WordCamp Atlanta 2010 will be like no other WordCamp you’ve ever seen. From Adria Richards’ two hour workshop for WordPress beginners, to the Q&A from Mark Jaquith and discussions in between, we’ve worked hard to make the schedule a diverse selection that reflects Atlanta’s pool of talent and is sure to leave everyone engaged and with new ideas for the future.
Note: Sessions and discussions are subject to change. Keep up to date with us via email, Twitter, or Facebook.
Advanced Google Analytics and WordPress Integration
We’ll walk-through guide with code samples for developers to deeply integrate Google Analytics into a WordPress site. The focus will be on on coding and implementation strategies for: advanced segmentation, conversion rates, tracking Javascript applications, social media, RSS, and email campaign integration, and finally, custom reporting to make sense of all of this information. The presumption is you have experience with at least some of the following: WordPress theming, Google Analytics, HTML, PHP and Javascript.
Presented by: Rusty Tanton
Difficulty level: Advanced
Building Sites Quickly with Parent/Child Themes
Certain patterns appear as you develop websites with WordPress. These patterns can be turned into parent themes, frameworks that can be built upon in order to quickly develop themes for your sites.
I’ll show how you can either use popular theme frameworks like Thematic and Theme Hybrid, or build your own by identifying your own development habits. I’ll also show how these themes can benefit your workflow.
Presented by: Ryan Imel
Difficulty level: Advanced
Blogging in the FTC Era
Much has been made of the impact the Federal Trade Commission’s recently enacted “Endorsement Guides” will have on bloggers. What exactly do the Guides require? Who is at risk? What changes do bloggers need to consider making? This session will explain the FTC’s stated and implied objectives and share tips as to how to avoid scrutiny of your blog, even for bloggers who post for financial consideration.
Presented by: Joe Chernov
Difficulty level: Beginner
Complex Content Management with the Pods CMS Framework plugin
Developing Complex Content Types and Relationships can get pretty tricky and this presentation aims to help. There will be a step-by-step walk through of how you can utilize the Pods CMS Framework to handle your complex project requirements for Content Types as well as a brief review of existing sites using Pods to show examples in the real world. Scott will also be performing an encore of “WordPress as a CMS” that he first wrote and performed for his WordCamp Dallas 2009 presentation.
Presented by: Scott Kingsley Clark
Difficulty level: Advanced
How To Design a Killer (WordPress) Blog
If making a WordPress theme work is a science, then making it look good AND function well might be right up there in the “magical” category. But, in all honesty, it doesn’t take a witch doctor and some voodoo to make a nice looking site – all it takes is some tried and true design principals and a new way of thinking about theme design. Mitch will walk you through a few classic design ideas that have withstood the tests of both time and technology, and specific WordPress styling that can be applied to nearly any theme. He’ll also look at specific examples regarding how to polish a theme’s finer details, taking it from ordinary to extraordinary.
Presented by: Mitch Canter
How to Start Freelancing with WordPress (Especially if You’re a Noob)
There’s a common misconception that you need to have guru-level coding or design skills to start freelancing, especially if you want to be a success. But that’s not how I got started. Here’s one story on how I former leveraged WordPress from nearly my first installation (Strayhorn, v1.5) into a successful (and very fun) business.
Presented by: John Saddington
Difficulty level: Beginner
Introduction to WordPress Theming
Brief Description Of Presentation: This talk will cover the basics of turning an existing design into a WordPress-compatible theme. It’ll tackle the subject from a beginner’s perspective, covering how to design a the theme, how to take an existing design and turn it into a theme, and how to promote the themes.
Presented by: Chris Harrison
Difficulty level: Beginner
Jumping into WordPress Plugin Development
WordPress has a rich system of API hooks that makes it easy to extend the system with plugins. This session will attempt to provide a “jump start” guide explaining the system of filters and actions andhighlighting some of the most useful ones. This session will assume that you are familiar with programming enough to at least understand what a function is, and the basic ideas of variables like strings and arrays.
Presented by: Dougal Campbell
Difficulty level: Beginner
Killing Time Between Redesigns: Content Strategy
Content Strategy is of Lennon/McCartney level importance to an enterprise, but it’s often treated like Clarence. With the rise in participatory media and the accompanying need for brands to actively and regularly engage with their constituencies, developing content is a newly essential core competency for many companies. Now that all companies can (and many are counseled to) become media companies in some form or another, there are immediate needs for methods and approaches to drive various types of publishing and creation.
