DNS is one of the most critical steps in getting visitors to your website, but it’s something that is often overlooked and taken for granted. (Can you name who your DNS provider is? Hint: it might not be the same as your domain registrar!) Improperly maintained DNS records can cause slow performance, security issues, email deliverability issues, and WordPress outages. I will share with you an overview of how DNS works and how to maintain your DNS to protect your domain name and WordPress site.
Category: Development
What’s New and Good (and Bad) with the JAMstack and WordPress for 2020
JAMstack, Headless and Static WordPress sites and applications are not new. However, they have been evolving rapidly over the last few years. In this talk, JavaScript for WordPress educator, Zac Gordon, dives into the latest innovations and best practices around the JAMstack and WordPress. This includes a look at the the latest implementations, tools and resources. However, the JAMstack and WordPress still has it’s drawbacks and Zac will clearly lay out what you may lose out on when you venture down this path and suggestions of where the community can improve around the JAMstack and WordPress. This talk is meant for developers and site owners alike.
Hosting It Yourself
I’ll be explaining other hosting options that are viable even if you aren’t a PHP developer. This will help you offer good hosting options keeping the profit in your pocket.
Optimize Your Content Using Yoast SEO
We’ll show attendees how to optimize their content for better search engine performance in a step-by-step process. We’ll go through each step involved in optimizing a Page & a Post using the Yoast SEO plugin.
How to Fix Your SEO
Have you seen your Google traffic drop over time? Or are you looking to pick up more? I will provide actionable items you can implement in WordPress help improve the SEO of your website and recommend plugins and tools to help you move the needle.
Not So Scary: SVGs for the Win
SVGs (Scalable Vector Graphics) don’t need to be scary. Anyone can quickly take your WordPress product #beyondpretty to start using SVGs the right way providing better performance and viewability, enhancing microinteractions for frictionless UI, improving accessibility and just plain WOWing your viewers. Get ready to quickly and safely implement SVGs throughout your WordPress workflow by learning:
- What is SVG and how well is it supported.
- The benefits of using SVG.
- The best and safest ways of using SVG on your WordPress site.
- How to use SVGs in theme and plugin development.
- How to use SVGs in WordPress Blocks.
- Animating SVGs: the down and dirty and best practices.
TechSEO: How to Make Your Site More Digestible For Google
You have the proper keywords, good content, and some decent backlinks, but you still are not ranking well in Google. Technical SEO is the foundation on which all other SEO activities are built on. If the technical foundation is weak, it limits the overall success of a site. In this presentation, we will go through some of the biggest technical SEO challenges and what we can do to fix or avoid them.
SAAS: Laravel APIs for WordPress Plugins
In this talk I will be explaining and showing how to quickly develop an API using Laravel that a WordPress plugin can use to connect. This talk is meant to be a primer for any developer interested in learning the basics in creating a SAAS platform in the WordPress ecosystem. We will go over the basic aspect of created a REST API in Laravel, connecting to that API from a WordPress plugin, and briefly discuss the benefits of SAAS over other types of products.
Hook into WordPress Hooks!
Have you ever read or heard the phrase “”Don’t modify WordPress Core files? Many, right? If you are getting better and better in being a WordPress developer you will eventually come across hooks.
This talk will try to explain what hooks are, why do you need them and most importantly how to create your own hooks so that you have an even better control as to what would you like to do in order to become an even better WordPress developer.
Cypress Testing and WordPress
Cypress is a JavaScript-based automated end-to-end testing framework. Essentially, it can act like a user on your website by visiting pages, filling out forms, and clicking buttons.
Join in as we learn the basics of how to use Cypress and some of the nuances of testing WordPress plugins, themes, or websites.