Following on from last month’s talks regarding why accessible websites are a must, it’s worth knowing how to do a technical accessibility audit. Given the time constraints, this session will be a high level audit and what better example to use than the WPLDN website!
WP-CLI is a useful tool for automating tasks and optimising developer workflow in WordPress. WP-CLI is commonly used for maintenance and can be put to good use in the initial site build process. Learn how WP-CLI can help improve your themeing process and make it faster to perform common site building tasks.
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We have all heard the term #A11Y and know we should be doing something about it, but how and why? In this talk Mik will explain the reason why it is so vital for all working it the field of WordPress to ensure their output is accessible. But more importantly he will explain how to sell this to potential clients, and why it is so vital for them to invest in #A11Y.
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We all have our favourite go-to plugins, often using them repeatedly on our client projects. We may have plugins we’ve used for years, or sometimes we come across handy plugins by chance.
Let’s spread the word about these great little plugins available to us. Let’s find those hero plugins that will get us hooked!
In this session, Mike Pead will demonstrate two plugins he regularly uses, which are useful for all levels of abilities. He’ll also open the session to the floor, so if you have any favourite plugins that could be useful to others, please share your suggestions!
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The Customizer is one of the most powerful parts of WordPress, its a great tool for users, and big media to customise the message of content in a visual way. We’ll be looking at an example of this and what type of features can be built around the customizer experience.
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Even in a post Brexit UK, the new law on data protection is going to change things for your website and digital platform, whether you are technical, UX or a business owner. In this presentation Danny will explain the practical steps you must take so that you don’t fall foul of the new regime. Danny will also explain the likely impact of this European legislation on a post Brexit UK and on any website/app that targets EU consumers.
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Single page applications (SPA) are big part of the future of web design. Using a JS library like React or AngularJS to dynamically display content and interact with your system greatly improves the user experience for your visitors.
In this talk I will be showing you how to use AngularJS and the WordPress API to build a single-page site. I want to show you the basics of building websites this way so you can easily expand the given examples to build the applications you want with WordPress.
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Logging and monitoring is an important, but usually overlooked aspect of web application design. We debug them for eons in development, but what about after we’ve handed it over to our client? What happens if something goes wrong?
This talk will introduce the benefits of logging and monitoring and a few tips on how to implement them.
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From blog posts to internal reports, reviews, documentations, business proposals or social statuses, there is a wide range of cases to write for. Whether you’re an accomplished writer or not, you need to have an established writing workflow in order to create better content with less resources.
In this talk Franz will explain how he starts from a simple idea and develops a good text that is ready to be read by someone else. Tools of the trade, good and bad habits, text accessibility, but also lessons learned from pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and other linguistics subfields.
This session is aimed not only at authors and content creators, but also at all professionals who want to write more effectively for different purposes.
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