Blog Archives

Everyone is coming to WordCamp to figure out the rules. Jason Falls hates rules. He’ll show you how the rules of building a good blog are bogus and give you ideas on how to build a killer blog and audience … Continue reading The Rebel’s Guide to Building a Kick-Ass Blog →

Security is a major concern when building a WordPress site. Hear what happens when your site gets hacked, how to fix it, and how to prevent it from happening in the first place. Learn from Justin Jones’ mistakes, and see … Continue reading WordPress Security →

Too busy to catch up on the latest with HTML5? Wes hits the high points and discusses where the standard is at, how it’s evolving, where browsers are in it’s adoption, and tosses in lots of “WOW… the web can … Continue reading The state of HTML5 →

An overview of essential e-commerce concepts with some basic tips for implementing an e-commerce website on WordPress. This talk covers payment gateways, how credit card processing really works, merchant accounts, SSL certificates, PCI compliance, basic WordPress security tips and a … Continue reading WordPress and E-commerce →

bbPress is an exemplary model of what really, really good plugin development should look like. I will walk through some of the elements that make bbPress great from a developer’s perspective and give ideas for how to implement these practices … Continue reading bbPress: Plugin development done right →

Topics include insights on using WordPress with a VPS. We’ll discus multitenancy For WordPress. A quick overview – multitenancy means multiple WordPress sites running off a single WordPress code base. This is not the same as multi-user.

24 ways to make WordPress faster! We’ll start with basic theme optimizations and work our way up to server configurations. There’s something for everyone. So if you want your WordPress site to load faster and handle hundreds of requests per … Continue reading 24 ways to make WordPress FAST →

Mobile on the half shell: Quick and dirty custom mobile themes. We’ve all seen the writing on the wall. Mobile is here to stay, and it is here in a big way. Have you optimized your site for a mobile … Continue reading Mobile Development →

Laying the Proper Foundation for Plugin and Theme Development So you have a brilliant idea for a theme or a plugin and you’re ready to jump right in and start making it work. But have you thought about the first … Continue reading Proper Foundation For Development →