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The world around us is rapidly changing and content that was once only accessible by computers are being accessed more and more by mobile devices. Making sure your site is mobile friendly is more important more than ever. Learn what … Continue reading Going Mobile: From 960 to 320 →

Since its inception, WordPress has been known as a great platform for blogging, and it is, but the power of WordPress goes so far beyond the blog. WordPress is a powerful platform for building all sorts of web applications, and … Continue reading WordPress as a web app framework →

Did you know that some JavaScript files in WordPress core have actions and filters in them? They do! As a theme or plugin developer, you can hook into them just like the familiar hooks in the core PHP files. As … Continue reading JavaScript Actions and Filters in Core: Hooked on JavaScript works for me! →

HTML5, NodeJS, responsive design, style pre-processors, CoffeeScript: we work in an industry that loves its buzzwords. Front-end technology is evolving faster than ever before—just as we’re finally getting comfortable building responsive, standards-compliant websites, a whole new set of tools and … Continue reading Why we CAN have nice things: The future of Front-End Development and WordPress →

Sure, we all get that WordPress is great blogging software, and makes a great website for Joe’s Corner Coffee Shop or Mike’s Hometown Consulting Services. And maybe you feel solid about your ability to build a WordPress site on a … Continue reading Enterprise-class WordPress →

Some see SEO as an online version of Calvinball, where everybody’s just making it up as they go along and none of the rules are written down. We tweak our content for keywords and add all our meta tags hoping … Continue reading Microdata for SEO →

This talk will encompass ways to optimize your website to make it fast, and then how to make that speed scalable. It starts at the beginner level with basic ways to get themost from WordPress, and will go all the … Continue reading Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Scale →

Andrew Nacin will talk about something awesome. Perhaps WP_Query, or something new in 3.4, or or whatever else strikes his fancy. Whatever it is, it’ll be a “can’t miss” for developers in attendance.

Do you still write your CSS by hand? Do you still copy files when it’s time to release a new version? Do you still manually run your tests? If you answered yes to any of these, you will benefit from … Continue reading Developing an automated workflow for front end development →

The WordPress Codex is a great resource for new developers, but as many have noted, it is far from complete and isn’t necessarily always accurate. While there are myriad web-based alternatives that can serve as a guide to WordPress’ inner … Continue reading Moving Beyond the Codex: Learning WordPress from Itself →