March 27, 2019 — Explore what a “living” style guide is and how you can use one to drive the creation of your WordPress themes. Looking at where this helps with things like collaboration, testing, maintenance, and reuse. From the perspective of an implementer rather than a designer so will contain technical details (so how to implement, not so much how to design for, and not just why you should).

March 27, 2019 — Share Neil’s journey from concept to product, via famous 5 minute install (in fact it was more like 5 seconds thanks to $ wp valet new –project=bedrock ).

Neil will talk about how this project was conceived, what it’s like to be the geek in a team of psychotherapists but a doofus in the dev team.

See the mock-ups that landed them a £660,000 project (and how he got bullied into accepting just a fraction of that *and* had to launch a year earlier than planned!)

Neil will share the lessons he’s learned about being a good ‘client’ to his developers (two of the nicest people he’s ever worked with), despite wanting to learn how they do what they do. Cringe as he shares some of the questions he’s asked them, the very patient replies he’s had, and the comical initial estimate of how much time he needed them for.

Find out how Neil support 800 users, the dilemma of supporting vs solving, and having collaborators rather than customers.

Next steps – where will this product be next year, 2 years from now?

March 27, 2019 — Voice search is rapidly evolving. Will it be the next big thing? Or is it already? And what should you be doing in order to stay on top of the game?

What about mobile indexing? Will this effect your rankings in the future?

In this talk I will be talking about some of the latest trends and important new insights in the world of SEO.

March 27, 2019 — Whether you’re a seasoned plugin/theme developer, a freelancer just starting out with building/customizing sites for clients or a technical support engineer that needs to replicate the setup of a client’s site, a local WordPress development environment is a critical part of your arsenal and there are a number of solid tools to pick from as the core of your setup.

I’ll introduce you to a nifty option that prioritises extreme speed and is light on resources. I’ll also take you through some interesting little tricks that make starting a new project as well as contributing to an existing one faster and way more fun.

Hold on to your hats and scarves and let’s jump right in.

March 26, 2019 — Highs, lows and where to next for four Women in WordPress – a panel discussion led by Kelly Molson.

March 25, 2019 — In May 2019, Marcel Bootsman will walk to Berlin from his hometown Berkel en Rodenrijs, to raise funds for DonateWC and support the WordPress community.

DonateWC is an initiative that aims to provide people with lesser financial means with funds to get to a (big) WordCamp. From donations that they collect, they’ll provide deserving community members with a WordCamp ticket, door to door transportation, accommodation, food and drink money, internet access and a once-in-a-lifetime experience

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March 23, 2019 — A walkthrough of the process and results from the site building user research study, followed by a Q&A session.

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March 23, 2019 — A walkthrough of the proposed direction for the navigation menu blocks, looking for areas of concern and improvement in terms of accessibility.

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March 21, 2019 — In the context of WordPress Mithun will shed light on how in this fast-moving world of smart devices like Mobile, TV, watch (cool stuff) The Internet of Things (IoT) is all about connecting various devices through the Internet.

You will learn how WordPress is transforming into smart WordPress with the help of the IoT

March 21, 2019 — With the another round of municipal elections set in Alberta for October 2017, we are about to be bombarded by candidates vying for our votes and attention. But what makes a good Political Campaign Web Site? What makes people take notice of a candidate? And are there lessons about design, branding and functionality that we can learn from campaign web sites to enhance our own business and non-profit web sites. This honest and frank talk will dive into the world of political web design to provide you with ideas on how better tell the story of your organization and get people to buy in to your message.

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