May 7, 2019 — What is Travis CI and how is it used to automate the developer workflow and save a lot of time.

May 6, 2019 — Websites can be a good way for students and instructors to share information, but the coding requirements of some web design platforms can create a nearly insurmountable barrier. I have found WordPress very useful for both teaching and research because it allows beginners to design pages without coding but still allows flexibility and modification of the code. I will discuss two ways I have used WordPress: in a student-run blog for a course and in a website I built using Divi to promote my research projects. I will highlight some of the Divi widgets and components that I have found particularly useful.

May 6, 2019 — WordPress is a great place for visual artists to share their work, but getting things set up can be challenging. In this talk, I’ll cover everything from preparing imagery of artwork for the web, useful built-in WordPress functions, recommended plugins, and improving the user’s viewing experience. I will also demonstrate my free WordPress theme, optimized for artists.

May 2, 2019 — Presentation called 10 PHP snippets to increase WooCommerce sales by Rodolfo Melogli.

May 2, 2019 — Presentation called Work smart with Gutenberg by Fellyph Cintra.

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May 2, 2019 — Presentation called Using post relationships to build advanced sites by Dario Jazbec Hrvatin.

April 30, 2019 — I launched my personal blog (labifrancis.com) last year and it has opened me up to a lot of opportunities. In this talk, you’ll know the benefits of having your own personal website and how you should maximise it.

April 30, 2019 — Cloud Computing is one of those aspects of computing that seems shrouded in mystery.

Most Web Developers desire to control every aspect of their hosting environments but get scared at the prospect of learning Cloud Computing.

This session will teach absolute beginners how to signup for an AWS account, purchase a domain name, configure a WordPress cloud image and manage a WordPress website running on Amazon Web Services.

April 30, 2019 — This workshop will focus on how WordPress owners can secure their websites/blog so as to prevent or reduce hacking attempts. The audience will be introduced to tools and best practices to undertake to harden their sites.

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April 30, 2019 — I will walk you through the step-by-step guide on how we ranked a website in a few months using Google’s best practices and improving the user experience.