October 30, 2020 — This talk explains how to create custom Gutenberg Blocks with the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin instead of learning React. The presentation also comments on the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches.

October 30, 2020 — Accessibility is a practice that touches on many aspects of good web design and development, including performance. This talk will highlight opportunities and techniques to improve your website or web app’s performance by embracing an accessible, inclusive mindset.

October 30, 2020 — Not having enough time or energy to manage all our systems and processes is one of the biggest stress inducers for freelancers. In this talk, Allie takes a look at how useful automation tools can sometimes be overused to the point of disconnecting us from our work entirely and how that ultimately causes more stress for freelancers. We will then explore how to find a healthy balance so that automation can be a friend, not a foe.

October 30, 2020

October 30, 2020 — WordPress is often used to build websites for nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit needs are slightly different in that they usually require online giving solutions, and they are often trying to address several distinct audiences such as donors, volunteers, clients, and the general public. Today we’ll tour a few nonprofit websites that are built on WordPress, learn about an online donation form plugin called Give, and talk about helping multiple audiences navigate your website along with some other capabilities often needed by nonprofits.

October 30, 2020 — WordPress is powerful software with a large, diverse community — even if you know how to use WordPress, it can be hard to know how to get started in the community! In this session, Angela will share lessons learned from one year of participation in the WordPress community, including key terminology, an overview of the teams and skills that build WordPress, and tips for cross-discipline communication, all with the goal of helping you get involved.

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October 30, 2020 — WordPress is changing and evolving quickly, how can we adapt and grow our projects as the platform continues to progress? BU Learning Blocks is a new plugin created by BU to assist with online, interactive learning. We will explore the process of developing a new plugin in the Gutenberg era and the various twists and turns the team encountered along the way.

October 30, 2020 — In this case study you’ll learn how one company used its core values to turn a public dispute over website logs with the DOJ into a wildly successful global campaign for internet privacy, AND you’ll learn why open platforms like WordPress are so important to preserving a free and open internet, especially in times of crisis.

At the end of the session you’ll better understand how to:

Use your WordPress blog as a central component of an overall messaging strategy
Interact with media to tell your story
Turn your brand’s core values into media talking points
Navigate the treacherous waters of political brand involvement while maintaining an ostensibly neutral stance

October 30, 2020 — You know your website should be accessible, but how can you achieve that? This session will get you started creating content that is available to all. I’ll review how to layout content on a web page so that it can be read by assistive technology, guidelines to creating sentences and paragraphs that are accessible, and how to include images, charts and infographics in a way that transmits information to those with sight impairments and reading challenges. I’ll also show you how you can include downloadable documents on your website. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDFs all can be accessible.

October 30, 2020 — We’ll talk about practical resources and advice that beginners to seasoned veterans can use to improve their content and their perception to their audience.

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