December 30, 2015 — As Modern Tribe has grown from a small team to a team of nearly 50 people, we have had to adopt a bit more organization in our workflows. One thing that we’ve been working on recently is refining our code sharing, review and deployment practices. In this session, I’ll share a workflow for collaborating with your team. Using this workflow, you will reduce delays, bugs and improve the technical skills of your colleagues.

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December 30, 2015 — http://developer.wordpress.org/reference has become the canonical source for documentation. This source comes from pulling out internal documentation from the WordPress code base. The best part — this is open source software. We’ll explore how we can take the work the core docs team has done on the WP_Parser project (a super smart robot) and repurpose it to make our lives, and our plugin and theme docs, much better!

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December 30, 2015 — Learn more about building and maintaining WordPress installations from the command line and its many advantages.

Automate the setup and installation of a base site template, including all your settings, plugins, and users, preconfigured and ready to go.

December 29, 2015 — WooCommerce is an amazingly easy way to get your products online. Learn how to create an online store with WooCommerce and how to extend WooCommerce’s basic functionality with extensions.

December 28, 2015 — Digambar Pradhan WordPress developer at Web Experts Nepal, he gave a presentation on Woocommerce: An E-Commerce Solution for WordPress. The areas covered in the presentation are:
1) Introduction to E-Commerce for WordPress and WooCommerce as a solution for WordPress.
2) The Basics of WooCommerce.
3) Extending WooCommerce to meet your needs.

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December 27, 2015 — Science Fiction and Fantasy can teach web creators many valuable lessons. From seeing how Daleks with too narrow of a goal always fail to understanding the Klingons value of honor, to hundreds of other we can become better web creators by borrowing lessons from Science Fiction and Fantasy.

December 27, 2015 — In this session, we will be going over how to design and secure your site, so that your users trust your site (and you), and then teach you some basics on how to make sure that you aren’t betraying that trust.
We will cover some thoughts on why users trust what they do, and then some practical things that you (as the shop owner) can implement to keep your visitors’ info safe and secure, as well as convey that to your customers.

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December 27, 2015 — Web sites are a living things that grow and change over time, but we often think of them as static products that the developer will finish and hand off to the client. This mindset can be unrealistic and counter-productive. Learn how approaching site building as a service rather than a product can help all parties set realistic expectations from the beginning, avoid pitfalls along the way, and establish relationships that are mutually beneficial over the long run.

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December 27, 2015 — With around 65% of the population being visual learners, it is no wonder that images can make or break a website. A study has revealed that 60% of consumers are more likely to consider local search results that include an image and another 23% are more likely to actually contact a business that uses images well. It may seem daunting to focus time and energy on your images but with 3 simple steps – creating an image library, optimizing your images and displaying them properly – you can reach a wider audience, increase engagement, lengthen the time your audience spends on your website and bolster your conversion rate. Isn’t that worth it?

December 26, 2015 — Marketing yourself or your business can be really scary when you’re an introvert who is more comfortable in front of a computer than in front of real people.

There are a lot of introverted folks in the WordPress community looking for freelance jobs, employment, or quality contractors to hire, yet many of us feel scared, directionless, isolated, overwhelmed, and hungry for work.

I’ll share my experience growing from a timid one-person freelance shop to a more confident team of nine great people, including practical tactics for in-person networking, working with freelancers, finding the right fit, and community participation.