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\nOpening Remarks 8-830<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAngie Bergmann – So you’ve just started with WordPress<\/em>
\nIf you just started with WordPress, Angie will walk you through some basic tips and terminology of WordPress so you can navigate it like a pro.<\/p>\n
\nLeveraging the power of WordPress for the educator. How to easily manage your blended classroom, post resources, videos, etc in an easy to edit, easy to access website.<\/p>\n
\nMy talk will highlight the 7 steps (and 7 weeks) I took to completing my first book, Big Business Problems: Small Business Solutions. The journey to completing the book was chronicled on my wordpress site. WordPress provided the platform and writing tools that forced me to write at least 15 minutes everyday.<\/p>\n
\nNathan Driver – SEO: From Creation to Execution<\/em>
\nThe topic would cover on how to optimize a WP site from using specific plugins to how to integrate analytics and webmaster tools.<\/p>\n
\nGoing from newbie to intermediate WordPress user has it\u2019s share of hurdles. You don\u2019t know the best practices and you learn a lot the hard way. From simple things such as remembering to put Alt tags on your images, to more complex things like PHP errors. This talk will walk you through some big no-nos when it comes to editing and launching your WordPress self-hosted site. Learn from my mistakes, it\u2019ll save you a few headaches.<\/p>\n
\nSometimes even though you are pretty certain what you are hearing is English, once they start talking their special website language, web geeks can be pretty hard to understand. This session will cover the basic terms that you need to know when you want to give them instructions and get them to do what you need to have done on your site.<\/p>\n
\nAngela Bergmann – There’s a Plugin for That<\/em>
\nPresentation highlighting some of the various plugins users can use to expand the power of their WordPress blog. Apple says \u201cthere\u2019s an app for that\u201d, well with WordPress, there\u2019s a plugin for that!\u201d . Plugins highlighted:<\/p>\n
\n-Admin tools
\n-SEO
\n-Contact Forms
\n-Expansion (shops, forums, etc)<\/p>\n
\nI am going to walk you through 10 things you should do to improve your WordPress install while it\u2019s still got that new website smell going for it. There will be some security tips to keep you safe, as well as some SEO and productivity suggestions to help you get the most bang for your buck.<\/p>\n
\nWordPress & Podcasting: How to easily add a podcast to your website
\nPodcasting can easily be incorporated into a WordPress website or blog and it has all of the benefits of creating blog posts. With the power of an RSS feed, a podcast feed can automatically be picked up by large curators like iTunes and Stitcher radio.<\/p>\n
\nCharlie Craine – Advanced SEO<\/em>
\nMore details to come!<\/p>\n
\nIn this particular case, size does matter. We’ll go through steps to properly size images and graphics for your WordPress website using Photoshop and Google +s’ image editing feature to optimize upload and download speeds.<\/p>\n
\nWe will be covering how social media is becoming integrated into search engines, along with engagement strategies using Google+, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Pinterest. Lastly we will discuss Return on Investment vs. Return on Relationship.<\/p>\n
\nJoe Rozsa – Everyone is allowed in the kitchen. But not everyone is allowed in the liquor cabinet.<\/em>
\nMulti User\/Multi Admins and why it’s important to grant the proper access. So, you’ve got a WordPress site that multiple people will be admins for. This session will cover why it’s important to set up varying degrees of access to the back-end of a WordPress site.<\/p>\n
\nMore details to come!<\/p>\n
\n Justin Shreve and Beau Lebens from Automattic – JetPack and what it’s all about.<\/em>
\nA quick overview of the features of JetPack that are now included with an installtion of WordPress from the Code Wranglers themselves from Automattic. You won’t want to miss this session.<\/p>\n