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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/12/30

Posted on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 at 2:27 am by John Parkinson

This week we have two videos featuring the WordPress Command Line Interface

As stated on the WP-CLI website: it is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, configure multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser.

Matt Mullenweg recently posted on the make.wordpress.org/core page about the wp-cli future and how it is coming under the umbrella of WordPress.org. You can read the entire post HERE along with all of the comments.

From WordCamp Katmandu 2016.

Suwash Kunwar: Administer WordPress with WP-CLI

Suwash gives a basic overview on how to use the WP command line interface in order to complete regular administrative tasks like upgrades,

http://wordpress.tv/2016/12/02/suwash-kunwar-administer-wordpress-with-wp-cli/

Slides for this presentation can be found HERE.

And this video from WordCamp Denver 2016.

Chris Mospaw: Leveraging WP-CLI

This talk starts by briefly touching on setup and installation, and then moves into some of the basic commands.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/09/chris-mospaw-leveraging-wp-cli/

Slides for this presentation can be found HERE.

 

 

 

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/12/23

Posted on Friday, December 23rd, 2016 at 11:31 am by John Parkinson

This week we feature two videos that highlight marketing techniques.

Sarah Moore: Social Media Marketing with Video in 2016

WordCamp Sunshine Coast 2016 was held at the Innovation Centre at Sippy Downs in Queensland Australia on May 7th and 8th of this year.

In this presentation Sarah looks at the current social media marketing trend (which is here to stay) – video marketing (included throughout the presentation are statistics and case studies).

https://wordpress.tv/2016/12/22/sarah-moore-social-media-marketing-with-video-in-2016/

Slides for her presentation can be found HERE.

Erik Bernskiöld: Content Marketing Done Right For Everybody

WordCamp Stockholm 2016 was held at the Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm, Sweden on November 22nd and 23rd.

In today’s world, it is all about content marketing. Doing it right means thinking about a lot of different things. 

https://wordpress.tv/2016/12/05/erik-bernskiold-content-marketing-done-right-for-everybody/

Slides for his presentation can be found HERE.

Now for a bonus video!

WordCamp Sunshine Coast Testimonials

Troy Dean of Melbourne Australia likes to record testimonial videos while he attends WordCamps. Troy spent some time at WordCamp Sunshine Coast 2016 talking with people and getting their thoughts about WordCamps.

Thanks Troy! I appreciate your hard work.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/02/wordcamp-sunshine-coast-testimonials/

 

 

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/12/16

Posted on Friday, December 16th, 2016 at 1:28 pm by John Parkinson

I have a confession to make. This first video is one that I have been keeping a look out for since it was done at WordCamp Ann Arbor 2016. I admit that I may have a jaundiced view point, kind of like – If I hit my finger with this 16 pound sledge hammer, it MAY hurt.

Kyle Maurer and Adam Silver: WP Battles – Hacker vs. Webmaster

Ladies and gentleman, its Cyber Shield (Adam Silver) versus Malwarious (Kyle Maurer), its good versus evil, cute cats and puppies versus mean people.

The Internet is a battleground. It’s true. Every minute of every day, a war is being fought.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/12/15/kyle-maurer-and-adam-silver-wp-battles-hacker-vs-webmaster/

This is actually the third WP Battle presentation these two have done. A rap battle was done at WordCamp Ann Arbor 2015 and then a political style debate at WordCamp NEO 2016.

Pippin Williamson: Answers by Pippin

I had the misfortune of presenting in the same time slot as Pippin at a WordCamp a couple of years ago. I had three people (two feel asleep) and he had a standing room only crowd. This video is from WordCamp US 2016.

Pippin will answer some of the questions he is asked most often in regard to plugin development, business, managing a team, life, and other subjects.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/12/10/pippin-williamson-answers-by-pippin/

For more great videos visit WordPress TV.

 

 

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/12/09

Posted on Friday, December 9th, 2016 at 11:07 am by John Parkinson

As a WordPress user (maybe you can read that as an intermediate beginner), a lot of the content on WordPress TV is very interesting to me: SEO, REST API, blogging, themes, plugins, etc. Now, implementing what I watch in the videos is another issue best not discussed here.

