December 10, 2016 — Many of us are already aware of the ways that version control is necessary and beneficial when building software, but it can also easily be applied to parts of life outside of work. Lisa will suggest a few surprising and creative ways to use version control in a nontechnical capacity. You’ll come away from this talk with both a new appreciation for version control and the inspiration to start using it in a new way.

December 10, 2016 — Content can make or break a great WordPress site. While developers aren’t always in control of creating the content, it’s an integral part of their jobs. If you are tired of getting vague specs on content demands and want to learn how to communicate with your content creators, the tips covered in this talk will get you speaking their language! No more fuzzy constraints or unknown variables, when you learn effective communication skills with content creators you’ll reduce stress AND development time!

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December 10, 2016 — Life is like an iceberg.

Too often we only see or share the good and great, the sunshine and success (or the above the surface stuff). But in reality, we all suffer and struggle at some point with things buried under the surface.

Particularly in the online world we’re immersed in, it’s too easy to get lost, or to suffer in silence.

My story is an example of that. In almost 9 years of entrepreneurship (10 in the WordPress community), I’ve had my share of above the surface successes (co-authoring a “For Dummies” book, building a great WP company) as well as below the surface struggles (divorce and depression).

I will be sharing my personal experiences and story and how I manage my iceberg in business and life.

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December 10, 2016 — Do you work in a development team or on an open source project? (Of course you do, because you work with WordPress.) 🙂 If you do, do you have a code review practice or set of guidelines? Let’s talk about why code review is a fantastic tool and can help you keep your code running optimally as much as possible.

We’ll discuss principles of code review, some examples of code review in practice, and easy ways for you to implement the basics of code review in your development practices.

December 10, 2016 — In Episode 8 I talk about the Flow Team, which reported on the user experience of a volunteer testing the WordPress Mobile App Version 6.1 on an Android 5.1 device.

The Support Team is a good place for someone to get started helping people who have issues with their WordPress websites.

December 9, 2016 — Getting readers to your website, blog or landing page is only half the battle. Once they have arrived you need to keep’em and hook’em. Wether you’re selling a service, product or point of view your copy needs to do more than just engage your readers, it needs to seduce them! In this presentation we’ll look at creative copy writing techniques that convert your readers into site members, subscribers, customers or whatever your goal is!

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December 9, 2016 — Code quality truly matters! This talk is about understanding why investing in quality development is key, from a business point of view as well as a for technical reasons.

December 8, 2016 — När WordPress nämns så går tankarna direkt till webbsajter, stora eller små, men med det nya möjligheterna som API:et öppnar för så höjs blicken för vad som kan göras. Det öppnar för helt nya projekt där WordPress är kärnan men utförandet kan bli till vilken typ av produkt som helst, varav de närmaste typerna är appar och digital publicering, men kan sträcka sig mycket längre än så. Vi har arbetat med att ta steget över till sajter och appar som drivs helt av API:et för ett flertal projekt, bl.a. för Bonnier tidskrifters kommande digital plattform, och kommer dela med oss om den processen. Det har varit både utmanade och fantastiskt och det finns många lärdomar som kommer hjälpa när du väljer att ta nästa steg.

December 8, 2016 — Have you ever worked on a live site, hit the update button, ended up with the “White screen of death” and figured out you don’t have a backup? That’s probably the worst nightmare of every WordPress developer. But how to avoid that? The answer is simple: Using multiple environments. In this presentation Niels will point why and how to use multiple environments when it comes to WordPress development.

December 8, 2016 — For every writers & bloggers, getting thousands of visitors coming to read your content is definitely the ultimate goals. Why bother writing if nobody read it? This session will share a case study about how to make online article rank high in the organic search engine and getting endless stream of visitors every day, by creating an EAT-able content. Creating content that getting loved by both search engine & users, why not?