January 3, 2019 — Charles Muzonzini goes through some of the basics of making a WordPress website more secure

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December 11, 2018 — A technical session taking a beginner through the stages of getting started with WordPress. Installation, hosting and a brief intro on what is WordPress

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December 7, 2018 — If you want leads from your website, you need a contact form. Amy will talk all about lead generation and the importance of Contact Forms.

June 4, 2018 — This session will offer the beginner entrepreneur an outline of how to start their own WordPress website without feeling intimidated or overwhelmed. A how-to about taking your idea from your head, to having a functioning website that showcases who you are and why you do what you do. A step-by-step process that brings WordPress and your very own website into view and makes it feel achievable complete with resources, hosting information, beginner SEO, social media presence, and the Coach to get you there.

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January 29, 2018 — For those who have never used the REST API but know basic PHP, this talk will cover how to make a basic endpoint, how to use it on the frontend, and how to convert AJAX calls.

November 18, 2017 — Todas las plataformas de publicación tienen una API (Twitter, Facebook, meetup…) pero, ¿Qué es una API, cómo funciona y -lo más importante- cómo la utilizamos?

November 9, 2017 — Are you new to WordPress and unsure how to migrate a site manually? Do you want to start working locally but have no idea what tool to use and what needs to go where?

This session will talk about migration, local environments and how to connect everything together to find your perfect developer workflow.

Topics Covered:
-Migration
-Local Environments
-Version Control
-WP-CLI (WordPress Command Line Interface)
-Plugins that make your life easier

September 22, 2017 — Security can seem intimidating and complex for many of us, but we shouldn’t (can’t) let that stop us from making sure we’re doing everything we can to secure our WordPress sites. After all, our websites are often part of our livelihood.

In this session Adam will discuss the “big picture” of website security and break that down into the fundamental tasks needed for a strong security plan, in order of importance. He will provide an actionable checklist on what you can start doing today to better secure your WordPress websites.

After attending this session, audience members will have a better understanding of website security as a whole and what steps they can take to mitigate risk. Attendees will be able to start building their WordPress security master plan immediately.

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August 11, 2017 — New to WordPress or want a refresher? Let’s take a stroll through the dashboard together to learn all the ins and outs, including the difference between pages and posts, adding images and image galleries, the difference between categories and tags, and more. We’ll also cover the not-so-obvious tools you won’t know how you lived without, like hidden options, extra toolbar buttons, and other tricks of the WordPress trade.

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August 7, 2017 — ” .. every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question” – Carl Sagan

Have a question that hasn’t been answered by one of the presenters today? Or maybe a discussion with one of your new WordPress friends has sparked your curiosity? This is your chance to get answers, explanations, or just a good laugh