August 7, 2017 — One of the things that makes WordPress as amazing as it is is the vast community of people who give so freely of their time and expertise to make it that way. And there are all kinds of ways, beyond being an ace coder, to make a contribution and become part of the ecosystem. Come listen to a panel of regular folks talk about the ways they are involved in supporting and growing the WordPress community and WordPress itself. If you’ve benefited from this generous community and are ready to pay it forward, this promises to be a fun, inspiring panel and will give you ideas on ways you can contribute, too.

August 7, 2017 — You receive an email from the host saying that your site has been compromised and is suspended due to large amounts of spam being sent through your domain. You’ve been hacked.

Someone has disturbed the sanctity of your hard work to promote sales of Cialis, Viagra, their porn sites or some political movement. That uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach signaling the worst case scenario–that you’ve lost everything.

Don’t worry, it’s happened to the best of us and if you’re like me, then you’ve learned the hard way. I’ve had several sites go down due to my own negligence, incompetence and lack of knowledge.

I’ll walk you through the steps necessary to help recover, clean up your site and provide some best practices to limit your vulnerability to hackers in the future.

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August 7, 2017 — WordPress core, plugins, and themes require constant updates and there are a variety of ways to track and manage these updates to keep WordPress secure and up to date. We will look at strategy and tools to managing multiple WordPress sites quickly and efficiently.

After almost 6 years of running a freelance business with a strong focus on WordPress, I have used a number of management tools and dashboards and want to share my experiences.

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August 6, 2017 — Described as brilliant, awesomesauce, hilarious and so-engaging-you-will-forget-to-eat-your-snacks, Marianne delivers a client experience sure to exceed your team-building expectations. She is the founder of Work Warrior LLC, a company that helps small-business owners build wildly successful teams. Marianne teaches business owners how empower their employees to do more, so they can focus on what they love to do … build their businesses.

August 6, 2017 — Josepha comes from a long line of writers and was raised to be a life-long learner. She has a passion for language and storycrafting, a skill she practices on starsandthemoon.com. Josepha has over a decade of experience using SEO, data analysis, and content marketing to bring success and visibility to clients all over the world. Since 2010, she’s been working in her hometown of Kansas City to increase digital literacy and get more women in technology. Josepha works at Automattic as a community organizer for the WordPress open source project and can be found on Twitter as @josephahaden.

August 6, 2017 — You own a WordPress business. You’re someone in charge of driving the growth of a business in a competitive space. Your role may afford you many opportunities and benefits… maybe you’re living your dream. However, if you’re honest with yourself, you may also notice heavy psychological burdens like burnout, isolation, and the looming threats of stagnation and failure.

Over time, the weight of these burdens can take a major toll on your physical health, emotional well-being, relationships, and professional edge.

The good news is that a few simple strategies can help you enhance your longevity and life satisfaction. I will walk you through steps to help you better manage anxiety, find work-life integration, and become adept at reading and understanding your own personal well-being.

August 6, 2017 — GraphQL is a data query language developed by Facebbok that provides a powerful alternative to traditional REST.

In this session I will provide a walkthrough of the GQL architecture and community.
This session will be technical in nature, but focused on fundamentals. I want you to leave the session with a good understanding key concepts.

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August 6, 2017 — Plugins are what lets WordPress power so much of the web – all kinds of customizability in only a few clicks! Let’s talk about the WordPress Plugin ecosystem, learn how to identify good plugins from bad ones, and compare paid versus free plugins. I’ll also share my top list of awesome plugins to push WordPress way past a simple blog.

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August 6, 2017 — Whether you’re a developer, a designer, or just a user, you’re a potential user for Page Builders. This lightening talk will be a explanation for those who are looking for ways to when and where you have the benefits of use it.

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August 6, 2017 — Ever try to integrate 3rd party code and it didn’t work because of callbacks? Callbacks are probably the most treacherous concept in all of JavaScript. Join us in exploring the theory behind callbacks and asynchronous code while we try to integrate with YouTube’s IFrame Player API.

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