WordCamp San Diego 2015

Do you just want to change the colors of your theme but don’t know where to place the CSS? Have you ever purchased a theme, edited it, and then when you installed the theme update all your changes disappeared? Want to change your theme but don’t know how or where to start? Child themes are for you!

Update-proof your site against theme changes. Learn how to keep that from happening with a child theme! We’ll also discuss how to for Genesis child themes. There’s very little code involved, and I’ll explain what everything does. Keep your site from breaking with a solid child theme.

In this session we will cover what a child theme is, how to structure it, and how to make it work for you.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
Sometimes things break and you just don’t know why. In this session, we will cover where to start when things aren’t going as planned.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover some advanced theme functionality. With just a little bit of PHP code, you can accomplish some amazing things with your theme!

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover the syntax of WordPress themes. WordPress contains some great tags that can save you huge amounts of time. We will go over what these tags are and how to use them properly.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover what files are necessary to set up a WordPress theme. We will create a theme in class so you can see how the whole process works.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover how to setup a development environment on your personal computer so you can make theme changes directly on your desktop and not on a live website.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

The panel will be a Q and A style session with questions coming from both Shaimoom and the audience. Some topics will likely cover:

Inspiration: In web design, where does it come from? Where do the experts look ti find it?
Creation: What do we use to create? For both the designer and developer, there are new tools constantly coming out…what are people using?
Materialization: I have created. Now what? Take your creation and give it value: there are plenty of tools to help facilitate materialization of our creative ideas all the way to bank!
Contribution: Giving back. Contribution takes many forms: Forums, bug fixes, hacker challenges, meetups, WordCamps, etc. Where can you contribute?

The panel will be a Q and A style session with questions coming from both Shaimoom and the audience. Some topics will likely cover:

Inspiration: In web design, where does it come from? Where do the experts look ti find it?
Creation: What do we use to create? For both the designer and developer, there are new tools constantly coming out…what are people using?
Materialization: I have created. Now what? Take your creation and give it value: there are plenty of tools to help facilitate materialization of our creative ideas all the way to bank!
Contribution: Giving back. Contribution takes many forms: Forums, bug fixes, hacker challenges, meetups, WordCamps, etc. Where can you contribute?

Syed doesn’t just have one successful plugin. He runs a company that has several. And a well-known website. And a hugely popular youtube channel. It almost feels like anything he touches turns to gold. But the truth is that Syed, above all other things, knows a few things about marketing and launching products. We’ve asked him to come and share those insights (at least a few of them), and you’ll want to hear these insider secrets!

To go from an idea to an actual product takes more than just “thinking about it.” And even when you get a product initially completed, turning it into a serious product may take months or years of additional work – even if all you’re doing is refactoring your code.

Justin is going to share insights from his journey with WP eCommerce, and while doing that, highlight some of the lessons he’s learned.

Norcross could have created any plugin he wanted to. After all, he’s created more than most. But when he decided to create Design Palette Pro, he was making a specific choice to build a product for a targeted audience.

Come here his story, his rationale, and some of the results.

One of the hardest things to do in Web Development is to keep projects on track. It seems like it happens so fast. Everything is going well and the next thing you know, the project is overdue and over budget. The next hardest thing to do is to fix a project that has gotten out of control. This is usually due to not guiding the client correctly when fixes or changes are asked for that are not in scope. The result can be disastrous if not managed correctly, ending the client relationship and worse, not getting paid.

This session will cover:

– How to create a framework for a smooth production delivery.
– What are the red flags to watch for to keep a project on track.
– How to salvage a project once it gets out of control.
– Controlling emotions and responses to save the client relationship.

There are no better presenters for this material than these two. Whether you’re working with small and medium businesses like Rebecca, or Fortune 500 customers like Karim, you’re going to be in the business of expectation setting. It’s a key part of being a service provider.

Come hear tips from them as they share their secrets on managing scope, and the tricks they’ve leveraged in their contracts. We’ve asked them to spill the beans.

There are no better presenters for this material than these two. Whether you’re working with small and medium businesses like Rebecca, or Fortune 500 customers like Karim, you’re going to be in the business of expectation setting. It’s a key part of being a service provider.

Come hear tips from them as they share their secrets on managing scope, and the tricks they’ve leveraged in their contracts. We’ve asked them to spill the beans.

It all starts with a contact form, an email, or a phone call.

But what happens next differs wildly depending on your experience.

Thankfully, we’ve asked Bill and Jared to share their tips on how to figure out which clients are going to be great fits and which will break the bank.

This is a session that could go on forever, filled with funny and powerful insights because these guys are amazing. You’re not going to want to miss it.

It all starts with a contact form, an email, or a phone call.

But what happens next differs wildly depending on your experience.

Thankfully, we’ve asked Bill and Jared to share their tips on how to figure out which clients are going to be great fits and which will break the bank.

