May 4, 2018 — If you’re running an online store you already know how important speed is. It drives session length. It drives conversions. But how do you do it? Does it mean you need to be an expert developer to have a fast store? In this presentation we’ll walk thru simple steps and strategies for speeding up your online store without a computer science degree.

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May 3, 2018 — When it comes to blogging, if you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, unsure of what to say, or found yourself frustrated from comparing your blog to others, this session is for you. Natalie Bourn is a high school freshman who has been blogging since she was 10 years old. In this session, she will share what blogging frustrations and hurdles she overcame to find her voice and blogging style, tips she has learned from four years of blogging, and the tools she uses to make blogging with WordPress easier.

May 3, 2018 — This session will provide you with some great tips and tricks for you to make working with WordPress even easier. From changing the number of posts on the dashboard page, to adding a target to link to on the menu dashboard, there are many things that are easy to accomplish — if only you know where to look. Not only are there screen options on almost every dashboard page, but there are help pulldowns, too, helping to answer questions before you might even need to turn to help in a forum. We will also cover shortcuts for use in the editor window, and a quick and easy way to save your favorite plugins to find at a click to upload to your site.

May 3, 2018 — This session will provide you with some great tips and tricks for you to make working with WordPress even easier. From changing the number of posts on the dashboard page, to adding a target to link to on the menu dashboard, there are many things that are easy to accomplish — if only you know where to look. Not only are there screen options on almost every dashboard page, but there are help pulldowns, too, helping to answer questions before you might even need to turn to help in a forum. We will also cover shortcuts for use in the editor window, and a quick and easy way to save your favorite plugins to find at a click to upload to your site.

May 2, 2018 — Part 2
Very low volume due to broken lapel mic!

WordPress coding standards exist for a reason. They provide a level of continuity among developers so that you can expect a certain level of quality and readability in code written for WordPress. WPCS is a set of rules PHPCS (PHP Code Sniffer) that makes it super easy to comply with WordPress coding standards by showing you the areas of your code that do not comply. In this workshop, we will cover setting up PHPCS with WPCS as well as other tools to help make your code beautiful.

May 2, 2018 — Very low volume due to broken lapel mic!

WordPress coding standards exist for a reason. They provide a level of continuity among developers so that you can expect a certain level of quality and readability in code written for WordPress. WPCS is a set of rules PHPCS (PHP Code Sniffer) that makes it super easy to comply with WordPress coding standards by showing you the areas of your code that do not comply. In this workshop, we will cover setting up PHPCS with WPCS as well as other tools to help make your code beautiful.

May 2, 2018 — Bet and I talk about how she started using WordPress, WordCamps and the Support Forums.

Bet is a moderator on the Support Forums. The group recently held a volunteer orientation on April 27th.

Anybody is welcome to drop in the forums and give a helping hand to people needing advice.

There is a lot of information, documentation and tools available here: https://wordpress.org/support/

Also, check out the team page here: https://make.wordpress.org/support/

April 27, 2018 — This presentation is an introduction to how to unit test WordPress plugins. PHPUnit is the standard PHP testing framework, but getting it working with a WordPress plugin is challenging. The presentation covers: – Advantages that unit tests provide – Scaffolding a new plugin and its unit tests using WP-CLI – Writing and running the first unit test.

April 27, 2018 — This presentation is an introduction to how to unit test WordPress plugins. PHPUnit is the standard PHP testing framework, but getting it working with a WordPress plugin is challenging. The presentation covers: – Advantages that unit tests provide – Scaffolding a new plugin and its unit tests using WP-CLI – Writing and running the first unit test.

April 27, 2018 — No one wake up in the morning and says, “Today is a great day for a new WordPRess site.” (Well, other than us…) Most people need and/or want a new website because something is inherently broken. When you learn that the business of WordPress is not about WordPress you will be light years ahead of competition. (Almost) Anyone can build a Website that looks great, but does it work and will it solve the business challenges at hand.