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A complete list of all the presentations at this year’s WordCamp Toronto. Scheduling details (time & track) will be updated as we get closer to the WordCamp weekend. Note: We’re going deeper on some topics this year (like site performance), offering different speakers’ perspectives on similar issues. These sessions are also\u00a0<\/em>subject to change\u00a0depending on speaker availability, last-minute updates, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t

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Intended Audience: Users who want to experiment with WordPress on their computer instead of a live site.\u00a0 (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tA Noob’s Journey To The Core\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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My presentation will focus on sharing practical tips and advice based on my experiences in becoming a core contributor. While there will be some technical aspects of how to contribute, my intention is to share what I have learned along the road to getting my first props and to provide practical, real-world advice on how to get into core contribution. My audience would be developers of any level who want to start contributing to core. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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Our annual after-party will be taking place in downtown Toronto at the Duke of Devon pub<\/a>. A short walk from Union Station, this\u2019ll also be at the heart of our city\u2019s annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche<\/a> festivities.<\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong>
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\n66 Wellington St W
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Join WordCamp organizers Brent Kobayashi, Tom Auger, Andy McIlwain, and guests for Agency Chat, a new livestreamed Hangout for agencies and web professionals.<\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tAPI Simple Talk\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Anyone who manage a WordPress site and with basic HTML knowledge should be able to create simple HTML\u00a0and CSS sites using the WordPress API REST JSON to retrieve content; a simple approach to build brochure sites and landing pages. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBest Friend or Worst Enemy: Multisite Network Do’s & Don\u2019ts\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“We\u2019ve all built a ton of WordPress sites. We\u2019ve also managed them all too. You\u2019ve probably heard about WordPress Multisite Networks, and all the awesome things it can (and can\u2019t) allow you to do. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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Tips on how to improve the security of your WordPress site and develop better security posture. I’ll explore the motivations behind why WordPress sites get attacked and how to protect, detect and respond to these threats. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding and Maintaining a Distributed Workforce: A Startup Story\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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To start a company is a noble thing! To start an online company, nobler still. A distributed workforce (or even a workforce working in an online “space”) has special requirements. There are nearly endless possibilities where expansion and direction are concerned, but finding and maintaining a workforce in those environments is a task that can be made simpler through a few key components. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding defeatharper.ca: lessons from a first-time WordPress developer\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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An excellent topic for developers using WordPress for the first time.\u00a0Also suitable for people building a website for the first time.\u00a0This is a case study of a first-time WordPress development project for the website defeatharper.ca<\/a>. My talk will outline how the ideas behind the site evolved as the requirements changed and the environment it was designed to play in kept shifting. How did we manage the change? How do you keep forward progress in development? (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tCommunity Consultation Creates Compelling Content\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Want a better-looking site, stronger writing skills and better visibility? You have a powerful resource at your fingertips: the WordPress community. Whether you’re a novice or seasoned professional, learn ways to tap into the community to make your site stand out. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tContent Doesn’t Grow on Trees – An Introduction to Content Strategy\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“Content is EVERYBODY\u2019s problem: it\u2019s a problem for the content creator, and a problem for the developer. Without content, there is no website. Without the website there is no client. Yet.. how is it content always gets left for last? In this talk I will teach you the core practices of the field known as Content Strategy. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tContrib2Core – WordPress hackfest!\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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It\u2019s time to give back. There are hundreds if not thousands of tickets on Trac<\/a>, the official WordPress bug tracking tool, that are awaiting attention and patches. Let\u2019s put the great talent that will be gathered at WordPress Toronto to knock this number down. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tContrib2Core Continues (drop-ins welcome!)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Keep contributing! keep giving back! keep coding, supporting, helping, documenting.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tCreating Customizer options for themes and plugins\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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In WordPress 4.1 the \u201cTheme Customizer\u201d was changed to the \u201cCustomizer\u201d with the intent that it could be used as the interface for any settings for customizing WordPress themes or plugins. Very few developers\u00a0are taking advantage of this built-in options panel. Through some examples, we will see how easy it is to use the Customizer API. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDelightful Design with the Kano Model\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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What makes websites, mobile apps, and other digital media products go from \u2018good\u2019 to \u2018great\u2019? Or \u2018very great\u2019? How about \u2018really, really, really great\u2019? In this session, we will be looking at the Kano Model to unlock the secrets of companies who have turned their products from a new market offering to something that captures their users in total delight. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDevelopers and WordPress Monetisation (Panel)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Benjamin Moody:<\/strong>\u00a0“As a developer of free plugins there is great excitement and pride when something you have put so much time in gains traction and starts to be used by 1000’s of fellow WP users. Along with this thrill is the sudden realisation that 1000’s of fellow WP users\u00a0now rely on your plugin! (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDeveloping WordPress Themes Using Modular Sass\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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CSS preprocessors make developing clean and semantic stylesheets effortless. My talk will take someone through a basic structure for organizing Sass within a WordPress theme, using the Bones theme framework as an example. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDigital Marketing with WordPress\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Most small organizations have a challenge with how to leverage their basic WordPress site into a full marketing platform.