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<\/figure>- Beginners<\/a><\/li>
- Business Owners<\/a><\/li>
- Content Creators<\/a><\/li>
- Designers<\/a><\/li>
- Developers<\/a><\/li>
- Everyone<\/a><\/li>
- Power Users<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nAll Sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t1% Better: How little changes add up to a better, stronger business\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Natalie MacLees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
In this talk for freelancers and small business owners, I\u2019ll talk about how committing to regular, tiny changes in your business can lead to big rewards and improvements over time. For the past year, an accountability partner and I have been completing weekly challenges for our small businesses \u2013 and we\u2019re both surprised at how big a difference these little habits and changes have made to our businesses and our lives \u2013 we both feel better, more in control, smarter, stronger, and just more generally amazing. In this talk, I\u2019ll share our approach, how we come up with the challenges, and invite folks to join us!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBeginners Guide to WordPress – Part 1\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nLength: 2 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone has a story to tell; and you think the web is the perfect place to tell it. But how do you start? Welcome to WordPress for Beginners. WordPress powers over 25% of the websites on the global Internet. There\u2019s a reason for that number. It’s SO simple. Spend an hour and you can publish to a global audience of more than 3.5 billion people. And it\u2019s SO complex. You can spend years learning how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what can we cover in two hours? Enough to get you started & going in the right direction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
- What Is WordPress?<\/li>
- WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org<\/li>
- Getting Started<\/li>
- Your WordPress Login<\/li>
- Exploring the WordPress Dashboard<\/li>
- Using the WordPress Admin Bar<\/li>
- Exploring WordPress Settings<\/li>
- WordPress Posts vs. Pages<\/li>
- Creating a WordPress Post<\/li>
- Adding Links in WordPress<\/li>
- Using the WordPress Media Library<\/li>
- Formatting WordPress Posts<\/li>
- Scheduling WordPress Posts<\/li>
- WordPress Categories & Tags<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Part 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Part 2 continues after lunch. Details can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBeginners Guide to WordPress – Part 2\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nLength: 2 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone has a story to tell; and you think the web is the perfect place to tell it. But how do you start? Welcome to WordPress for Beginners. WordPress powers over 25% of the websites on the global Internet. There\u2019s a reason for that number. It’s SO simple. Spend an hour and you can publish to a global audience of more than 3.5 billion people. And it\u2019s SO complex. You can spend years learning how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what can we cover in two hours? Enough to get you started & going in the right direction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continuing on from part 1<\/a> of this workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
- Creating a WordPress Page<\/li>
- Applying a WordPress Page Template<\/li>
- What are WordPress Plugins?<\/li>
- Installing WordPress Plugins<\/li>
- What is a WordPress Theme?<\/li>
- How to Install a WordPress Theme<\/li>
- Using WordPress Widgets<\/li>
- Creating a Custom Menu in WordPress<\/li>
- Managing Comments in WordPress<\/li>
- Creating Users in WordPress<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tBeginners Guide to WordPress SEO \u2014 Part 1\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Tony Zeoli<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Search Engine Optimization is a method of empowering search engines to better understand our websites, blog, and e-commerce stores. Ranking high in search helps your audience and customers find you, discover your services, purchase your products, or even just learn from your content. SEO is complex, but it’s not rocket science. Addressing the basic fundamentals is core to ensuring your WordPress site is optimized so Google, Bing, and other search engines can crawl and return information that provides the best possible answer to a search query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this three-hour WordPress SEO workshop, we\u2019ll focus on these key areas:
<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Understanding Search Engines<\/li>
- Search Engine Optimization<\/li>
- Analysis and Metrics<\/li>
- Onsite, Back Links, and Technical SEO<\/li>
- All in One SEO Pack demonstration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
We will review how WordPress natively handles SEO for all post types, products, taxonomies, and media. And, we’ll work through how to improve WordPress SEO by utilizing tools like the freely available, All in One SEO Pack plugin, Google Search Console, and Ubersuggest to optimize your site. For this Beginner’s workshop we work with All in One SEO Pack, not only because it\u2019s a great plugin, but also for its choice to provide free support in the WordPress.org<\/a> forums. This is a critical distinction, because you’ll inevitably have questions and getting free support is incredibly helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st Hour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In this section, we will cover the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Understanding Search Engines \u2013 We will review various types of search engines and go over the various ways Google returns our sites in search. It’s critical to understand how search engines work in order to effectively optimize for search.<\/li>
- What is SEO? \u2013 We will discuss the key components of SEO. What it does and how it differs from traditional advertising, pay per click advertising, and social media marketing.<\/li>
- How to Measure and Track SEO Performance – We’ll go over various free tools to measure and analyze SEO performance, including Google Search Console, Google Analytics, MOZ, and other tools and websites.
