🇺🇬 WordCamp Kampala 2019

There are many ways to share and work on huge projects together. Remote is the new normal. i will be sharing about how to work with others using the Git versioning system.

Since the Release of WordPress 5.0, the package comes with Guttenberg as a default editor and with it blocks that are used in content creation. Even with this, the need to customize user experiences creates room for the creation of custom blocks.

In this talk, we hope to discuss the need for custom blocks and see how to build them, plus take a look at what other plugin options are available that can be used in customizing Gutenberg blocks and the Gutenberg experience as a whole.

A life changing decision does not happen overnight. It took a whole year of contemplation, precaution and discovery. I explain the four things I had to do to make the right decision to change career.

The keyword research is the most important part in SEO, if you choose the right keywords to work on them, you have the possibility to have the best results in a short time, and it is very important for the small websites and stores with low DA, to choose keywords with low competition, to have better results with google, because the biggest mistake is that the website’s owner does, is that they choose the wrong keywords in their SEO strategy and they work hard on it with no use.

This topic would explore how millennials are using blogging as a tool to;

• Speak on topics that were previously not talked about, for example, periods, gender equality, GBV, depression, LGBTQ+ etc
• The change/impact that these topics have to the readers.
• How we can tell stories that impact change.

This year I will be presenting from the perspective of the WordPress user who posts blogs, creates galleries, reply to comments and so on. I believe my tips will be useful for developers so they understand how the end client will finally use the site. Developers can even share these tips with their clients. We will discuss:

• How do you keep a WordPress site looking fresh?
• How often should you add new content?
• Tools I will discuss include WordPress plugins and tools that are complement WordPress.

You have a blog- now what? Tips for promoting your WordPress site

If you missed last year’s WordCamp, here is a link to the presentation I did last year:

https://videopress.com/videopress-iframe.js

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Culture; workplace culture, team culture, remote working, collaboration, team building, communication.

The importance of time management in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of projects.

Now that your business has a website, what next? Your website should market and make sales. Will show you how to integrate the HubSpot CRM to your website and how to use it as a lead funnel to engage and convert your website visitors into customers.

Understanding Intellectual Property and how creatives can use it to protect and promote their work as a way of earning from it as well as encouraging the creativity to keep flowing.

WordPress plugins are a major part of what makes the ecosystem the amazing place that it is. Having worked with hundreds of plugins through the years, I’ve discovered some things that I feel stand out and make some easier to work with and extend while making it a bit harder to work with others.

In this talk, I draw from both general software engineering best-practices and from the WordPress world. We get into testing, templating, coding standards, dependency injection, security, extensive use of WordPress’s in-built capabilities like admin table lists, custom post types and the like.

How to Remove Popular WordPress Malware called Rogueads.unwanted_ads

Various malicious injections that result in displaying ads (or opening pop-up or pop-under windows)without site owner’s consent. Such injections may utilise scripts from legitimate ad networks, it can affect any web site (no specific target).

Cyber Threats, Data Privacy and Security

With the evolvement of technology all over the globe such as the growth of the internet, social media, IoT…etc. easing the way we live life, it is important to note that at the same time, the rate of cyber-attacks, data breaches and unauthorized use of personal data is growing exponentially.

In the current environment, it is more important than ever, particularly for those organizations/business entities handling financial data, health information and other personally identifiable information to understand the responsibility they owe to the owners of this data and obviously themselves in in terms of its safety and usability.

This session seeks to open a discussion on the existing vulnerabilities, and loopholes in our cyber security management at both personal and organizational level and how we can close these gaps. We will also explore cyber security and data protection best practices and compliance programmes to help organizations and individuals comply with the evolving new data privacy requirements for successful businesses particularly SME’s.

Secure your WordPress site from hackers

When I first started building and hosting WordPress sites, I struggled to keep my sites secure. I once built and hosted a high profile website for a public figure (a former minister of Uganda) but I almost gave up the gig when the site was hacked and repopulated with Porn and Chinese text.

Recently I ran into a similar situation after a client from a highly competitive market also faced the same issues. I have learnt quite a lot in regards to securing WordPress sites and I would like to share with the community.

Deploying advanced WordPress security

WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS system, which makes it a favorite target for hackers. Having a WordPress website means that you have to make some extra effort in order to protect you and your visitor’s data. I will discuss much on the best practices for securing a WordPress site, that will help developers/designers do that. It is important to mention that these measures don’t guarantee a 100% protection against hacking attempts, mostly because a 100% secure website doesn’t exist, but they will protect you against the majority of attacks.

In not more than 10 steps, I will be taking the audience through how I migrated from the WordPress free plan (.COM) to the paid one (.ORG), with some practical session.

