Last month, during WordCamp Boston 2012 which took place on the 14th and the 15th of July 2012 Derek Christensen has given an awesome session entitled: From PSD to WordPress Theme: Bringing designs to life where he discussed how to convert a beautiful web layout into a fully working WordPress theme. The session is full of tips and smart tricks, so without further ado, here’s the video of the session…
On Saturday, I joined my first ever WordCamp, by watching the live stream. Given how cheap it is ($10 for the live stream), I would recommend attendance to one in the future, if you have the opportunity. There’s a lot of useful information on offer, so it will be the cheapest WordPress crash course…
A couple of days ago, Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress addressed the 2012 San Francisco’s WordCamp. Here’s the speech, but first, a few notes…
All over the world people are getting together to talk about WordPress. Developers, designers, bloggers, writers, small-business owners, software engineers, system admins, mobile developers, BuddyPress developers, SEO experts, consultants, people…
In this video recorded during WordCamp Toronto 2011, Chip Bennett who is a member and administrator of the WordPress Theme Review Team that reviews/approves themes for inclusion in the WordPress Theme Repository is giving his tips, best practices when working on and uploading a theme to the official WordPress Themes Directory.
If you’re using WordPress as a development platform or following a software life cycle things become a little tricky. In this video, from WordCamp Louisville Jason McCreary talks about different ways to migrate WordPress between different environments smoothly, including: code, database, and environment specific checks. Although some aspects of the talk may be advanced, there are demos, and code samples.
Taking place the weekend of November 12th, WordCamp Detroit is only about a month away now. To remind everyone just how close the event is, organizer Anthony Montalbano has published a working schedule for…
The WordCamp Philly organizers have released the schedule, which this year includes four tracks: User, Power User, Developer and Designer. Each has seven presentations that will run about an hour long a piece…
WordPress.tv has posted Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word 2011 address. Even if you weren’t able to attend WordCamp San Francisco, this video should give you some of the recent highlights from the WordPress community…
During WordCamp Montreal which is taking place this weekend, there was an awesome session presented by Shannon Smith and Kathryn Presner. The session was entitled Beginner’s Guide to WordPress where they talk about WordPress specifically for newbie bloggers, designers and developers of all sorts of backgrounds…
WordPress enthusiasts will soon be gravitating towards the Kansas City area for the first ever WordCamp KC. The event will take place over the weekend of June 11th and 12th and feature a line-up that is jam-packed with 24 speakers, including…
It was about six months ago that previous Chicago organizer Lisa Sabin-Wilson announced she would…
In this infographic we attempt to explain what is a WordCamp, history of WordCamps, Who is the WordCamp for, what should you expect when attending WordCamps, and what are the benefits of attending a WordCamp…
Looking for something fun to do during your summer vacation? Why not check out a WordCamp! WordCamps are locally-organized casual conferences of, by, and for WordPress users, developers, and enthusiasts just like you. The focus of a WordCamp is to foster face-to-face connections and collaboration among the local WordPress crowd, but there are usually some out-of-towners …
WordCamp New Zealand is locking down final details for the February 19th and 20th event. It is a “twin event” with WordCamp Melbourne, which will be February 26th and 27th. So if you are considering a long haul to make it…
WordCamp Atlanta 2.0 is officially on the calendar for May 6-7th (Friday and Saturday). Last year’s camp was in January, so this one is a bit later. Tessa Horehled, co-founder of the event, made the announcement on the WordCamp Atlanta…