<\/li> - SEO Management \u2013 To be effective, we must manage our SEO with a variety of tools, some providing by Google themselves, some from 3rd parties, and of course, managing your on site SEO with the powerful All in One SEO Pack, the most popular plugin used by beginners and professionals alike for WordPress SEO.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tBeginners Guide to WordPress SEO \u2014 Part 2\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Tony Zeoli<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Search Engine Optimization is a method of empowering search engines to better understand our websites, blog, and e-commerce stores. Ranking high in search helps your audience and customers find you, discover your services, purchase your products, or even just learn from your content. SEO is complex, but it’s not rocket science. Addressing the basic fundamentals is core to ensuring your WordPress site is optimized so Google, Bing, and other search engines can crawl and return information that provides the best possible answer to a search query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this three-hour WordPress SEO workshop, we\u2019ll focus on these key areas:
<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Understanding Search Engines<\/li>
- Search Engine Optimization<\/li>
- Analysis and Metrics<\/li>
- Onsite, Back Links, and Technical SEO<\/li>
- All in One SEO Pack demonstration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
We will review how WordPress natively handles SEO for all post types, products, taxonomies, and media. And, we’ll work through how to improve WordPress SEO by utilizing tools like the freely available, All in One SEO Pack plugin, Google Search Console, and Ubersuggest to optimize your site. For this Beginner’s workshop we work with All in One SEO Pack, not only because it\u2019s a great plugin, but also for its choice to provide free support in the WordPress.org<\/a> forums. This is a critical distinction, because you’ll inevitably have questions and getting free support is incredibly helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2nd Hour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In this section, we will cover the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- On Site SEO – The most immediate aspect of your SEO, we’ll go over what your onsite SEO strategy should look like, what Google is looking for in terms of content, and what you should be doing on your site to drive organic search traffic.<\/li>
- Technical SEO – Most beginner SEOs have little understanding of the technical aspects of SEO. Page Speed Optimization is a critical component of your overall SEO strategy. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a developer to implement page speed enhancements. We’ll go over the most immediate enhancements to speed up your site, like image optimization with plugins, and some more technical issues that are resolved by a commonly used plugin, Autoptimize.<\/li>
- Backlinks – One of the most important metrics that helps Google identify your sites quality and reputation, we’ll talk about how to get back links to your site.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tBeginners Guide to WordPress SEO \u2014 Part 3\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Tony Zeoli<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Search Engine Optimization is a method of empowering search engines to better understand our websites, blog, and e-commerce stores. Ranking high in search helps your audience and customers find you, discover your services, purchase your products, or even just learn from your content. SEO is complex, but it’s not rocket science. Addressing the basic fundamentals is core to ensuring your WordPress site is optimized so Google, Bing, and other search engines can crawl and return information that provides the best possible answer to a search query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this three-hour WordPress SEO workshop, we\u2019ll focus on these key areas:
<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Understanding Search Engines<\/li>
- Search Engine Optimization<\/li>
- Analysis and Metrics<\/li>
- Onsite, Back Links, and Technical SEO<\/li>
- All in One SEO Pack demonstration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
We will review how WordPress natively handles SEO for all post types, products, taxonomies, and media. And, we’ll work through how to improve WordPress SEO by utilizing tools like the freely available, All in One SEO Pack plugin, Google Search Console, and Ubersuggest to optimize your site. For this Beginner’s workshop we work with All in One SEO Pack, not only because it\u2019s a great plugin, but also for its choice to provide free support in the WordPress.org<\/a> forums. This is a critical distinction, because you’ll inevitably have questions and getting free support is incredibly helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3rd Hour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In this section, we’ll work through how to submit your sitemap to Google, Bing, and other search engines. We’ll show you how to set up the Autoptimize plugin and identify Critical Path CSS that should load above the fold to help speed things up. And, we’ll walk through setup of All in One SEO Pack for your onsite SEO and for social meta optimization, because some websites that act as both aggregators and search engines are going to pull content using OpenGraph for your pages and posts, and you want to make sure that content is optimized for those online spaces.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Ethan Butler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Gutenberg is here! If you’re a plugin developer, you’ve maybe already taken steps to ensure that your plugin is ready. And if you’ve done so, you know how much a step forward the new block-based editor is.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, with over 1 million installs, the Classic Editor is going to be a reality that you’ll have to deal with for a long time to come. Fragmentation between user bases is a difficult problem to solve, because it can mean maintaining two entirely separate user interfaces for different editors. Choosing to support one editor or another limits the potential reach of whatever awesome thing you’re building, while choosing to support both can lead to serious headaches.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, with a few abstractions, it can be possible to build React applications that can just as easily target Gutenberg or TinyMCE, or another context altogether. This talk will provide a basic outline for building interfaces that can handle different contexts with maximum reuse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding a Trustworthy Website\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Beginners<\/a> \/ Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Ray Mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s true that having a strong social media presence is important, but when your latest viral post drives them to your website, will your business be seen as credible? With a little planning, you can design a WordPress website that will create and leverage trust signals to gain the confidence of your site visitors.
