Jonathan is the original author and lead developer of the Shopp e-commerce plugin for WordPress and founder of Ingenesis Limited. With almost 15 years of design and development on the web and he still can’t make up his mind whether he’s a designer or a developer. In 2005 he started using WordPress exclusively for his clients and never looked back.
Jonathan will be presenting on the topic of WordPress & E-commerce: Navigating the Minefield in the Power Users track. Here’s an extract from what you can expect to hear from Jonathan:
This presentation provides an overview of the essential e-commerce concepts along with some basic tips for implementing an e-commerce website on WordPress. It includes discussion of payment gateways, how credit card processing really works, merchant accounts, SSL certificates, PCI compliance, basic WordPress security tips and a very brief review of popular e-commerce solutions for WordPress.
The goal of this talk is to arm you with the right information so you can make the best decisions and recommendations for e-commerce related projects. There won’t be time for demos, but there is plenty of time built-in for questions.
Come learn what it takes, how to avoid the traps, save money and be successful using WordPress as an e-commerce development platform.
So register today for WordCamp Raleigh 2011 and come meet Jonathan. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter – @jonathandavis
