December 30, 2019 — Being a lead developer not only means being responsible for clean and optimized code, it also means mentoring and teaching junior developers. This is applicable for all technology fields. Having been a karate sensei for over 9 years, come learn how I took cues from my time at the dojo, and applied it to helping junior team members. From learning styles to patience, and to self-confidence, much can be learned from the martial arts.

December 30, 2019 — Security is hard. And scary. And oh so confusing. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With WordPress, the basics are built in and you’re a simple checklist away from hardening your WordPress site like a pro. In this session, Todd will use plain english, entertaining stories and an all encompassing top 10 list to take you from newbie to knowledgeable in less than an hour.

December 30, 2019 — How to write, publish and promote high-quality blog posts that will make Google, your website or business and most importantly, your users, happy.
1) Creating Your Post – How to choose the right topic and title, write using LSIs etc.
2) Publishing Your Post – How to format for mobile users, internal linking, meta info and other on-page optimizations, and what WordPress plugins can help
3) Promoting Your Post – Don’t stop once it’s published! How to use Search Console to get it indexed quickly, creating and implementing a distribution strategy to help with SEO.

December 30, 2019 — The WordPress community is abuzz with talk of static sites. The speed and simplicity of static pages and sites make them an attractive option for many businesses and non-profits. Yet, how easy is it to produce these sites? Turns out, there are simple, cost-effective ways for designers, content producers, and other non-technical people to build WordPress sites for quick conversion to static sites.

December 30, 2019 — Most developers have some experience with jQuery, but few of them understand the principles of Javascript and how to write and debug Javascript code. This session will cover best practices for writing object oriented Javascript, benchmarking, and debugging.

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December 29, 2019 — From childhood, we are taught to think about the right thing to do in our personal lives; but have you thought about the right thing to do for your business? For WordPress? And what about the long-term impact of those decisions? Join Christie for a conversation about business, WordPress, and ethics.

December 27, 2019 — The tools and plugins that we use every day slowly change over time, and I love to share them so that we can learn from one another.

In particular, I’ll be talking about:

– Tools for your website, for things like handling backups, updates and security.

– Tools for your business, for things like billing, contracts and proposals.

– Tools for getting things done, for things like task management, contacts, email and more.

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December 27, 2019 — Ellen Mubwanda gives advice on how to write awesome content for your client or own publication.

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December 27, 2019 — A rambling review of some videogame/ computer game history (League of Legends). The growth of Infotainment and my own personal time use. Coming to Slovakia in ’91, changing from Communism to Capitalism. MS Dos 3.11 & computers, T602, MS Word, Windows 95. 98, NT, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, Office 365. US War on Terror, 9/11/2001 – rise of blogging. Blogger, other blogging sites, WordPress. As a casual user. Not really a big community member.

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December 27, 2019 — Nástroje na návrh, testovanie a feedbackovanie webov sa rýchlo vyvíja. Pozrieme sa na to, ako efektívne spolupracovať v rámci tímu a s klientom tak, aby výsledok za to stál.

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