August 3, 2014 — Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and Debugging – discover what the fuss is all about!

August 3, 2014 — This session discuss’ the process of successfully transitioning from selling WordPress services to digital products.

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August 3, 2014 — The design of JavaScript code in WordPress core has changed quite a bit over the last few years. This talk breaks down a few approaches for writing modern JavaScript and share some of the recently added DOM APIs.

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August 2, 2014 — The Jetpack team migrated their primary development from the WordPress.org plugins repository to GitHub. This talk looks at why they made the change and how it’s affected their workflow.

August 2, 2014 — Large projects often change scope rapidly, hence the use of ambiguous words like scale and platform. This session covers general strategies around approaching your project with an incremental mindset. Version control, environment, collaboration, and deployment all play key roles when pushing a platform to serve big needs. By laying out a strategy at the start and making consistent small changes, your platform will scale before anyone realizes.

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August 2, 2014 — This talk covers use of ACF in non-blog oriented websites. It focuses on using ACF in a custom post type. It demonstrates custom queries along with custom prev/next posts. And it shows how to display ACF fields in the dashboard for the custom post type overview.

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July 31, 2014 — Thomas outlines a variety of ways in which one can monetize their WordPress websites and provides first-hand insight as well as practical advice for those seeking to take a stab at making money from their website.

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July 31, 2014 — Do you love WordPress and are interested in getting involved with the community but bewildered at how to “get in”? Wonder no more! This session walks you through freely available resources to help you get involved in any aspect of the community that interests you and take you from an unknown zero to a WordPress hero!

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July 30, 2014 — Google Analytics is a data goldmine available and it is accessible for free. The problem for many site owners is information overload from the moment you log in. After all, the idea is to use that data to improve the performance of your site. At the same time, how do you know where to begin? We’ll discuss the options for implementing Google Analytics into your WordPress site and where to focus your attention to get the most out of the traffic numbers it makes available to you. If you want to understand bounce rate, landing pages, exit pages, visitor loyalty and what these terms mean to you and your blog, you’ll want to join us. The data tells a story if you know how to follow the plot.

July 30, 2014 — Using as many mediums as possible in content creation means that your message has a higher chance of being seen. Podcasting is one of those mediums that website owners can utilize. In fact, podcasting can be a powerful tool in taking your site to the next level.