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and maintain websites, there is a constant threat of having a website under-perform, getting attacked, or just look outdated.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.

May 10, 2023 — Email authentication is important because it helps to ensure that the emails you receive are actually from the sender they claim to be from, and have not been tampered with during transmission. By using email authentication protocols like DKIM, SPF, and DMARC, you can prevent spam, phishing, and other fraudulent email activities. This helps to protect your personal information and prevents attackers from accessing your sensitive data or infecting your device with malware. Overall, email authentication helps to increase the trust and safety of your online communication. However, email traffic from WordPress websites was long overlooked.

A new WordPress plugin makes it finally possible to DKIM sign your website’s emails.

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a security measure that verifies the authenticity of the email message by checking if it has been modified during transmission. DKIM signatures are added to the email header, which ensures that the email is delivered to the intended recipient and not marked as spam.

By signing your website’s emails with DKIM, you can increase the deliverability of your emails and build trust with your recipients. With the plugin’s focus on email deliverability, you can rest assured that your emails will reach the inbox, and not get lost in spam folders.

This feature also allows for the alignment of your transactional and non-transactional mail traffic, prerequisites of DMARC an BIMI. Before this plugin, it was difficult and expensive to implement this feature without relying on costly SMTP services.

I will explain what is email authentication and why you need to secure your website’s emails NOW.

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May 10, 2023 — The WordPress open source project is a strong global community that cultivates friendship, fun, and many personal and professional opportunities.

As today’s community members, we can ensure that WordPress continues to be this and more for future generations. Passion and enthusiasm alone are not enough to make a community sustainable. Instead, our leadership skills and their growth will help ensure a bright future for our community. In this talk, Angela will explore the concept of leading at all levels. You’ll identify the leadership skills you already possess and learn how you can continue to grow them, to strengthen your personal skill set and to better tomorrow’s WordPress.

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May 8, 2023 — In this Online Workshop, we will learn how to use the Site Editor to create a custom template for a unique post or page.

You might want to create a custom template for an event, a landing page, different types of blog posts or even have unique styles for different pages on your site.

We will look at two examples; 1)Creating custom templates for two different types of blog posts
2) Creating a custom template for a landing page.

May 7, 2023 — This video is an interview with a WordCamp attendee. Mr. Faizus Saleheen is been with WordPress for more than 6 years. He is also an organizer of WordCamp Sylhet.