September 30, 2011 — Many school and .edu sites are still stuck in the 90’s. They’re quite often still hand-coded, lack a CMS, and miss the mark on today’s design standards and best practices. WordPress is an excellent option for these sites and there are many great .edu sites that run on WordPress.

This presentation will cover basic design elements and best practices surrounding SEO strategy and content development. And having a kick-ass site is just half the battle. We’ll discuss ways to tackle slow-moving IT departments, secure buy-in from multiple stakeholders, and make your dream .edu site a reality.Additionally, we’ll examine examples of both good and bad .edu website implementations.

September 26, 2011

August 23, 2011

January 29, 2011

October 30, 2010

October 30, 2010

October 23, 2010

July 10, 2010 — This is an introduction by Lisa Sabin-Wilson into the use of BuddyPress on an existing WordPress-powered web site, including a comprehensive overview of its features, installation, setting up features and extended member profiles, and customizing your theme for BuddyPress by using its inherent Parent/Child theme framework. This session also gives plugin recommendations for BuddyPress and a showcase of existing installations.

Video provided by Blaze Streaming Media.

June 12, 2010

January 23, 2010 — Boone Gorges talks about the structure of BuddyPress and how the parts work together. He demonstrates a few examples of how you can use plugins, config files, and child themes to make BuddyPress work for your unique and freakish purposes.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.