October 24, 2017 — The basics of setting up a store on WooCommerce.
Jonathan Perlman is an experienced web developer and teacher that works for Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec. He builds custom web solutions for the students, faculty and staff. Recently he’s been leveraging WordPress more and more to do the heavy lifting while focusing on the needs of the institution with custom themes and plugins.

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October 24, 2017 — Now that WordPress has an amazing Rest API, there is a lot of buzz around “Headless” or “Decoupled” sites. However, these are mostly covered with “how-to” and not “what this is” articles. My presentation aims to provide a higher level insight into what it means to be using WordPress, JavaScript and the Rest API, all in tangent. It will go into the Pros and Cons of using Limbless, Headless, and Brainless WordPress.

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October 24, 2017 — A storm has arrived. An avalanche of technology has emerged that engages consumers differently and these changes are impact the way consumers experience shopping in-store and online. Kiosks, online shopping tools, recommendation engines, influencers.

What is needed are strategies and affordable tools to ride this wave. If local businesses cannot keep with the consumer’s taste in these shiny new objects, they will wilt away. It’s not about reinventing the wheel, but about keeping place as a key spoke in the structure.

As a WordPress expert, you have tools that can help these businesses stay as an essential spoke in that wheel. What you need is a road map to help navigate that journey, and you need tools that can deliver the plan.

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October 24, 2017 — I have built 20+ WordPress websites for clients. I can explain how to figure out what your website will be about, why hosting is EXTREMELY important, how to find the best themes and plugins, why you need to backup your data, security, SEO, and cache. This will help people who know the WordPress backend, go from 0 to a completed website in no time!

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October 23, 2017 — This presentation will cover the basics of The Six Thinking Hats and provide references to more comprehensive materials.

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October 23, 2017 — Corey Freeman discusses her views on what to avoid on small business websites.

October 23, 2017 — A developer’s personal journey from failures to successes.

October 23, 2017 — Pros and Cons to Outsourcing facets of WordPress development.

October 23, 2017 — Discussion on issues related to hacking activities upon WordPress sites.

October 23, 2017 — Selling solutions built on WordPress