October 28, 2016 — Taking over a WordPress plugin is a big deal. You inherit support, ratings, users, and a codebase. Several case studies of personal plugin takeovers with recommended best practices will be demonstrated, as well as an overview of larger examples that have taken place over the years.

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October 28, 2016 — Autotaalglas.nl is a well known windshield repair company in the Netherlands. Over a period of a year we redesigned and redeveloped their website doubling their online conversion in the first 2 months after launch.

In this talk I will use Autotaalglas.nl as a case study to illustrate the importance of good UI and UX for a succesfull website. Running WordPress as a CMS has many advantages but it is not automatically making your website a great website.
How did we achieve a doubling of conversion and what are we doing to hold on to the conversion increase? Knowing that on average a car owner has a windshield chip or crack once every seven years you will understand that it doesn’t make a loyal customer.
How to keep developing the platform and giving the client an advantage over their competitors? By the time WordCamp Netherlands takes place we are implementing a new feature that connects the website to the planning tool of every repair shop to show availability.

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October 28, 2016 — WordPress, JS, API, SPA, REST, JSON, Angular, React are the terms and abbreviations that are being mentioned and handled to try to explain that WordPress can be a platform as another.

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October 28, 2016 — Everyone knows that you need to write reusable code to be able to grow as a developer, right?

However, most developers struggle to understand how to split up their code to make it truly reusable, so they end up copy-pasting parts of code and modifying as needed, instead of effectively reusing the code that was already written, without a single change.

This session explains the concept of Config files and how they allow you to cleanly separate reusable code from project-specific code.

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October 28, 2016 — Just a quick update about the announcement of WordPress 4.7 Beta being available for download.

In the late 1960’s there was a TV show called Get Smart. The series centered around a bumbling secret agent named Max Smart, Agent 86. One of the popular catchphrases during the show was “I missed it by that much, Chief!”

Such was the case last night. I had published WordPress TV Shortz Episode 4 and had made reference to the Core Teams work on the new release of WordPress. When I woke up this morning, there was the announcement of the Beta 1 release.

I missed it by that much!

October 27, 2016 — In 2014, I sold everything I owned and left with 2 bags to travel the world indefinitely while I started and grew a business. 14 months of traveling took me to 7 different countries while I grew a business from 1 to 4 team members and increased revenue from 0 in 2014 to six figures in 2016. I’d like to share what I learned on my journey and what others should consider who might be interested in doing the same thing.
You’ll learn:
How to turn your location-based business into a location independent business so you can work from anywhere.
How to turn your marketing skills into a profitable business
The number one skill you can cultivate that will help you start a business and live the life of your dreams.

October 27, 2016 — The WordPress website is the center a company’s marketing. Combined with blogging, social media helps with search engine optimization and driving traffic to the website. A well-set-up site has easy-to-find social media share and follow buttons as well as widgets to make it easy for visitors to do what you want them to do.

October 27, 2016 — Remkus interviews Sam Sidler, the man behgind the transformation of wordpress.org (forum, codex, plugin and theme repository and translations), about what has been changed and will change in the future.

October 27, 2016 — WordPress is a great platform to build a business that gives you the freedom to dream, create, and live the life you’ve always wanted. This session will be packed with practical tips on how we hacked a business from thin air and turned it into a profitable company that is making an impact around the world. You’ll learn about coding and life hacks, productivity & networking tips, and gain the confidence you need to get started building your business and making a dent in the universe today!

October 27, 2016 — As someone new to WordPress, getting all the answers to questions you have in building and enhancing your site can be a challenge. I am here to help break it down for you and give you some direction.