November 6, 2024 — Throughout my career, I’ve had the unique opportunity to work extensively with organizations based in the U.S., and I’ve gathered invaluable insights into why these opportunities came my way, and how others can potentially navigate similar paths. This session aims to outline the reasons behind my career trajectory, including the strategic decisions and networking approaches that opened these doors for me.

Additionally, I plan to delve into the advantages and disadvantages of working with American firms from a Canadian perspective. Key benefits often include exposure to large-scale projects and advanced technologies, while challenges might involve cultural differences and logistical complexities.

A significant focus of the talk will be on self-advocacy in the workplace. I’ll share strategies on how to effectively demonstrate your value in a competitive environment, ensuring your skills and contributions are recognized and rewarded.

I will provide practical advice on where and how to find these opportunities, discussing both traditional job platforms and the less conventional paths that might not be as well-trodden but can lead to rewarding careers.

Presented byMalcolm Peralty

November 6, 2024 — In this interview Dan Tovbein talks about how Greenpeace has been using WordPress.

November 5, 2024 — This lesson explores advanced SEO techniques using a plugin to address modern challenges. You’ll learn how to set up a robots.txt file, create canonical URLs, generate a sitemap, and optimize meta tags to enhance site structure and rankings.

November 5, 2024 — This lesson covers SEO techniques like structured data, Schema markup, and the Open Graph protocol to improve your site’s visibility in search results and on social media. You’ll also learn how to monitor SEO performance with Google Search Console and conduct regular audits to keep your strategy effective.

October 31, 2024 — This lesson highlights key web accessibility principles and provides WordPress-specific tips for creating inclusive websites for all users.

October 31, 2024 — This lesson covers finding, selecting, and activating a WordPress block theme, emphasizing customization options in the Site Editor to meet specific design needs.

October 29, 2024 — WordPress 6.7 will be released on November 12, 2024, introducing the new Twenty Twenty-Five default theme. This session of Developer Hours is a review of the theme’s development and design, led by theme developers Carolina Nymark and Juanfra Aldasoro.

The presentation provides a technical demonstration of Twenty Twenty-Five, highlighting new capabilities such as section styles and typography presets—features never before seen in a default WordPress block theme. We also reviewed the structure of the theme files, naming conventions, and how the many patterns and block templates were built.

Session resources:

– https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/15/introducing-twenty-twenty-five/
– https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyfive

October 28, 2024 — Hello! Welcome to a dedicated onboarding/working session for WordPress Translations. Join us to help translate WordPress to different languages. You will both learn how to contribute translations and also get an opportunity to work on translations with your co-contributors. Join us!

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October 24, 2024 — Welcome to another online plugin development workshop hosted by Lax Mariappan!

In part 1, you learned how to create a basic contact form plugin for your WordPress website. In Part 2, Lax will take you through Form validation, Saving form entries, Sending email notifications, and Security best practices.

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October 22, 2024 — In this online workshp, we’ll create a portfolio site using a up and coming Twenty Twenty-Five WordPress block theme which has an extensive pattern library. This will show you how to leverage these patterns to save time and build your site from a solid foundation.