June 29, 2016 — Working on and with the web is engaging in that most human of endeavors: Communication. Even so, it’s easy to forget that the people we interact with and those who access and interact with our creations are just that: People. Learn how to make empathy and acceptance driving forces for your interactions and designs to build great informational experiences for everyone.

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June 19, 2016 — This session focuses on the importance of setting (and following) a website strategy and how design elements play a major role in nurturing prospects, improving visitor engagement, and increasing conversion. This session is meant for anyone with a WordPress website who want to apply the journey of the buyer to website strategy and design.

June 6, 2016 — Design Thinking is an alternative approach to the problems we’re working to resolve. It focuses on empathy and asking the right questions (which is normally, “why?”) to explore new solutions that may not initially be so obvious. This talk will review the process of Design Thinking and how it applies to our life and to the problems we face regularly. It’s about putting the user first and producing results that fit the user’s desires, needs, and capabilities. This method is rooted in the discipline of human-centered design and promotes a holistic effort to accomplishing everyday tasks. Come learn why Design Thinking isn’t about designing by committee, but rather an integral part to solid results that are understandable, usable, and purposeful.

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May 29, 2016 — Everything we make has a design pattern underneath. It can be broken down, distilled to patterns. When you think in patterns the design process starts to make sense. From pattern libraries to components and atomic design – I’ll show you in this talk, that whatever you label it, the concept is powerful. A fragmented approach to design goes perfectly with new development potential and gives you a robust workflow for the future.

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May 11, 2016 — Are you tired of cranking out the same old header-content-footer web layouts we see? Wonder if a WP page even needs a header, or a footer? Wanna get seriously crazy with page layout in WP? I have two recommendations: 1. Make lots of thumbnail sketches. Then make some more. 2. Master the fine art of registering widget areas. If you can register a set of widget areas, and load them up with graphics, type and images, you can make a WP page look like ANYTHING. You can even make a phone screen look interesting!

April 20, 2016 — Designers and developers are both required to build world-class websites, but sometimes it can feel like a struggle for us to work together in a truly collaborative way. In this session, we’ll share a variety of strategies to bridge the gap between design and development ranging from optimizing workflow between designers and developers with unique skillsets; replacing responsive mockups with side-by-side collaboration; creating clean, grid-based, developer-friendly design files; and developing new layouts and features in a way that respects the original design. We’ll cover these approaches and more as we share the process we use to (happily!) work together as a designer/developer team.

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April 20, 2016 — A basic overview on sass, why use it, how it can save time and prevent errors with ‘search and replace’ alternative, and how to use variables and pre-made mixins in projects.

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April 13, 2016 — Organisation du travail, séparation des tâches, bonnes pratiques et importance du contenu : des pistes pour réussir le design de son thème WordPress.

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February 8, 2016 — Facettierte Navigation – jeder kennt sie (z.B. von Amazon), die wenigsten wissen das die so heißt. Egal ob Shop oder Blog, ab einer gewissen Menge von Inhalten ist eine einfache textbasierte Suche nicht mehr zielführend, weil im Ergebnis noch zu viele Treffer sind. Bei einigen großen Shop (z.B. Amazon) kann man gut sehen, wie mit wenigen Klicks das Suchergebnis immer weiter verfeinert werden kann – ohne das man in einer Sackgasse landet wo es plözlich keine Treffer mehr gibt. In der Session werde ich die Facettierte Navigation vorstellen und zeigen wie man das mit Hilfe von Elasticsearch in seiner WordPress Installation nutzen kann.

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February 7, 2016 — In dem Vortrag von Arkadius Jonczek lernst, wie du eigene WordPress Themes mit dem Genesis Framework entwickeln kannst. Er zeigt dir, was das Genesis Framework ist, wie es funktioniert und warum es auch für dich interessant ist. Anschließend werden Beispiele gezeigt und Schritt für Schritt am Code erklärt. Danach kannst du selber loslegen und dein erstes eigenes WordPress Theme mit dem Genesis Framework entwickeln.

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