Participants will learn how to do a “trust audit” of their website and leave with an actionable plan to improve the trustworthiness of their website.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tCreating a Content Calendar\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Content Creators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> April Wier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Being a blogger sounds like fun, but not when you are staring at an empty calendar you have committed to filling with content. April will walk you through planning your content for the next 12 months, so you always know what you are writing about. Walk away with a solid plan and the confidence to start creating great value for your readers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tCreating better APIs with WPDB and API Middleware\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Jordan Cauley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
At Mediavine we created a custom class to make interfacing with WPDB much simpler and easier to manage, paired with our middleware utilities our plugins behave more like an MVC than a traditional WordPress plugin. Add modern APIs and data storage to your next project<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tGoogle My Business for SEO – Its importance and how to leverage\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Beginners<\/a> \/ Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Michael Baylor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Google wants to capture the user experience end to end. Much of that starts with Google My Business. More than 50% of businesses have not claimed their Google My Business account and that is a problem. This talk will educate on the importance, how to leverage it, and how to integrate it into your SEO Strategy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tGrowing the Small Business Local Economy with Marketplace eCommerce\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker: <\/strong>AJ Morris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Come hear how a small community of small businesses joined forces to combat the big box stores with their own eCommerce Marketplace shop. You\u2019ll hear how they handle aspects like shipping, orders, inventory, all while running their own retail store fronts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tGutenberg Phase 2 and the Future of WordPress\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> William Earnhardt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
The first phase of the Gutenberg project is complete and the new block-based editor was released in WordPress 5.0. So what happens next? <\/p>\n
I\u2019ll go over where we are now, some of the concepts and ideas that have been proposed and are actively being worked on for Gutenberg phase 2, and ruminate on what these big and exciting changes might mean for the future of WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHow An Attacker Sees Your Website \u2013 A View Through The Eyes of the Hacker\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Steve Schwartz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Why would a hacker hack YOUR website? For fun, for glory? Not anymore! Hacking websites is now a monetized criminal enterprise. They don\u2019t care about your website, they care about your website computing resources. Come see what the hacker actually sees. Witness real accounts of your website password being guessed 1000’s of times per minute. See how that guy across from you at Starbucks is watching your web traffic as it floats through the Wi-Fi. See what happens when one of your employees gets tricked into opening that phishing email. <\/p>\n
An understanding of what the bad guys know (and how easy it is for them to operate) will motivate you to take a proactive approach to security prior to a hack – instead of spending tens of thousands to get your data back after the fact. In other words, come get scared straight, you\u2019ll appreciate it later!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to Break your WordPress Website\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Beginners<\/a> \/ Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Sharon A. Dawson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
The white screen of death! You were simply uploading content, updating a WordPress plugin, or clicking on this neat thing to see what it does and then your screen goes blank. You cannot login to your website. You can\u2019t even see your WP login screen anymore. HELP!<\/p>\n
In this session, you\u2019ll learn how to break your WordPress site by:
\n* Updating to the latest version of WordPress
\n* Updating your plugins
\n* Adding new plugins
\n* Adding 301 redirects
\n* And much more<\/p>\nMost importantly, you\u2019ll learn how these seemingly innocuous updates that should be easy to make on your website can break your WordPress site if not done properly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to Build & Grow an Online Community\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Aisha Adams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Creating an online brand community through your WordPress Website is an excellent way to increases customer retention and removes the complete dependency on add and promotions to drive sales. Let’s discuss why and how to grow your online community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to improve Advanced Custom Fields for use with Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Power Users<\/a> \/ Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Scott Saunders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
