May 22, 2023 — We all know we should be using Strong Passwords and Two-Factor to protect our online accounts, but following best practices isn’t always easy. Teaching clients that they need to be using a distinct strong password on all their sites plus a password manager to keep track of all of them has already been difficult. And while Two-Factor protects against nearly all attempts to hack your accounts, it’s even harder to convince clients to use it.

Luckily, the fine folks at the FIDO Alliance have been working hard at this problem for years. WebAuthn is a comprehensive standard to let users log into apps & websites without needing to user a password or a two-factor code. With WebAuthn you can log in using authentication methods built into your device like Face ID, Touch ID, or Windows Hello.

Passkeys is the latest version of this standard and it promises to deliver a simpler and even more secure way of getting signed in. In this talk, we’ll explore the different ways hackers can break into your user accounts. Them, we’ll explore how you can use passkeys across the web and to protect your WordPress website.

May 22, 2023 — In the wake of GDPR and other user privacy laws like CCPA, POPIA, etc., protecting your privacy online has become a heated topic. The number of people actively trying to reduce their digital footprint has increased thanks to the rising awareness and concerns about their privacy in recent years. Even still, a lot of websites are yet to comply with these laws for various reasons, and non-compliance with these laws can potentially invite heavy fines.

So it becomes vital that WordPress, which is powering about 40% of the internet, leads by example in protecting user data privacy at its core – not just for complying with the law but also for putting users first and building their trust.

May 22, 2023 — Join us for a lively and informative discussion about protecting your website with this NEO WordPress Meetup, “Safeguarding Your Website: Smart WordPress Security.”

I will share tips and tricks for setting up smart security measures to protect your WordPress website from potential threats.

This presentation will be a great experience where you can follow along and learn how to install and/or utilize various security tools.

We’ll delve into these tools and explore basic insights that can help you understand your website’s security status.

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced WordPress user, this meetup is perfect for anyone looking to learn about smart WordPress security.

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May 18, 2023 — A multisite network is a collection of sites that all run off the same WordPress installation. In this tutorial, you’ll learn what a multisite network is, why you might consider using a multisite network, and walk through the steps to set one up.

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May 16, 2023 — In this session, we will set up a new header and footer in the Editor. We will look at more than one example and see how we can customize the look and feel of our headers/footers with the help of blocks.

May 15, 2023 — CSS is evolving. Rapidly. The block editor relies heavily on goodies that once seemed unfeasible to safely use crossbrowser: custom properties, flexbox, grid, … Recently CSS added extra powers that can already be used in real life and could take the block editor to the next level: aspect-ratio, calc(), min()/max()/clamp(), scroll-snap, …

But wait, there will be more game changing tools coming to every browser near you in a not-so-far future. Container queries? They’re happening. New viewport units? Subgrid? Color-contrast? :has()? Nesting? On their way.

Think about all the things that needed awful hacks to be achieved in a not so far away past (a padding hack, anyone?). Now start to imagine what will be possible natively with all the current and upcoming powers of CSS. And how the block editor needs those powers and will thrive on them. Can you?

In this talk we’ll explore some examples together. It is meant to be a practical sneak peak, but also aims to be an ode to CSS and an appeal for some extra CSS love within the Gutenberg project. Therefore an appeal to learn CSS deeply.

May 14, 2023 — Branding is often associated with high-price consultants, reduced to logos and color schemes, or considered a gimmick. But if you’re a freelance professional, a business owner, or you’re working in a small team, you simply must work on your personal brand. Where to start? This presentation will be a better place than most.

Over the span of 30 minutes, I will give you an actionable blueprint for your personal branding strategy. The basis here won’t be The Big Marketing Bucks (TM), but authenticity and professionalism. You will walk away ready to:

– get people to know you and see you for the expert you are
– share valuable information that helps target audiences and gets them to like you;
– build your value proposition by balancing the personal and the professional to generate trust.

May 14, 2023 — If you own or develop and maintain websites, there is a constant threat of having a website under-perform, getting attacked, or just look outdated. Believe it or not, but by following the principles of 2,500 years old military book you can make websites secure, and have them perform and rank well.

May 14, 2023 — AI models are taking the world like a storm. ChatGPT, the AI model by Open AI recently became the fastest growing app in the world, its user base went well over 100,000,000 users in January 2023. While corporations were planning to invest billions in Open AI, Google announced in February 2023 the release of its own language model, Bard. Even though AI still has a lot of way to go, it has an amazing potential and can be of invaluable help for website owners. At the same time, many people fear AI and expect that it might eventually replace people and make certain professions redundant. We will have a look at how site owners can benefit from AI (SEO, copyright, translation, development, design, etc.) and also explore the “dark side of AI” – the supposed dangers and threats that may come with it.

May 10, 2023 — This tutorial explores the various editor modes in the block editor that you can select to improve your writing or editing experience.