November 8, 2017 — Mindfulness – “The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.”

Security can seem intimidating and complex for many, but we shouldn’t (can’t) let that stop us from doing everything we can to secure our WordPress sites and ourselves. After all, our websites are often part of our livelihood.

In this session Adam addresses the “big picture” of personal and website security and breaks down the fundamental tasks needed for a strong security plan online. He provides an actionable checklist on what audience members can implement immediately to better secure themselves online in addition to their WordPress websites.

After attending this session, audience members will have a better understanding of personal security online and how it affects website security as a whole, as well as steps they can take to mitigate risk in the future.

November 3, 2017 — When Tomaž started Codeable, he has been a complete newbie to the WordPress ecosystem, not knowing anything about the community or the platform itself. In his talk, he’ll describe the good, the bad and the ugly of his journey of building a web-based, WordPress-centric, and profitable business from the idea onward.

October 31, 2017 — Be the Greatest of All Time when it comes to social media. Learn how to create social media campaigns that will engage your audience and learn how to measure your success.

October 31, 2017 — WordPress loves openness. Our code is open, our processes are open, even our mascot is open source. But what about our security processes? Find out how it all works and just how much time and effort and put into making sure WordPress is secure for everyone!

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October 30, 2017 — If the thought of having to “sell” yourself or your services makes you want to dive into the back of your closet- this talk is for you. In 45 short minutes, we will remove the fear, and give you the plan to “close without selling”. A must for freelancers that don’t know how to fill the funnel.

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October 30, 2017 — In a world where diversifying your income and creating/publishing content are vital for success online, the developers at Elegant Themes have heard our cries for a code-free framework and answered with the theme Divi.

In this talk we are going to cover:

– What is Divi: Framework vs. Theme
– The pros & cons of the Divi theme for the code-free user
– Pre-made layouts & modules examples
– Review the options panel for setting up your website

October 30, 2017 — Great content takes a long time to create, sharing it on your social platforms shouldn’t! This talk compares several popular WordPress plugins for content scheduling and automating social media posting. It will also cover other useful, non-WordPress services to help create beautiful social graphics, build your blog following, link your social accounts and automate your efforts.

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October 30, 2017 — As a containerization platform, Docker offers a fast and powerful way to boost your local development workflow. By presenting our company’s DevOps strategy and sharing the tools we’ve built to efficiently manage over 100 WordPress sites, I explore various aspects of Docker-based WordPress development, from running your own GitLab instance to synchronizing your sites with a production server.

October 30, 2017 — Releasing a new version of a plugin for more than 200 000 websites is a sensitive process that needs to be carefully planned out.

In this presentation, I’ll talk about the structure & processes that our team has put in place for releasing a new version of WP Rocket, as well as the tools we use to plan, track & test to ensure a release as smooth as possible for our customers.

I’ll get into development workflow, but also everything that happens before and after: release scope, translations, communication planning & more.

October 27, 2017 — WordPress multi-site is a powerful tool which lets you run thousands of websites with just one WordPress installation.

Developing for WordPress multi-site, however, is a fine art which too few have mastered.

But it doesn’t have to be hard – it’s all about understanding the difference in behaviour between a single site WP install and Multi-site and knowing which WordPress functions to use, when and how.

Join in and beat the competition by making your plugins compatible with WordPress Multi-site!

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