Unconference
Leave your proposals for unconference sessions in the comments here. There will be be slots from 9:15-10:15 and from 10:30- 11:30. Meet at 9 in room 3160 (SRO) to vote on sessions for unconference and get room assignments. Will update this page after room assignments made, and try to twitter the times/topics once selected.
Room Assignments:
9:40 – 10:25
8150 – Andrea: more MU CMS stuff
8155 – Themes parent/child
3160 – wp behind a firewall – corporate user /intranets
13155 -Favorite features
13150- wp as cms for non-profits/consulting opps
13145 – SEO
10:40- 11:30
8150- Scriblio
8155 – BuddyPress
13145 – newbie – how to run WP
13150 – genius bar
3160 – how to run a wordcamp
13155 – PowerPress
Andrea rennick talking more about ways to use MU beyond blog farming and more CMS-like.
And more on BuddyPress theming!
I suggest Complex Content Types with Pods. Very cool exciting stuff.
SEO seemed to be a hot topic without enough time for all Q’s and A’s.
Also, one of the intructors (not sure which one) seems to be embracing Word Press and she is a web developer (or designer?). She uses all sorts of open source functions (for example Google Analytics). I would love to hear how today’s web developers are “pitching” WP design concepts to their clients. Do they start with a theme and then modify it, create the theme from scratch, etc.?
Why not use Drupal? What differentiates WordPress from Drupal as a blogging platform, CMS, LMS, social-networking, and all of the above? What differentiates the WP/WPMU/Buddypress/bbPress community from the Drupal community? What differentiates the future of WP development from Drupal?
Spawned from Jim Groom’s EDUCHUDS session we discuss what the future of WP/WPMU/BP development will entail to gracefully incorporate new commerce models. Will WP/WPMU/BP plugins and themes become purchase only? Why doesn’t anyone use the ‘Donate’ via Paypal buttons on some WP plugin’s admin page?
Why don’t I have any answers to these questions?
Let’s discuss the Parent/Child structure for WordPress, WPMU and BuddyPress themes.
Some possible topics of discussion include:
*Benefits of using the Parent/Child structure for WordPress, WPMU, and BuddyPress powered websites.
*Rapid website development using Parent/Child Theme Frameworks
*Modifying existing themes by creating a child theme rather than modifying the original.
*Future-Proof customizations and to allow for easy updates when new theme versions are released
*Advanced and Complex usage of existing frameworks using the Parent/Child structure. (BuddyPress Default theme, Thematic, Hybrid)
1) How about a “how to”/informational session on migrating from wp.com to wp.org? Now that i have learned about so many great plug-ins and gotten great SEO tips I want to be able to apply to my blog!
2) Genius time!
My vote is for Genius Bar…
Since the topic was just that popular, I would like to offer to give an “SEO for Dummies” presentation. I think a number of people in the SEO presentation today would be interested.
Podcasting with WordPress – Podcasting or Podpress, which is superior? How to use Feedburner as your podcast feed. Using the new SoundCloud shortcode plugin to embed your audio.
Photography Blogs with WordPress – What are the best photo themes; how do you sell your photos through WordPress; what is the best photo gallery plugin to date (NextGen?). Any others?
We needed more hands on seminars!!! Pls repeat the WP features panel today (many of us could not find the room as u changed it midstream) and have the Genius Bar available again.
I had an eager volunteer install wp as a cms for our website. Then he bolted before explaining what he did.
So I live in fear of personal experimentation, upgrades, etc.
How about a session on “Troubleshooting when your blog goes kerfluey”
1) WP behind the corporate firewall/proxy.
2)Take your blog from 10 – 100 to 1000+ hits per day.
What could we do in the WordPress Open Source Community to grow consulting opportunities in vertical markets and leverage consumer passion from music to non-profits?
Is it possible to rerun any of these sessions in the second timeframe???
3160 – wp behind a firewall – corporate user /intranets
13155 -Favorite features
13150- wp as cms for non-profits/consulting opps
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