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WordCamp 2012 in Review

WordCamp 2012 in Review. Jean Bedord www.Bedord.com August 15, 2012. Agenda. What is WordCamp? WordPress Background State of the Word 2012 Session -1 Session - 2 Action Plan. What is WordCamp ?. Conference for WordPress community San Francisco conference - 9 years

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WordCamp 2012 in Review

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  1. WordCamp 2012 in Review Jean Bedord www.Bedord.com August 15, 2012

  2. Agenda • What is WordCamp? • WordPress Background • State of the Word 2012 • Session -1 • Session - 2 • Action Plan

  3. What is WordCamp? • Conference for WordPress community • San Francisco conference - 9 years • 52 local WordCamps in 2011 • http://central.wordcamp.org/ for upcoming WordCamps • Videos at http://wordpress.tv/ • Format changes each year • General – Saturday • Hackathon – Sunday

  4. WordPress Background • Parent company http://automattic.com/ • WordPress.org is open source downloaded version • WordPress.com is free hosted version • Other fee-based & open source projects • 44 million downloads – 1/3 in last year • App. 15% of websites powered by WP • Infographic at http://yoast.com/wordpress-stats/

  5. State of the Word 2012 • Matt Mullenweg – Co-founder http://ma.tt/ • 2012 direction • Mobile screens & responsive design themes • Retina display support • Plug-in testing process • New user experience • WordPress ecosystem • WP only hosting • Hosts considering automatic software / security updates • Comments???

  6. Sessions-1 • Let’s Do Simple Stuff to Make Your Site Faster • High Performance WordPress • Measure all the Things! Automate Performance Evaluation • Foundations of Fast Plug-in • Mistakes I Made Using Jquery and How to Avoid Them • Securing Cookie-Authenticated JSON APIs • The State of Themes • Automatic Customers: How to Design User Habits • Hidden Gems: Little Known Facts About Publishing with WordPress • BBPress: What’s All the Buzz About? • The State of BuddyPress • Custom Post Type Relationships: Subordinate Post Types • Extendable Extensions • Zen of WP Development

  7. Sessions - 2 • Elements of Coding Style • Building a Brave New Web • The Business of Code • How Not to Design a Default Theme • Designing for the Modern Web • How We Built, Grew & Sold a SAAS Web Application with WordPress • All You Can Eat Content Types Buffet • Do WordPressersHave Freedom of Speech? • The State of the Mobile Word • Getting Involved – Logon On, Jump In, Hang Out • Dude, We Are That Frog: The Story of Grist and WordPress • HappyTables: Lessons Learning Creating A WordPress Solution for Restaurants • Building an Audience as a Writer • How to Run a Small Country Using the P2 Theme

  8. Action Plan • Google Alert for WordCamp • Meetups for WP community • Foothills • Saratoga • San Jose • Santa Cruz • Others? • Postings on WordPress official sites

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