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Do you often use custom fields in your custom themes? Have an interest in using them, but not sure how or why? Find the core setup not as user friendly for non-technical users as you would like? Then the Advanced … Continue reading Advancing your custom fields →

Responsive design is becoming an expected standard for web developers. Your website or blog needs to look good and function on all screens and devices all the time, and just choosing a “responsive” WordPress theme isn’t always the best choice. … Continue reading Build a Responsive WordPress Theme with Zurbs Foundation Framework →

As developers, most of the time we work locally and then just upload when we’re done. However, when you’re working on a large project with lots of components, or when you’re working with other developers, this can be disastrous. Even … Continue reading GIT Down to Business – An Introduction to Version Control →

Modern WordPress Development is all about using the best and proper tools to make your WordPress applications easier to develop, administer, and deploy. Using the Bedrock WP Stack (http://roots.io/wordpress-stack/), I will show how to properly structure a WordPress project, use … Continue reading Modern WordPress Development →

WP-CLI is a WordPress plugin that allows you to interface with a WordPress site using Unix style commands. This presentation will walk you through writing commands, provide you tips to make sure your commands scale, and show you some cool … Continue reading Saving Time with WP-CLI →

WordPress deployments are mostly on a single LAMP stack, but what happens when you have been asked to help scale WordPress to handle an international press release? In October 2013, Alan deployed the Global Slavery Index for the Walk Free … Continue reading Scaling WordPress for the world and on a (relatively small) budget →

Understanding how the database schema of WordPress is setup, including a walkthrough of the tables and how WordPress stores its data. We’ll also dive into the benefits and dangers of the schema and how to adapt it to go beyond … Continue reading The Database Schema →

Automated Tasks Using WP_Cron This presentation will teach how to create, query and delete scheduled events using WordPress built in Cron module. I will also how to use this method to trigger long running tasks asynchronously in order to keep … Continue reading Time Code: Scheduling Automated Tasks Using WP_Cron →

The focus of my presentation will be on WordPress and website accessibility; from a front-end perspective. I will cover WCAG 2.0 guidelines that will assist developers in understanding why and how to make their WordPress websites more accessible to people … Continue reading WordPress Accessibility – building WordPress websites that EVERYONE can use →