February 9, 2014 — Developing your WordPress site locally will save you tons of time and prevent that “oops” moment when something breaks on a live site. This session shows you how to utilize tools and incorporate them within your workflow in order to save time and prevent mistakes. It explains the components needed to create local development sites, show you how to do it by utilizing time-saving techniques and then demonstrate the steps required to deploy your site once complete.

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February 7, 2014 — People like to read and shop online in their native language Multilingual Websites boost traffic and sales. This presentation shows how to easily build and manage WordPress Multilingual Websites, including e-commerce sites.

February 7, 2014 — This presentation shows the possibilities for styling WordPress and the freedom that the system gives in terms of the vision of the websites. He telsl more about the work of the Theme team Automattic, what do they do to have a wide variety of really cool and affordable themes for users.

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February 6, 2014 — In the world of print, designers have control over every point and pica, but with all the variables inherent to the web, that same desire for control leads to headaches, frustration, and bad practices. Learn specific guidelines to let go of that control and design more effectively for the web, as well as how to collaborate with developers to ensure a successful project without all the usual struggles.

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February 5, 2014 — Joe goes over some of the core content from his book, Responsive Design with WordPress, which teaches you how to leverage WordPress to get the most out of responsive design, implement best practices, automate important processes and make your life easier overall.

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February 5, 2014 — Discover the art of digital storytelling through the use of user interfaces, user experience design, and the implementation of content strategy. Learn to better understand the detail oriented processes of wireframing, creating information architecture, and interface design.

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February 4, 2014 — We all know that WordPress is an amazing tool, but producing an amazing website is never a given. A little planning goes a long way, so take a little time to get organized before you place the first pixel or spend hours searching through themes.

This session walks through the needs analysis and planning phases for a typical small business or personal brand website. Covering: Audience profiles, Project goals, Content requirements & strategy, Wireframes, Rapid Prototype and Style Board

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February 3, 2014 — So you’ve built a website now what? Learn how to attract and engage your visitors and keep them on your website. Turn those visitors into loyal followers, clients, or buyers.

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February 3, 2014 — Content Rules! WordPress lets you easily update your web site even if you are not technical. This presentation goes over how to add pages and blog posts step by step, including text, images and other media. Learn the difference between pages and posts, when to use each, and understand WordPress terminology.

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February 2, 2014 — This presentation talks about the most popular attacks going on right now that are taking out WordPress sites, security best practices for building plugins and themes, and it covers workflow best practices (are you the reason your client’s site got hacked? Maybe!)

Then the other side of the coin — once your site has been hacked, what do you do next? How to get things cleaned up and make sure that they stay that way

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