An American turns 50 every 7 seconds. The senior age group is now, for the first time, the largest in terms of size and percent of the population in the U.S. Those aged 50 and older represent 45% of the U.S. population. One-third of the internet users in the U.S., are adults aged 50+ representing the Web’s largest constituency.
WordPress sites must be designed with this in mind. You will learn how to meet seniors’ needs from one of their own.
Scott has been focused on selling WordPress products for nearly 5 years. He started out selling themes, then started to do more with mobile, founding a company to create mobile apps out of WordPress sites, and last year, sales grew marketdly. Recently, he released a SaaS product that has had a steep learning curve, which has shown him some of the tougher sides of the business. Join him and learn about the ups and downs of selling WordPress products.
Prevention is the key to plugin vulnerabilities. Learn what to look for in your own code to help safeguard from potential issues. A step-by-step guide will be provided on how to avoid vulnerabilities and make your code more secure. With the generosity of popular plugin authors, we will review some recent vulnerabilities found, share how they fixed the problems and discuss the best methods for getting the word out about your plugin once it’s been securely updated. Yes, there will be code.
Responsive design is so much more than a flexible grid and a few media queries. A responsive web site project requires a whole new approach to the way we think about web sites – and involves a serious blurring of the boundaries between design and development. In this talk, Natalie will cover some new workflows and how designers and developers can better collaborate in a responsive world.
William Bay has trained many small business owners on how to get their websites ranked on search engines without overwhelming them with information.
What you’ll learn in this presentation is:
You’ll come out of this presentation with a clear understanding of what you need to do to get your pages ranking higher than they have in the past. And you’ll find that you didn’t need that magic wand to do it after all.
We’re proudly powered by WordPress, yes, but we’re really powered by caffeine. We’re extremely grateful that our caffeine will be provided by Diesel Brew at this year’s WordCamp.
Diesel Brew is cold brewed for 14 hours in brewing tanks. After brewing, they filter twice and then bottle in glass and aluminum 12oz bottles, 64oz Growlers (called Large Marge) and also offer 5 gallon kegs (Diesel Brew Tankers) for home and office service. After brewing the grounds are pressed then the diesel brew is filtered and bottled. They do not yet offer IV bags.
Sample their wares at WordCamp and check them out here.
WordCamp Orange County 2015 is over. Check out the next edition!