March 12, 2020 — Hosting is essential to every web site in the world, and getting the right fit for your needs can be daunting with all the options available out there.

In this presentation, Ricky will take you through how hosting has changed over time, what is available now to help with your WordPress site, how to get the most from your hosting, and what you should be looking for in choosing the right provider.

This talk is aimed at new to intermediate WordPress users.

March 12, 2020

March 12, 2020 — We did some initial discovery and flipped the brief, prompting the solution to change from a ‘box moving’ solution to one that focused on rich, engaging, resourceful recipe-style content.

March 12, 2020 — A bit of history: The web was built for sharing science
About CSIRO (and Data61), Australia’s premier science organisation
How we use WordPress, multisite and standalone
In-house development vs External (understanding the needs of a large government agency)
The challenges and our solutions: Custom themes and plugins, administering multiple sites
The future: Gutenberg?

March 12, 2020 — WordPress 101 Workshop Part 4

March 12, 2020 — This topic will discuss the benefits of creating a website with a good design that is visually appealing to the user. It will also discuss essential tips in designing a website that is appealing, engaging, and effective. Certain key points include: planning, design, functionality, content, and engagement.

March 12, 2020 — This talk covers common failures businesses make in their social media strategies and how you can get your business back on track so you can build and audience that converts into sales.

March 12, 2020 — There are so many tools that you use in your business to manage the day to day operations, sales, billing, research, communication, project management etc.

I bet most of those systems don’t talk to each other, and that’s where Zapier comes in, to save you a lot of time by automating the connections and data points between applications and WordPress.

See how you can use Zapier and WordPress together to automate social media posting and much more.

March 11, 2020 — This talk will apply to other business owners in the audience too, as although I’ll be talking about WordPress website delivery, the concepts can be mostly applied to other businesses.

March 11, 2020 — This talk will include the theme / plugins we used, the method of validating License Keys, key decisions we made about the “Upgrade Path” UX, and how we manage a premium and free codebase.