The rise of real-time search, widespread use of social technologies, and the availability of online conversations and search behavior as research all make the Content Strategist a key player in communications, marketing, and engagement initiatives, and perhaps the role best positioned to smartly connect up insights with the creative process. Approaches to the practice vary, but this session will explore what I mean when I say “Content Strategy,” through practical examples from my experiences making things for the Web.
Presented by: Dave Coustan
PHP and WordPress: Converging Communities
The PHP community owes its growth and adoption to major open source platforms like Drupal and WordPress. WordPress couldn’t exist without the PHP community. This session examines some of the difficulties that exist between the two communities while exploring solutions for cross-pollination, support and alliances.
Presented by: Aaron Brazell
Smash Your Barriers to Blogging
WordCamps can be a great way for beginners and veterans to learn more about WordPress, blogging and content management. But even the best sessions leave questions unanswered.
Wade Kwon, a veteran of social media conferences and a passionate teacher, will lead an open discussion on burning questions within the WordPress and blogging community. It’ll be fun, fast-paced and full of ideas for everyone to implement right away.
That’s because the answers won’t be coming just from him, but from everyone who attends.
Presented by: Wade Kwon
The Blogs at HowStuffWorks: Creating Personality and Engagement Tools Thru WordPress
Jason Hoch will walk thru the Product strategy behind the Blogs at HowStuffWorks – not only the new tools we’ve created using WP VIP Platform like Facebook Connect plug-ins, related content modules, and more, but also how these tools have been designed to present a multi-faceted view of our content – from blogs to articles to podcasts to user questions, Jason will show you ‘How the HowStuffWorks Blogs Work’.
Presented by: Jason Hoch
The Power of WordPress Inside a Big Corporation
WordPress can be an incredibly powerful tool inside a big company with enough insight to foster its growth. From internal communications to discussions with fans, WordPress has quickly found a home at Scripps Networks Interactive. Now powering more than 10 blogs across our Shelter sites (HGTV, DIY, FrontDoor, HGTV Pro), WordPress has become an integral part of our community strategy going into 2010.
Presented by: Chad Parizman
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Vloging 101 – Flip Cams & Mobile Devices
Award winning video producer & vlogger Amani Channel, founder of Visual Eye Media will demonstrate some cost effective ways to produce video for the web using compact flash video recorders, and mobile devices. In this session you’ll learn basic video prouduction techniques and best practices. He’ll also review various video upload sites, widgets, and content sharing techniques.
Presented by: Amani Channel
What the Heck is WordPress?
This two hour training is for people new to WordPress (noobs). We will cover WordPress as a blogging and website platform, important aspects of a successful website (content, functionality, design), how to get started with a WordPress site, domain names selection, website hosting, the roles in keeping up a WordPress site, the importance of backups/upgrades/security, Dashboard tour and demo of how to change a theme, install a plugin and move around widgets PLUS how to write a post using an image, link and video.
Presented by: Adria Richards
Difficulty level: Beginner
WordPress and Working with Clients
Brief Description Of Presentation: WordPress is a powerful tool for launching the most basic blog, to the most complex and intricate page-based site. Learn how to sell WordPress to your clients, walk them through the design and functionality, and the holy grail of web development: how to get them to deliver their content. We’ll also go over some tips on helping them learn to use their new site.
Presented by: Tammy Hart
Difficulty level: Intermediate
WordPress and Your Brand
Adapt WordPress to your brand, not your brand to WordPress. We will be covering different aspects of WordPress and how it applies to company branding. We are going to look at good branding practices, examples using WordPress, and look into how we can give ourselves and our clients the best possible online presence. We are also going to talk about brand consistency online and offline, WordPress customization tips, and helpful plugins.
Presented by: Sara Cannon
WordPress Security – Protecting your WordPress from Inside Out
WordPress is pretty secure and they release updates periodically to fix loopholes. In order to stay safe you should always make sure to upgrade to the latest version of the software whenever they are available.
However there are several more ways in which you can protect your WordPress installation from getting misused or hacked. In this session, we are going to look at some of the most useful tips, tricks, and plugins to add an extra level of security to your WordPress site.
Presented by: Syed Balkhi
Difficulty level: Beginner
You’re Doing it Wrong
Taking code from some popular plugins, I point out what you shouldn’t be doing in your WordPress code and how to do it right. Due to the the fast pace of updates to WordPress, lack of WordPress experience, or just trying to get things done, there’s a lot of plugin code in the that is not using the most current WordPress methods, not doing things the “WordPress way”, or just plain doing it wrong. It’ll be an update, including new content for WordPress 2.9.
