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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December 27, 2019 — No one got into web design to be a privacy expert. But times have changed and privacy is more relevant than ever. What you’ll learn:

1. Why privacy is important;
2. What websites need to have a Privacy Policy;
3. Why you should be the one talking to your clients about it.

December 27, 2019 — Calling all freelancers! Whether you focus on design, development, content creation or marketing, there’s more to freelancing than just being good at your trade. In order to be able to service your clients, you have to keep YOUR business running and that means getting those finances in order. We’ll talk about the basics (fixed vs. hourly, time tracking, invoicing and profit to name a few) as well as more advanced topics (like IRAs and planning beyond this month). There will be spreadsheets.