A case study of how we have used WordPress in creative ways and a few of the bumps we have had along the way.
Building Products using WordPress
In his session, Noel will talk about how WordPress can be used to build web applications. He’ll draw on examples using Happytables, a SaaS built on top of WordPress.
Building a WordPress Github Plugin Updater
Lets take a look at how we can get WordPress to look for plugin updates from private Github repositories. This talk covers why we need such a thing, how to look through WordPress source code to find an entry point to hook our custom updater, how we can get information from Github to tell us there are updates and writing some code to put everything together from what we have learnt so far.
Running Multiple WordPress sites under NGINX
Some details of how I run multiple separate WordPress installations under NGINX on one VPS or dedicated server.
Smart tips and tricks for managing freelancers
Freelancer is the ‘new employment’. Most organisations use freelancers for some tasks but some even build an entire business model on using freelancers. It’s not all ‘legal free’. Freelancers in the UK have a whole range of rights – and some, despite their label are not really freelancers at all but turn out to be employees. How do you plot your way through this territory and arrive at profitable and reliable relationships with the freelancers you pay – with no nasty surprises from the tax man? In this talk Annabel explores the status of freelancers, how labels can be deceiving and suggests ways to approach hiring freelancers that will protect your business from harm.
Front End Workflow Automation for Theme and Plugin Development
The emergence of preprocessors, front-end frameworks, HTML5 and CSS3 has made front-end a far richer and more complex development environment. I will showcase techniques and setup I use to enable me to use a few terminal commands to automate tasks.
Change is inevitable, growth is intentional
15 years in the Hosting industry. Rackspace from 100x growth in 10 years. Why I believe in WordPress. Gartner’s view of WordPress. My vision for WP Engine in Europe
Should You Be Using Vagrant?
A lightning talk answering the question: “Should You Be Using Vagrant?”
