November 17, 2015 — Keeping your website secure is important. No one likes a site that has nasty code injections or has been defaced. In fact, WordPress Security is one of the issues that continually needs to be taught to WordPressers around the world because for some people, their website is their livelihood.

I’m not here to make your head pop up with mind boggling hardening tricks. I’m hear to give you an introduction to WordPress Security. I might make you laugh, but security is a serious matter. I will be covering a couple methods to secure your WordPress website, and even a couple beginner tips on what to do if your site has been hacked.

By the end of this session, I hope you find a security method that suits you, and are more aware of the importance of securing your WordPress website.

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November 17, 2015 — Learning how to manage your own WordPress site can be pretty hard. Whether you are new to WordPress, or have been using WordPress for a while, there are a lot of easy ways to support yourself. Overview on how to pick a good theme, plugins, and appropriate hosting services. Different strategies for supporting your own WordPress site, and learn when (and how) to ask for help.

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November 17, 2015 — An introduction to Sass for beginning developers or power users who already have a basic understanding of CSS. This talk will go over getting started with Sass in WordPress theme development, including: Sass vs CSS, setup options (theme file structure or use of a CSS plugin), understanding variables, nesting, mixins, extends, and libraries like Compass and Susy.

Additionally, this talk can cover use cases for integrating the Sass version of frameworks like Bootstrap or Foundation without having to clutter your theme’s markup. With that you get the best of both worlds (bespoke and human-readable classes and the springboard for development and design that frameworks provide).

November 17, 2015 — Skúsenosti s prácou a podporou Pro modulov.

November 14, 2015 — WordPress is home to tons of websites that are used by some of the world’s largest companies. My organization Agorans International is using WordPress to bring the voices of youths to the public eye.

November 9, 2015 — Attendees at WordCamp Columbus in July , 2105 are asked what value they received from attending WordCamps.

November 5, 2015 — Bridging the designer/developer gap is a challenge not often accepted. Designers who are comfortable in PHP and in the ‘back-end’ of WordPress are rare enough that we’ve coined the term ‘unicorn’ to describe them. My personal favorite is ‘designeveloper’ (yep, it’s even on my Twitter bio). My transition began from a house painter and part-time graphic designer to a web designer for WebDevStudios. Over the course of my 4 years at WebDevStudios, I made the transition from a web designer to a developer and now even, a developer lead. I aim to give some practical insights and resources to help make that designer/developer transition and learning curve a little less scary. Maybe… even a little exciting.

November 5, 2015 — This session will cover CSS style guides and architecture. It will introduce and explain the benefits of OOCSS, BEM, and style guide driven development.

November 5, 2015 — This talk starts with an explanation of what WordPress action and filter hooks are and how to use them. We then go into the most common and helpful hooks for theme and plugin development. This will include helpful information for people who have not yet begun to use hooks much as well as supply those who do use them regularly with some helpful hints.

November 3, 2015 — Davide explains how to present like a BOSS.

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