‘Beginner’ Videos

  • Kelli Wise: There Are No Dumb Questions – Beginner QandA

    WordCamp Seattle 2016Speaker: Kelli Wise

    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

  • Jeff Matson: How To Not Suck At WordPress

    WordCamp Kent 2017Speaker: Jeff Matson

    July 5, 2017 — Various “dos” and “don’ts”.

  • Mai Kosoba: デザイナーがWordPressと上手くお付き合いしていく方法

    WordCamp Kyoto 2017Speaker: Mai Kosoba

    July 1, 2017 — 【初心者向け】わからない!怖い!という声も聞くWordPressでのサイト構築。 一人で進めた仕事、チームで進めた仕事、今まで勉強してきたことを振り返ってみて感じたことや、 WordPressとどう付き合ってきたか、付き合っていくかのお話をします。

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  • Alice Orru: How I Started Working on Customer Support for a Popular WordPress Plugin as a Total Newbie

    WordCamp Europe 2017Speaker: Alice Orru

    June 30, 2017 — Did you ever think that working with WordPress is something that only developers and tech-savvy people can do?
    Are you convinced that your being a newbie on WordPress won’t allow you to help people?

    In this talk I’ll be sharing my experience on how I started working for a WordPress start-up; how I was struggling with my own impostor syndrome all the time, but still succeeded helping people and answering their technical questions.
    In a few months, I will be celebrating my second year with WP Media. I don’t recognise anymore that Alice who was so scared of answering tickets on HelpScout.
    This is the beginning of my journey from not understanding customers’ questions to getting my first “Great” ratings on HelpScout.

    Are you curious to hear the rest?

  • Stewart Ritchie: WordPress DevOps For Beginners

    WordCamp London 2017Speaker: Stewart Ritchie

    June 6, 2017 — Stewart is the lead developer and founder at Powered By Coffee.
    He spoke on WordPress Developer Operations for Beginners and covered some basics to get started:

    Git & Version Control
    Dependence Management
    Automation
    Deployments

  • Gary Thayer: Intro to WordPress

    WordCamp Portland ME 2017Speaker: Gary Thayer

    June 5, 2017 — In this session, we’ll take a dive into WordPress and all of it’s settings and features. We’ll discuss:

    – Posts vs. Pages
    – WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
    – Adding Content
    – Installing Plugins and Themes

  • Rachel S Lucas: Zero to Zen

    WordCamp Miami 2017Speaker: Rachel S Lucas

    May 15, 2017 — This talk is for absolute beginners who would like to start their journey into the World of WordPress. I will speak on how I went from zero experience in creating WordPress websites to confidently creating and customizing new websites in a short amount of time and how you can learn to do the same.

    WordPress can seem daunting to the non-initiated. That is why during the talk you will learn valuable tips that would make your first (or ongoing) WordPress experience more pleasant. You will learn how to go from Zero to Zen in WordPress.

  • Tiago Pires: Superando Barreiras com o WordPress

    WordCamp Fortaleza 2016Speaker: Tiago Pires

    May 3, 2017 — O objetivo dessa palestra para iniciantes é demitificar esse poderoso gerenciador de conteúdo. Será abordado tópicos sobre o que é o WordPress, mercado em que o WP está inserido, possibilidades que a plataforma oferece, vantagens no uso do sistema e desmitificado idéias errôneas sobre o WordPress.

  • Adam W. Warner: WordPress Security for Beginners – Simple Steps to Build Your Master Plan

    WordCamp Louisville 2016Speaker: Adam W Warner

    April 20, 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 down the fundamental tasks needed for a strong security plan, in order of importance. Adam 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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  • Karun Jaraslertsuwan: ก้าวแรก WordPress ต้องรู้อะไรบ้าง

    WordCamp Bangkok 2017Speaker: Karun Jaraslertsuwan

    March 23, 2017 — ทุกวันนี้หลายๆคนมีทั้งแบบคนทั่วไปและคนที่เป็นเจ้าของธุรกิจอยากมีเว็บเพื่อยกระดับ Brand ตัวเองให้ดีขึ้นแต่ปัญหาอยู่ที่

    มีเครื่องมือมากมายและมีวิธีที่มากมายเกินไปจนข้อมูลล้น ผมจะสรุปว่าข้อดีข้อเสียแบบการจ้างคนทำเว็บให้ ซื้อสำเร็จรูปตามเว็บไซร์ และทำด้วย WordPress

    เปรียบเทียบแบบง่ายๆสำหรับผู้เริ่มต้นแล้วทำไมมันถึงดี ความเป็นสากลของ WordPress และสิ่งที่แตกต่างสำหรับมือใหม่ที่จะก้าวเข้ามาตลาด online

    ระดับคนเข้าฟัง: เริ่มต้น

    – คนที่อยากมีเว็บแต่ไม่รู้เลยว่าจะเริ่มต้นยังไง
    – ธุรกิจที่อยากจะมีเว็บทั้งแบบธุรกิจทั่วไปที่อยากมีเว็บเพื่อยกระดับแบรนด์ และคนที่กำลังอยากมีเว็บส่วนตัว

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