Presented by: Chris Scott
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Schedule
WordCamp Atlanta 2010 will be like no other WordCamp you’ve ever seen. From Adria Richards’ two hour workshop for WordPress beginners, to the Q&A from Mark Jaquith and discussions in between, we’ve worked hard to make the schedule a diverse selection that reflects Atlanta’s pool of talent and is sure to leave everyone engaged and with new ideas for the future.
Note: Sessions and discussions are subject to change. Keep up to date with us via email, Twitter, or Facebook.
Advanced Google Analytics and WordPress Integration
We’ll walk-through guide with code samples for developers to deeply integrate Google Analytics into a WordPress site. The focus will be on on coding and implementation strategies for: advanced segmentation, conversion rates, tracking Javascript applications, social media, RSS, and email campaign integration, and finally, custom reporting to make sense of all of this information. The presumption is you have experience with at least some of the following: WordPress theming, Google Analytics, HTML, PHP and Javascript.
Presented by: Rusty Tanton
Difficulty level: Advanced
Building Sites Quickly with Parent/Child Themes
Certain patterns appear as you develop websites with WordPress. These patterns can be turned into parent themes, frameworks that can be built upon in order to quickly develop themes for your sites.
I’ll show how you can either use popular theme frameworks like Thematic and Theme Hybrid, or build your own by identifying your own development habits. I’ll also show how these themes can benefit your workflow.
Presented by: Ryan Imel
Difficulty level: Advanced
Blogging in the FTC Era
Much has been made of the impact the Federal Trade Commission’s recently enacted “Endorsement Guides” will have on bloggers. What exactly do the Guides require? Who is at risk? What changes do bloggers need to consider making? This session will explain the FTC’s stated and implied objectives and share tips as to how to avoid scrutiny of your blog, even for bloggers who post for financial consideration.
Presented by: Joe Chernov
Difficulty level: Beginner
Complex Content Management with the Pods CMS Framework plugin
Developing Complex Content Types and Relationships can get pretty tricky and this presentation aims to help. There will be a step-by-step walk through of how you can utilize the Pods CMS Framework to handle your complex project requirements for Content Types as well as a brief review of existing sites using Pods to show examples in the real world. Scott will also be performing an encore of “WordPress as a CMS” that he first wrote and performed for his WordCamp Dallas 2009 presentation.
Presented by: Scott Kingsley Clark
Difficulty level: Advanced
How To Design a Killer (WordPress) Blog
If making a WordPress theme work is a science, then making it look good AND function well might be right up there in the “magical” category. But, in all honesty, it doesn’t take a witch doctor and some voodoo to make a nice looking site – all it takes is some tried and true design principals and a new way of thinking about theme design. Mitch will walk you through a few classic design ideas that have withstood the tests of both time and technology, and specific WordPress styling that can be applied to nearly any theme. He’ll also look at specific examples regarding how to polish a theme’s finer details, taking it from ordinary to extraordinary.
Presented by: Mitch Canter
How to Start Freelancing with WordPress (Especially if You’re a Noob)
There’s a common misconception that you need to have guru-level coding or design skills to start freelancing, especially if you want to be a success. But that’s not how I got started. Here’s one story on how I former leveraged WordPress from nearly my first installation (Strayhorn, v1.5) into a successful (and very fun) business.
Presented by: John Saddington
Difficulty level: Beginner
Introduction to WordPress Theming
Brief Description Of Presentation: This talk will cover the basics of turning an existing design into a WordPress-compatible theme. It’ll tackle the subject from a beginner’s perspective, covering how to design a the theme, how to take an existing design and turn it into a theme, and how to promote the themes.
Presented by: Chris Harrison
Difficulty level: Beginner
Jumping into WordPress Plugin Development
WordPress has a rich system of API hooks that makes it easy to extend the system with plugins. This session will attempt to provide a “jump start” guide explaining the system of filters and actions andhighlighting some of the most useful ones. This session will assume that you are familiar with programming enough to at least understand what a function is, and the basic ideas of variables like strings and arrays.
Presented by: Dougal Campbell
Difficulty level: Beginner
Killing Time Between Redesigns: Content Strategy
Content Strategy is of Lennon/McCartney level importance to an enterprise, but it’s often treated like Clarence. With the rise in participatory media and the accompanying need for brands to actively and regularly engage with their constituencies, developing content is a newly essential core competency for many companies. Now that all companies can (and many are counseled to) become media companies in some form or another, there are immediate needs for methods and approaches to drive various types of publishing and creation.