\u00a0My presentation takes the audience from a discussion about the marketing problems they face, to a digital marketing platform design pattern that they can use, and then ultimately through a discussion about which WordPress plugins they can use for the different components. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDon’t Drop the Ball (WP Updates)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“In my years of developing and managing WordPress sites I’ve discovered that many end users don’t keep their sites as updated as they should. This usually stems from not being sure how things work and\/or the fear of breaking things. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDon’t let content hold your website back.\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presentation will cover:\u00a0Why content is important; website content and how to start developing it; how blogs enhance a website and why not to be afraid of blogging; delve into blogging strategies, tips and topics; take a vertical dive into writing – basic concepts on grammar, sentence structure, voice, etc. to make content better;\u00a0content driving SEO, with specific focus on the Yoast SEO plugin and how to use it. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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An introduction to using Ecommerce with WordPress.\u00a0Session attendees will have a working knowledge of how to set up a basic ecommerce store in WordPress.<\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFacet-nating! – Using FacetsWP\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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This is the next step in Content Architecture. What happens when you have huge amounts of information or posts that can be put into more than one category at the same time?\u00a0This talk will describe how you guide users from multiple paths to the same content.\u00a0The intended audience are for those people who have their sites up and running, but need to rethink their content organizational structure. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGaining (and not betraying) User Trust in e-Commerce\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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In this session, we will be going over how to design and secure your site, so that your users trust your site (and you), and then teach you some basics on how to make sure that you aren’t betraying that trust. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGathering Sales Intelligence Through Web Design\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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A new wave of website tools now allow us web designers to collect an abundance of data on our users behavior and actually associate it with an individual. While we\u2019ve been using general tools like Google Analytics to refine our user interfaces and page designs for a decade, we\u2019re now able to actually understand how each individual interacts with our website. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGetting Their Hands Dirty: Bringing Clients Into Every Step of the Iterative Web Process\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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A designer, a developer and a client walk into a bar\u2026 or more accurately, a meeting room. Hear from designer Avery Swartz, developer Linn \u00d8yen Farley, and client Mark Aikman as they describe the process of getting the new <\/span>Buddies in Bad Times Theatre<\/span><\/a> website off the ground.<\/span> (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGoogle Analytics for Objective SEO and Diagnostics\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The reason you run WordPress is to publish content that people will visit. How do visitors find you? What do they like best about your website? Google Analytics is the best free reporting software you can get. This talk will introduce you to setting it up in WordPress, applying essential filters, and creating the best reports to measure and improve your website traffic. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGrow Your Ideal Audience with Content Marketing\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Writing blog posts without a clear direction is typically a waste of time for bloggers and businesses that are trying to grow their audience. If you aren\u2019t sure how to reach your ideal audience and need actionable tips to gain traction, this is the session for you. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tHelp Me Help You: Practical Tips for Designers from A WordPress Developer\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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A great website design is nothing without a developer to bring it to life, and a developer can only do so much with a design that\u2019s not prepared properly. This talk is about helping designers help their developers help them. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tHere Be Dragons – Debugging WordPress\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Have you ever cried yourself to sleep unable to find the cause of a horrendous bug in your WordPress site? Cry no more, your tears will be reshaped as blinding swords as we explore uncharted territories laced with mystical creatures. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tHow I Made a Living Using WordPress Without Knowing a Line of Code\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Think only coders can make a living using WordPress? Think again! There are a surprising number of ways to make a career using WordPress without knowing a single line of code. This presentation will tackle some of the barriers that discourage beginners from using WordPress professionally, like a lack of technical skill and feeling like an impostor. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to A\/B Test with WordPress: Conversions Aren\u2019t Just for Landing Pages\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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This is not a marketing presentation on how to get more conversions. In this presentation we\u2019ll walk through best practices for integrating A\/B testing tools and plugins like Visual Web Optimizer and Optimizely for WordPress. We will also look at how to properly setup template pages, embed tracking codes and how to manage your content and media for testing across multiple devices. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to build a Child Theme\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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You\u2019ve bought a fancy new WordPress theme, but now your site looks like everyone else\u2019s. So how do you make that fancy new theme look a little bit more\u2026 you? You create a child theme. Child themes build on top of the original theme, letting you change as much\u2026 or as little\u2026 as you want, while keeping all of the snazzy theme options and functionality built in to the parent theme. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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There are many plugins that can help your site to be optimized for the search engines. However, knowing the basics and some of the insider tricks can help to beyond what the normal plugins can do. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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In my travels, I have discovered that there is not much documentation on using CSS3 specifically in WordPress. While not many of the new CSS3 modules have reached official recommendation by the W3C, support is very good across all of the latest browsers. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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You may have missed it; the biggest update to the HTTP protocol in over 15 years was finalized this year. The long awaited HTTP\/2 update is finally here and you can take advantage of it now, but what does this change mean for you, a builder of the web? (more…)<\/span><\/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

