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Relate all the things!
So your new site’s launched: great content, beautiful design, and SEO’ed like whoah. But when a visitor comes in for one particular page, how do you encourage them to engage further with your content rather than leave? The Yet Another … Continue reading Relate all the things!
CSI: WordPress — Getting Into the Guts
WordPress has tons of features that can make life easier for developers and designers. This talk will look into some of the nooks and crannies that you might not be familiar with, and we’ll also explore creative uses for features … Continue reading CSI: WordPress — Getting Into the Guts
Scan it! Incorporating QR codes into WordPress
Move over social media, making room for QR Codes in your WordPress site enables quick scanning of key topics and features. It can be as easy as a vCard, a coupon, link to an event, or something else. Understand the … Continue reading Scan it! Incorporating QR codes into WordPress
WorryProof WordPress: Backup Strategies for your Web Site
It’s a dangerous Internet out there, and your WordPress site needs a reliable backup. In this talk, we will discuss why a backup is so important, the 5 musts of a solid backup strategy, a comparison of free and premium … Continue reading WorryProof WordPress: Backup Strategies for your Web Site
Responsive Web Design
How to become responsive. We will go over the various methods & styles used to make your site responsive. We will discuss CSS media queries, FitText.js, FitVid.js and responsive slideshows.
Doing Ajax in WordPress
WordPress makes AJAX easy and all too often developers write their own code for handling AJAX. The purpose of this presentation is to walk developers through the process of implementing basic AJAX functionality in themes and plugins. Topics covered will include best … Continue reading Doing Ajax in WordPress
Enqueues, Includes, and Defines, Oh my! The foundations of plugin and theme development
Extendable Extensions
Code is Poetry. You may have noticed this phrase in the footer of WordPress.org or printed on a t-shirt or sticker. It’s a beautiful metaphor, but what does it mean? During the course of this talk, I’ll be looking at … Continue reading Extendable Extensions
Beyond the browser: Creating a restful webservice with WordPress to power an app or act as an API
Using Theme Frameworks for rapid development and sustainability
Developing WordPress themes from the ground up is time consuming and costly to sustain, as version iterate. Using a theme framework such as Thesis or Genesis can speed up development time and drastically reduce site maintenance over time.