The rise of real-time search, widespread use of social technologies, and the availability of online conversations and search behavior as research all make the Content Strategist a key player in communications, marketing, and engagement initiatives, and perhaps the role best positioned to smartly connect up insights with the creative process. Approaches to the practice vary, but this session will explore what I mean when I say “Content Strategy,” through practical examples from my experiences making things for the Web.
Presented by: Dave Coustan
PHP and WordPress: Converging Communities
The PHP community owes its growth and adoption to major open source platforms like Drupal and WordPress. WordPress couldn’t exist without the PHP community. This session examines some of the difficulties that exist between the two communities while exploring solutions for cross-pollination, support and alliances.
Presented by: Aaron Brazell
Smash Your Barriers to Blogging
WordCamps can be a great way for beginners and veterans to learn more about WordPress, blogging and content management. But even the best sessions leave questions unanswered.
Wade Kwon, a veteran of social media conferences and a passionate teacher, will lead an open discussion on burning questions within the WordPress and blogging community. It’ll be fun, fast-paced and full of ideas for everyone to implement right away.
That’s because the answers won’t be coming just from him, but from everyone who attends.
Presented by: Wade Kwon
The Blogs at HowStuffWorks: Creating Personality and Engagement Tools Thru WordPress
Jason Hoch will walk thru the Product strategy behind the Blogs at HowStuffWorks – not only the new tools we’ve created using WP VIP Platform like Facebook Connect plug-ins, related content modules, and more, but also how these tools have been designed to present a multi-faceted view of our content – from blogs to articles to podcasts to user questions, Jason will show you ‘How the HowStuffWorks Blogs Work’.
Presented by: Jason Hoch
The Power of WordPress Inside a Big Corporation
WordPress can be an incredibly powerful tool inside a big company with enough insight to foster its growth. From internal communications to discussions with fans, WordPress has quickly found a home at Scripps Networks Interactive. Now powering more than 10 blogs across our Shelter sites (HGTV, DIY, FrontDoor, HGTV Pro), WordPress has become an integral part of our community strategy going into 2010.
Presented by: Chad Parizman
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Vloging 101 – Flip Cams & Mobile Devices
Award winning video producer & vlogger Amani Channel, founder of Visual Eye Media will demonstrate some cost effective ways to produce video for the web using compact flash video recorders, and mobile devices. In this session you’ll learn basic video prouduction techniques and best practices. He’ll also review various video upload sites, widgets, and content sharing techniques.
Presented by: Amani Channel
What the Heck is WordPress?
This two hour training is for people new to WordPress (noobs). We will cover WordPress as a blogging and website platform, important aspects of a successful website (content, functionality, design), how to get started with a WordPress site, domain names selection, website hosting, the roles in keeping up a WordPress site, the importance of backups/upgrades/security, Dashboard tour and demo of how to change a theme, install a plugin and move around widgets PLUS how to write a post using an image, link and video.
Presented by: Adria Richards
Difficulty level: Beginner
WordPress and Working with Clients
Brief Description Of Presentation: WordPress is a powerful tool for launching the most basic blog, to the most complex and intricate page-based site. Learn how to sell WordPress to your clients, walk them through the design and functionality, and the holy grail of web development: how to get them to deliver their content. We’ll also go over some tips on helping them learn to use their new site.
Presented by: Tammy Hart
Difficulty level: Intermediate
WordPress and Your Brand
Adapt WordPress to your brand, not your brand to WordPress. We will be covering different aspects of WordPress and how it applies to company branding. We are going to look at good branding practices, examples using WordPress, and look into how we can give ourselves and our clients the best possible online presence. We are also going to talk about brand consistency online and offline, WordPress customization tips, and helpful plugins.
Presented by: Sara Cannon
WordPress Security – Protecting your WordPress from Inside Out
WordPress is pretty secure and they release updates periodically to fix loopholes. In order to stay safe you should always make sure to upgrade to the latest version of the software whenever they are available.
However there are several more ways in which you can protect your WordPress installation from getting misused or hacked. In this session, we are going to look at some of the most useful tips, tricks, and plugins to add an extra level of security to your WordPress site.
Presented by: Syed Balkhi
Difficulty level: Beginner
You’re Doing it Wrong
Taking code from some popular plugins, I point out what you shouldn’t be doing in your WordPress code and how to do it right. Due to the the fast pace of updates to WordPress, lack of WordPress experience, or just trying to get things done, there’s a lot of plugin code in the that is not using the most current WordPress methods, not doing things the “WordPress way”, or just plain doing it wrong. It’ll be an update, including new content for WordPress 2.9.
Presented by: Chris Scott
Difficulty level: Intermediate