These two videos come from WordCamp Milano 2016 which was held on October 22nd.

Torsten Landsiedel: The Child-Theme-Dilemma

In his presentation, Torsten talks about the reasons users should use child themes to make customizations to their sites.

A talk for people who don’t want to be beginner any longer and need to be intermediates. 

http://wordpress.tv/2016/12/02/torsten-landsiedel-the-child-theme-dilemma/

Slides for his presentation can be seen HERE.

Bernhard Kau: Child Plugins

Wait…..whaaaat? Child Plugins? That is correct! Bernard discusses the concept of a “child” plugin to make modifications without making changes to the original code.

In this session I would like to present some of there techniques and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/21/bernhard-kau-child-plugins-2/

Slides for his presentation can be found HERE.

For more great videos go to WordPress TV.

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/12/02

Posted on Friday, December 2nd, 2016 at 11:00 am by John Parkinson

I am a WordPress user and I am sure there are a lot of folks like myself who are confused to a certain extent about what exactly the REST API is and does. I hope that these two videos will help users and beginners have a better understanding of what the  REST API is capable of.

Siobhan McKeown: The WordPress REST API – A Guide for the Perplexed

Siobhan McKeown gave this presentation at WordCamp Milano 2016. The talk is geared towards non-developers where she explains the concept behind the WordPress REST API.

Everyone’s taking about the WordPress REST API. Everyone says that it’s going to transform WordPress. But what actually is it?

https://wordpress.tv/2016/11/16/siobhan-mckeown-the-wordpress-rest-api-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/

Michael Martin: WordPress Rest API – How To Build A Webapp

Michael Martin’s presentation at WordCamp Belfast 2016 is about using building apps using custom post types, meta boxes, and the REST API.

Building a single page app in React or Angular and need to let the client manage content? Or support multiple languages?

https://wordpress.tv/2016/11/02/michael-martin-wordpress-rest-api-how-to-build-a-webapp/

Slides for his presentation can be found HERE.

For more great videos from WordCamps around the world go to WordPress TV.

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/11/25

Posted on Friday, November 25th, 2016 at 11:13 am by John Parkinson

Before I get to the video highlights this week, I wanted to put out a call to action.

While searching for videos to highlight I came across the fact that there are only 109 videos from WordPress Meetups. I took a quick look at Meetup.com and found out that there are over 1,100 WordPress Meetup groups with 376,000 members. I know it can be inconvenient to setup a video camera to record a meeting but I think that these would be a fantastic addition to WordPress TV. You can upload WordPress related videos on the WordPress TV Submit Page.

Now….on to the videos!

Pascal Birchler: Internationalization Improvements in WordPress 4.6 And Beyond

This video comes to us from WordCamp Geneva.

In this talk, Pascal talks about all the recent improvements to i18n (internationalization) and l10n (localization) in WordPress 4.6 and upcoming versions.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/22/pascal-birchler-internationalization-improvements-in-wordpress-4-6-and-beyond/

Adam W. Warner: WordPress Security for Beginners – Simple Steps to Build Your Master Plan

From WordCamp Baltimore, Adam Warner talks about the fact that security can seem intimidating and complex for many of us, but we shouldn’t (can’t) let that stop us from making sure we’re doing everything we can to secure our WordPress sites.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/22/adam-w-warner-wordpress-security-for-beginners-simple-steps-to-build-your-master-plan/

His presentation slides can be seen HERE.

For more great videos visit WordPress TV.

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/11/18

Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2016 at 10:49 am by John Parkinson

The videos highlighted this week are geared towards getting young people involved in WordPress, blogging and programming.

As the grandfather of a 9 year old granddaughter, I find myself  talking with her parents discussing technology, internet safety, security, blogging, programming, etc.

I would love to chat with someone who is involved in a program for kids. This is something that I have on my “To Do” list for the WordPress Community Interview Series. If you know of someone or would like to chat about the it, please leave a comment!

The first video is from WordCamp Cape Town 2015. There is a local program called Code 4 Cape Town that encourages young women to become involved in technology to create a greater diversity in the South African tech industry.

