January 9, 2016 — The Lightning Talks of the day, from WordCamp Edinburgh 2015.

January 9, 2016 — Businesses and nonprofit organizations would all benefit from having a blog but often either don’t realize how important it is, or how to go about starting a blog. Jamie explains the value of a blog and how to get a business blog started. Topics will include the reasons to have a blog, choosing topics, writing the blog, and choosing who writes the blog.

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January 9, 2016 — Take charge of your mobile web experience. Dave will demonstrate several plugins to help webmasters create better mobile sites. Including mobile menus and custom content for mobile users.

January 8, 2016 — The best WordPress site is an updated WordPress site. Learn about why you should update your site and how to do it without the headache. I’ll talk about ways to prevent problems when updating and share some best practices on site updates.

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January 8, 2016 — Choosing between WordPress.com and WordPress.org is a pivotal decision point and it can be confusing to figure out which one is right for you. Join Josepha for a quick look at the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com, as well as suggestions for how to choose between them.

January 8, 2016 — We have all used FTP as developers to move files from editing them locally to our production server. Developers know the problems this can cause and why alternatives are needed. In this talk I will introduce my WordPress development process and how you can move on from FTP to a more robust development and deployment system. The talk is suitable for developers and designers who build complete sites, or work in teams in which they are responsible for delivering part of a project, collaborating with others.

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January 8, 2016 — The hardest thing for many clients to understand is the PURPOSE of their website… who it’s for (their customers) and what it’s supposed to do (attract new or more business). In SEO terms, the most important thing is the matter of relevance. Valerie asks: relevant to what, relevant to whom?

Understanding one’s client is the key to knowing how to present the content of the site. In this session, Valerie will discuss the importance of defining business objectives and identifying one’s target audience in creating content that both engages that audience AND satisfies Google’s directives on creating an SEO-friendly website.

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January 8, 2016 — How to effectively start an ecommerce website with WordPress by selecting the correct shopping cart solution to keep your business focused on the foundations before expanding.

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January 7, 2016 — Sweden.se – this website is an official source for facts about Sweden. It is publicly funded, with four organisations behind it: the Swedish Institute (SI), Business Sweden, VisitSweden and the Swedish Government Offices, including the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications.

Case Studies o stronie opartej na WordPressie, która jest oficjalnym źródłem faktów o Szwecji. Witryna sweden.se jest finansowana ze środków publicznych za pośrednictwem czterech organizacji: The Swedish Institute (SI), Business Sweden, VisitSweden oraz jednostek rządowych, m.in. Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, Ministerstwa Kultury oraz Ministerstwa Przedsiębiorczości, Energii i Komunikacji. Strona jest dowodem na to, że WordPress może udźwignąć naprawdę duże inwestycje.

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January 7, 2016 — If you’ve written a line of code in any language, you’ve gotten into a state where you don’t necessarily know what the frig is going on. That thing – it’s right there in the template! Or right in that functions.php file, but nothing happens! Or the wrong thing happens! AAAAAAAARGH!

Sure, you can try adding “echo”, “print_r”, “var_dumps” and the like all over the place, but it’s messy, and there is a better way. With a little bit of set up (but not much – seriously), you too can debug like a champ. If you’ve never seen a real debugger before, or if you’ve just dabbled with one, this talk could change your life substantially for the better.