January 22, 2016 — Arjun is a Tech entrepreneur & web consultant. Currently running a few web firms based in Kathmandu. His presentation has covered:
> What is transparency report, why is it trending in WP community
> Inspiring transparency reports from WP companies.
> Transparency report of AccessPress Themes.

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January 22, 2016 — ARIA is way to communicate the semantics of rich internet applications to users of assistive technology. But it’s not just useful for accessibility; ARIA is a whole meta language of semantic attributes within HTML that allows us to clearly communicate the roles, states, and properties HTML elements have in a complex web site ecosystem.
I’ll talk about roles, states, and properties: what they are, how you use them, and how they can help us by creating more internally consistent HTML that’s also better for people with disabilities.

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January 22, 2016 — This topic would cover how website speed affects website earnings. How to measure website speed the right way and how to improve it by utilizing web hosting setups or managed providers, advanced caching and CDNs as well as optimizing your website.
I would like to touch base on topics such as WordPress with PHP7 beta vs HHVM vs current PHP stable versions and how to use them to your advantage.
Jak we właściwy sposób mierzyć prędkość strony? W jaki sposób szybkość wczytywania wpływa na zarobki właściciela witryny? W prezentacji znajdziemy odpowiedzi na te pytania, jak i wyjaśnienie sposobu na zoptymalizowanie prędkości poprzez wykorzystanie ustawień hostingu, narzędzi buforowania, rozproszenia systemu dostarczania treści (ang. Content delivery network, w skrócie: CDN), itd.
Prezentacja obejmuje takie tematy jak WordPress z PHP7 beta vs HHVM vs PHP w stabilnych wersjach. Przybliżone zostały poszczególne narzędzia oraz sposoby na wykorzystywanie ich na swoją korzyść.

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January 20, 2016 — Introducing best practices for providing Customer Support for a WordPress startup and the impact it has on your WordPress business.
Covering the best tools, examples, tips and tricks and how to transform your CS team from a „necessary evil” to the backbone of your business.

Prezentacja przedstawia najlepsze praktyki WordPressowego supportu i ich wpływ na odbiór i jakość usług firm opartych o WordPress.
Zawiera przykłady najlepszych narzędzi, kilka wskazówek i trików, które pozwolą przekształcić „zło konieczne” w pożądany i uporządkowany szkielet firmy.

Tags: WordPress support, premium support, customer base

January 20, 2016 — Communities—like the one we have in WordPress—don’t just happen overnight. For them to be successful, they take people to show up, contribute back, grow with it and most importantly to incorporate new people into the fold. It is ongoing, it requires attention and it needs people like you and me to speak up.

A small fraction of people carry the weight of helping it thrive, but the great thing is that despite all that, we all benefit from the community no matter who contributes. In this talk I will cover some known, and unknown tips and tools for making the community work for you and your business, and also help to put back more into the community than what you take from it.

Learning Outcomes:

Empower them to take the next step in giving back by leading a meetup, teaching someone how to understand a plugin, or by developing a talk for a WordCamp.
Show them easy ways for them to take the skills they currently have to help others grow their knowledge of WordPress.
Help them leverage others knowledge to build their business up.
Point out key networking tips to help them maximize their current efforts.

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January 20, 2016 — WordPress Admins and Super Users may get to the point where they’d like to move to the next level of understanding and exploiting their WordPress systems – but talk of hooks, loops, and APIs is still gibberish that causes their eyes to glaze over.

This session will provide a gentle introduction to how dynamic websites function, learning to identify and begin breaking apart relevant programming languages, and investigate what and where WordPress’ moving parts are.

This presentation is suitable for anyone who 1. wants to start rolling up their sleeves and get their hands dirty; or 2. is curious and simply wants to understand how WordPress works behind the GUI scenes. Best practices and next steps will be outlined for further exploration.

Learning Outcomes:

Identify the source files of a WordPress installation.
View source files from the Dashboard.
Follow best practices (i.e. child themes) for editing source files.
Form a mental model of how database-driven web applications process and output content.
Understand the core functional elements of a WordPress installation (i.e. database and individual php files).
Understand the purpose and function of a WordPress theme and theme files and how themes interact with the WordPress core.

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January 20, 2016 — Scott comes from a long line of business owners that drove their businesses into the ground by being too nice. He spent 5 years not charging enough and 10 years doing favors that were never returned. He’s here to share some of his hard-knocks tips and tactics on staying nice but earning what you deserve and leveling up your business.

January 20, 2016 — This session from the WP Valet team will focus on the differences supportling a lot of high traffic clients and working as a remote team.

January 20, 2016 — You’ve probably seen it happen- someone complains because they just got a website, but they don’t know how to use it. Their designer or developer or project manager just left them high and dry without some type of direction or documentation.

Let’s face it, as a designer or developer or project manager, you’re definitely going to run into someone who isn’t really that familiar with WordPress. In fact, you’ll encounter all sorts of user levels when it comes to working with clients. How do you teach your client how to use their WordPress website? How do you figure it into your project’s scope? If you don’t like teaching them, what can you do to make sure your relationship with your client ends on a good note because you were diligent to give them the tools they need to continue on their own?

I’ll be going over strategies to help you put together a plan on teaching your clients how to use WordPress. Let’s decrease the frustration together and allow your clients to become enthusiastic WordPress users that are making money.

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January 19, 2016 — Designers and non-designers alike can get caught up in the aesthetics and functionality of a website, and forget that every decision made should be supported by an underlying strategy. We will discuss how to find your site’s primary call to action and create experiences that support that goal. We will also evaluate design choices of many well-known sites as we examine how they help (or hinder) common goals. Whether you’re a designer, developer, or a person maintaining a site, you will come away with a critical eye for evaluating design patterns and a process for narrowing down a design strategy.

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