Emma Dicks: Code For Cape Town

https://wordpress.tv/2015/03/10/emma-dicks-code-for-cape-town/

The next video comes from WordCamp Orange County 2016. It is a fact that that children are using gadgets at an earlier age every year. Tabitha talks about getting kids involved in WordPress.

Tabitha Chapman: Kids and WordPress

https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/02/tabitha-chapman-kids-wordpress/

Presentation slides can be seen HERE.

For more WordCamp video visit WordPress TV.

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/11/11

Posted on Friday, November 11th, 2016 at 11:06 am by John Parkinson

Before we get started on this week’s videos, we want to call attention to the Polyglots Team translation efforts on November 12th. Global WordPress Translation Day 2 is a 24 hour event dedicated to translating WordPress and making it available to more people around the world.

This week we again feature two videos from two different WordCamps.

Pippin Williamson and Caleb Burks: eCommerce Town Hall

From WordCamp Denver, Pippin and Caleb discuss eCommerce in a Town Hall setting.

Building a WordPress site is one thing – turning that site into a revenue-generating machine is another.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/09/pippin-williamson-and-caleb-burks-ecommerce-town-hall/

Ivana Ćirković: How I Met Your WordPress

This video is from WordCamp Bucharest and features Ivana Ćirković talking about her WordPress journey. Ivana discusses her start as a blogger / website owner and goes through her experience of learning about WordPress, SEO and customer relations.

Talking about her experience with WordPress from the beginnings, Ivana wants to inspire others to be part of this growing community and share all the benefits WordPress has to offer.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/03/ivana-cirkovic-how-i-met-your-wordpress/

Her slide presentation can be seen HERE.

For great video, please visit WordPress TV.

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/11/04

Posted on Friday, November 4th, 2016 at 9:39 am by John Parkinson

Before we take a look at the featured videos today, I wanted to mention some interesting stats about the number of videos being published on WordPress TV.

As we know, the number of WordCamps has been steadily increasing over the years. So too have the number of videos being published. BUT what has caught my attention is the large increase of videos coming from WordCamps. In 2012 the average number of videos published was 6 per WordCamp. In 2015 that number grew to 16 published videos per WordCamp. Some WordCamps are able to hire profession firms to record, edit and upload videos but the majority of video content is recorded by volunteers. You can see below the actual numbers below. FYI: as of todays date, over 1100 videos have been published for 2016. Let’s give a big shout out to the volunteers who are helping with this effort.

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OK, now onto the videos!

Gerroald Barron: Beginner WordPress Security

For beginners and users comes this video from WordCamp Birmingham 2016. Gerroald talks about the basics on hardening your WordPress application and best security practices. The importance of Strong passwords, Two-Factor, secure file permissions, using SFTP encryption, changing Salts and the importance of maintaining backups and updates.
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http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/03/gerroald-barron-beginner-wordpress-security-2/

Presentation slides can be see HERE.

Björn Wijers: The Benefits Of Your Own Internal WordPress.org Like Repository

This video comes to us from WordCamp Nederland 2016. Björn talks about pro and cons of having your own WordPress.org like repository for your organisation and to create one yourself.Also, he discusses how to setup an internal WordPress repository for clients using github-updater, Git, Atlassian’s Bitbucket Server.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/11/01/bjorn-wijers-the-benefits-of-your-own-internal-wordpress-org-like-repository/

For more great videos go to WordPress TV.

 

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WordCamp Video Highlight 2016/10/28

Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2016 at 8:23 am by John Parkinson

Troy Dean from Melbourne, Australia submitted this 5 minute video that was shot during WordCamp Sydney 2016. Over 250 people attended the two day event. The video crew asked a series of questions to WordCamp attendees, speakers and volunteers. I recently tried to do a testimonial video at a recent WordCamp but my work pales in comparison to this video. Fantastic video folks!

http://wordpress.tv/2016/10/25/wordcamp-testimonials/

This presentation by Felix Arntz was given at WordCamp Antwerp 2016 and covers Multisite and Multinetwork WordPress installations. Felix gives an introduction, then talks about the benefits of using multisite and then covers developer guidelines.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/10/17/felix-arntz-multisite-and-multinetwork/

Slides for the presentation can be found HERE.

For more great videos go to WordPress TV.