WordPress has an API (WordPress HTTP API) for making remote requests to external sites and services. This session explains how to make remote requests in WordPress and the best practices to follow while using the API.

Know 10 ways how you can turn your website/ any website into a money generating platform.

t’s no news that we need to improve women and underrepresented groups at tech events. I personally stand by my belief that tech is not restricted to a certain group of people, aka programmers as most believe.

This talk / workshop will explore what we can you do to foster, promote, and support diversity and an inclusive space in our communities. By the end of this session, participants will walk away knowing four things.

1. What diversity and community means in our WordPress context
2. How to make our community welcoming and safe, both in person and online
3. How to step up to be speakers, leaders and better allies in our community.
4. Participants will walk away with an action list to start making changes right away.

Participants should come with an electronic device / computer / notepad, we will get practical.

I would like to read from everyone, especially women and girls before the d-day. If there are questions / comments you have always wanted to get answers to but been afraid to ask or don’t know where to ask, please submit them using this typeform: https://hdytech.typeform.com/to/B94Jbl

I can’t wait to learn, share and meet with the WordPress Kampala Community 😍

What branding really is and why yours matters more than you know

How to Remove Popular WordPress Malware called Rogueads.unwanted_ads

Various malicious injections that result in displaying ads (or opening pop-up or pop-under windows)without site owner’s consent. Such injections may utilise scripts from legitimate ad networks, it can affect any web site (no specific target).

Cyber Threats, Data Privacy and Security

With the evolvement of technology all over the globe such as the growth of the internet, social media, IoT…etc. easing the way we live life, it is important to note that at the same time, the rate of cyber-attacks, data breaches and unauthorized use of personal data is growing exponentially.

In the current environment, it is more important than ever, particularly for those organizations/business entities handling financial data, health information and other personally identifiable information to understand the responsibility they owe to the owners of this data and obviously themselves in in terms of its safety and usability.

This session seeks to open a discussion on the existing vulnerabilities, and loopholes in our cyber security management at both personal and organizational level and how we can close these gaps. We will also explore cyber security and data protection best practices and compliance programmes to help organizations and individuals comply with the evolving new data privacy requirements for successful businesses particularly SME’s.

Secure your WordPress site from hackers

When I first started building and hosting WordPress sites, I struggled to keep my sites secure. I once built and hosted a high profile website for a public figure (a former minister of Uganda) but I almost gave up the gig when the site was hacked and repopulated with Porn and Chinese text.

Recently I ran into a similar situation after a client from a highly competitive market also faced the same issues. I have learnt quite a lot in regards to securing WordPress sites and I would like to share with the community.

Deploying advanced WordPress security

WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS system, which makes it a favorite target for hackers. Having a WordPress website means that you have to make some extra effort in order to protect you and your visitor’s data. I will discuss much on the best practices for securing a WordPress site, that will help developers/designers do that. It is important to mention that these measures don’t guarantee a 100% protection against hacking attempts, mostly because a 100% secure website doesn’t exist, but they will protect you against the majority of attacks.

Stephen Dumba will give a beginner’s guide to building websites using WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system.

Learn to Build a Website in 5 Simple Steps.

Joan Logose will also share experiences training various sets of website users from technical type of users to the non technical ones to help them manage their websites.

The WordPress Community Uganda consists of several WordPress users and enthusiasts who hold monthly meetups. The WordPress Kampala community meetup started in 2017, followed by WordPress Entebbe meetup in 2018. More meetups expected in other districts in Uganda in future.

The WordPress Community in Uganda is a part of the global WordPress community. We exist to serve the local community and make things fun, interesting and beneficial for everyone in the area with an interest in WordPress.

We have a number of social media platforms on Whatsapp, telegram, facebook, twitter and slack. Recently, we opened up a community website, wcuganda.org, to coordinate the community, publicize our activities and also host our online support forum.

During this session, we shall share with the members on how they can get involved.

The high rates of unemployment have pushed many people to be self employed. When you’re self-employed, then you’re likely a freelancer or a business owner.

One of the most viable fields for freelance work is the website development field. Today, nearly everyone wants their own little corner of the Internet with their very own website. On the other hand, not too many have the skills it takes to get it done. When you know how to create even basic websites, you can start up an actual business.

Many international web hosting companies offer reseller web hosting plans which you can use to sub host all your clients. In this session, we shall discuss the various tools like WHMCS and the WHMCS Bridge WordPress plugins which you can use to automate administration of all aspects of your web hosting business including client management, support, invoicing and payments.

During this session, I will be sharing experiences integrating mobile money payments on #Woocommerce powered websites.
Mobile Money is the most popular and convenient way of doing electronic money transfers in Uganda, and many e-commerce shop owners need to integrate mobile money payment method on their websites, most of which are running on WordPress and Woocommerce software.

