May 20, 2013 — This talk will outline the process I take after we’ve received design sign off from the client and looks like this…

Setting up a Basecamp project – Setting up a private GitHub repository – Setting up my IDE (Phpstorm) – Setting up Sass & Compass for CSS preprocessing – Custom Theme Development – Custom Plugin Development – Testing (Both cross browser and device ) – Migration with BackupBuddy – Ongoing maintenance.

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May 19, 2013 — This presentation is specific about how to apply accessibility principles across the WP spectrum, for designers, content authors and developers. Specific methods for creating accessible content and keeping it accessible, particularly for eCommerce, government and transactional sites are presented.

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May 18, 2013 — Mikey talks about his plugin ‘WordPress Backup to Dropbox’ and the issues he has had to overcome as it grows in popularity. He also talks about ‘extensions’ as a viable way for plugin developers to make a little bit of money while keeping open source values.

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March 7, 2013 — Can you afford to alienate a large section of your audience?

In this presentation Joe will cover what inclusive design means, why it is important to you, and how it can be easy to integrate into your template and function design. Aimed at writers, coders, designers and managers, he’ll get you passionate about accessibility with humour and brevity.

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November 11, 2012 — Lachlan MacPherson talks about the development philosophy and processes used at Sennza for all the WordPress themes they design & develop.

Because WordPress is so extendable and flexible, there are many different ways to integrate the same feature or option. At Sennza they have an emphasise keeping things as simple as they can be, but no simpler.

Lachlan is one of the co-founders of Sennza, a WordPress only digital agency based in Brisbane. He is passionate about keeping the WordPress community alive and growing in Australia. He was a co-organiser for WordCamp Gold Coast and also helped to start the WordPress Sydney and Brisbane meetups.

October 6, 2012 — Kate talks us through how a WordPress blog can provide a platform for individuals and small businesses to build profile and get noticed.

She outlines
* Key practices and principles for blogging success.
* How to use social media integration to maximise distribution of your messages.
* How to harness the power of WordPress and plugins for maximum benefit – the must-haves.

Kate is a skilled communicator who brings together ideas, technology, and business in practical ways. Her work as a marketer and technologist gives her insight into the nexus between innovation and technology, and the changes that these bring to society and organisations.

October 5, 2012 — People are tired of the spam, they want to really connect with you and the best way for them to connect is through your story.

This session reveals the power your story has to connect with your audience through a WordPress website and how social media can help spread your message.

October 5, 2012 — Anthony Hortin from the Easy WP Guide and Maddison Designs takes us through a Firebug Primer.

October 5, 2012 — Tracey introduces Custom Post Types and Taxonomies, outline why they’re so great and what you can use them for and introduces some of the cool tools available to make using them both easy and expedient.

Tracey is a designer who taught herself CSS, some basic PHP and MySQL to build a friend’s band a new website. After that, thanks to word of mouth, soon she was doing other band sites in her ‘spare’ time.

October 4, 2012 — A technical deep dive into performance analysis and optimisation for WordPress sites large and small, from the front-end to the back-end…

Jeff Waugh is a technology generalist and Open Source specialist who enjoys translating technology opportunity into useful outcomes. He gets to do that all the time as pre-sales engineer at mission critical hosting provider, Bulletproof Networks.