March 12, 2018 — This talk addresses what comes next: How do you spend your contributing time efficiently? How do you find access to developer groups? How do you make your ideas heard? Following up on your first contribution efforts is not always as straightforward as one may expect, and the goal of this talk is to prepare you for a beneficial long-term relationship as a core contributor, by presenting advanced techniques and clarifying expectations.”

March 9, 2018 — “Protecting your plugin functionality with specific capability checks using the Capabilities API should be a best practice, but it is still one of the most underused parts of WordPress core. Using the API allows for granular access management by developers using the plugin, and may even prevent security holes. This session explains how to use the API by looking at examples and diving in deeper from there, both from the view of a plugin developer as well as of an external developer who needs to tweak a third-party plugin.
As another practical example, some of the upcoming improvements to capabilities in WordPress core itself are revealed, so that you are aware of what’s on the horizon.”

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March 9, 2018 — If you have your own company, you know what I am talking about: You don’t have enough contact with your customers. And if you have contact with your costumers, the conversations are boring and there are misunderstandings. How can you make sure the conversations that you have are an added value for you and your costumers? In this talk I will learn you a couple of techniques that you can use to bring your conversations with prospects and customers to a higher level.

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March 9, 2018 — “We’ve all been there at least once: all of the sudden you get a blank page, or worse, a 500-error. In this talk we’ll go over the step anyone can take to interpret the error, find more information about it, find the culprit and get it resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.
We’ll look into the wp_debug function, error logging on the server, php settings and of course some common errors, their causes and the necessary fixes.”

March 9, 2018 — In this talk I will share the several elements of the secret sauce that makes holistic web design/development so interesting for your business.
It all boils down that you will be able to achieve much better results from a holistic approach to web projects than by just focusing all on one area.
This session will have an interactive element, in which the entire audience will participate! So if you are planning to catch up on some sleep during my talk, you will be in for a surprise!”

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March 8, 2018 — Is your blog neglected and out-of-date? Is it at the bottom of your to-do list so never gets the attention it deserves? That makes you normal! Consistently blogging challenges most of us because we’re busy with so many other tasks. Let’s fix that. During this hands-on workshop, we’ll talk about the challenges we’re facing that keep us from blogging, and how to overcome them. Then we’ll get to work creating a plan you can stick with to make sure your blog does get the attention it deserves. You’ll walk out with a clear vision, a list of topics, a writing schedule, and a renewed commitment to your blog.

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March 8, 2018 — Are you a freelancer or small business owner considering returning to a full-time role? Whether a career transition is on your short term roadmap or just an option you’d like to keep on the table for the future, there are concrete things you can be doing now to ensure you’ll be successful in finding and landing the job you want.

Join this interactive session to learn strategies to prepare for and execute a job search and discover how to translate the experience you’ve built in your business to market yourself to the organizations you’d like to work for.

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March 8, 2018 — Many of us work primarily in this first realm: with themes and plugins, and may not have been closely tracking all of the details of the REST API’s rollout. Other of us (me included) have found the years-long rollout to be complicated to track and summarize.

Whatever your motivation, if you seek a gently-technical intro to the REST API in about a half-hour, this session is for you. We will cover three broad areas:

– what is the REST API, and how does it work?
– what are some possible use cases for the REST API?
– how do I extend/customize/control the REST API?

This broad, quick, overview should leave you prepared and equipped to further research and experimentation with WordPress’ fancy new feature.

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March 8, 2018 — The command line is a very powerful tool that you can use for all sorts of things. But the terminal can be a little scary if you’ve never been there before.

Let’s demystify it a bit and go over:

what you’re looking at,
some basic commands that’ll help you get around, and
a glimpse of some more advanced commands that can be handy to have in your toolbox.

Equipped with the basics, we’ll then learn about a powerful WordPress tool: WP-CLI. This won’t be an in-depth developer discussion, but a demo of what it can do and why you should be excited to try it out.

Note: Sorry, but this will be based on Mac/Unix. Windows has some exceptions that won’t be covered.

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March 8, 2018 — While you can use BuddyPress to create a feature packed community site in mere minutes, it is often overwhelming for both administrators and users alike. I’ll share some tools and techniques that you can use to build your BuddyPress community while maintaining your sanity.

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