{"id":9,"date":"2018-01-10T21:27:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.omaha.wordcamp.org\/sessions\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T12:00:42","slug":"sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/omaha.wordcamp.org\/2018\/schedule\/sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organizers note:<\/em> You can enter content for this page in the Sessions menu item in the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tOpening Remarks – in Main Hall\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The WordCamp Omaha 2018 team will be making some opening remarks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t10 Productivity Tools to Help You with Your Work Life\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Time is one of the most important things that we have. It determines how much we can do; both at work and at home, and finding ways to do more in less time is a goal that we are all striving for. Join Stacy L. Carlson, self pro-claimed systems & process nerd, through 10 of her favorite tools that save her time, either through automation or shortcuts. You will be able to leave this presentation with several ideas on how to save more of YOUR time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tBasic Debugging for WordPress\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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During this session attendees will learn basic debugging tips from beginner to power user levels, mainly focusing on using wp-debug and some common things to look out for.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tExtending the REST API for App Development\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The REST API is a great way to access raw data in WordPress, but it doesn’t always give you the data you need. I’ll show you how to create your own endpoints for access in a custom web app or even from another WordPress web site.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFinding and Landing Perfect Clients\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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If you\u2019re ready to launch or grow your freelance business\u2026 I\u2019m ready to show you how! In this session, I will give you the essential information needed to launch and build a thriving freelance business. I will show you how to assess your skills and value proposition in the market and how to find (and land) clients that are perfect for you. Finally, I will also show you how to look inside yourself and ignite the passion within. I will help you find your sweet spot as a freelancer that will not only help you find great work that\u2019s profitable, but will help you realize even greater personal fulfillment and satisfaction. So, if you\u2019re serious about launching or building your freelance business\u2026 Join me for this session!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tFinding Work in WordPress When You\u2019re Not a Developer or Designer\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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A writer, editor, and nearly retired home school teacher, I have worked alongside my developer husband for over 20 years. I currently focus on communication and business operations for other developers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGetting the Most Out of Local by Flywheel\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Local by Flywheel is an amazing, free local development tool for WordPress, with a wide array of amazing capabilities to help designers, developers and freelancers build and deploy sites.<\/p>\n

In this talk, I’ll walk through the many advantages of local development, how to make Local a part of your workflow, and the wide range of easy tools it puts at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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In eCommerce, speed is your most important metric. Mere milliseconds can mean the difference between a sale and an abandoned cart. I\u2019ve spent a good portion of the last three years in pursuit of page speed, exploring caching, virtual machines, hosting platforms, SSL negotiation time, CSS preprocessing, minification, inline styles and WooCommerce optimizations with the goal of sub-one second page loads. Using real-world examples, I\u2019ll show you the results I\u2019ve been able to achieve and how to replicate them yourself.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Simply boosting a post or creating an ad on Facebook does not guarantee automatic success and small businesses who create their first Facebook ad with this mindset are destined to fail.<\/p>\n

In this session, Travis Pflanz will discuss the strategies, tools and integrations required to ensure your small business website is ready to start advertising on Facebook (and other social platforms).<\/p>\n

This session is perfect for small businesses or freelancers across all industries. If you’re a WordPress web designer, this session will spark ideas for you to be able to add more value (and profit for you) when creating websites for clients.<\/p>\n

NOTICE:<\/strong> This session does not cover in-depth strategies and tactics for creating and running Facebook Ad campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tLock The Front Door: Practical tips for securing a WordPress website\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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WordPress does an amazing job of being secure out of the box that we sometimes take it for granted. It has smart defaults and it makes it easy for folks to keep up with those pesky updates. However, with WordPress so prevalent on the web, there are always more things we can do to make it more secure. You might say, “No one would ever want to hack into my site, I’ve got nothing of value.” Wrong! Any WordPress installation is a target of nefarious bots who scan the web for low hanging, unsecured WordPress fruit.<\/p>\n

In this talk, we’ll go over some small, very easy things you can do to a WordPress site to make it a little bit more difficult to get compromised. This includes using different plugins to use to obscure well known attack vectors, easy-to-understand technical changes you can make to harden your site, and what to do in case your site does get maliciously attacked.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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We’re excited to announce that this year, AIGA Nebraska will host a discussion panel on UX\/UI (User Experience\/User Interface Design) at WordCamp Omaha. A handful of professionals will discuss their experiences designing and developing rich, intuitive, and engaging web and software solutions. We will discuss the importance of prioritizing UX\/UI on your teams, along with lessons learned and current trends, followed by\u00a0an audience Q&A.\u00a0Whether your focus is marketing, business, or development, UX\/UI knowledge will take you far in an increasingly design-focused world.<\/p>\n

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