November 30, 2018 — The talk is about how can one use integrate messenger which could be any messenger (i.e Facebook messenger). The session is delivered by Mr. Bilal Shahid who is a full stack developer and teaching WordPress to millions on Tuts+

November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018 — The design of a website can support, but also hinder the accessibility of the site. In this talk I would like to show the most common problems in the web in terms of accessible design and give an overview over good practice and also over potential conflicts between different accessible needs and how to deal with that.

In the talk I will show you tools and resources to that will help you to design accessible websites and also how to integrate accessibility from the beginning into the design process.

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November 26, 2018 — Ben, a Virtual CFO is joining us to talk about just how few business owners in the WordPress space really understand their numbers – let alone how to use them to improve their businesses, earn more profit, and sleep better at night. In this talk, Ben will cover 5 quick ways to increase profits in the next week and the top 5 numbers to keep an eye on to make sure a business survives and thrives. Come prepared to take lots of notes!

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November 26, 2018 — Brendan & Luke are joining us to remind us that we’re living at a time in history when technology is changing at a profound rate, creating deep challenges for companies all over the world. Those with the foresight to adapt will be greatly rewarded, while those who ignore changing technologies will fall behind (aka Blockbuster). Join them and learn about the 4 major areas of change that will fundamentally disrupt the future of the web.

November 26, 2018 — This introductory talk shows how the application of simple principles of Gestalt psychology can greatly enhance the design of WordPress websites. Most of us probably use some of those principles intuitively already. However, consciously adopting a Gestalt-driven approach helps us hugely towards creating a more meaningful, efficient and improved experience of our websites for our end users. And by the way: it’s not necessary to be an expert to use these principles. The talk covers a selection of the Gestalt principles that have a real, practical role in the designing of web pages. Plenty of examples of real-world applications will be provided.

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November 26, 2018 — Rheinard is joining us to talk API & WordPress. Having integrated several API integrations for large clients patterns have emerge. Yet each time an API project comes up he finds us reinvent the wheel – Why? Mostly because of changing team composition, but more prominently… as a WordPress community we have been doing it wrong. What if there was a better way? What if we could standardise our approach for how we integrate with third-party APIs? What if WordPress became API Middleware?

In this talk Rheinard will explore this idea. He’ll use a real case study of where they’ve started to implement this. Ultimately he’s seeking feedback from the developer community with the intent to push WordPress forward in an exciting and unknown direction.

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November 26, 2018 — Tony, a podcast host from Sydney is giving us an overview of what equipment & software is needed to get started in podcasting, what services & digital assets you can use and then how to bring it all together on a WordPress website as the hub of the podcast.

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November 26, 2018 — Emma, a graphic designer turned web designer will be covering the 9 steps she takes to create beautiful WordPress websites, and quickly! After years both designing and building websites with WordPress she’s refined the process over and over, making it as tight and smooth as possible for both herself and clients – and she’ll be sharing it with all of us!

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November 26, 2018 — Dale, a qualified lawyer (but he asked us not to hold that against him) is joining us from Tasmania to share with us how he’s created an online social community for the disability sector – My Disability Matters, using many of the familiar tools such as BuddyPress, Peepso, WooCommerce, and many others. He’ll cover many of the learnings based around the scaling and performance ability of different plugins and hosting. Discussion of our experience and tips for others building their community on WordPress.

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