June 29, 2014 — Dustin takes a comprehensive look at the WordPress Dashboard, unlocking new and exciting things that are included within WordPress.

Areas covered:

* What each menu item in a default WordPress install does
* How to change common settings
* How to write posts and pages, add media, and more
* How to add new users
* How to manage comments
* Managing Menus
* Managing Widgets
* What are dashboard widgets?
* What is my user profile?

June 29, 2014 — Custom theming can be daunting to those developers used to relying on premium themes and frameworks for client projects, but the benefits to custom theming are clear. This session helps the beginner to intermediate developer understand why custom theming can provide a more solid end product for their clients, and helps them get over the hump and start building their first custom theme using _s (the Underscores starter theme from Automattic).

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June 28, 2014 — Diana Huff gives great talk on creating a freelancer website, biased more toward marketing then tech or design.
Most information presented is very useful beyond just the creation of a freelancers site.
Don’t miss this one!

June 28, 2014 — Going over basic plugins that are helpful for beginners. How to install plugins from both search and upload methods. Answer group questions on what plugins are available that they are looking for.

June 28, 2014 — This talk introduces WordPress to people that have never touched the platform. People want to know what their getting into! What kind of commitment does this mean? What things can it do for me on social media? A quick look at the dashboard and take questions that people have. Why would people use WordPress?

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June 27, 2014 — Maybe you’re not afraid to try things and break things, but you have no clue how to fix them again. Or maybe your experience level doesn’t offer you any context for troubleshooting WordPress problems and you feel frustrated and stuck.

This workshop provides you the basic tools for troubleshooting problems in WordPress and also provides live examples.

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June 27, 2014 — Treating yourself as a Resource, Client, Project Manager, Client Manager, Accountant, Sales Department, Collection Department, Office Manager, Supply Department and more.

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June 27, 2014 — No coding experience? No problem! With WordPress.com, you can have a great looking site up and running in just a couple minutes. We’ll go through the basics of using WordPress itself, and what WordPress.com specifically can offer you as a beginning blogger or site builder.

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June 26, 2014 — This presentation demonstrates how a custom WordPress theme should be melded to the client’s needs and not how a client should be shoved into the limitations of a pre-existing theme with a few tweaks. The admin should be a pleasant experience for the client without extra whistles and bells.
Key take-aways:
1. Always offer a project questionnaire
2. Establish Site Architecture before you touch a line of code.
3. Use a basic theme such as _score to keep the clutter down in the admin
4. Utilizing WordPress Custom Post Types for regularly used content such as: portfolio items, sponsor logos, team members, musicians
5. Utilizing: Advanced Custom Fields Plugin and Posts 2 Post plugin to make something that is nearly enterprise level
6. Always be up for the challenge, you will gain more skill and insight as a result.

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June 26, 2014 — Website security is important to everyone who has a website, as well as everyone who uses a website. Whether it gets five visitors a day or five-thousand, hackers are looking to compromise, break, infect and virtually own every website that they can for monetary and social purposes.

While the topic seems mysterious to most users, website security is actually a set of simple principles that everyone can adopt to keep their risk at the absolute lowest. Being a WordPress user is a great start, and the discussion surrounds habits, practices and techniques to follow to keep a WordPress site secure from hackers and malware.

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