This is a session that could go on forever, filled with funny and powerful insights because these guys are amazing. You’re not going to want to miss it.

The reality is that many clients know what they want, but may not know much it will cost to get what they want. And they may or may not have the budget for their dreams.

The same can be true on the other side of the table. When you’re developing a site and think you know what you’re going for, only to discover some challenges, you may be pricing your services too low and hurting your business.

Jennifer has been running Bourn Creative long enough to have not only stories but tips on how to deal with uncertainty when you’re doing the initial work of quoting a project to a client.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
Sometimes things break and you just don’t know why. In this session, we will cover where to start when things aren’t going as planned.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover some advanced theme functionality. With just a little bit of PHP code, you can accomplish some amazing things with your theme!

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover the syntax of WordPress themes. WordPress contains some great tags that can save you huge amounts of time. We will go over what these tags are and how to use them properly.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover what files are necessary to set up a WordPress theme. We will create a theme in class so you can see how the whole process works.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover how to setup a development environment on your personal computer so you can make theme changes directly on your desktop and not on a live website.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
Sometimes things break and you just don’t know why. In this session, we will cover where to start when things aren’t going as planned.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover some advanced theme functionality. With just a little bit of PHP code, you can accomplish some amazing things with your theme!

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover the syntax of WordPress themes. WordPress contains some great tags that can save you huge amounts of time. We will go over what these tags are and how to use them properly.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

NOTE: A rudimentary understanding of CSS, HTML, and PHP will be helpful for you in this class.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover what files are necessary to set up a WordPress theme. We will create a theme in class so you can see how the whole process works.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

Theme Bootcamp
We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by giving hands-on training and examples that people can then take and use in real world experiences.

The goal of the Theme Bootcamp is to do just that. The team will guide you from start to finish on how to take a static, HTML website and integrate it into WordPress. If you have background in HTML and CSS but haven’t yet figured out how to use a solid CMS (content management system) to create dynamic and easily editable websites, this is the Bootcamp for you!

When this 4 hour Bootcamp wraps up, it’s our hope that you will have a solid foundation to move forward as a true WordPress theme developer.

This Session
In this session, we will cover how to setup a development environment on your personal computer so you can make theme changes directly on your desktop and not on a live website.

Resources
For more details on what will be covered during each session and to get all of the assets you will need for it, please visit http://azanebrain.github.io/wcsd-2015-theme.

Steve doesn’t have clients. He has friends.

And somehow those friends pay him. All the time. And they keep paying him after projects are over.

It’s a nice gig if you can get it. And he’s going to share how he preps his clients friends so that they’re ready and willing to pay his invoices and join his maintenance plans.

So you’re not feelin’ the old theme anymore, eh? Is it starting to look a little 2014ish? Or maybe you’ve simply outgrown your current theme and it’s no longer meeting your needs and goals.

Whatever the reason, change can be scary and I’m here to help! I’ve switched many themes in my day, and let me tell you, it can be dangerous out there.

Switching the theme itself: piece of cake!

Figuring out what happened to your posts, slideshows, sidebars, widgets, and navigation menus that have suddenly disappeared and why the heck your layout looks all jacked up: not as much of a piece of cake.

But take a deep breath and relax. I will walk you through some of the common problems that can occur throughout this process and talk about all of the embarrassing mistakes I’ve made in the past, so that when the time comes you can handle the job like a total boss.

We all know WordPress is not just for blogs or websites anymore… but what are people building with the world’s most popular content management system. We will take a look at current trends in the WordPress development world, from large corporations to small personal blogs, and the best practices used in building them.

If you’re a local business, or work with local businesses, you know how critical it is to rise above the noise of other businesses.

Local businesses aren’t just competing with each other, local search in general has become one of the most popular forms to find solutions for needs… dining, entertainment, and other services. People no longer have to ask humans for recommendations, when they have an all-knowing device in their pocket. If your business isn’t showing up on that “all-knowing device” you got to get cracking.

A recent study by comScore, Neustar Localeze and 15 Miles suggested that up to 78% of mobile searches lead to some form of offline purchase. So people are discovering your business online, then coming to your store to purchase, or eat.

In William Bay’s WordCamp San Diego panel, we’ll be looking at the factors Google uses to rank local your sites in the “7-Pack”, we’ll also discuss what you need to know in regards to the changes made with Google Local Pages, and finally how you should set up your websites for mobile to gain an additional advantage over the non-optimized crowd.

After covering these areas and along with some resources William will share, you should have a solid grasp on what you need to do with yours or your client’s sites to get them moving in the direction of better local rankings.

