Schedule

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Saturday Schedule

Time Beginner Intermediate Advanced The Watusi WordPress Commons / Wizards’ Den
8:00-8:45am Registration
8:45-9:00am Welcome to WordCamp Toronto 2013 @ Humber College
9:00-9:45am Getting Started with WordPress
Ruth Maude		 How I Changed from WordPress.com to .org
Kitty Fung		 How To Set a Vagrant Development System
Paul Bearne		 Developing Customer-Centric Content for your Website Project
Cheryl Kamran and Scott Armstrong		 WordPress Wizards at the Happiness Bar
9:45-10:00am Break
10:00-10:45am WP-Admin for Beginners
Jordan Quintal		 Data Architecture in WordPress
Shanta R. Nathwani		 Adding Source Control To Your Code
Mark Kelnar		 How to become a Social Proprietor
Terry Heenan
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Choosing a Theme
Pat Ness		 How to Create a Child Theme
Laurie M. Rauch		 WordPress Templates are Broken! (but we can fix them)
Jared Novack		 Dr. WordPress or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Template
Sean Nilsson
11:45am-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:45pm Next Steps: Extending WordPress with Plugins
Geoff Campbell		 A Peek into the World of WordPress Plugin Development
Rick Radko		 How To Build Extensible Plugins
Imran Nathani		 Content Marketing with Guest Posts
Brian Rotsztein
1:45-2:00pm Break
2:00-2:45pm WordPress for your Small (but Mighty!) Business
Jennifer Johannesen		 WordPress Product Development
Austin Gunter		 WordPress as API
Brian Hoke		 So you want to teach WordPress?
Ben Fox
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-3:45pm Be the Perfect Client: A Guide for Hiring a Developer
Lucas Cherkewski		 DIY or Have It Made? Here’s How To Decide!
Meagan Hanes		 What You Need to Know About Computer Science and WordPress
Taylor Lovett		 Caching: For Fun and Profit
Mo Jangda
3:45-4:00pm Break
4:00-4:45pm How Video Can Boost Your Traffic
Richard Martin		 How WordPress let me quit the rat race.
Christopher Ross		 WordPress for Big Business
Honrio Cham		 Control your content presentation by breaking out of the_content field
Denise Williams
4:45-5:00pm Closing Remarks
6:00-9:00pm After Camp Party!

Sunday Schedule

The real event happens on Sunday. This is where you roll up your sleeves and the learning begins.

Take part in hands-on workshops, engage in lively expert panel discussions where your Q&A drives the conversation, take your specific problems to the Wizards at the Happiness Bar.

Get your fill of presentations on Saturday, but come ready to play on Sunday and get the most out of WordCamp Toronto 2013!

Time D.I.Y WordPress MAKING A LIVING WITH WORDPRESS WordPress Development Community Code WordPress Commons / Wizards’ Den
9:00-9:45am Workshop: Installing a Local WordPress Development Environment
Tom Auger
9:45-10:00am Break
10:00-10:45am Workshop: PSD to WordPress
Al Davis		 Panel: The Business of WordPress Workshop: Building & Customizing a Client Site using WordPress
Tom Auger		 WordPress DemoCamp 2013
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Workshop: PSD to WordPress
Al Davis		 Panel: The Business of WordPress Workshop: Building & Customizing a Client Site using WordPress
Tom Auger		 WordPress DemoCamp 2013
11:45am-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:45pm Panel: Marketing & Blogging with WordPress Workshop: Project Management with WordPress
Andy McIlwain		 Developer Clinic Panel: WordPress Development
1:45-2:00pm Break
2:00-2:45pm Panel: Marketing & Blogging with WordPress Workshop: Project Management with WordPress
Andy McIlwain		 Developer Clinic Panel: WordPress Development
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-3:45pm WordPress Site Clinic WordPress Site Clinic Developer Clinic Contrib2Core
3:45-4:00pm Break
4:00-4:45pm WordPress Site Clinic WordPress Site Clinic Developer Clinic Contrib2Core