June 13, 2014 — Batch video compression with Handbrake.

June 13, 2014 — Video file compression for WordCamp videos too large to upload to WPTV.

June 12, 2014 — Matt Mullenweg speaking with the Singapore WordPress user community, as part of his summer tour of Asia. This event was organized by the Singapore PHP User Group

June 12, 2014 — Unit testing can be scary for anyone who’s not a hard-core dev. But they don’t need to be! I’ll help you get up and running with the WordPress unit test framework so your new patches will never need to sit idle on this report page again! Even if you don’t have a patch to contribute to WordPress, you can still get your name on the contributor list by writing tests for any patches that live on this report, too!

June 11, 2014 — One of the things I do to give my projects a special touch is to style the backend to match my clients’ specific needs. I use a variety of tools to help me out – both beginner and advanced level. And, ever since I started doing it, I’ve fallen more in love with WordPress as an even more COMPLETE website solution.

This presentation looks at just a few ways to bring some magic to the backend of WordPress. It introduces a couple of plugins that can help you manage the admin menu. Then shows you how to easily change the look of your admin pages. Finally, it goes over how to completely replace your dashboard page with custom content and even show you how to change the stuff in that drop-down “help” area on the top right.

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June 11, 2014 — When developing a theme for a client, it’s super easy to throw all of the new functions and hooks into the theme’s functions.php file, wipe your hands, congratulate yourself for a hard day’s work and go have a beer. But, after a while, have you stopped to see the size of that functions.php file? It can be massive! It’s easy to create a large disorganized functions.php file with so many tutorials out there giving you little tips and tricks on hooks and doodads that you can add to the site to make it fancy. “Ohh! Look at this code that changes my background color based on weather patterns! I’ll just… put this… right… here.” *drops in functions.php file*

This session is about why you don’t want to fill up your functions.php file, the proper way to add code to your site, and why it’s proper for readability, security and extendability.

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June 11, 2014 — Foundation is an advanced framework that allows developers to quickly build future-friendly websites. Foundation CSS performs the heavy lifting so that you can concentrate on the creative. Steve will show you how he uses Foundation to focus on mobile-first design and why Foundation is the perfect companion to Underscores.

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June 10, 2014 — A simple and easy to understand format geared specifically for kids who are interested in the basics of a WordPress site as well as an introduction to how a site is created from HTML, PHP and CSS.

June 10, 2014 — WordPress lets me travel the world about half the year and live in Maui, Hawaii the rest. I have given up on trying to tell people that and not have it sound too boastful. I think my life is awesome, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. While being a remote worker able to make a living from a hammock on a beach in Thailand sounds pretty ideal there is a lot that goes into making that a reality. I’ll talk about my journey, starting with decision making around finding work/life as well as the practical side what it means to be a both a digital nomad and a remote worker.

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June 10, 2014 — You are working with WordPress when you find yourself in the strange, dimly lit Cave of Community. Gradually you can make out two passageways. One curves downward to the right; the other leads upward to the left.

The choices you make in the WordPress community define your WordPress adventure. I’ll share stories of decisions and outcomes I’ve seen during my three years as a WordPress community manager. The possibilities are endless, but this talk will be about 30 minutes.