Celebrating 10 Years!
In this lightning talk, I’ll summarize the most important moments in the history of WordPress, as I’ve seen (or contributed to) them.
I’ll also share a few thoughts on what (I think) the future of WordPress is going to look like for the next 15 years.
For All Site WordPress Site Owners and Admins
We already know that WordPress is powerful with endless possibilities right?
…but how do we make it profitable?
How do we transform our passion into cash?
That’s what this session is all about.
Carlos Vazquez, a 14-year digital marketing veteran will reveal the formula he uses to convert any WordPress site into an automated cash machine. So, whether you’ve been running your site for years or even just starting out, you’ll discover the game changing formula being used today by Starbucks, McDonald’s, and many more.
The lines between designers and developers are starting to blur. With the addition of tools like Sketch, Zeplin, Invision, and many others, we can improve our workflow and develop with record speed. Whether that’s designing a quick website as a freelancer, working with designers as a contractor, or simply prototyping your startup idea, these tools will help you translate your thoughts, improve your workflow, and essentially, communicate effectively.
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Dr. Nancy Richmond will present the most important social media tips for 2018. She will share best practice examples that will leave you feeling inspired and excited to grow your following and engagement on social media.
You don’t need to be an established developer – this is an Intro talk into PHP. Hooks are a great way to see immediate advantage of learning and using custom PHP.
Hooks are one of two things:
Action Functions (add, edit or remove functionality)
Filter Functions (modify output)
Both of these are native to WordPress Core and are also created by Plugin developers to help you – a fellow developer – out. Learn how to use these powerful tools to your own advantage for customization and getting the results you want.
This is a Lightning Talk so it will be limited to the core concept itself and you will see up to three practical examples of an action and filter respectively.
You will walk away with the knowledge of how to find these hooks within a plugin or WordPress core and have the confidence to experiment with these.
Bonus: After the lightning talk feel free to discuss this further in the Happiness Bar with the presenter. This document also has more information to help you dig deeper into Hooks for WordPress.
Sometimes, using Advanced Custom Fields Plugin (Free and Pro Version) can become a burden. This is normally because in our excitement to use the tool we by-pass the planning it takes to make the plugin work well and don’t always choose the right field for the job.
During this lightning talk I will talk about how to:
In this session we will discuss ways to get involved in open source projects and the benefits of getting involved. You are here at WordCamp because you value WordPress correct? Think about all the businesses powered by WordPress and the positive impact it has on people. Ready to hear more?
I will talk about the importance of automating your WordPress development regardless if you are building themes, plugins or full websites. Also, I will provide resources on how you can set it up based on your current workflow.
In this talk Nakeesha will speak about format and tips for writers developing content for the web. Her talk with focus on creation of interesting thought provoking content in an easily digestible format for the web reader. A discussion regarding the best strategies for increasing the popularity of post and utilizing writing as a marketing tool will be included.
Optimizing your WordPress is always a challenge and google is more demanding about it every day: During the session, I will go over all the details to make your theme hit 100%: 1) Loading fonts, 2) Optimizing your theme for Above-The-Fold/Below-The-Fold styles loading, 3) Loading styles asynchronously, 4) using Webpack to bundle your theme with WordPress. 5) Using SVGs and loading them like template parts (cached). 6) There are many other tricks and things to take into consideration. I will work with one initial theme and make it hit 100%. Everything will be measured to show the typical “before and after”.
WordCamp Miami 2018 is over. Check out the next edition!