May 29, 2018 — This session will cover 4 different methods you can use to monetize the content on your WordPress site: display ads, affiliate marketing, sponsored content and paid memberships. We’ll give an overview of the method, explain who pays and how you get paid, what plugins help you use that method, and show some examples of each type of monetization in-action.

May 29, 2018 — You’re building websites, have a grand ol’ time, then it hits you: a copyright takedown notice. What did you do wrong?
The Creative Commons Scavenger Hunt aims to demystify copyright, fair use, and creative commons; what you can use on your website and when, be it images, videos, audio or text.
Come for the knowledge, leave with a prize for the team that finds the most items on the Creative Commons Scavenger Hunt!

May 29, 2018 — Learn how to boost your SEO to build a bigger community online with these 3 strategies: Keyword Research & Organization, Leveraging Competitor Insights and Writing Content that Resonates. This talk will cover the basics of each strategy to offer actionable steps to start using right away.

May 29, 2018 — We all know a site’s performance is important, but knowing exactly how web caches work, and how to tune them just right, can be somewhat of a mystery. The typical approach seems to be: install a caching plugin and call it a day. But in this session we’ll go over what the various types of caching techniques are, what they do, how they differ from one another, and how they can all work together to get the most speed out of your WordPress sites. Whether you’re new to WordPress and curious how to make your website faster, or you’re an advanced professional looking to speed up your clients’ sites, this session is for you.

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May 28, 2018 — What is FoundationPress and how does it help streamline theme development? We will walk you through the process of installing and using FoundationPress to build highly functional custom WordPress themes. Move beyond CSS as we teach you the basics of SASS to add spunk to your site’s style. We will also teach the most efficient way to use the command line as part of your development process, so your site is as functional as it is stylish!

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May 23, 2018 — How can you produce material for your blog week after week? We’ll discuss where to find ideas, how to keep track of ideas and other strategies to make sure you always have engaging material for your readers.

May 16, 2018 — In this talk I’ll give a demo of the new editor, explain what’s about to change and reflect on the opportunities and risks this entails.

After this talk, you will have a better understanding of…
– how the process of content creation in WordPress is going to change.
– what could break if you have plugins installed which add functionality to the post edit screen.
– the potential (business) opportunities related to the big changes that are coming.

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May 8, 2018 — Why should you think Open Source to boost your career?

May 7, 2018 — Apart from being a wordsmith and pensive writer, Pratima is also a tech nut- she is a Software Engineer and works at Goreto Software; a software company based in Pokhara. Her inescapable path of self-discovery and creativity led her to WordPress and she has been rocking it so far.
Topic Description: A pursuit to get all those who haven’t hopped on the blogging bandwagon get started with blogging.

May 6, 2018 — Date/Time component of WordPress core dates back to ancient PHP 4 times.

As result work with dates, times, and timezones is full of pitfalls. Trivial actions in admin and code can lead to massive errors in output of time information. Errors that will confuse both people and software.

The talk will summarize years of experience with bugs and edge cases in Date/Time component. Point out the most common (and trivial to make!) errors. Provide practical solutions for robust development and output practices.

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