June 29, 2017 — The way we structure our websites affects the way they can be marketed. And the way they can be marketed affects the number of sales, leads and conversions – your bottom line. So, why are we still starting website projects asking how much does this cost, instead of how much value could I bring to the customer?

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June 29, 2017 — Sauli’s talk introduces the basic idea behind visual regression testing. What it is and why should you use it?

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June 29, 2017 — The WordPress market in America is saturated. The growth in Europe is growing very, very quickly. The next growth for WordPress will be in Asia. Are the Asian Communities and companies ready for this growth? In this talk, I will talk how companies can begin to help build a new power base for WordPress in Asia. I will also talk about how this links into community building and how these 2 ‘powers’ will effectively shape. I would also like to talk about how the Japanese development community and industry is different from the rest of Asia and the World and how it could be both a blessing (within Japan) and a problem for Japanese companies to break out of Japan.

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June 29, 2017 — By this point, we’ve likely all heard of the “Internet of Things” — everything from thermostats to toasters can now be online for greater connectivity and access from our smartphones. In this talk, we’ll look at how we can build and program our own wifi-connected devices that leverage the WordPress REST API to do anything from updating live weather readings on our WordPress sites, to providing real-world indicators of the number of pending orders in WooCommerce.

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June 29, 2017 — This talk will be a pragmatic approach to security for WordPress websites. I will be discussing the most common successful attack vectors seen every day, and explain how one can easily defend against them using reason and logic. The solutions provided are going to be actionable for anyone (WordPress or not) and the solutions will not be to “install this plugin”.

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June 26, 2017 — Mauricio and Pascal are very active members of the WordPress TV Team. They attended WordCamp Europe and also took part in the Contributor Day activities, which were held on the Thursday before WordCamp started.

We talk about WordCamp Europe in general and then what happened at Contributor Day.

June 23, 2017 — In this session, Michael Cremean has also volunteered to show us the most important aspects of security when it comes to WordPress. There will be a lot of noteworthy mentions in this session. Bring something to take notes with people!

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June 22, 2017 — Legends say languages were created to divide people who once spoke as one and aimed to reach high up to the gods. So the gods scattered them across the Earth and made them forget their common language, making sure too many of them couldn’t communicate effectively.

Eager to understand each other again, people struggled to remedy that by learning the languages others spoke. In the meantime religion, traditions, their own languages, and their personal beliefs evolved and took deep roots. Then the internet happened and, as it gave a platform for the world to communicate in from a distance, it added a new level of complexity.

Today WordPress is available globally, in many many languages, and is created globally – by people from all over the world. In theory, it has gone beyond borders. But does that mean that there are no walls?

Let’s talk about that.

June 22, 2017 — Monique started working as a graphical designer and engineer somewhere in the 20th century. She discovered the web in the early 90ies and has been online ever since, exploring new possibilities.

This talk is for anyone who thinks that when building websites, the first and most important goal should be serving the visitor’s needs. Whether you’re a blogger, designer, copywriter, marketeer or developer, understanding the importance of structure in relation to context, content an users is crucial.

Ask yourself this question: when you’re building a website, do you actually know what you’re building? Has your website project got the right structure fit for the purpose?

The most important factor for people in web design is, that it makes it easy for them to find what they want. Yet, so many websites are so poorly structured, that it’s impossible to do so.

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June 22, 2017 — Marco was introduced to WordPress community and its WordCamps, whilst at SiteGround, as their Community Manager.

WordCamps are a fantastic opportunity to get to know the WordPress community better, make new connections, start new business opportunities and elevate your personal or company brand. Yet, as they get bigger and bigger, navigating WordCamps, especially for first-time attendees, might be challenging. In this talk, I’ll be covering 4 key steps that will help both individuals and business owners on how to prepare for a WordCamp, what strategies to implement for the best results and how to take the most from the event after it’s over.