December 12, 2017 — The accessibility of a website is significantly affected by the underlying HTML, CSS and javascript that developers use to create it. But it is also possible to impact upon the accessibility of a site at the design stage – both the visual design, and the interactive design or UX. And it’s not just about colour schemes either.

In this presentation I will outline a few key points to keep in mind when you are designing your next beautiful website or theme. I will illustrate the points with some good (and bad) examples.

Good design and web accessibility can go hand in hand – come and find out how.

I have previously presented this talk at WordCamp London 2017 and WordCamp Bristol 2017, WordCamp Edinburgh and a couple of WP meetup groups.

December 12, 2017 — Remote work has been called the future of work. While many WordPress based companies both large and small work remotely, it’s not always easy, there might not be options for co-working spaces in your area, you may not be able to work effectively from home, etc. How do you stay focused, how do you communicate effectively with your team, your boss? This talk will cover why remote work matters, whether or not it works, real life stories, and resources for finding remote work.

December 12, 2017 — Searching for WordPress project management on Google brings up tons of articles about tools you can use for managing WordPress projects. Like any tool, if not used correctly, it does more harm than good. Instead of first reaching for a tool to organize your tasks, this talk covers the human behaviours, habits and communication methods that make successful project delivery, no matter what tools you choose to use to organize yourself.

December 12, 2017 — In this short talk, we’ll cover the best practices for creating website navigation and what to keep in mind when creating a theme or building a website for a client. When to use multi-level vs. single-level menus or sticky vs. non-sticky vs. mixed type menus. What accessibility challenges you can face and how to tackle them. Hamburger pros and cons. What to include in the menu and what to keep away. Buckle up, we have only 10 minutes!

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December 12, 2017 — Bob will introduce you to the principles of this exciting new CSS Module, show demos of uniquely designed layouts and code examples of how they can be created for WordPress

December 12, 2017 — In this lightning session, we showcase the “NC State Accessibility Helper,” a homegrown plugin that uses the tools WordPress gives us to put accessibility testing and learning resources in front of content creators before they hit the “Publish” button. We will demonstrate the user experience and briefly walk through how this simple plugin works under the hood.

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December 12, 2017 — In this talk, we’ll look at how we can use the Arduino software to create our own wifi-connected devices (often for under $10!) that leverage the WordPress REST API to perform tasks from updating live weather readings on a WordPress site, to providing real-world displays of how many WooCommerce orders are waiting to be shipped out.

December 12, 2017 — WordPress isn’t always as lean as you might like. In this talk, we’ll go through some simple steps you can take, without any development know-how to make your sites leaner and more responsive.

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December 12, 2017 — In my experience, answering these questions are building blocks for a successful client relationship- whether a small theme project or one with a huge scope.

Because at the end of the day, we are humans dealing with other humans.

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December 12, 2017 — Images and video are among the largest use-cases for WordPress content, but the way in which users interact with media in WordPress hasn’t improved significantly since the introduction of the Media Library in WordPress 3.5 in 2012 and Media Grid in WordPress 4.0, released in 2014.
Meanwhile, user expectations for handling of photos or videos have since changed, with users expecting rich editing experiences with solid mobile flows, causing WordPress to fall behind.

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