With introduction of WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg there have been several notable changes to the WordPress admin section. Some of which hinder the use of ACF. This presentation will show how a few minor modifications to the WordPress admin section make using both Gutenberg and ACF much easier.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to Leverage your Project Management Methodology to Set Yourself Apart from Your Competition\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Business Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Beth Livingston<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Let’s face it, the technical solution from one WordPress provider is probably going to look a lot like the next one. There will be a theme, plugins, maybe some custom css or a little coding – but generally, the proposed solutions will be similar. So how do you set yourself above your competition when your technical skills and solution are fairly equal?<\/p>\n
What if you were able to tell your client that:
\n– you have a way of estimating the project so that there are NO surprises along the way
\n– you have a way to plan for and manage change that does not include an arbitrary “pad” amount added to the estimate
\n– you have a way of defining the website and gathering the content that reduces the chance for scope creep
\n– you have a way to ensure that the project gets completed on time and within budget<\/p>\nIn this presentation, I will show attendees how to craft these sections of of their project management methodology and use it as a unique value proposition when presenting to a client.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tIntro to ADA Development\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker: <\/strong>Rory Michael Heaney<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Best way to be ADA compliant, or to show a level of compliance? Do it from the start. If you’re trying to be compliant after the fact, you could be in for a world of hurt. <\/p>\n
In this discussion, we’ll go through a framework, active development, and how many things you could easily be doing during workflow from the start to make your website more accessible!<\/p>\n
This doesn’t have to be hard! We are an open-source community, so let’s get everyone up to speed on how we can make our sites even more accessible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tIntroduction to WordPress Privacy\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Brian DeConinck<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
When your website collects personal information, it’s essential that you be a good steward of your users’ data. How you manage that data is under increasing scrutiny. With GDPR in Europe, CCPA in California, and anticipated privacy legislation at the federal level, it\u2019s time to start working on that privacy statement you\u2019ve been putting off. <\/p>\n
In this session, we will focus on how to make the plugins you build work with the privacy features added to WordPress core in 2018. Along the way, we will examine key concepts from the “Privacy by Design” framework and discuss easy best practices to keep in mind as you write your code.<\/p>\n
The session will have a technical focus rather than a legal focus. It will feature practical examples in which we will build a plugin that supports personal data export and erasure. Code examples will be simple, but will assume some baseline knowledge of PHP.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tLet’s learn Git. No more excuses.\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Dwayne McDaniel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Whether it is for re-using the same code, experimenting with your code quickly and efficiently, or just for better document management, one of the most important leaps any site builder will ever take in their path towards becoming a developer is learning a version control system, or VCS. Since Git is the standard VCS over 80% of developers, lets roll up our sleeves and dive in. The benefits far outweigh the efforts needed to learn this tooling. Once you start, you will wonder why it took you so long to unleash the power of this awesome tech. <\/p>\n
This talk will briefly explore the need for git, the history and use cases. Then we will jump into how to get started and the basic organizational concepts. We will also examine Github, the web based Git hosting service. Bring your laptops to play along at home and get started before you leave the room.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tLightning Fast Performance with a Headless Home Page\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Sarah Ovenall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ability to customize with ease is one of WordPress’ best features. But customization often impacts performance. Add too many bells and whistles and you may end up with a site that’s sluggish and painful to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decoupling, or using WordPress on the backend only, is an effective if somewhat drastic way to improve site performance. In this session we’ll learn a limited version of decoupling WordPress: a headless home page. Decoupling the home page gives you a functional, fast home page that displays WordPress content without invoking WordPress (and without the load time!). We’ll cover different approaches to serving WordPress content outside WordPress, how to seamlessly integrate a headless home page into the rest of the site, and challenges to look out for.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tMeditate Your Way To Better Mental Health\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker:<\/strong> Eric Kuznacic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
Meditation is a powerful tool and can be used to calm the mind, reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. While anyone can benefit from regular meditation, it is especially useful and important for those who work remotely, are faced with stressful situations or deadlines, or whom struggle with depression, anxiety, or imposter syndrome.<\/p>\n
This talk will introduce the concept of daily meditation, tips and best practices for getting the most out of your practice, and how to avoid common obstacles and pitfalls. The session will conclude with a short, 5-minute guided meditation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tMy favorite design tool … is a browser.\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Designers<\/a> \/ Developers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Business Owners<\/a><\/li>