August 26, 2016 — The basics on hardening your WordPress application and best security practices.
The importance of Strong passwords, Two-Factor, secure file permissions and using SFTP encryption.
The basics on hardening the install by changing Salts, removing username admin and the admin ID of 1.
The importance of maintaining backups and updates.

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August 25, 2016 — In this session, I’ll discuss some free tools available to show you problem areas of your websites that are causing slowdowns. We’ll discuss the plugins you can use to help increase your site speed, as well as recommended server configurations.

Take aways:

Web tools you can use to track down problem areas of your websites.
Recommended plugins to help speed up your sites response time.
Server tools you can use to increase your site speed.

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August 25, 2016 — How to Build a Table; How to Change a Car’s Oil; How Cook a Turkey; search for these and you will find countless of YouTube videos on each of these topics. People share their knowledge in hopes that it will be helpful to others. As a result, lots of people know how to build tables, change oil, and cook turkeys. But what if that information wasn’t shared? What if only one company made all of the tables and knew how to make tables? That’s kind of how software development is, unless that software is Open Source like WordPress.

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August 25, 2016 — We will be discussing basic things a you can do secure your site with minimal technical knowledge. What to do in case it does get hacked. How to backup and restore your website.

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August 25, 2016 — Brandee Spears Segraves facilitates a discussion on content marketing and maintaining an authentic voice. Join this content marketing expert for an inspiring conversation on using WordPress to tell your story.

August 25, 2016 — Entrepreneur Wayne George is a recent convert to WordPress, and he’s ready to share with you how he planned and executed his monetized multisite.

Some of the topics Wayne will cover:

Why multisites?
Why hosting matters
Choosing themes and frameworks
How to prepare for the learning curve — and shorten it
How and why to establish your site before you monetize
How off-line business savvy helps your online business
How to get your grand vision to mesh with reality
Wayne’s still in the startup stage, but his long business experience gives him extra insight into the process. Come learn and share.

No tech background required.

August 24, 2016 — WordPress is the perfect solution for K-12 schools to communicate and connect with parents, alumni, donors and the community. Learn from practical examples what elements make a great school website and the best WordPress resources available to help you create a website that will both showcase your school and is easy to maintain.

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August 24, 2016 — You’ve built a blog, you’ve got a good following — now it’s time to monetize it!
Michael McCranie brings his business savvy to you in this session.

August 24, 2016 — The WordPress Administration area is no walk in the park. Just because it’s, perhaps, the most user-friendly of the big CMSs doesn’t necessary make it objectively easy to use. All sorts of things that can seriously break your site are mixed in with trivial options. And, once you start adding robust plugins, things can get complicated – fast.

There are many ways to make WordPress more palatable for the common user (see: non-developers) and reduce the risk of big-time accidents. In this session, I’ll show you how easy it is to remove things users don’t need from the admin area—all with your own plugin.

Don’t worry if you haven’t written a plugin before. Not only will I give you the working plugin to start with, but I’ll explain everything along the way.

Let’s make WordPress just a little easier and safer for everyone!

Take aways:

Make the admin area easier for the most common users.
Reduce the risk of “damage” by users.
Customize the admin with a simple plugin (code provided!)

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August 24, 2016 — Popular blogger Angie Albright shares how her love of storytelling has helped her tell the story of the nonprofit here she works, and how you can do the same for your organization or business. Learn about:
1) Structure of Myth
2) Heroes
3) The Cast
4) Story Ideas

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