December 27, 2018 — You’re not always sitting in front of your computer when inspiration strikes. Sometimes you need to write a post in a place that isn’t in front of your desk – like on a train, in your car, or just from your living room couch. We always have our mobile phones or tablets with us it seems – so why not use the WordPress mobile apps to run your site?

WordPress for Android and iOS provides a great experience for site admins for running your site. The editor is fully featured as well for short and long form posts! In this talk you’ll get a really good overview of the capabilities of the mobile apps so you can see just how easy it is to be mobile and still in control of your site.

December 27, 2018 — A mother with a wailing baby in her arms – maybe the baby has an ear infection. A trainer at the rec center who is overwhelmed with requests for team building exercises. A gifted data scientist who just. needs. to. focus. An executive with the future of a three billion dollar company on his shoulders.

These are all people who use the intranet web site my team builds. The code we write affects their daily lives, their work, their health, and the company we all work for.

The developer to end user relationship is very direct. We are in the perfect position to advocate for site users, and ensure that the site we build is compassionate in its design, because we write the code. We are the gatekeepers, and we have a both a responsibility and an opportunity to help, and not harm, the users of our site.

December 27, 2018 — State of the Word QandA

December 27, 2018 — State of the Word

WordCamp US 2018

December 25, 2018 — In this talk John will introduce you to Git Bisect and show you real-world use cases. He’ll cover using it to identify the cause of regressions, how it can save you time, and how to hook it up to automated testing.

December 25, 2018 — This talk will help you get started on your journey to modern JavaScript WordPress development by sharing resources, tips and lessons learned from developing custom WordPress blocks.

December 25, 2018 — Let’s take a look at all of the projects going on around Gutenberg, we’ll see where they’re at, how they fit together, and how you’ll be able to use them to build your next-level WordPress experiences in the coming years.

December 25, 2018 — Let’s take a peek at what front-end development has become these days. Starting from what the role is, where we sit, and the expectations of us. Then we’ll get into the problems we face, how to approach them, and the tools we have at our disposal. We’ll look at how Gutenberg might fit into our lives as front-end developers.

December 22, 2018 — There’s so many things to think about when you first start your site. The biggest item on your list should be how are you going to get people to read what you write, buy what you’re selling. In this session, we’ll take a look at what tools are out there to help you build an email list and generate qualified leads.

December 22, 2018 — Mostly overlooked and underestimated, technical SEO for WordPress can take on many shapes and forms. From URL paths and topic focusing to breadcrumbs and page speed, proper technical SEO implementation can mean the difference between exposing your content to targeted online consumers or hanging out on page 10 where no-one will find you.

This session will cover both basic and advanced technical SEO techniques, best practices and dive into the following:

Siloing and organization techniques
Canonicalization and pagination
Topic focusing to prevent competition and dilution
Breadcrumbs and schema markup
Techniques for avoiding index bloat
Crawl budget optimization
WordPress taxonomy best practices
Page speed optimization best practices

Session attendees will gain valuable information and walk away with actionable takeaways that can be immediately applied to their websites to increase search visibility.