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The rallying cry for WordPress has become an Apple take-off “there is a free plugin for that”. So the premium plugins have to offer substantial value to win over developers. Here are two image grid plugins, Justified Image Grid and Essential Grid, that offer just such value. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tIntro to WP-Cli\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The introduction to using WP-Cli, including:\u00a0How to get it setup. Some helpful basics about the shell\/command line.\u00a0Some of the very useful things you can do with WP-Cli.\u00a0Audience is Power users or administrators.<\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tIntroduction to WordPress unit testing\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“But this worked the other day!”\u00a0We’ve all had those moments (maybe you even had one today). It’s so frustrating when things that used to work break. Sometimes, you feel a bit silly. Other times, you’re ready to flip a table.\u00a0Well, put that table back down! (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tLearning About REST APIs through the WordPress HTTP API\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Understanding how HTTP works fundamentally is a huge help when dealing with REST APIs which is becoming a huge trend. Learning about HTTP in general and then how to use it with WordPress will allow users to communicate with services like Twitter and will allow them to better understand the WordPress API. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tLet Me Tell You A Story: WordPress As A Storytelling Tool\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“Online storytelling continues to evolve, with more complex and engaging forms appearing every year. What began as long-form online news articles has branched off in diverse directions, ranging from websites that expand the universe of an upcoming Hollywood movie, to a loose fabric of apps and sites that together reinterpret a classic Victorian novel. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tManaged WordPress Demystified\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Managed WordPress is a vibrant category of web hosting that specializes in doing 1 thing only: ensuring your WordPress websites are reliable, secure and well-maintained. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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If we had a dollar for each time someone asked us which plugin to use for a multilingual WordPress site, beer would be on us for everyone attending our talk. At this time, there\u2019s no be-all end-all answer to the multilingual question. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tOn the move, migrations made simple\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Migrations can be a scary thing with so many things to do and think about. I’m going to talk about the common tasks to have on your checklist before moving from one host to another. Also, I’m going to discuss how to migrate your site from a local install up to a publicly viewable server. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPages vs. Posts: The mystery is solved!\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Many new users of WordPress are confused with and when pages are used and when posts are used. Are posts made to pages? Are posts pages in a site or blog? It’s such a mystery. In my session, we will solve the mystery of pages vs. posts with the help of Scooby Doo and the gang from Mysteries Inc. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPiecing Together the WordPress Puzzle\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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For all of its simplicity, WordPress requires many pieces to come together to end up with a functioning, complete web site. This talk will take attendees through a visual roadmap that acts like the photo on a puzzle box to help you pull it all together. We will review a series of diagrams of the environment in which WP is installed as well as visual guides to find the right place inside WP to make the changes you need. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPlease Design Responsively\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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So many devices, so little time! Learn how to efficiently and effectively design your website so it will look amazing\u2026 from mobile to big screen (and everything in-between)!\u00a0A\u00a0combination of strategy, design and code tips for designing for all devices. a little something for everyone (and most technical levels).<\/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

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WordPress has built-in support for storing location information on posts, but no real way to make use of it. The Geo Mashup plugin<\/a> enables deep, powerful geolocation in WordPress, letting you easily add geolocations (coordinates) to almost any content type. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tScoping and Budgeting Projects with Usage Modeling (continued)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The talk continues with an interactive, hands-on workshop.<\/p>\n

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In the field of Information Architecture (IA) and User Experience Design (UX), there is a practice known as Usage Modeling, which maps user scenarios and stories to business priorities. This technique has been traditionally employed in software development to help define the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for first candidate release. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSpeed Up Your Site! (Intermediate)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Did you know the average user will wait only 2-3 seconds waiting for a webpage to load before abandoning it forever? Having a fast website is critical to its success. How do you ensure your site loads fast and reliably, to all kinds of users around the world? In this presentation we\u2019ll discuss seven strategies for increasing your WordPress site\u2019s speed. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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Speeding up a WordPress site (or any content site) is economical, boost rankings, and most of all, improve the user experience. We will briefly discuss the LAMP stack and present some strategies to make your site more speedy or suck less if you are inheriting a mess. (more…)<\/span><\/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

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We all have created the odd WordPress that has turned out to be fast but how do we do this each and every time?\u00a0In this talk I am going to explore some of the techniques and choices that will make your site feel fast and also talk about how to automate \/ streamline your development process so that you can do this each and every time, no matter how rushed you are.
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