January 14, 2020 — WordCamp Kota Kinabalu 2019 Part 8 – Can I make money with WordPress By Vince Aggrippino.

An in-depth discussion exploring the pros and cons of several options for earning an income with WordPress…
– Blogging with ads & affiliate marketing
– Theme design
– A regular job… What’s that?
– “Traditional” Freelancing
– Upwork et al… Freelancing with help
– Fiverr … a slightly different take
– Other ways… Are there other ways

Closing.

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January 14, 2020 — Whether it is for re-using the same code or deploying a bug fix or just for better document management, one of the most important leaps any site builder will ever take in their path towards becoming a developer is learning a version control system. This talk will briefly explore the need for Git, the history and use cases. Then we will jump into how to get started and the basic organizational concepts. We will also examine Github, the web-based Git hosting service.

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January 14, 2020 — Let’s explore the benefits of thinking in re-usable blocks. Atomic design, Modular Development, and D.R.Y. methodology improves productivity, enhances UI and empowers authors. We will explore multiple methods to achieve modularity in our WP themes, leveraging the WordPress templating system and Advanced Custom Fields or using blocks in the form of Gutenberg. Regardless if you are ready to learn Javascript deeply and embrace Gutenberg, or set in your ways and sticking with the classic editor.

January 14, 2020 — When we work with WordPress, we deal with data that we commonly know as posts, pages, media, comments, options etc. However, the REST API has required us to rethink what some of these data structures are and how they should work, particularly in regards to metadata and options, which have historically been an undefined dump of arbitrary data. This session provides an abstract overview of how data in WordPress is structured and gives insight on questions like: How are post types and taxonomies related? What makes metadata different from options? Where does my own data fit in? If you are developing for WordPress, it is crucial to know some of these concepts. In recent years, WordPress has started to make some structure out of its previous data mess, but is still only touching the surface. And we can all contribute to figuring it out together.

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January 14, 2020 — WordPress’ default dumping ground for all data related to posts (and custom post types) is in post meta. When there’s a lot of meta data, it starts to strain your server performance and resources in ways you may not have realized.

I’ll go through a real-world example of too much meta-data being stored with a post, some hacks to avoid problems, and some better solutions using the meta data API. I’ll explain how you can easily move data, even if your site has already been designed, developed, and deployed.

Use less memory, handle more concurrent visitors, and speed up page loads by only loading what you need, when you need it.

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January 14, 2020 — I’ve been blogging for 8 years and I have learned that when it comes to getting visits to my website, I had to do three things: (1) Narrow my niche, (2) Answer a question, and (3) gain a basic understanding of search engine optimization.
In this presentation, I would like to introduce the audience to 15 (or more) easy tips that they can apply immediately to improve the SEO of their WordPress blog. My tips will include:

• Keyword research
• Topics that answer questions
• Best practices for headers
• Guest posting and link backs
• Digging deep into the analytics of a blog

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January 14, 2020 — Accessibility is legally and morally important. Yes, it does take extra effort, but making your website accessible will help you reach more customers and should improve your site’s ranking by search engines.
Learn five user limitations and how to make sure your website works for everyone!

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January 14, 2020 — Many great projects, products, and companies have grown out of side projects or hobbies. Apple, Twitter, and even Gmail exist because someone dedicated their spare time to testing the waters. Most of your favorite WordPress themes, plugins, and websites were probably brought to life during someone’s day off.

But not all side projects need to be huge, life-altering excursions. Whether it’s building a WordPress plugin, learning a new software package, or building an entire website, they can be whatever you need them to be; from developing a new skill to bringing in extra income to simply having a little fun. Side projects can also be a great way to learn what you’re made of, try new avenues, and build relationships with other web professionals.

Join Rachel to discuss the pros (and cons) of side projects, learn about a few projects that turned into so much more, and hopefully leave with a few ideas of your own.

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January 14, 2020 — The workshop shall revolve around Elasticsearch, its importance in your WordPress website, why and when Elasticsearch should be preferred instead of WordPress default search. There will be discussion about setting up your own Elasticsearch instance and how to integrate it in your WordPress website. Further, workshop shall throw some light on getting “query” relevant content faster by unleashing the power of Elasticsearch.
Integration of Elasticsearch in various cases with WordPress APIs like WP_Query shall be discussed.

January 13, 2020 — February 26, 2019 – What if there was a way that you could communicate directly with search engines? You could help Google understand your content and give them more information to make your website stand out in the search results.

We’ll talk about Structured Data and how it tells search engines exactly what’s on your site. We’ll also discuss on how you can implement it, submit to Google and test the results.