April 17, 2019 — Do you ask yourself “what kind of content I should write on my or my client’s site to attract more customers”? If yes, this presentation will show you a few ways of using the date to find relevant topics in any industry that these users are looking for.

I will try to help you replace a feeling of uncertainty that you might have when you are deciding what pages or articles you need to write next.

Instead, you will be confident that a large group of readers or potential customers are looking for them.

April 16, 2019 — We’ve all been there at least once: all of the sudden you get a blank page, or worse, a 500-error.

In this talk we’ll go over the step anyone can take to interpret the error, find more information about it, find the culprit and get it resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.

We’ll look into the wp_debug function, error logging on the server, php settings and of course some common errors, their causes and the necessary fixes.

April 16, 2019 — An introductory talk for people who are newer to WordPress and making websites in it. I will be going over how to use the dashboard to create a new website.

Topics covered will include how to create posts, pages, menus and how they correspond to the content displayed on your site. How to create galleries, and search for themes and plugins.

I will also talk about how to use Yoast and add a contact form to your site.

April 16, 2019 — The Customizer was introduced with WordPress 3.4, nonetheless it is a very underestimated feature.
In this talk we will discover what it is and which tools we have at our disposal and how to extend its functionalities with Customize API.
At the end of the speech you will have all the information needed to start integrating it in your themes and plugins.

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April 16, 2019 — When a large business decides to adopt WordPress as its main web platform, finding how to master, scale and optimize WordPress to support large traffic spikes becomes the challenge.

In this talk I will share the problems encountered, solutions devised and results of two years of successful employment of WordPress to run the website of a mobile operator.

April 15, 2019 — My talk will be about ways one can monetize their site and which is most likely to generate more revenue.

April 15, 2019 — In response to the GDPR which became enforceable in May, the U.S. has opened privacy and data protection conversations at a state and federal level.

If you or your customers are marketing or selling to the U.S. you need to know key similarities and differences between U.S. and E.U. law to avoid legal liability.

This talk is presented by a U.S. business and privacy attorney and is for anyone working internationally, with the U.S. that wants to avoid costly business mistakes.

April 15, 2019 — A panel discussion on the various aspect of Business with WordPress including WordPress products like plugins & themes, SaaS services and more.

Speakers: Aslam Multani, Bhanu Ahluwalia, M Asif Rahman, Rahul Bansal
Moderator: Purnendu Dash

April 14, 2019 — In 2015 while running my previous business Action Gear we won the eCommerce Awards for “Best Customer Service in SA”. My topic would run through the key concepts for online business owners to know in order for them to be able to offer brilliant customer service too.

April 14, 2019 — Soon after the release of WordPress 15 years ago, support for internationalization was added to the software. This meant that themes, plugins, and WordPress itself could be translated. This was a huge deal as WordPress is used all over the world, in countries where English is not the main language. WordPress was quickly translated into German, Japanese and many more languages.

Over the years, WordPress has steadily improved the way we have to work with internationalization. However, challenges still exist and there will always be new ones ahead. Projects like Gutenberg and ecosystems beyond WordPress.org force us to continuously iterate.

In this talk you’ll learn how to make use of the latest and greatest technology to make your WordPress plugin or theme fully internationalized. Pascal is going to highlight how you can leverage the powers of WordPress, GlotPress, and WP-CLI to improve the translation workflow in your WordPress projects.

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