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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October 27, 2017 — You are stuck with a big corporate CMS. Change Requests can take up to 3-6 month. The process is slow and painful. Sometimes you have to make a bold move and change something. We did that change. We started to evaluate a new Framework for a content marketing platform of a big company in Switzerland. We decided to go on without any approval of corporate communication.

The website is live. Everyone is happy. And now we are on the move to integrate 2 more platforms on our new System. Which is indeed WordPress.

How we managed to get there. How we did find the right framework. And how we were able to convince the management that WordPress was the perfect choice I will show you in my short talk.

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October 27, 2017 — The REST API is an awesome plugin to expose your data from the WordPress core. But … the standard implementation might not fit your specific case.

Just like the WordPress core, you’ll be able to extend it to your specific needs. I’ll show you how to handle authentication, introduce caching strategies, alter custom post types, or even change the default way of communication altogether.

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October 27, 2017 — How using WordPress became a pillar of my success as a Personal Trainer.

Gregory Dzemaili is the founder, owner and head coach of Lebe Stark Personal Training; a Personal Training Service and Gym based in the eastern part of Switzerland. With 4 years of experience as a certiefeid fitness instructor, Blackroll- and Kettlebell Trainer, he’s equipped with a solid, professional and necessary foundation in fitness and strength traininig.

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October 27, 2017 — Join Helen as she shares Lessons Learned from blogging over 900 daily blog posts (& still counting!). Her blog, Anchored Scraps, encourages old-style correspondence letter writing. Items will include Time Management of writing and posting daily blog posts; benefits of blogging daily; and insights using WordPress to blog daily.

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October 26, 2017 — Being successful in the WordPress space is more than simply doing good work. It involves building a good reputation for yourself or your business in the WordPress community. Your relationships here can make all the difference in helping you grow, so you’ll need a few strategies to make friends, build a trusting network and get the support you need to thrive.

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