October 13, 2023 — The HeroPress blog is full of great stories of people leveraging WordPress to make their lives better. Does this really make the world a better place?

This talk reviews several stories of people who’ve been impacted by the HeroPress project.

August 9, 2023 — This video helps photographers understand the rules for uploading, the legal ramifications, and the practical steps to get photos into the WPPhotos project. Note, this is for photographers, NOT moderators.

June 19, 2023

December 18, 2022 — JPG (JPEG?), GIF (JIF?), PNG (PING?), SVG, WebP! Too many formats! What’s the difference and which one should you use? Once you’ve picked one, how do you “optimize” it?

We’ll answer all of that and give you confidence in your image choices!

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November 6, 2021 — This talk will look at what meta boxes and custom fields can do for your content and compare three dominant libraries that make it easier to manage them.

December 29, 2020 — BigCommerce for WordPress is a brand new way to do ecommerce in WordPress. With a hybrid of local content and processes running over API the BigCommerce for WordPress plugin can help your store operate at micro-scale, enterprise scale, and everything in between.

This talk is a review of features and capabilities.

Correction: During the presentation, it was stated the BC Agency Partners get 30% of the monthly merchant fee. The correct number is 20%. Our presenter apologizes for the error.

November 17, 2020 — Building an ecommerce store can be a daunting experience. Suddenly you’re not just working with content anymore. Now it’s taxes and shipping and customers that need to be kept happy. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be scary. The session will highlight a number of steps you can take to remove the uncertainty from building ecommerce websites so that you can move forward with confidence.

November 14, 2020 — This talk recommends how to increase engagement, lower customer acquisition costs, and, ultimately, improve store sales.

An e-commerce store is only as valuable as the number of visitors it converts to buyers. But Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is a successful online store. Building a sustainable, cash positive storefront takes time – and a thoughtful strategy.

November 4, 2020 — The WordPress HTTP API allows you to gather data from other parts of the web and present it however you wish. We’ll take a look at how it’s done, while taking into consideration performance issues.

We’ll look at both examples of what can be done as well as code samples to accomplish specific goals.

November 3, 2020 — Transients allow developers to easily micro-cache expensive queries and remote data calls in the most efficient way possible. They’re relatively easy to use and can make dramatic performance improvements in your site.

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