{"id":296,"date":"2011-08-16T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.la.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2012-11-08T04:22:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T12:22:17","slug":"sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop sessions\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid_6 alpha\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-479\" class=\"session odd post-479 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-developer\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-server-transfers-getting-it-right-the-first-time\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress Server Transfers &#8211; Server to Server and .com to Self Hosted (.org)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Brad Markle <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/developer\/\">Developer Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s almost inevitable that you&#8217;ll one day need to transfer your WordPress site from one server to another. Our goal in this session is to explain the basics of a server transfer so that you&#8217;ll have enough confidence to never feel like you&#8217;re held hostage by a bad hosting company.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-server-transfers-getting-it-right-the-first-time\/#more-479\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading WordPress Server Transfers &#8211; Server to Server and .com to Self Hosted (.org)\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-349\" class=\"session even post-349 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/design-seo-and-selling-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDesign, SEO and Selling WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Matthew Lawson <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Working as a freelance web designer and at several small studios, I\u2019ve gained some experience in designing and marketing websites to small businesses. Since I started using WordPress for most of my websites, I\u2019ve found that the value that independent designers are able to offer their clients increases exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>Pairing WordPress on-site SEO advances with an intelligent and realistic internet marketing campaign will generate new focused leads with minimal upkeep. If you can design beautiful and eye-catching websites and gear them for better search engine visibility, then you\u2019re in business.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/design-seo-and-selling-wordpress\/#more-349\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Design, SEO and Selling WordPress\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-347\" class=\"session odd post-347 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-developer\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/170-radio-stations-wordpress-at-scale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t170 Radio Stations: WordPress at Scale\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Peter Chester <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/developer\/\">Developer Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We launched over 170 sites in 4 months starting from scratch. In this session, I will give an overview of what\u2019s involved in producing and launching a high traffic (many million uniques per month) network of WordPress blogs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Architecting for scale<\/li>\n<li>Coding practices<\/li>\n<li>Performance tuning<\/li>\n<li>Launching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/170-radio-stations-wordpress-at-scale\/#more-347\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 170 Radio Stations: WordPress at Scale\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-345\" class=\"session even post-345 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/digital-subscriptions-to-your-content\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDigital Subscriptions to Your Content\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Matt Mitchell <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Online content creators struggle to monetize their content effectively with a pure advertising model. At MediaPass we\u2019ve helped hundreds of publishers sell subscriptions to their online content, giving us a unique expertise in digital subscriptions. The subject of online paywalls is very topical right now. Unfortunately, however, there\u2019s a lot of speculation and not a lot of data.<\/p>\n<p>Topics to discuss:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         How and why you should be considering charging for some content<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Pros and cons of various subscription strategies<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         What content is best for subscriptions and why it may not matter<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         And more!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/digital-subscriptions-to-your-content\/#more-345\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Digital Subscriptions to Your Content\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-342\" class=\"session odd post-342 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-developer\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/a-case-study-of-the-wordpress-architecture-used-at-pmc\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnatomy of a high volume, cloud-based WordPress architecture\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Gabriel Koen <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/developer\/\">Developer Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This talk outlines our current Amazon Web Services-hosted environment, how and why we moved from our self-managed data center to the cloud, the problems we encountered and how we overcame them.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/a-case-study-of-the-wordpress-architecture-used-at-pmc\/#more-342\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Anatomy of a high volume, cloud-based WordPress architecture\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-340\" class=\"session even post-340 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-developer\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/theming-for-the-massses\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTheming for the Massses\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Michael Fields <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/developer\/\">Developer Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This talk will be a continuation of the talk I gave at WordCamp Seattle earlier this year. It focuses on my experience creating a theme for public release in the official WordPress Theme directory. The original presentation can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.mfields.org\/2011\/theming-for-the-masses\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My goal with the second talk would be to pull key elements from this presentation, but introduce some new concepts that I learned during the process creating my second theme for public release. I intend to create a totally new presentation; not just recycle the old one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/theming-for-the-massses\/#more-340\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Theming for the Massses\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-338\" class=\"session odd post-338 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/the-third-wordpress-niche-multisite-networks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Third WordPress: Niche MultiSite Networks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Marty Thornley <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You often hear about the two versions of WordPress \u2013 .com and .org. With the .com version users get a free, easy to use version that is limited in functionality and not very customizable. With the .org, users get a self-hosted version that is fully customizable but requires programming knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Developers have built an industry around the .org version creating and selling premium themes and plugins, offering membership to support sites, or creating custom sites for clients one at a time.