February 24, 2014 — Social media attorney Ruth Carter shares real-life stories of people who have faced devastating consequences because of their behavior on their blogs & social media & how to avoid the same mistakes.

February 15, 2014 — This talk demonstrates the most interesting features of the free WooCommerce plugin and discusses why its open source foundation combined with a marketplace for extensions is helping foster a great community. It shares the stories of real people making a living thanks to WordPress and WooCommerce with hopes to inspire you to believe you can do the same.

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February 15, 2014 — Learn best practices and see practical examples for using email marketing services and e-commerce closely with WordPress.

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February 15, 2014 — Think differently about diverse funding and revenue generation opportunities for online entrepreneurs. Go beyond advertising and affiliates and think of your blog as a business.

February 14, 2014 — The Hieroglyph Project is a collaboration between science fiction author Neal Stephenson and the Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU. The goal was to build and maintain a community for virtual collaboration to inspire innovation and creativity. Buddypress gave me the toolkit to build a site that allowed conversation and collaboration, and I learned some valuable lessons along the way.

February 14, 2014 — Imagine there was a way to get past all your insecurities and have the courage to keep going and growing – without any fear that others might think you’re a fraud. Come hear Chris’ take on how you can escape the impostor syndrome.

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February 10, 2014 — The basics of creating ​ and customizing​ themes, plus the customizing the admin for ease and beauty.

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February 10, 2014 — This talk identifies the primary web design and development skills including, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP and FTP. Throughout the talk, Zac identifies how you can start with minimal or no knowledge of these skills and begin to become proficient with these skills, moving up to becoming a real web designer if interested.

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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 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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