This session is for less-experienced WordPress users and will cover the ins and outs of selecting the right plugins for your site with particular emphasis on the following:

• An overview of the WordPress plugin repository and its function
• How plugins are approved or denied in the plugin repository
• An overview of other plugin sources and why some plugins are not in the WordPress.org repository
• How to choose what plugin(s) to use on your site
• The security implications of plugin choices
• How to keep your plugins up to date

If you’ve thought of building a membership site, this is a session you won’t want to miss. Come learn about the most common mistakes that you can avoid, simply by knowing about them.

How do you go about setting the price for your product? Do you just copy someone else’s price? Do you try to beat the competition by lowering your price?

Chris will walk us thru a series of lessons on pricing to help first time and experienced product developers alike.

Backups are an essential part of running a WordPress website! Do you want hackers to shut you down because you don’t have a backup strategy in place?
Since WordPress sites are a favorite target of hackers, the chances of your site being compromised and your content permanently lost are extremely high…unless you make sure you have systems in place to back up your site on a regular basis.

Or, if your WordPress database gets innocently erased or corrupted, you will lose all of the content you spent so much time writing and developing! Because there are many reasons why this could happen (and a lot of them are simply out of your control), with a proper backup of your WordPress database and files you can always quickly restore things back to normal.

In this session, Christina Hills is going to show you, in an easy-to-understand, non-techie way, simple solutions to back up your WordPress website.

Attend this session and learn:

• The best plugins to use (free and premium) for backing up your site
• Some fool-proof systems to easily put in place that ensure nothing falls through the cracks
• How to automate the process so you can set it up once and forget about it

You’ve spent countless hours building your website and creating all of your content…why risk losing it all overnight due to the fact that you didn’t have a backup plan in place? The good news is that protecting your investment can be done very easily once you know how.

If you are concerned at all about the possibility of unexpectedly losing your website, you don’t want to miss this session with Christina Hills.

Perhaps you’ve heard of the this mythical creature called the Unicorn? Not the one that dispenses rainbows, but the techie one, the one who designs AND develops for the web. A one-person agency, so to speak. As a front end designer, you may shudder at the thought of mucking through code and regard it as something akin to Alchemy. Alicia is going to demonstrate that learning a bit of code and where to put it can not only empower you but also give you more freedom and control over your designs. Imagine a magical place where you can cast a spell and get the exact results you were looking for on your front end and back end of your WordPress theme. That place of wonder is located in the functions.php file. Go on a short journey where she will show you why the functions file includes the word “fun”!

What is wp_enqueue_script? What is wp_enqueue_style? Well, if you’re asking these questions, this is the session for you! Nikhil will be answering these questions and helping YOU become a better theme or plugin developer. Developing the right way is not always easy, but with a bit of help, you’ll be adding scripts and styles in WordPress the right way in no time.

The panel will be a Q and A style session with questions coming from both Shaimoom and the audience. Some topics will likely cover:

Inspiration: In web design, where does it come from? Where do the experts look ti find it?
Creation: What do we use to create? For both the designer and developer, there are new tools constantly coming out…what are people using?
Materialization: I have created. Now what? Take your creation and give it value: there are plenty of tools to help facilitate materialization of our creative ideas all the way to bank!
Contribution: Giving back. Contribution takes many forms: Forums, bug fixes, hacker challenges, meetups, WordCamps, etc. Where can you contribute?

Responsive design is about a lot more than screen size. It’s about approaching your projects with an entirely different mindset and a whole new design process. In this talk, we’ll cover a variety of tools and techniques for optimizing your responsive workflow and talk about some best practices for accommodating as many devices as possible.

The panel will be a Q and A style session with questions coming from both Shaimoom and the audience. Some topics will likely cover:

Inspiration: In web design, where does it come from? Where do the experts look ti find it?
Creation: What do we use to create? For both the designer and developer, there are new tools constantly coming out…what are people using?
Materialization: I have created. Now what? Take your creation and give it value: there are plenty of tools to help facilitate materialization of our creative ideas all the way to bank!
Contribution: Giving back. Contribution takes many forms: Forums, bug fixes, hacker challenges, meetups, WordCamps, etc. Where can you contribute?

This panel-style discussion will cover the following topics and is an open forum through which we encourage our attendees to ask questions.

We will cover:

• The basics of letting people know what info they need to provide in order to get the best support possible – whether in the WP.org forums or from their designer/developer.
• How to get your “Helper” the details they need related to your hosting environment, WordPress version, browser, etc.
• Tips on what to try on your own, before even asking for help.

Do you have a website built with an outdated CMS, or not using a CMS at all and you wished it were on WordPress? Moving to WordPress doesn’t have to mean starting over from scratch. Depending on the current format of your site, whether it’s basic HTML/CC or using another CMS like Joomla or Drupal, the process for migration will be different…but not impossible.

