August 5, 2015 — Let’s say somebody built you a WordPress site and then left you in the lurch to fend for yourself. Maybe they told you how to add content, use headings, and add images. But you forgot that stuff pretty quickly.
Get past the fear of breaking the internet. You CAN do this! This session will help you figure out what you think you can’t.

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June 28, 2015 — When creating a website, you can edit a menu to include not only pages, but also category archives that can create a more complete experience for small businesses. This is not just how to do it but WHY you should do it. This gives an in depth look at the justification for placement of content on your website and wayfinding.

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November 22, 2014 — Out of the box, WordPress provides an easy way to publish content on your website, including blogs, news, events, and programs. Which makes it easy for you to publish new content about your organization with ease. Out of the box, CiviCRM provides contact management, fundraising, event management, member management, mass e-mail marketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, and much more. WordPress makes it easy for you to share your content and CiviCRM allows you to engage with your visitors directly.

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November 3, 2014 — In January my team was looking for the best available Node.js content management system… and we picked WordPress! Our clients got all the benefits of WP’s content editing interface, and with the in-development REST API plugin we were able to use that content without limiting any of our other technology choices. This talk uses our project as a case study to share lessons we learned while building a Node client for the API, and why we’re so excited about what the next year holds for the evolution of WordPress as a content platform.

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