteer organisers to catering, venue selection to swag, what goes into organising WCEU and how might it change in the future?

Join us for this Q&A session with Global Leads from 2020-2022.

October 1, 2023 — Phase 3 of Gutenberg is imminent.

The main objective of his phase is collaboration. Adding it to the editor will be a huge milestone for WordPress.

Let’s discuss the challenges the Gutenberg team will face when implementing this feature.

If you wonder what it takes to create a reliable solution for real-time collaboration, this talk is for you.

October 1, 2023 — Andrija and Lazar met when Andrija wanted to develop a game accessible to all.

They succeeded, and the game won a prize.

From there on together they present at meetups and seminars to create awareness about digital accessibility.

Hearing and reading about accessibility is one thing, hearing it from an actual screen reader user and an experienced developer, is something else! It sticks!

September 30, 2023 — Transform your WordPress website with superpowered templates!

Get ready to level up your website game in our ‘Fresh Off The Block’ presentation. You’ll learn how to take your design, speed, and mobility into high performance using 3rd party templates in the block editor.

Say goodbye to boring, slow websites and hello to “hot off the press” freshly baked WordPress sites.

Join me in this session for some strategies and fun while empowering your block editor experience and website!

September 30, 2023 — Many WordPress developers still struggle to get stared developing WordPress blocks. Once of the first hurdles to overcome is installing Node.js and npm, and setting up the build steps to transpile JSX to JavaScript code that can run in the browser.

However, what many folks don’t know is that while JSX makes block development slightly easier, it’s not a requirement. It is entirely possible to develop blocks without the Node.js requirement, using plain JavaScript.

In this session you will learn how to build block without needing to install anything on your local development environment, as well as the pros and cons to both methods.