July 1, 2015 — Plugins add functionality to your website, but how do you know how to choose the right plugin? When you search plugins do you get overwhelmed at the long list of possibilities? Have you downloaded a plugin only to have it not work? Sometimes we download plugins only to find we have no idea how to make them work on our website. In this class Tracy Malone will show you how to choose a plugin, and once you download it how to figure out where it gets configured, and how to add a widget to your website.

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July 1, 2015 — You do not have to be a rockstar at PHP, CSS, and HTML to be a rockstar contributor to WordPress. A person who is completely new to the WordPress Community can give back just as much as the coder. Come learn about the WordPress Community, The WordPress Slack, Support Forums, and how you can be a part of it all. If you can talk, type. write, or breathe, you can contribute.

July 1, 2015 — It is an intimidating screen that’s empty. Telling you that writing will be tough. Telling you that the first sentence will be hard to find.

Everyone says you should blog. Except the white screen in front of you. Blank. Mocking.

Come hear my specific tips to help you find blog topic and how to get started writing without stress.

July 1, 2015 — BuddyPress + WP-API Apps are taking over the web. Get insight into some of the technologies available to start creating hybrid mobile apps with BuddyPress and WP-API.

July 1, 2015 — This talk discusses how WordPress has evened the playing field for website creation. I share tools, tips, strategies and resources to help new WordPress users, freelancers, and small businesses get a great looking and effective blog/website up fast. I have a 6-point checklist that I use to analyze whether or not a theme is a good fit for any website or blog.

July 1, 2015 — Find yourself lost in a forest of plugins and don’t know what to choose? Let Adam Soucie be your guide. He takes you through the same process he walks clients through at his agency and show you where to find the best plugins, how to tell the good from the bad, and give his recommendations on must-use plugins for your website.

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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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