March 5, 2015 — WordPress.org Theme Review Workshop

March 4, 2015 — This session talks about various large and small hosting companies, and how to look for the features you will need, including databases, domains, and bandwidth.
You still need to make sure your WordPress site is locked down and secure. There are a number of free and paid security plug-ins that help keep the bad guys out of your information.

March 3, 2015 — Overview video of the whole day including interview snippets with attendees and speakers.

March 2, 2015 — This talk walks through examples on making HTTP request to the API, and authenticating to perform more sensitive actions such as creating, editing, and deleting resources. As well as getting you thinking on how you can use the REST API in component or projects you might be working on.

March 2, 2015 — WordPress search is notoriously lacking. Why? MySQL is not search optimized. Elasticsearch is a scalable database that when coupled with WordPress produces extremely powerful results.
This talk will cover what Elasticsearch is, why it’s important, and integrating it with a WordPress website using a 10up open source plugin called ElasticPress.

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February 27, 2015 — During 14 years of working with clients I learned what are the early signs of clients from Hell. I want to share that knowledge, because I believe now that some jobs are just not worth it (stress, white hair, ulcers… ;)). I tell why it’s important to always be honest with client about tools we use for our job – in this case WordPress. And at last – how to avoid working with client when you have bad feeling about it.

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February 26, 2015 — Sam Hotchkiss interview with Chris Lema about free plugins.

February 26, 2015 — Jake Goldman interview with Chris Lema about starting an agency (the first hires).

February 26, 2015 — Karim Marucchi interviewed by Chris Lema about developing a network of partnerships.

February 26, 2015 — Syed Balkhi interviewed by Chris Lema about building a marketing engine