There are several developers that have responded to this need by creating WordPress plugins to help simplify the process of integration of mobile money payments as a gateway in Woocommerce powered websites.

During this session, we shall discuss and demo the several plugins available today such as EasyPay, CashLeo, FlutterWave, JPesa, PesaPal, Yo! Payments Uganda etc.

With the current unemployment rate in Uganda, their millions of freelancing opportunities you can do online and earn a living, but the biggest challenge for many Ugandan freelancers is transacting on the web. This session will introduce many freelancers on some of the ways they can transact online.

The talk will cover controversial topics like Paypal in Uganda, how to get a master card, how to purchase domains, pay and get paid on freelancer.com, upwork among others. The discussion will introduce us to brainstorming on how we can come together and address the challenges involved in transacting online.

The web has grown quite a bit over the last decade, and WordPress has fallen behind ever so slightly. More applications are being brought to the web with JavaScript and more dynamic websites are being built with languages like Python and Ruby.

WordPress core and even a few professional WordPress developers feel that WordPress’ heavy reliance on PHP and minimal use of
JavaScript has become far too outdated. This is something the WordPress REST API is meant to solve.

This doesn’t mean WordPress is moving away from PHP, but it does mean developers should consider learning JavaScript if they want to take advantage of what this API has to offer.

Skilling software developers and users with the essential features needed to have a successful project from planning to implementation.

How to Remove Popular WordPress Malware called Rogueads.unwanted_ads

Various malicious injections that result in displaying ads (or opening pop-up or pop-under windows)without site owner’s consent. Such injections may utilise scripts from legitimate ad networks, it can affect any web site (no specific target).

Cyber Threats, Data Privacy and Security

With the evolvement of technology all over the globe such as the growth of the internet, social media, IoT…etc. easing the way we live life, it is important to note that at the same time, the rate of cyber-attacks, data breaches and unauthorized use of personal data is growing exponentially.

In the current environment, it is more important than ever, particularly for those organizations/business entities handling financial data, health information and other personally identifiable information to understand the responsibility they owe to the owners of this data and obviously themselves in in terms of its safety and usability.

This session seeks to open a discussion on the existing vulnerabilities, and loopholes in our cyber security management at both personal and organizational level and how we can close these gaps. We will also explore cyber security and data protection best practices and compliance programmes to help organizations and individuals comply with the evolving new data privacy requirements for successful businesses particularly SME’s.

Even if your website is small, running and maintaining it can take a lot of work. You need to create content, communicate with your audience, keep an eye on security, and much more.

But just because there’s work to be done, that doesn’t mean you need to be the one to do it. By learning how to automate WordPress tasks, you can put things on autopilot and lessen your own workload.

How to Remove Popular WordPress Malware called Rogueads.unwanted_ads

Various malicious injections that result in displaying ads (or opening pop-up or pop-under windows)without site owner’s consent. Such injections may utilise scripts from legitimate ad networks, it can affect any web site (no specific target).

Cyber Threats, Data Privacy and Security

With the evolvement of technology all over the globe such as the growth of the internet, social media, IoT…etc. easing the way we live life, it is important to note that at the same time, the rate of cyber-attacks, data breaches and unauthorized use of personal data is growing exponentially.

In the current environment, it is more important than ever, particularly for those organizations/business entities handling financial data, health information and other personally identifiable information to understand the responsibility they owe to the owners of this data and obviously themselves in in terms of its safety and usability.

This session seeks to open a discussion on the existing vulnerabilities, and loopholes in our cyber security management at both personal and organizational level and how we can close these gaps. We will also explore cyber security and data protection best practices and compliance programmes to help organizations and individuals comply with the evolving new data privacy requirements for successful businesses particularly SME’s.

Secure your WordPress site from hackers

When I first started building and hosting WordPress sites, I struggled to keep my sites secure. I once built and hosted a high profile website for a public figure (a former minister of Uganda) but I almost gave up the gig when the site was hacked and repopulated with Porn and Chinese text.

Recently I ran into a similar situation after a client from a highly competitive market also faced the same issues. I have learnt quite a lot in regards to securing WordPress sites and I would like to share with the community.

Deploying advanced WordPress security

WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS system, which makes it a favorite target for hackers. Having a WordPress website means that you have to make some extra effort in order to protect you and your visitor’s data. I will discuss much on the best practices for securing a WordPress site, that will help developers/designers do that. It is important to mention that these measures don’t guarantee a 100% protection against hacking attempts, mostly because a 100% secure website doesn’t exist, but they will protect you against the majority of attacks.

There was once one effective and modern way to ship data out of WordPress but now there is WP GraphQL