June 17, 2016 — You’ve designed it, you’ve built it, you’ve launched your new website – job done, right?

Nope – your adventure has only begun!

In this session we’ll review what “website security” really means, why it matters, and how exactly to implement basic security best practices such as:

– Controlling user access to your site,

– Using (and managing) strong passwords,

– Applying updates to Core and Plugins,

– Installing and configuring security plugins,

– & How to back up your site easily, effectively, and automatically!

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June 17, 2016 — You’ve got the basics of CSS down, but you are ready to kick it up a notch and add a bit more pizazz and interactivity to your websites. In this session we’ll explore the fundamentals of CSS transforms, transitions, and animation. What are the basic building blocks that make up these capabilities? What is the difference between a transition and a transform? What does browser support look like? Most importantly, how can you put these tools to use in your next project and where can you find good resources to learn more? We’ll answer these questions and more as we explore the basics of how to add some of the more truly dynamic elements of CSS to our websites.

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June 17, 2016 — Membership sites allow consultants and experts of ANY industry/role to earn money by turning their content/expertise into “pay to play” sites. I will cover current examples, UI/UX/needed pages, tools to use, payment processing, security, & marketing.

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June 17, 2016 — WordPress as a product requires WordPress as a community to ensure a long future. Chris will share insights from 21 years in software, and how the future of WordPress relies completely on something that only you can provide it.

June 16, 2016 — WordPress TV Interview With Chris Lema

June 16, 2016 — WordPressTV interviews Michael Wiginton, a long time WPTV team member.

June 16, 2016 — Hosting
Backup
Contact information
Theme selection
Plugin selection
WordPress repository
Images/Media
More about Hiring a Designer/Developer

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June 16, 2016 — You took the dive, spent your money and now you have a brand spanking new WordPress website. Congratulations. Now what? Every day businesses face that very question. The daily care and feeding of your website is more important and more work, then its building. In Mark’s presentation he will talk about four factors that every website owner/manager needs to consider every day. We will talk about why you have a web site, the number one thing you can do to improve your site, how to tell if it is working and what to do about it.

June 15, 2016 — BuddyPress 2.6.0 is introducing Activity Embeds, watch this video for a demo!

June 15, 2016 — Content creation is *hard work*, especially if you’re a small business or indy blogger. Your resources — money and time — are very limited.

And what if you’re new at this? Figuring out where to begin can be an utterly overwhelming experience. (Seriously – a search for “how to create content” returns 1,970,000,000 results on Google!)

We’re going to keep it simple in this session by focusing on everyday activities that’ll get your content-creation process up and running.

No vague theories. No motivational speech. No sales pitch. Just a simple, step-by-step approach using WordPress and a handful of free tools.

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