This session will cover:

• Analyzing functionality of your existing site
• Planning the migration process to WordPress
• Finding a WordPress theme vs Building a new theme
• Importing content manually and using plugins for importing content

This presentation by Matt Cromwell will be on session will be focused on how to install and configure a new WordPress website from the ground up to be as secure, manageable, and fast as you can get it. WordPress security covers how to “harden” WordPress, block “bot attacks”, and make Spam as pain-free as possible all without any plugins. Management covers user access, media management, and developing a content strategy. Performance is an overview of different types of caching. “White paper” resources and online slides will be available.

This panel-style discussion will cover the following topics and is an open forum through which we encourage our attendees to ask questions.

We will cover:

• The basics of letting people know what info they need to provide in order to get the best support possible – whether in the WP.org forums or from their designer/developer.
• How to get your “Helper” the details they need related to your hosting environment, WordPress version, browser, etc.
• Tips on what to try on your own, before even asking for help.

There are many factors that can slow down the loading of your website. In addition to that, you may be experiencing more than one issue that makes troubleshooting the problem difficult. In this talk I will go through every step of the process of loading a WordPress website and explain what may be causing slow loading times, and where to look for problems. Here are the steps of that process I will go through during my talk:

• First, the network requests, possible issues and what can you do about it
• The web server and reverse proxies – what are they, what can go wrong and how to find potential issues
• The calls to your database – how to find slow queries and what to do about it
• Rendering your content – are your pages optimal in size and content?
• Finally, your visitors – what to do with the minimal control you have over your visitors browsers

In addition to that, I will give some real life examples of sites I’ve done speed optimization work on and try to give you some useful tips and tricks on how to do that work easier and faster.

One morning you look at your website and it does not look like it should. You have been hacked. Now what do you do? You never thought to update anything because all of the reviews says that the themes and plugins are awesome when you uploaded them 2 years ago.

There is this myth that websites are make it and forget it. That is one of the biggest ways the hacker attackers get in. This session will take you through some of the steps to get your site clean and ways to keep it that way. No one wants to be the next hacked site.

If you ask a WordPress developer what they spend their time doing, they’ll tell you that they spend most of their time writing code. However, if you actually observe what they spend their time doing, you’ll find that they spend most of their time trying to understand code. How can WordPress developers write code that’s more readable, scalable and adopted?

If you ask a WordPress developer what they spend their time doing, they’ll tell you that they spend most of their time writing code. However, if you actually observe what they spend their time doing, you’ll find that they spend most of their time trying to understand code. How can WordPress developers write code that’s more readable, scalable and adopted?

Pippin is known for some of his most popular plugins (Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP, and Restrict Content Pro). But he’s more than just a guy who writes code people want to use. People want his plugins because unlike many other plugins published, his are supported. So we’ve asked Pippin to share his insights on how having lead developers closely involved with customer support can dramatically improve the success of a product, the happiness of your customers, and even shorten a release cycle.

If you ask a WordPress developer what they spend their time doing, they’ll tell you that they spend most of their time writing code. However, if you actually observe what they spend their time doing, you’ll find that they spend most of their time trying to understand code. How can WordPress developers write code that’s more readable, scalable and adopted?

This panel-style discussion will cover the following topics and is an open forum through which we encourage our attendees to ask questions.

We will cover:

• The basics of letting people know what info they need to provide in order to get the best support possible – whether in the WP.org forums or from their designer/developer.
• How to get your “Helper” the details they need related to your hosting environment, WordPress version, browser, etc.
• Tips on what to try on your own, before even asking for help.

How do I make my theme look like that? If you’ve asked this question before, then you’re probably looking to learn CSS. In this talk, we’ll cover the basics of integrating CSS into your child/starter theme. I’ll show you how to inspect and learn from the styles of your favorite website, and how to find help when you need it. I hope to provide you with the resources to get started on your CSS journey and fully harness the power of WordPress themes.

Unsure of what a theme is and how it works? No problem! In this session we will be covering the basic concept of themes. We will go over what a theme controls, what elements are required, and the basic theme file structure.

For 18 years Chris has been an avid collector of fonts, Photoshop plugins, and stock illustration and photography. Knowing where to find these tools can not only make your designs look better, but save you valuable time and money. In this session she’ll share her favorite resources and how she uses them in her design work. If you’d like to learn more about Chris’ techniques for customizing stock illustrations, building wireframes more efficiently and attractively, or creating unique infographics (and where she finds the resources to do all that cool stuff) you won’t want to miss this session!

The panel will be a Q and A style session with questions coming from both Shaimoom and the audience. Some topics will likely cover:

Inspiration: In web design, where does it come from? Where do the experts look ti find it?
Creation: What do we use to create? For both the designer and developer, there are new tools constantly coming out…what are people using?
Materialization: I have created. Now what? Take your creation and give it value: there are plenty of tools to help facilitate materialization of our creative ideas all the way to bank!
Contribution: Giving back. Contribution takes many forms: Forums, bug fixes, hacker challenges, meetups, WordCamps, etc. Where can you contribute?