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Saturday’s Sessions in Big Hair Bands<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Internet is for Everyone: How to make your website more accessible\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Adam Rasheed<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou might have heard about accessibility, and you might have also brushed it off as a ‘nice-to-have’, thinking it’s only for websites with users that have severe disabilities. Well, that’s simply not true; there are huge benefits that will help a huge majority of your users.\r\n\r\nMaking your website more accessible will improve the user experience for everyone, help those that need an extra hand navigating through your site, and will even boost your SEO!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tDeveloping with WooCommerce\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Sean Conklin<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Get up to speed on all things WooCommerce!<\/p>\n

Considered adding the official open-source eCommerce system to your WordPress site? Learn about how to do it right, whether you are selling products, services, subscriptions, events, memberships, donations, or even doing your invoicing off your website. Understand the benefits of the official theme Storefront and officially sanctioned extensions, as well as popular community plugins and best practices for safe customization with Code Snippets and child theming, even where to use your favorite page builder tools and where you probably shouldn’t plan to use them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\twp_enqueue_scripts: Beyond the Basics\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Nora Conley<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

There are many different ways and methods for including CSS and JavaScript in your WordPress themes and plugins. There are also many different related topics around this subject.<\/p>\n

Properly enqueuing assets can improve your site\u2019s performance and reusability. In this talk, we will cover best practices and topics including (but not limited to): conditional tags, localizing data, WordPress helper functions, and the $post object. This talk will feature live-coding examples, ideal for hands-on learners.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFun with Fonts\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Jessica Boctor<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Fonts are an essential item in any branding plan and website development.<\/p>\n

During this presentation, participants will help to create a completely custom and unique font utilizing the free online service at calligraphr.com<\/a>. Then we will go through the necessary css and html files to install the font onto a WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFirewalls & Data Privacy Begin with Audits\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Sam Jadali<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Weekly news reports of data breaches have unfortunately become the norm. Remaining one-step ahead of today\u2019s ever evolving security is vital to not only protecting your own data but also your clients\u2019 data. Performing audits are an important part of the process to ensure you\u2019re protected.<\/p>\n

In this session we go beyond security plugins and we\u2019ll review proper security practices, auditing methods, as well as what to do in the event of a data breach.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tKnow Your Audience & Grow\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Greg Taylor<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

You can produce the best content, but if it is created and broadcasted to the wrong audience, it can fail miserably.<\/p>\n

The more you know your audience and speak to them with your content the better your chance to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n

Saturday’s Sessions in John Hughes High<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tBackup Before You Crackup\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Jarrett Gucci<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Having a solid backup strategy can save your life in times of an extreme website crisis. No one wants to lose any of the hard work they have put into their site and why should you ever have to if you are backing things up.<\/p>\n

This talk will set you up for success outlining a fool proof backup and restore process that can run on autopilot. Also covered will be a walk through basic security measures to limit the need for full site restore.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe web is my social network: How I use WordPress to create the social platform I want (and you can too!)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Chris Aldrich<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\"ChrisGrowing toxicity on Twitter, Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, algorithmic feeds, and a myriad of other problems have opened our eyes to the ever-growing costs of social media. Walled gardens have trapped us with the promise of “”free”” while addicting us to their products at the cost of our happiness, sense of self, sanity, and privacy. Can we take back our fractured online identities, data, and privacy to regain what we’ve lost?<\/p>\n

I’ll talk about how I’ve used IndieWeb related technologies in conjunction with WordPress as a replacement for my social presence while still allowing easy interaction with friends, family, and colleagues online. I’ll show how everyone can easily use simple web standards to make WordPress a user-controlled, first-class social platform that works across domains and even other CMSs.<\/p>\n

Let’s democratize social media using WordPress and the open web, the last social network you’ll ever need to join.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe 72-Hour WordPress MVP: Making Progress, Not Perfection\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Oscar Hernandez<\/a>, Steve Ramos<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

WordPress is an excellent option for getting a great idea to market in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n

Some might call it “cutting corners,” but when a project calls for a quick turnaround to get traction and test viability, the right combination of plug-ins and custom code can be just what is needed.<\/p>\n

Our real estate tech startup has decided to utilize WordPress to launch a pilot program with select clients in order to get vital customer feedback and make a quick entry into our market. Here’s how we’re doing it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding your WordPress Focused Business\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Lisa Garner<\/a>, Steve Zehnget<\/a>, Marc Benzakein<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Panel discussion with Marc Benzakein<\/a> of SeverPress, Lisa Garner of Magnified Web<\/a> & Steve Zehngut of Zeek Interactive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding a Dream Team\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Samantha Johnston<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The presentation will explain when and how to create & grow your team to scale your business.<\/p>\n

