July 1, 2015 — Each time I go to WordCamp, there is a group of folks (either site owners, newbie bloggers or graphic designers) who want to understand the basics of WordPress. They struggle to fit in, they don’t know how to get started.
By sharing tales of my own start in 2005, as well as how my colleagues, collaborators and clients got their feet wet (sometimes falling on their eventual road to success), I believe it can do several things:
• Fill a missing gap in the beginner’s struggle
• Provide confidence (and tips) to overcoming the curve
• Begin their day feeling connected and ready to learn from the rest of the event’s storytellers

June 30, 2015 — Chris tells the story of managing software developers who create WordPress sites, plugins, and custom themes – using the concepts of freedom, constraints, complexity and chaos.

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June 30, 2015 — BuddyPress history and perspective.

June 30, 2015 — How to Start a WordPress E-commerce site using WooCommerce” is a 30-min step by step presentation on how to set up an online store on WordPress with WooCommerce. Set up a simple E-Commerce WordPress site. It’s best for beginners in e-commerce and beginners to immediate in WordPress.

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June 30, 2015 — In his talk, Job will illustrate how community building does not merely depend on using the right tactics, but also on understanding your community’s culture and preferences and being ready to adjust your plans to serve it.

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June 30, 2015 — This talk will introduce the different aspects of the WordPress project, the different teams on make.wordpress.org and will hopefully convince everyone that you don’t need to write a single line of code to be an active WordPress contributor.

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June 30, 2015 — JavaScript now offers one of the best ways to deliver a clean, well-structured front end for your WordPress website. In Luc’s talk we’ll combine tools like the REST API, Backbone and Handlebars to give developers more control then ever and a theme that’s a delight to both build and maintain.

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June 29, 2015 — Let’s take a step back and think about our project. We need to understand the project, the company we are building the site for, and all the goals associated with the project.

So many people rush in. Sometimes we are too eager to get started, or we are too worried about how it will look or a specific due date. This leads to upset clients, under quoting your work or the very worst – project failure. Let’s fix that.

After this talk, you should know things like:

– Planning/breaking down entire projects

– Defining the problems you are trying to fix.

– Defining and setting goals.

– Defining your target audience and learning to view things through their eyes.

– Creating a site map.

– Defining all the custom Post types and Taxonomies.

– Planning an order of attach.

– Setting timelines

– The importance of communication.

– Understanding how Project Management is just as important as anything else.

Anyone that built or is thinking about starting a website would benefit from this talk. Even advanced developers could get a lot out of a talk like this.

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June 29, 2015 — A great growth strategy can dramatically improve the performances of our online businesses. No matter if you are running an E-Commerce, a publishing site or a personal blog, having a good plan and well oiled tools definitely help our decision making.

June 29, 2015 — Most businesses that use WordPress do not have the resources to do testing on their website. It does not matter if it’s UX testing, focus groups, A/B testing, conversion optimization, it’s all too time consuming and expensive. So unfortunately these businesses don’t structurally improve their website at all…

Luckily, the most effective improvements have been thoroughly tested by Amazon, Google, H&M and others. They only need to be implemented by a smart WordPress user!

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