September 26, 2025 — Join us for a hands-on session that demystifies one of Gutenberg’s most powerful features – the Query Loop block. We’ll break down how the Query Loop block works, transforming it from an intimidating tool into your go-to for creating dynamic and engaging content displays. You’ll learn how to tell WordPress exactly what content to fetch and how to style it… all without writing a single line of code. This workshop is perfect for WordPress site builders, content creators, and business owners who are comfortable with the block editor and ready to take full control of their site’s design.

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September 3, 2025 — In May 2025, the Jim Joseph Foundation found itself in a quandary. Their outdated, low-performing website needed updates and a redesign to better engage their audience. Using theme switching technology, we found a way to transform their website quickly, align with WordPress’s block-based architecture, enhance the user experience, and support streamlined, flexible content creation, all within the constraints of a limited budget. This agile, iterative approach enabled us to add a WordPress Block Theme, allowing their team to convert the website over time gradually. The result is a website that not only meets their technical needs but also reflects their mission to inspire Jewish youth and young adults in the United States to lead connected, meaningful, purpose-filled lives, contributing to their communities locally and globally. Join us as we share how we utilized conditional logic to serve up multiple themes on one website, enabling the Jim Joseph Foundation team to build and replace legacy templates with new block-based templates iteratively, using their existing website templates and layouts. This approach ensured a seamless transition, giving the Foundation team the confidence that their website was evolving without disrupting their operations.

April 10, 2017

March 18, 2017 — The day I discovered Vagrant was the day that I changed the way I worked. I went from fighting with server setups and local development boxes to seamlessly creating sites that fit in with my own workflow. But Vagrant by itself, while good, won’t get you there alone.

That’s where VVV – a WordPress development environment – comes in. VVV comes pre-equipped with all of the tools, bells, and whistles needed to streamline your development environment.

Mitch will walk you through the setup of Vagrant, commands and tips to help you get the most out of Vagrant, and other applications (VVV Dashboard and VV) that help you use VVV to its full potential.

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February 27, 2017 — The day I discovered Vagrant was the day that I changed the way I worked. I went from fighting with server setups and local development boxes to seamlessly creating sites that fit in with my own workflow. But Vagrant by itself, while good, won’t get you there alone.

That’s where VVV – a WordPress development environment – comes in. VVV comes pre-equipped with all of the tools, bells, and whistles needed to streamline your development environment.

Mitch will walk you through the setup of Vagrant, commands and tips to help you get the most out of Vagrant, and other applications (VVV Dashboard and VV) that help you use VVV to its full potential.

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April 9, 2016 — In this session Mitch will go over the inner workings of WooCommerce, an eCommerce platform built into WordPress. From initial setup to customization, he’ll cover everything you need to know in order to successfully run a WooCommerce installation. Finally, he’ll go over some great plugins and code snippets (in use on client sites) that have taken WooCommerce from “good” to “amazing”.

November 12, 2012 — Nothing is more intimidating than looking at a blank screen when you’re starting a WordPress theme. As you begin theme development, even as a designer, ask yourself questions: What’s so different about WordPress vs static HTML development? Can I work from my Photoshop theme? What if I need options? And how do I even structure this theme?

Mitch Canter will take you from the blank Dreamweaver / Notepad++ file to a fully functioning theme, discussing theme structure, the loop, and best practices for theme development from scratch. He’ll also show examples of a WordPress from PSD conversion

October 31, 2011

October 26, 2011