January 7, 2015 — This session discusses:
Choosing your Audience – Building out your content – Theme or custom? – What Plugins must I have? – Security, content management, IDX, social interaction.

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January 7, 2015 — We always talk about rankings and the performance of your website, but changes you make to your overall business strategy can greatly impact the way your website performs and how much business you actually makes.

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January 6, 2015 — Yana Petrova talks about depression in IT, a problem that seems to be widespread in the industry and still something that people prefer not to talk about. How depression can be recognised, how to find the actual reasons for it and why nobody should be afraid or ashamed to ask for help are some of the main points in her talk. She believes that speaking freely (and also listening) about depression and mental health is an important step for making the environment around us better.

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January 6, 2015 — In this talk, I would like to share with the audience my experience as a WordPress freelance consultant. Showing my mistakes and my successes during the last 5 years as a developer and being a very active member of the Spanish WordPress Community.

January 6, 2015 — There are literally thousands of themes and plugins available to help you customize your WordPress website to do almost anything you need it to do. However, navigating this sea of plugins can often be a daunting task. During this session, we go over the best practices for finding the right plugin for your needs, and talk about the 7 WordPress plugins I believe are essential to every WordPress-powered site.

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January 6, 2015 — The idea of having a membership site is exciting at the least. Who wouldn’t be excited? The idea of having a community you’re passionate about or creating a steady stream of income, to name a couple good reasons. You may have even seen wonderful existing membership sites and have thought, “Hey, I could do something like this, but for [niche].” That is great and all, but how are you going to make it happen? You need a plan. You need to know what tools are at your disposal. You need to start on the right foot.

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January 5, 2015 — This presentation explores the technical aspects of running a WordPress multisite network, such as scalability, security, user experience, and administrative challenges. We’ll share tips, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges.

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January 5, 2015 — This presentation discusses the benefits of choosing WordPress to power a nonprofit website, point out special considerations and must-have. It covers recommended plugins and themes, and share resources available online to help nonprofits with their websites.

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January 5, 2015 — Roots isn’t for people who’ve never developed a theme before, but for people who are looking for a good way to start their custom themes, this is the way to go. This talk expects people to have some background with developing custom themes. Jumping into development with Roots will be a lot easier after this talk!

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January 5, 2015 — Get started with Gulp.js for task management. Learn how to use Gulp to compile CSS, concatenate JS, minify files and more. Get an introduction into Gulp plugins and walk away with a Gulpfile.js and package.json ready to use in your next project.