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Using AJAX in Your Plugins (The Right Way)
AJAX is an incredible tool that can be used to enhance user interface and experience. Too bad that in reality, AJAX is straight up hard to understand and grasp if you have never used it before. In this presentation, I’ll … Continue reading Using AJAX in Your Plugins (The Right Way)
WordPress and Version Control: A Workflow
I’ve spent quite a bit of time refining and perfecting my development workflow. I’d like to share how I use WordPress with version control to still develop locally and easily push changes live with the push of a button. No … Continue reading WordPress and Version Control: A Workflow
How to Support The Masses (Without Loosing Your Mind)
For Developers, often the easiest part in writing a cool new plugin or theme is the coding. But the day comes that someone has a question, or a problem, and now you have to handle support too. This can scare … Continue reading How to Support The Masses (Without Loosing Your Mind)
Hosting Showdown: Shared, Dedicated, VPS, or Managed Hosting?
The “Right” WordPress hosting platform doesn’t exist, but the Right platform for YOUR site does. This talk breaks down the world of hosting in a way that is easy to understand, so you can make a decision as to what … Continue reading Hosting Showdown: Shared, Dedicated, VPS, or Managed Hosting?
WordPress Security – The Nity Gritty
As the name might imply, I want talk a little bit about this thing known as web-security. I want to expand on my previous presentations, updating it with the latest trends and sharing more insight into hardening techniques. I want … Continue reading WordPress Security – The Nity Gritty
The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities
WordPress’ roles seem simple enough on the surface, but behind the Administrator, Editor, and the other default roles is a powerful system that can be customized extensively. While some have said that other CMS’ have an advantage when it comes … Continue reading The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities
Why Your WordPress Site is Slow, and How to Fix it
The point of this discussion is to share things we’ve learnt at ZippyKid on how to speed up your WordPress site. I’m going to share some basic tips on what to do to speed things up by default, the first … Continue reading Why Your WordPress Site is Slow, and How to Fix it
