2013 content ideas
From WPUK wiki
Post session ideas for the WordCamp Windsor UK 2013 running order either below or via the WPUK contact form
In either case please follow the format of ideas already posted:
- 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 25 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.
- 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
Panel:
Tags: Beginner, Intermediate, CSS, Themes, Plugins, SEO
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: Tony Scott
Speaker:
Tags: Beginner, Intermediate
Git revision control for beginners
Introduction to Git.
Idea: Tony Scott
Speaker:
Tags: Beginner,
Building intelligent custom themes
Building upon my presentation at WordCamp Edinburgh 2012, we will go deeper into a number of practical examples that can be used to build smarter, more flexible custom themes for WordPress for you and your clients!
Idea: Jonny Allbut
Speaker: Jonny Allbut
Tags: Intermediate, Advanced
EU Cookie Law update
Just hold a thought here for the time being. By July 2013 there may be nothing at all to talk about regarding the EU cookie law and WordPress. On the other hand, there may be lots to talk about.
Idea: Heather Burns
Speaker: Heather Burns
Tags: Intermediate, plugins, legal, law
Build a Mobile First theme
How to build a theme using the Mobile First approach. Including:
- What is Mobile First?
- Benefits of Mobile First
- Preparing to build a Mobile First theme
- Mobile First media queries
- Step by step demonstration of building a Mobile First theme, with live coding (eek!)
(N.B. This replaces my original idea for a session on WordPress web apps. I delivered the web apps presentation to WP London recently so many of the people at WC Windsor will have seen it).
Idea: Rachel McCollin
Speaker: Rachel McCollin
Tags: Intermediate, Developers
Social sales
I've given a number of presentations around social selling - the easy way not the nasty in your face hard nosed sales guy route.
Idea: Richard Young
Speaker: Richard Young
Tags:
Closed loop blogging
We've got an integration with WordPress (to Nimble) that allows you to capture the contact details of registrations and therefore use them later as a marketing list.
Idea: Richard Young
Speaker: Richard Young
Tags:
Extending WordPress using the Magic Fields 2 plugin
Extending WordPress as a CMS using the Magic Fields 2 plugin.
I will cover a little about how it works, examples of what it could be used for ie linking larger datasets, theme development using it and the hooks that are available.
Also how you can control all of your custom post / custom fields / custom taxonomies within one dashboard, the advantages of using it over other similar plugins like PODS (it doesn't need its own query) or others that will create custom post types for you.
And how it can drastically reduce build time even though as a developer it seems like cheating to use a plugin to create custom posts etc.
Idea: Kirsty Burgoine
Speaker: Kirsty Burgoine
Tags: developers
Improving the media flow
Talking about dealing with a lot of images and how to find them.
Also how to make the edit flow better.
Showing plugins you can use for it.
Idea: Marko Heijnen
Speaker: Marko Heijnen
Tags:
A Beginners Guide to Web Accessibility
A session for those who've never heard of web accessibility, or are unsure what it means.
Presentation will be structured around some fundamental questions:
- What is accessibility?
- Why is it important?
- Who is affected by poor accessibility?
- How can accessibility be improved?
- When to think about accessibility?
Idea: Graham Armfield
Speaker: Graham Armfield
Tags: developers, users, accessibility, beginners, experts
Demonstrating Assistive Technology
During this session I'd give an in-depth demonstration of two forms of assistive technology:
- NVDA screen reader - as used by those with visual and cognitive impairments
- Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition software - as used by those with motor impairments
These tools are vital to allow some people to interact with their entire desktop/laptop - not just browse the web. But they are complex beasts that take some learning. So let me show you some key functionality and the way that simple changes within websites can make real differences to some people.
Idea: Graham Armfield
Speaker: Graham Armfield
Tags: developers, users, accessibility, beginners, experts
So how do I know if my WordPress website is accessible?
Most people have heard of web accessibility and understand why it might be important. But not everyone is clear about the key issues involved, and how to measure accessibility.
