September 3, 2025 — With all the talk about the importance of making WordPress Accessible, how does someone with low vision teach and work with WordPress? I will share the tools and techniques I have used for years as a WordPress instructor at Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and elsewhere in New York City. I will demonstrate the Operating System and WordPress adjustments I need to make it possible for one with low vision to be productive. This talk is based on my article in Smashing Magazine on what it’s like to have macular degeneration. “Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress” https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/using-low-vision-teach-wordpress/ Presented byBud Kraus

November 14, 2024 — Building WordPress websites for a living can become a soul searing experience. In the beginning, you think it’s great that you are doing something you love. In the end, you’re miserable, frustrated and unfulfilled with the process.
If this is your story come join me as I explain what career path I took by accident that is providing some of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I will show you how to take 4 things you already know to build your next career.
Attendees will learn how to leverage what they already know about WordPress into new career possibilities that will change how they feel about themselves and the work they do.
Yes, there is life after web design and development.
Presented byBud Kraus

November 6, 2024 — Building WordPress websites for a living can become a soul searing experience. In the beginning, you think it’s great that you are doing something you love. In the end, you’re miserable, frustrated and unfulfilled with the process.

If this is your story come join me as I explain what career path I took by accident that is providing some of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I will show you how to take 4 things you already know to build your next career.

Attendees will learn how to leverage what they already know about WordPress into new career possibilities that will change how they feel about themselves and the work they do.

Yes, there is life after web design and development.

July 24, 2024 — It’s time to have a look at what’s new in WordPress 6.6, the second of three major releases this year. 6.6 polishes many of the features already in WordPress to make your life and workflow easier.
Here are the main features that will be demonstrated during this prevention:

> Synced Pattern Overrides
An extension of what synced patterns do.

> The Grid Block
An improved way to layout pages.

> Negative Margins
A way to add visual interest to your designs.

> New And Improved User Experiences In The Site Editor and more.

November 2, 2023 — WordPress 6.4 is scheduled for release on November 7, 2023. This talk presents and discusses the important changes.

Topics include:
– Improvements to the Site Editor
– Better ways to use Pattern
– Lightbox functionality for images

And get a look at the shiny new default theme, TwentyTwentyFour. It is design-agnostic and tailored for entrepreneurs, small businesses, photographers and artists, and writers and bloggers.

October 1, 2023 — With all the talk about the importance of making WordPress Accessible, how does someone with low vision teach and work with WordPress? I will share the tools and techniques I have used for years as a WordPress instructor at Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and elsewhere in New York City.

I will demonstrate the Operating System and WordPress adjustments I need to make it possible for one with low vision to be productive.

This talk is based on my article in Smashing Magazine on what it’s like to have macular degeneration. “Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress

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July 12, 2023 — The navigation block is one of the most complex and confusing blocks to work with using the Gutenberg block editor.

But it doesn’t have to be.

This presentation will show you how to set your site’s navigation using only blocks and not the classic menu system. We’ll also have a look at what’s coming in 6.3.

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July 27, 2022 — Learn all about blogging with WordPress from A to Z! Join Bud Kraus in the second of his two-part session as he speaks in detail on all aspects of blogging. He explores the process of setting up archive pages, using categories for navigation, the comments query loop, and creating custom post types.

July 19, 2022 — Join Bud Kraus as he explores all aspects of blogging. Today’s session is one of two during which he discusses why blogs matter, the elements of a blog, setting up your blog, managing categories and tags, and using query loops with and without full site editing.

June 21, 2022 — Don’t bury your head in the sand when protecting your website from security threats! Keeping your website safe and sound is a shared responsibility. In this presentation, Bud Kraus will give you a common-sense approach of steps you can take to make your site harder to compromise.