October 10, 2024 — Up against a challenge you don’t think WordPress can solve? Think again. WordPress functionality can be leveraged for so much more than blog posts. This talk will feature case studies on a wide variety of projects built in WordPress for the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). In the past three years, Georgia established a community-focused site for statewide education staff using a strategic set of plugins and custom modifications within WordPress to produce the functionality needed. Once that site was launched, it opened the door for multiple additional WordPress sites under the GaDOE umbrella, including continuing education events for staff across the state, a menu builder with state-approved recipes for cafeteria staff, and rebuilding the main GaDOE site using a headless WordPress setup with Next.js.

Key takeaways will include out-of-the-box perspectives for utilizing WordPress infrastructure in large-scale initiatives for enterprise and public sector clients. Extend the functionality of WordPress to build next-level sites, custom functionality, and mobile applications that will save your clients thousands when compared to other types of custom development. This will be a co-speaking engagement with Aaron Reimann of Clockwork WP and Dr. Keith Osborn, Chief Information Officer of GaDOE.

January 24, 2024 — Websites with a contact form, order forms or e-commerce solutions, it is important that the customer receives a response. It has become more difficult to make this happen every time.

January 24, 2024 — I watched a few YouTube videos on security in WordPress and if you think all you need to do is install a WordPress plugin (as these videos suggested) I highly recommend coming to this talk.

There is a lot more than just installing a plugin to secure a site, there are tools like using CloudFlare, using an actual firewall, etc.

I’ll walk you through a lot of things I do for the couple hundred sites that I host.

November 15, 2023 — Websites in the educational space present unique demands and challenges, especially for sizable school systems. WordPress features and customizations can solve key problems and provide strategic solutions that are scalable to content management teams. Representing one of the largest educational organizations in the Southeast, Keith Osburn, Ed. D., is the Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services and Chief Information Officer for the Georgia Department of Education. Join us for a collaborative conversation with Keith and Aaron Reimann, CEO of ClockworkWP, as we explore new and inventive ways that WordPress can be applied in large-scale operations.

Presentation Slides »

September 30, 2023 — WordPress has been around for over 20 years and I’d like to demonstrate WordPress version 0.71 to show the community what they have built.

I’ll hit some highlights on major features in WordPress all the way through, for example a search feature at 1.0, Custom Post Types at version 3.0, and Gutenberg in 5.0.

November 17, 2022 — Websites with a contact form, order forms or e-commerce solutions, it is important that the customer receives a response. It has become more difficult to make this happen every time. I’ll walk you through setting up DNS correctly dealing with SPF, DKIM, DMARC and the like. I’ll also touch on 3rd party mail services.

September 29, 2020 — This talk covers the details of configuration and troubleshooting for email with contact forms, order forms and e-commerce communication.

January 3, 2019 — I’ll be explaining what multisite is, why or why not to use it and why multitenancy is recommended when trying to set up verticals.

March 24, 2017 — A hosting panel to discuss the difference, features and what is new for each platform. We will have technicians from WP Engine, BlueHost, ClickHost, Godaddy and more. Moderated by a WordPress developer.

July 11, 2016 — Forms comparison (Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms & Contact Form 7).