January 5, 2015 — This talk is about what you need to plan for when building your site. As a designer, I find these are common elements that clients have not even considered before starting their blog or online storefront.Copy, layout, photos… it’s all part of the planning.

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January 5, 2015 — This talk reviews how to get valuable data from your website using A/B testing, advanced Google Analytics, and other tools; and how to use that data to gain insight into how you can improve your website or blog.

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January 4, 2015 — The presentation goes over the basics of Angular JS, what makes it special, an introduction on how to start programming with Angular and tools / resources you can use, some examples and tutorials of how angular can help improve your theme / plugin development and an overview of the limitations of an Angular App and what potential SEO impacts it may have

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January 4, 2015 — – How a WordCamp can change your life, twice
– How you could be lying to yourself
– From full time employment, to freelance, contractor, consultant and finally, agency – The beauty of the WordPress ecosystem + why WordPress
– WordPress naysayers and how to shut them up
– Starting Make Do, the mistakes we made
– More mistakes, damn we made so many
– How we work as a team
– The tools we use to work remotely
– Why you don’t need an office
– Working with clients/customers
– How you can do this
– How to go it alone, the options to choose from
– Friends, enemies & competition

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January 4, 2015 — This talk covers areas that need looking after and offer some tips and tools so that site owners can walk away confident that they have the goods to be able to better maintain their digital homes.

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January 4, 2015 — Podcasting enables everyone to be a broadcaster. Whether you want to build your business or just promote your hobby, podcasting lets you get your message out. This presentation is delivered from a novice WordPress user’s perspective. This presentation provides step-by-step instructions explaining the experience moving from a simple blog to hosting a podcast on iTunes.

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January 4, 2015 — This talk covers a few key “Aha” moments that you should have about the way WordPress works. Michael talks about things like the template hierarchy, what’s going on in wp-config, where WordPress content is stored (the database vs file system), how posts and pages and custom post types are represented in the database, what folks are talking about when they talk about hooks and filters, and just generally review the “behind the scenes” mechanics of how WordPress works

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January 3, 2015 — This presentation will show you how to do the following things without the help of a plugin:

Connect Google Analytics, Install Mailing, List Forms, Implement Google Fonts, Add PayPal Buttons, Display Social Media Profile Icons

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January 2, 2015 — This presentation covers the basics of podcast production, and most importantly, how to optimize your WordPress site in a way that helps you build you listenership at the same time you build a sturdy and sustainable platform.

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January 1, 2015 — WordPress heavy users know that there are some great plugin options for SEO in WordPress. With indicators such as green and red lights, they even help you in your own SEO execution. But what’s the best strategy behind the on-page execution? And does SEO extend beyond just the URLs of my website?

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