October 6, 2017 — This talk will walk you through all the headaches iA gave me and help you avoid having them yourself while you get set up. We’ll cover the concepts behind iA, nuances of the Automattic iA for WP plugin, and how to make the most of the tools on offer in the plugin to make sure all your posts get delivered to your Facebook readers “instantly”.

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October 6, 2017 — When it comes to choosing a theme, you have to consider many options as a site owner.

A Good Theme can mean a lot of things, from site speed to site performance and User Interface which in turn is directly affecting your UX, website health and user engagement.

This session is designed to give you an overview on how to determine if a theme will be effective based on a series of factors that will create an overall positive experience for your website visitors.

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October 6, 2017 — This talk aims to pull back the curtain on how WordPress wrangles images behind the scenes. Topics include
– intro to the media library
– what formats are supported
– where images are stored / why you should sort by date
– what WP does with uploaded images
– derived intermediate sizes
– inserting images individually
– inserting as a gallery
– adaptive images in wp
– what “regenerating thumbnails” does
– questions

October 6, 2017 — WordPress has grown from blogging tool, to flexible CMS to an application platform. As the web development world embraces micro-services, how does WordPress, which is normally implemented as a monolithic solution fit in and evolve? In this talk, I will look at what makes WordPress a good choice for application development, as well as where it is lacking. To put these questions in context, this talk will be framed around a case-study of a hybrid web app, built using WordPress and other tools including VueJS, Laravel and Amazon Web Services.

October 5, 2017 — Before starting with keyword research, writing great content or even looking for links to reference your site, the most important thing is to make sure that your site has passed the health standards for SEO.

SEO without implementing certain fundamentals will lack results.

If certain health checks are not conducted on your WordPress site, it can completely destroy your SEO.

In this session, we explore on what health checks and resources you need to review prior to launching your SEO efforts for your website. In addition, we go through a proper SEO execution plan that you can implement to help your WordPress site rank higher in the Search Engines.

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October 5, 2017 — CSS Grid is getting some major browser support these days. What is it? How can you apply it? and why should you care? We’ll handle these questions and look at how you can start to apply grid workflows in your WordPress themes the next day.

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October 5, 2017 — My intention is to introduce developers to Sass and task managers , which will make their lives a lot easier when designing their sites

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October 5, 2017 — With WordCamp US rapidly approaching, I wanted to chat with someone who was involved in the planning. Michele Butcher-Jones is a member of the Speaker Selection Team and has some interesting facts about speaker submissions and WCUS in general.

October 5, 2017 — You have a plugin, but you want users to be able to use it in their native language. Learn how to get it ready for translation, things to watch out for, and tips for maintaining it as you change the plugin over time.

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October 5, 2017 — There are a number of ways to add custom meta boxes to WordPress admin, from coding against core functions through code API frameworks to GUI interfaces. All of these have a place, but which is the right one for your project, code style and coding level? In this talk I will provide code examples and illustrations of the code techniques for each of the methods.

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