I've distilled some key web accessibility guidelines down into a series of simple yes/no questions - questions that anyone can answer about their own websites. These questions do not cover every single accessibility consideration, but if you can give the right answer to these questions your website is going to be more accessible that a great many sites out there.
As well as the list of questions I'll introduce a simple (and free) toolkit that you can put together to help answer the questions.
Idea: Graham Armfield
Speaker: Graham Armfield
Tags: developers, users, testers, accessibility, beginners, experts
WordPress and Web Accessibility 2013: How far we've come, and where to next?
My presentation at WPUK last year focussed amongst other things on the accessibility deficiencies within the WordPress admin screens. Excellent response and suggestions from the floor resulted in in some meaningful engagement with WordPress developers and some really positive accessibility improvements within 3.5.
But some big pieces didn't make it into 3.5, and worse still, 3.5 saw more new functionality introduced that had poor accessibility – please step forward the new Add Media panel.
WordPress is such a big global force now, and much is made of its part in the 'democratisation of content'. But should ensuring the future accessibility of WordPress just be left to the efforts of a small bunch of volunteers who try to spot problems after they've occurred? Or should there be more of a culture change that would see accessibility being considered during design and development?
Idea: Graham Armfield
Speaker: Graham Armfield
Tags: accessibility, design, development
SEO Plugins Smackdown. There can only be one winner...
You want your website to be accessible to search engines? It makes sense since that's where between 25% and 60% of your traffic will come from. We take a detailed look at the 3 biggest SEO plugins on wordpress and compare them on features and benefits.
- WordPress SEO by Yoast
- All in One SEO Pack
- SEO Ultimate
Then with the winning plugin, go into the most useful housekeeping tips for keeping your site friendly for search engines.
Idea: Nick Garner
Speaker: Nick Garner
Tags: seo, plugins, onsite seo
Building a successful WordPress freelance business
What does it take to be a successful freelancer? I'll look at the whole process from winning your first bits of work, through proven methods for tackling projects, to building a freelance WordPress agency and taking on staff.
Working on a start-up for WordPress developers and freelancers, we've found out just how differently people approach the business of freelancing. Some are definitely better (and more profitable) than others. I want to share some of the knowledge, processes and resources that I've built along the road to being a successful freelancer.
This session would be aimed at those who are new to WordPress and to those who have been freelancing for a little while but want to do things better and/or build their business/profitability.
Here's a version of the talk I gave for @WordSesh at the weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLBokGYzhEc&list=PL9bmvLB3RpG7zGrbwbd2R9a2tqT-FiYiG&index=10
Idea: David Lockie
Speaker: David Lockie
Tags: beginner, business, development
Outside The Bubble
A lot has happened since WordPress began, yet a lot of the benefits outside of our community bubble are foreign and unknown. What is PEAR? Isn't a composer something you have in an Orchestra? What are all these standards that have cropped up? PHP as a framework? Silex? Symfony?
The rest of the PHP community has moved on, and a lot of people are totally unaware of what's happening and of new paradigms and shiny things that have cropped up. This session will cover what happened to the rest of the PHP community, some of the things that have been created, and what can be brought back into WordPress.
Idea: Tom J Nowell
Speaker: Tom J Nowell
Tags: developers, advanced, experts
Passwords and beyond
WordPress has recently experienced large-scale password brute-force attacks.
I have been designing and developing authentication solutions for startups as well as large banks as a consultant. Using my experience, I have designed a system for easy and secure password management.
There is a number of options that could make WordPress much more secure and I would like to present possible solutions and how they are suitable for future versions of WordPress.
I can show how strength of passwords can be measured, compare passwords with one-time passwords, as well as show how to create a layered password system with minimum impact on users.
Idea: Dan Cvrcek
Speaker: Dan Cvrcek
Tags: security, passwords, authentication, otp, cryptography, developers, experts
