December 8, 2016 — Have you ever worked on a live site, hit the update button, ended up with the “White screen of death” and figured out you don’t have a backup? That’s probably the worst nightmare of every WordPress developer. But how to avoid that? The answer is simple: Using multiple environments. In this presentation Niels will point why and how to use multiple environments when it comes to WordPress development.

December 7, 2016 — Amit Singh is a founder and CEO of WPoets Technology.
Amit shared a high level outline on what it means to “assemble a website?”, Identifying various components of a website required to assemble them, tools available to enable assembling of websites, future of developing websites etc.

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December 5, 2016 — Elobina is a service for eco friendly production on demand textiles. The service is unique in many ways and is transforming the way the textile industry work. Learn how we used WordPress and WooCommerce as a solid base for this development. By using the proven and working e-commerce base we could focus on what was hard for us without the need to build the parts that was already available. Elobina is built with WordPress and WooCommerce running in the Amazon Cloud. The service include advanced image handling with serverside processing of large print resolution images.

November 20, 2016 — WordPress is rich in hooks laid throughout the code base for anyone to use. In this talk, I speak about the purposes of actions and filters, and about the differences between them. I also share my technique of using ‘grep’ on plugins source code to quickly find their hooks and make their behavior suit my needs.

November 13, 2016 — Optimizing Task runners for WordPress Development

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November 11, 2016 — WordPress is often a great solution for clients of all sizes, but enterprises can sometimes be skeptical that the open source platform can support their scalability needs. From security concerns to support and environment setups, many IT functions disregard the platform. But, with the right setup, strategy, and approach — WordPress can be an efficient and effective digital tool for the enterprise customer.

This talk is aimed at project managers, strategists, and developers alike. It will address common concerns enterprises pose when considering WordPress as a solution; suggest points to pick the right support, environment, and architecture to achieve success; and discuss effective strategies and management practices to scale WP for the enterprise customer.

November 8, 2016 — Making WordPress themes and plugins can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to accessibility for your end users. This session will walk you through some steps you can take to make your WordPress sites more accessible for all.

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November 7, 2016 — This talk explores how partnerships and existing relationships can create a fun and evergreen sales funnel for developers. The focus is on keeping the pipeline full with engaging and interesting work without introducing tired and stale “sales” functions. I love working with Developers to help them grow the business side of their work!

November 7, 2016 — WordPress is all about customization. It’s open source & GPL. That means you can do just about anything with it. This town hall will be hosted by Jon Bellah and David Hayes.

November 6, 2016 — An explanation of WordPress Management and Operations. A look at Themes vs Frameworks, Design, Development Best Practices, and options for managing your WordPress websites.