June 21, 2017 — Great texts, photographs and/or videos are the foundation upon which websites stand. However, we start our projects by obsessing over which plugins and themes are the best. We leave the content uncared for: it is always someone else’s problem. Until it delays the project… the launch… the payment.

Content strategy tools help teams be successful and stay on track long after launch with timely and valuable content. In this talk, you’ll learn how to:

> create a strategic statement with clients or colleagues
> create content models and templates to help clients or colleagues write faster.
> establish a workflow and start an editorial calendar

June 21, 2017 — We can see more and more examples of great online communities built with WordPress and BuddyPress. But people installing BP are facing a big challenge in knowing how to customize their website to achieve that. What to start with ? How to change the templates ? How to change the navigation ? How to hide some functionnalities, or add others ?
This workshop will demonstrate a step by step example, and show some ways to customize your BP with snippets of code, using the many hooks BP offers.

– Choosing BP options and profile fields in the admin area
– Creating a user menu using BP built-in functionnalities
– BP templates hierarchy
– Hooks to modify BP navigation and subnav, and labels
– Hooks to add custom activities in BP activity streams
– some useful plugins to extend your BP

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June 21, 2017 — This presentation gives some basic insight into the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other crypto currencies. It explains why crypto currencies are not only meant to be used for illicit ecommerce activities on the dark net, but have their rightful and trustworthy place in today’s ecommerce landscape. It will also show how merchants can accept Bitcoin safely with a WooCommerce based online store.

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June 21, 2017 — WordPress powers 27% of the web. We at WordCamp Europe are the 1% of the 27%. Those of us together in Paris, whether we realise it or not, have an enormous position of influence over the web – a position of influence that we choose not to exercise. At a time of sudden and shifting political currents, many of which threaten the stability of our industry, the WordPress community takes no part in the processes that shape our craft. That lack of involvement will not protect us.

It is not our place to claim to speak for “what WordPress wants”, nor is it our place to say that WordPress should determine how the web works per se. It is our place, however, to say that the most talented, experienced, and committed members of our community can and should take a more active role in the bodies and policies that govern the web.

So how can the WordPress community put their experience to work to help develop the standards and regulations which shape our craft?

In my talk, I will provide a positive and inspirational introduction to how the WordPress community can be a force for good in the governance of the web. I will explain why attendees should get involved, what they can expect, and what, in turn, will be expected of them.

Internet governance is ready and waiting for those of us at WordCamp Europe to contribute our voices. First, though, the community needs a toolkit. This talk will provide it.

June 21, 2017 — People often ask “how do I make my site secure?”, as if security is some magic dust you sprinkle on top and poof, now you’re secure! In this talk, you will learn that security is a process and a mindset, not merely a plugin that you install. You’ll then learn how to best protect your sites and yourself from the multitude of threats they face on the Wild Wild Web.

June 21, 2017 — Website development companies have long struggled with the challenge of getting website content from clients in a timely manner. This causes a variety of problems for web development and programming companies including mismatched expectations, extended project timelines, excessive client communication, delayed project payment timelines, and in some cases unhappy clients. In some cases this can also lead to websites that are ineffective because although the design is functional, the content fails to compel the site visitor to take. During this presentation we will explore a variety of tools, best practices, and strategies that website development agencies can test and implement to help overcome this challenge

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June 21, 2017 — Oleksandr is a technical leader of WordPress projects based currently in Oslo, Norway. He has designed and led the development of some of the largest content platforms and startups within Scandinavia.

In the era of mobile devices the issue of speed and lightness of web applications has become more relevant than ever. There are many factors affecting this parameter, but web fonts are the biggest problem. In my presentation I will describe the general problems of loading and rendering fonts in different browsers, and also about tools that help solve these problems.

June 21, 2017 — WordPress developer working at CrowdFavorite where we create web solutions for big enterprise companies. I am more focused on back-end development and passionate about version control systems, deployment and server administration tools.

Have you heard WP-CLI, an about open source WordPress management tool that can make your development flow a lot easier? If you’ve heard about it or already use, you probably wondered how it be extended to support custom commands. This talk will give you a short overview how to accomplish this and make your own magic with WP-CLI.

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June 21, 2017 — I have been working in tech and open source sales since 2005.

There are a lot of parallels between the open source development world and Improv communities. The goal of this talk is to expose the similarities and directly apply the core principles from the stagecraft of improv to get better code, smoother projects and ultimately happier customers. At the end the audience will be able to take practical examples and very simple exercises back to their organizations to better communicate with customers and internal stakeholders alike as well as techniques to get ‘unstuck’ when hitting major blockages in creativity needed for elegant code.

June 21, 2017 — Dario Jazbec Hrvatin is a documentation manager and usability consultant with OnTheGoSystems, creators of WPML and Toolset plugins. With a web-developing background, he’s been a huge WordPress fan for years, using it for every single project since the very start.

Writing is an integral part of our daily web/WordPress work, even if we don’t realize it. We write emails, messages, blog posts, product announcements, and reply support tickets. But we often forget about how good writing can make all the difference between getting a job, creating a good connection with clients, and writing about our work and products in a good, or more, better way.

This is why I want to share 5 quick writing tips for everyone in the WordPress community. They are not pompous and overblown, but rather, usable, everyday, and simple to implement.