I’m honoured to be speaking at WordCamp Montreal on July 4th. I’m presenting a talk on the WordPress Customizer. WordPress Customizer: For Themes and More In WordPress 4.1 the “Theme Customizer” was changed to the “Customizer” with the intent that it could be used as the interface for any WordPress settings. Very few plugin authors,…
I’m really pleased to be a speaker at WordCamp Toronto 2014. If you use WordPress and have not been to a WordCamp, you should plan to attend one. WordCamps are great events at which to learn a lot about WordPress and meet people interested in and knowledgeable in WordPress. We’ll be having one in Ottawa…
It’s always a great day when you find out you’re speaking at a WordCamp. I just found out I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Montreal on Aug 16/17th. My talk this year will be about backing up your WordPress site. Backing up your WordPress website – it’s not optional Could you recover your WordPress website if…
I’m really excited to be presenting Introduction to WordPress jointly with one of my WordCamp Co-organizers, Jasmine Vesque, at WordCamp Ottawa this year. It’s going to add a new dimension to a presentation I’ve been doing for a few years now. Introduction to WordPress is for you if you’re a beginner who wants to learn…
WordCamp is returning to Ottawa. The second annual WordCamp Ottawa will be held in the Minto Centre at Carleton University on: Thursday, May 1, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., optional “Introduction to WordPress” for attendees who are new to WordPress Saturday, May 3, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring 45-minute sessions in three tracks Sunday,…
I’m excited to be presenting at WordCamp Toronto 2013 on October 5/6. This will be my 5th talk in Toronto and my 9th WordCamp presentation since my first in Toronto 2 years ago. My talk will be an introduction to WordPress plugins: A Peek into the World of WordPress Plugin Development Curious about what’s inside…
Woot! Just found out I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Montreal on June 39/30. My talk this year will be about Multilingual WordPress again, but more at a developer level (but beginner) this year: Tips and tricks for building multilingual sites. In this session I will share some practical tips and tricks I have learned while…
I’m going to be speaking at WordCamp Ottawa, twice! For the sessions on Saturday, I’ll be presenting a talk on multilingual sites in WordPress, and I’m also going to be presenting the Introduction to WordPress pre-camp session on Thursday before the main day of WordCamp: Getting WordPress to Speak Your Language WordPress is available in…
Getting a WordCamp in Ottawa is something that I’ve been involved in for a couple of years. It’s really great to see that it’s finally going to happen! The first ever WordCamp Ottawa will be: Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013 Time: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM Location: University of Ottawa, Montpetit Hall WordCamps are casual,…
This post is a quick summary of how to enable multisite on your WordPress install. You should be starting from a fresh WordPress install, anything else can cause issues. For a complete description of multisite and setting up multisite see the great reference created by Mika Epstein & Andrea Rennick: http://halfelf.org/ebooks/wordpress-multisite-110/ 1) Enable…
WordPress will be getting a new theme with version 3.5, the long awaited TwentyTwelve (which was supposed to ship in 3.4, but was not quite ready). Since it was almost ready for 3.4, it has been available for several months now if you knew where to find it. I’ve already built client site using it…
I’m headed back to Toronto in November as a presenter at the first ever Toronto WordCamp Developers! I’ll be talking about 2 somewhat related topics that come up quite often at the Ottawa WordPress Meetup: setting up development sites and migrating sites that have been developed into place on the production server. http://2012.torontodev.wordcamp.org/session/simple-wordpress-development-sites-and-site-migration/