<br \/>\nWith the addition and growth of MultSite (formerly MU), WordPress is capable of a whole new way of doing things, bringing the best of the .com and the .org worlds together.<\/p>\n<p>By creating a premium WordPress MultiSite installation targeted to a niche market, it is possible to provide an easy to use end user experience that provides premium themes and plugins and a level of customization tailored to that market.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/the-third-wordpress-niche-multisite-networks\/#more-338\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading The Third WordPress: Niche MultiSite Networks\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-336\" class=\"session even post-336 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-theme-workshop\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/an-introduction-to-child-theming\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn introduction to Child Theming\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by John Hawkins <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/theme-workshop\/\">Theme WorkShop Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019d like to give a presentation on how to get started building a child theme. showing things like importing CSS, overwriting files, functions, etc\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Click to see the video<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/an-introduction-to-child-theming\/#more-336\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading An introduction to Child Theming\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-334\" class=\"session odd post-334 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/winning-the-search-war-with-content\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWinning The Search War With Content\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Greg Taylor <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They say SEO is dead but that\u2019s not true, it\u2019s just a different animal now. By constructing well organized content you can rise through the ranks of the Internet clutter and gain key visibility and position your company and brand as subject matter experts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/winning-the-search-war-with-content\/#more-334\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Winning The Search War With Content\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-331\" class=\"session even post-331 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-theme-workshop\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/tips-tricks-for-taking-any-design-turning-it-into-a-custom-theme\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom PSD to WordPress: Tips &amp; Tricks for Taking Any Design &amp; Turning it Into a Custom Theme\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Kristin Falkner <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/theme-workshop\/\">Theme WorkShop Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Overview of the key concepts behind taking any design and turning it into a functional WordPress theme. Tips include base themes to work off, how to break up a PSD and its content into pieces suited for WordPress, the best plug-ins for heavy customization, etc. <\/p>\n<p>Click to see the video.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/tips-tricks-for-taking-any-design-turning-it-into-a-custom-theme\/#more-331\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading From PSD to WordPress: Tips &amp; Tricks for Taking Any Design &amp; Turning it Into a Custom Theme\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-329\" class=\"session odd post-329 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/three-timeless-principles-for-building-a-sustainable-online-presence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCreating an Online Presence: Three Timeless Principles for Building a Sustainable Online Presence\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Adam McLane <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This insightful workshop will take you from theory to practice by helping you understand not merely ways to do stuff, but also why and how stuff works. We\u2019ll start by exploring the foundational philosophies that drive the social media and Internet communities; then we\u2019ll discover three timeless principles for starting your online presence with audience. Most importantly you\u2019ll walk away with a strategy you can start right away.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/three-timeless-principles-for-building-a-sustainable-online-presence\/#more-329\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Creating an Online Presence: Three Timeless Principles for Building a Sustainable Online Presence\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"grid_6 omega\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-327\" class=\"session even post-327 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/how-to-manage-multiple-contributors-and-content\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow To Manage Multiple Contributors and Content\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Mike Lewis <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In an evolving digital journalism world you must focus on quality content, to keep driving traffic, subsequent revenue and site growth. Kapost (http:\/\/kapost.com) a WordPress plugin, helps online publishers manage multiple contributors with the Kapost online newsroom dashboard that seamlessly connects to all CMS\u2019 including WordPress (our favorite integration).<\/p>\n<p>Kapost helps editors assign stories to contributors, edit stories, manage their contributors with email notifications, track through an editorial calendar, pay their writers, performance metrics highlighting which writer brings in the most traffic,retweets and Facebook Likes and finally, posting directly to WordPress after pre-production.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in online publishing, I will cover how to effectively focus on managing contributors and integrating WordPress with Kapost to help alleviate the often administrative tasks of managing contributors and content. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/how-to-manage-multiple-contributors-and-content\/#more-327\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading How To Manage Multiple Contributors and Content\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-325\" class=\"session odd post-325 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-for-education-how-to-build-a-kickass-edu-site\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress for Education: How to build a kickass .edu site\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Marcus Cohn <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many school and .edu sites are still stuck in the 90\u2019s. They\u2019re quite often still hand-coded, lack a CMS, and miss the mark on today\u2019s design standards and best practices. WordPressis an excellent option for these sites and there are many great .edu sites that run on WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation will cover basic design elements and best practices surrounding SEO strategy and content development. And having a kick-ass site is just half the battle. We\u2019ll discuss ways to tackle slow-moving IT departments, secure buy-in from multiple stakeholders, and make your dream .edu site a reality.Additionally, we\u2019ll examine examples of both good and bad .edu website implementations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-for-education-how-to-build-a-kickass-edu-site\/#more-325\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading WordPress for Education: How to build a kickass .edu site\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-323\" class=\"session even post-323 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/designing-success-for-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDesigning Success for WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Cody Landefeld <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The goal of this session is achieve successful design principles overall for websites and how WordPress can help achieve this! We\u2019ll be covering how to identify a bad design, how to plan for an efficient design, and cover best practices for user experience in regards to websites and suggest strong strategies.