WordPress provides a lot of convenience functions, and all too often, new developers reinvent the wheel when WordPress Core already has a function or utility to accomplish the same. In this workshop, Erick Hitter of Automattic reflects on when he first started building WordPress plugins, and shares the times he could have saved himself hours and anxiety if he had known where to look for a cleaner solution in Core.
Learn about the more obscure features of Core and where to find them in this development workshop at 9 AM in the Comet.
It took Erick a while to figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up, which led him through a few different careers. After experiments in audio engineering and accounting, he now works on Automattic’s VIP team, serving enterprise WordPress users. Erick lives near Los Angeles, loves craft beer, and longs for enough free time to go hiking in the mountains that surround LA. He blogs at ethitter.com and i.ethitter.com.
Thomas Patrick Levy is a developer, and for a while thought his work was done when the product or site shipped. And then he learned that the real work starts after launch when the emails and forum posts start rolling in.
oEmbed has been around for a while – typing or pasting a YouTube URL in your post results in an embedded video on their website. But, there’s more to it. In Jason Tucker’s presentation, he’ll explain how oEmbed works, and how you can make changes to one or all oEmbeds on your site.
Business owners with websites compete not only with each other, but with much bigger companies for attention. “Good” will never be good enough again – only superb content will move the needle for your business goals and get you noticed. Greg Taylor of MarketingPress will help you navigate the waters between good and superb.
Ever wanted to know more about the WordPress REST API? Jamal Jackson of Five Alarm Interactive’s WordCamp presentation will go over how the WP REST API introduces a whole new world of possibilities for small business owners to keep their business thriving and introduce the new business avenues present.
We’re all enamored with the minimalist websites that employ only the most essential use of color, images, and space. But what happens when the volume of information can’t be boiled down to something that simple? Michelle Schulp of Mark Time Media’s presentation will explore how to use design principles to organize and display elaborate user experiences like mega-menus, massive news sites, high-information catalog pages, and multi-level interactions.
We want our code to be fast, to work well, and look good. But do we really need all the bells and whistles? Understanding the burdens we place on end users when we code, such as large plugins and themes with stringent requirements, is just as important as security.
Do you ever feel like your small business website is not working for you the way it should? Even if you made a substantial initial investment into your site, there may be issues that still need to be resolved before it can become an effective sales tool for you.
“These spreadsheets are killing me” was a complaint Jess heard about a year ago. Since then, she has been working with her client to build an internal tool that can standardize their sales quoting process, replace their current CRM process, and remove operational bottlenecks that prevent the business from scaling. Her presentation “Stop Maurauding Excel Sheets” covers the of development of the tool with WordPress, concerns in the process, and tools utilized.