2012 content ideas
From WPUK wiki
Post session ideas for WordCamp ????? UK 2012 below.
- Precede names with flags to indicate:
- Idea - My idea and looking for speakers.
- Speaker - Will lead the session (if jointly post all names).
- Sessions are normally 50 minutes long. In rooms 2 and 3, as an option, shorter 30 minutes sessions can take place.
- Tag ideas with type and level
- To lead a session you must have a ticket for the event and, obviously, be present for the relevant session.
- The inclusion of any topic at the event will be confirmed by listing in the running order.
- To avoid breaking links do not edit the previously posted h2 session headings on this page.
- If you want to change the session heading create a new session with a different heading to avoid breaking links.
- Always add new ideas at the end.
Site doctors: Let the experts help you!
- Does your site feel off-colour? We can help! An active group discussion on how to improve your site including some great tips and tricks for any WordPress user, designer or developer.
- A call for sites to be submitted will be made nearer the conference - don't be scared, we are here to give you constructive feedback to improve your site!
Idea: Tony Scott Speakers: Jonny Allbut - theme design/creative) ADD YOUR NAME HERE!
Tags: Beginner, Intermediate, CSS, Themes, Plugins, SEO
Secure from the Start
Want to keep your WordPress site safe from hackers? This session is for you. A security orientated talk covering
- Risks and Pitfalls
- WordPress configuration
- Hosting considerations
- Must have plugins
- Additional config options
Speaker: Kieran O'Shea
Tags: developer, intermediate, advanced, plugins, security, hacking
A Tour 'Round the Core
- A guided tour by a core contributor around the core code, highlighting things (processes, classes, hooks, etc.) of particular importance for theme and plugin developers.
- Tips on exploring further on your own.
- Maybe a guide to using Trac?
Idea: Steve Taylor
Tags: Intermediate, Advanced, Developers
Happiness Bar
This will be an area were a number of experienced WordPress users will attempt to resolve, on a one-to-one basis, any WordPress questions and problems.
- Effectively genius bar, as previous years.
- Staffed throughout the two days (barring WC-wide session times)
- Designed to be as accessible as possible to the more inexperienced users
- See SxSW, WCSF, WCMTL, and many others for past examples
Idea: Hanni
Tags: Beginner, Intermediate
Turbo-charged Theme Design
- Learn ways of working efficiently in WordPress theme design
- Discover how to use WordPress core theme functionality to make flexible themes and options
- Tricks to solve common theme design challenges
Speaker: Jonny Allbut
Tags: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
ThemeHack
- A focused 2 hour (possibly on Saturday AND Sunday) group collaborative session for theme designers and coders.
- How far can we modify the latest core theme distributed with WordPress together?
- No plugins allowed! Just CSS, theme files and a functions.php!
Idea: Jonny Allbut
Tags: Intermediate, Advanced
WOW plugins
Showcase of really useful and excellent plugins people may have missed or are just unaware of.
Idea: Michael Kimb Jones
Tags: beginner, pro, plugins
So, how did you do that?
a number general show and tell sessions where people could demonstrate/discuss their solutions, offer up alternatives. This could be based around thematic areas:
- user management (membership, communities, authentication)
- events management
- use of custom post types
- innovative user interfaces (trends in UI design, the best [...sliders, widgets, ...])
- etc
It would be useful to have a volunteer to facilitate each of these sessions.
In Barcamp style we could ask participants to bring along an example of their approach to these areas, and use the time for groups of people to discuss common interest.
Idea: John Adams
Tags: Developer
Who, how and where - getting involved in WordPress
Ideally a panel which explores ways of getting involved in the WordPress projects. From the core, BuddyPress, theme reviews, forum help... and beyond. Aimed at showing those that are involved and also showing no matter what your skill set or time available there is always a way you can give back.
Idea: Tammie Lister
Speaker: Ideally this would be a panel, I am happy to lead it but really would like to get others also involved.
Tags: Community
Designing for communities with BuddyPress
This talk will show you how to consider the needs of your community when you are designing and ways to increase interaction in your community through the design. It will look at the challenges of designing for the community medium and touch on some basic design principles you can use to help your design.
Idea: Tammie Lister
Speaker: Tammie Lister.
Tags: Community
WordPress for mobile - 2012 update
This talk will give an update on the developments in this area since my talk last year, and build in some of the content and code discussed in last year's talk. It will cover:
- Mobile first
- Advances in handling images for mobile devices
- Themes and plugins released in the last year which help in this area
- A recap of some of the key points from last year, in particular on responsive design
Idea: Rachel McCollin
Speaker: Rachel McCollin
Tags: Developer, Intermediate, Themes, Plugins
Customizing WordPress Admin like a Boss
This talk will go through the main concepts of editing the WP admin area (mainly with custom post types), giving people ideas, tools and snippets to walk away with :
- Why customize?
- WP core functions for manipulating CPT's
- jQuery UI (with examples)
- LESS CSS (with examples)
- ... and more
Idea: Noel Tock
Speaker: Noel Tock
Tags: Developer, Interface, Intermediate, Advanced, Admin
BuddyPress 2012
An update on what's been happening in BuddyPress since WordCamp Portsmouth 2011. (specifics tba)
Idea: Paul Gibbs
Speaker: Paul Gibbs
Tags: Community, Intermediate
Lazy smart shortcodes
Ideas for reducing development time by using lazy, smart shortcodes. Lazy - the code's only loaded when the shortcode is used Smart - the shortcode understands the invocation context
Idea: Herb Miller
Speaker: Herb Miller
Tags: Intermediate, Advanced, CSS, Developer
