Adam Silver (@heyadamsilver) gave a talk titled Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles & Solutions on Saturday, April 30 at 1:00 PM.
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter: Continue reading Recap: Adam Silver’s Breakdown of Beginner Struggles & Solutions
Patrick Elward (@chiwebmgmt) gave a talk titled WooCommerce Basics on Saturday, April 30 at 9:00 AM.
WordCamp Chicago, get the WooCommerce files here: https://t.co/f3p6fOKfq3 #wcchi
— Patrick Elward (@chiwebmgmt) April 30, 2016
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter: Continue reading Recap: Patrick Elward’s WooCommerce Basics
Andrew Wikel (@slash1andy) gave a talk titled Customer Information Security in E-Commerce on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM.
Torque Magazine interviewed Andrew about his 3 biggest security peeves:
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter: Continue reading Recap: Andrew Wikel’s Customer Information Security in E-Commerce
Lisa Ghisolf (@gizmodesign) gave a talk titled The good, the bad & the ugly of finding & keeping work as a freelancer on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM.
Slides for #wcchi The Good, Bad & Ugly of #Freelancing: https://t.co/pDIDkXHngc #wcchicago @WordCampChicago
— gizmodesign (@gizmodesign) April 30, 2016
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter: Continue reading Recap: Lisa Ghisolf on the good, bad, and ugly of freelancing
Nancy Bishop (@nsbishop) gave a talk titled Third Coast Review: How an all-volunteer team is building a new website on Saturday, April 30 at 9:00 AM.
Boone Gorges gave a talk titled Backward Compatibility as a Design Principle on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM.
Slides for WordCamp Chicago talk, on WP's approach to backward compatibility https://t.co/II2PB7k0Hp #wcchi
— Boone B. Gorges (@boone) April 30, 2016
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
Back that thing up…. #WordPress backwards compatibility presentation from @boone #wcchi pic.twitter.com/iRLc2ck7Qt
— Scott Winterroth (@swinterroth) April 30, 2016
WP versioning is an implicit promise that once APIs are added they won’t take them away. That’s why really old themes will still work #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
Funny guy! #1 heartthrob 🙂 #wcchi pic.twitter.com/1AoOFvqiuX
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
100% backward compatibility = no changes. Even a bug fix will break someone's workaround, somewhere #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
Watching @boone talk about Backward Compatibility. And saying "do do" #WCChi pic.twitter.com/xPWZ0JlxEN
— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) April 30, 2016
Updates have to break something? WP contributors say Hey HEY HEEEYYY w/ copious documentation and outreach (for small % affected) #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
@Boone WordPress "filters are promises" #WCChi
— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016
Part of reason Drupal ends up costing more #rebuild #wcchi #WCChicago @adarco pic.twitter.com/nUB8an8LBq
— Katie (@KatieM1105) April 30, 2016
"We broke [backward compatibility] and in the end we got a better product." @jjj @boone @buddypress #wcchi
— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016
Compatibility vs. Progress, balancing them to avoid breaching trust. #wcchi
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
@boone with a great presentation on WP backward compatibility at #wcchi refreshing to hear a skilled wordsmith!
— WJD • NotWade (@_NotWade) April 30, 2016
@boone with a great presentation on WP backward compatibility at #wcchi refreshing to hear a skilled wordsmith!
— WJD • NotWade (@_NotWade) April 30, 2016
It would be hard to miss the impact of podcasters and videos at WordCamp Chicago – we had speakers, sessions, and live interviews happening at the event and several attendees have posted recaps too.
Here’s a quick roundup if you missed any or want to find great podcasters and channels to follow in the future:
Torque interviewed several speakers after their sessions, which you can find in their YouTube playlist WordCamp Chicago 2016
Torque Talks From WordCamp Chicago 2016 [Video Interviews] https://t.co/tarm0x1z6x #wcchi pic.twitter.com/I9XVKssytC
— Torque (@TheTorqueMag) May 2, 2016
Adam Silver interviewed Maddy Osman, another speaker, about her experience as a first time attendee at WordCamp Chicago on his kitchensinkwp podcast:
This week I talk with @maddyosman about being a 1st time #WordCamp attendee & speaker! https://t.co/oEMGUHssmg #Community #WCChi
— KitchensinkWP (@kitchensinkwp) May 2, 2016
Andy Nathan used Facebook Live to capture the two sessions listed above, and posted about his use of the tool:
WordCamp Chicago Facebook Live: As WordCamp Chicago wraps up, just wanted to do a quick post about Face… https://t.co/LzeRtuAFy3 #blog
— Andy Nathan (@andynathan) May 1, 2016
Jeff Chandler of WPTavern posted his recap and talked about WordCamp Chicago in WPWeekly Episode 233 – Recap of WordCamp Chicago 2016
WPWeekly Episode 233 – Recap of WordCamp Chicago 2016 https://t.co/0SvIiy7aso pic.twitter.com/anS5y5PDQj
— wptavern (@wptavern) May 5, 2016
Are we missing any podcasts or videos we should include? Let us know in the comments!
Patrick Alexander (@balambi) gave a talk titled Your Ultimate Checklist after Launching Your WP Site on Saturday, April 30 at 9:00 AM.
Enjoyed giving the 1st talk -Your Ultimate Checklist after Launching Your WP Site -> @ #WCChicago #wcchi
Slides: https://t.co/f3DHqCnEgi— Patrick (@balambi) April 30, 2016
TorqueMag also interviewed Patrick with a quick tips video:
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
Use Yoast plug in for #SEO #wcchi pic.twitter.com/OhZimXK7vY
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/JessGarbarino/status/726414453403717633
Using Gmail to create email from your website domain. This is so cool! #wcchi pic.twitter.com/DpFvelESoB
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/ReTheMsg/status/726418072358273024
Use https://t.co/6b8HGkcUBF to force search engines to index site. #wcchi
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/JessGarbarino/status/726417032313495553
This isn’t a 100% comprehensive list. We’re planning a series of recap posts that will include sessions that didn’t have slides and more details for the ones listed here.
Want to see what everyone had to say during the presentations? You can view the live coverage on social media through our Storify account, organized by track.
Note: If you’re a speaker and would like to see your slides in this list, share them with us in the comments or on twitter and we’ll work to keep this updated.
Andrew Wikel is a speaker at WordCamp Chicago talking about Customer Information Security in E-Commerce. Get to know him below!
Andrew Wikel is a WooCommerce ninja at Automattic. He is committed to open source values and loves working with WordPress. He fell in love with WordPress in 2008, and has been working with it in some capacity since then. A husband, a father, a WordCamp addict, a coffee snob, lover of shiny things, and a California native living in Illinois.
2008, when my friends introduced it to me. I then started building sites in my spare time, eventually freelancing for a few years, before starting work with it full time.
I really enjoy sharing the knowledge that I have with others, and hope that it helps them become more successful (particularly in e-commerce, in this case.
I think that it’s mainly the community, and the openness of the training and the willingness of most people to help others out that aren’t as advanced as they are. I joined up with WordPress for the ease of use, and stuck around for the people involved in WordPress.
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