Questions to ask yourself before posting the job opportunity, questions to ask applicants, contracts to have in place, how to pay them, how to manage projects and how to keep them loving their work, loving you and most of all loyal and raving contractors\/employees.<\/p>\n

I’m not an HR pro, accounting pro or legal pro, I’m a fellow WP pro and have built an amazing team of contractors who love me, our work together and due to their raving about me, I have been asked by others how I’ve built my team and how they can do it too. I’d love to share my process and help others grow their team and scale their business as I have.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tRendering Gutenberg Content in Native Experiences, from Faxes to Virtual Reality\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by David Nuon<\/a>, Leo Postovoit<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

We have less than 1% of the written documents from Rome. We have less than 0.5% of the documents from Ancient Greece. Only three codices of the Mayan civilization remain. The internet\u2019s power is its ability to give us an incredible, boundless storage.
\nBut have we actually built into our software design patterns a notion of longterm thinking? We want to think about our life\u2019s work, and we want to preserve content, access to it and inspire others to think for the long term. Time is comprised of snapshots, and we\u2019re seeking understanding for the whole.<\/p>\n

In the same spirit of projects like the Internet Archive seeking to bring access to information to preserve history, we believe it\u2019s also a responsibility to understand where we\u2019ve come from, how we\u2019ve built it and where we might be headed. This also matters for the tools in which we create.<\/p>\n

On the quest to share content creation\u2019s history, we also decided to make something. Something that was extremely accessible for both people and machines. Here’s our weird, wild journey of our attempt to create the “”Most Compatible Thing ,”” built for legacy support by design. Yes, there will be GIFs.<\/p>\n

Powered by the magic of WordPress and Gutenberg, we used lots of pixelcraft and a custom web server to create paired experiences for each media. From modern headless future-facing web technologies to the GOPHER protocol, from Twitter bots to TTYs, from phone calls to a snail mail service, we’ve got a story to share that we hope will last and be preserved. All you gotta do is look for it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFrom v1.0 to Infinity (and Beyond)\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Marc Benzakein<\/a> in John Hughes High.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Starting a software company and building it from the ground up is an appealing option for many. It can be rewarding, but it also comes wrought with many challenges. In this presentation, I will talk about the how we built ServerPress from a concept to the challenges, pitfalls, and successes we’ve experienced along the way. <\/p>\n

I’ll cover the ways in which your roadmap evolves as you go from a company of zero customers to a company of over 60,000. Most importantly, I’ll give you a chance to learn from our mistakes when building your own software company.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n

Sunday’s Sessions in Big Hair Bands<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tOut of Sight, Out of Mind\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Mary Barnett<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\"Mobile<\/p>\n

I will share the top 3 ways you can help your clients stay Top of Mind with their customers, so they can increase their Revenue!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tWordPress and MailChimp go together like Peanut Butter and Bananas\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Presented by Amy Hall<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

MailChimp is the most popular email service provider and WordPress is the most popular website software. It’s only logical to use them together.<\/p>\n

Learn how to use MailChimp and WordPress for lead generation on your website.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why you need a lead generation item<\/li>\n
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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSEO Simplified\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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    Presented by William Bay<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    SEO is often shrouded in a veil of mystic arts, magical spells, and misconceived notions from years passed.
    \nIn this hour, my promise is to lift this veil, and simplify the notions of gaining traffic from search engines.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSEO for WordPress developers\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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    Presented by Bill Dalessi<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    We try to teach people SEO and WordPress as to start you need a Website (WordPress). But if no one ever sees your website, all your hard work and money were wasted. After they have a website we start by teaching SEO and how to get the search engines to work for you and with you.<\/p>\n

    Anyone can pay for advertising (Pay Per Click) but that gets very expensive very fast. Small or medium size business need to learn how to get (FREE) organic traffic from Google, etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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    Presented by Taylor Waldon<\/a> in Big Hair Bands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    When launching any kind of website, there are simple strategies to implement that will help start out your SEO right and make your site look more established at the same time.<\/p>\n

    This talk will cover four pieces of post content that should be published before you launch and why they are important. Your posts can be added to your website in the form of a blog, newsroom, resource center, or anything that will allow users to feel like you are adding value to their experience.<\/p>\n

    We\u2019ll focus specifically on how the components in each of these posts work for good SEO and how to use them as a blueprint for continued good practices.<\/p>\n

    Topics will include:<\/p>\n