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/designing-success-for-wordpress\/#more-323\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Designing Success for WordPress\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-321\" class=\"session odd post-321 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/the-anarchist-and-the-patriot-the-state-of-themes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Anarchist and the Patriot: The State of WP Themes, 2011\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Brandon Ryan Jones <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The number of free and premium themes for WordPress has EXPLODED over the past couple of years. As such, the range of quality and consistency from one theme to another can be enormous.<\/p>\n<p>The theme-ing business has quietly become a multi-million dollar cottage industry where single designers (like myself) are making upwards of $200,000 a year just by releasing themes.<\/p>\n<p>Much has been discussed across the net about design standards, coding best practices, and the ever changing theme environment \u2013 I\u2019d like to take the conversation a step further by examining the entire theme-marketplace as a whole and suggesting a \u201dmanifesto\u201d for theme designers.<\/p>\n<p>The main points will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Context: An overview of the theme industry as it stands right now.<\/li>\n<li>The need for higher review standards across the market<\/li>\n<li>The vast array of deprecated themes that stick around (but should be put to rest!)<\/li>\n<li>The need for themes to move AWAY from heavy options panels that lock users down to one theme.<\/li>\n<li>Where the true future of WordPress themes lies\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/the-anarchist-and-the-patriot-the-state-of-themes\/#more-321\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading The Anarchist and the Patriot: The State of WP Themes, 2011\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-319\" class=\"session even post-319 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-multisite\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress Multisite\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Wes Chyrchel  <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress has been greatly improved over the last few releases. Along with interface changes, the release of WordPress 3.0 combined WPMU into the standard version of WordPress. Though the setup seems simple there still are a few added steps to get WordPress Multisite setup and working correctly at the site and server level. Multisite is a great tool for many businesses who have multiple product sites or even multiple storefronts. With some added tricks and a few hacks you can push the limits of Multisite and manage several sites with a little effort. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-multisite\/#more-319\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading WordPress Multisite\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-317\" class=\"session odd post-317 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/launching-your-site-right\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaunching Your Site Right\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Chris Lema <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With almost 10,000 on the platform, I have probably made more mistakes than anyone else when it comes to using WordPress to launch a web site. From blog to corporate site, WordPress can do just about anything. So what should you know NOT to do? What are the best plugins to use as you get started? What other plugins might you want to consider? Should you use a free or premium theme, and is that even the right question? This and more is what we\u2019ll cover as we talk about launching your site right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/cflema\/launch-right\">http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/cflema\/launch-right<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/launching-your-site-right\/#more-317\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Launching Your Site Right\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-315\" class=\"session even post-315 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-beginner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-ux-flight-check\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress UX Flight Check\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Jeremy Harrington <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/beginner\/\">Beginner Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Delivering compelling user experiences today means having all of the right elements in place. Everything from comments to social tools to performance and page load effect how and if your users interact and return to your site. In this talk I\u2019ll walk through some user experience basics and bring it all together with a useful checklist of user experience elements that any publisher will find useful when it comes time to launch.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/wordpress-ux-flight-check\/#more-315\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading WordPress UX Flight Check\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-313\" class=\"session odd post-313 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/mobile-theme-checklist\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMobile Theme Checklist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Jordan Acosta <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There\u2019s a lot of material out there to help designers and developers make their themes mobile-friendly, but it can be difficult to find all the best sources and be sure that you have all your bases covered. I discovered this recently while making a new theme for my own site, and decided to make a WordPress-specific checklist of all the code I would need to make sure that my theme would work reliably and consistently on tablets and smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>My presentation will take the audience step-by-step through the necessary HTML, CSS, and Javascript, covering what the code does and where it should go in a theme. Time permitting, I\u2019ll discuss the more challenging aspects of mobile design in more detail, such as the difference between virtual and device pixels, how the behavior of view-ports affect page layout, and the different ways of detecting a device\u2019s screen size.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/mobile-theme-checklist\/#more-313\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Mobile Theme Checklist\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-311\" class=\"session even post-311 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/information-architecture\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInformation Architecture\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Justin Dorman <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>how to optimize their WordPress sites for speed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/information-architecture\/#more-311\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Information Architecture\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-294\" class=\"session odd post-294 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-intermediate\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/session\/buddypress-101\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBuddyPress 101\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Ryan Fugate <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2011\/track\/intermediate\/\">Intermediate Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learn how <a href=\"http:\/\/buddypress.org\">BuddyPress<\/a> can make your WordPress site social.<\/p>\n<p>Topics to be covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What BuddyPress is, an overview of it\u2019s features.<\/li>\n<li>How you can get BuddyPress?<\/li>\n<li>How to install BuddyPress, adding to an existing WordPress blog.<\/li>\n<li>How you can extend BuddyPress to add more features. 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