{"id":482,"date":"2012-07-22T21:47:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2012-11-08T07:22:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T12:22:32","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/schedule\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Talks<\/h2>\n<p>Each year WordCamp Montreal strives to offer a wide variety of talks and discussions about and around WordPress. Our speakers are passionate, expert volunteers who want to teach you about WordPress and publishing on the web.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the full descriptions of talks confirmed for WordCamp Montreal 2012. A final <a href=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">hourly schedule <\/a>will most likely be posted in the week before the event once all talks are finalized. Thanks for your patience.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop sessions\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid_6 alpha\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-815\" class=\"session odd post-815 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/dry-css-theries-methods-and-tools-for-efficient-and-scalable-stylesheets\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDRY CSS \u2013 Theories, methods and tools for efficient and scalable Stylesheets\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Jeremy Clarke <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-592\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/08\/jeremyclarke-wcmtl.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Clarke\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>The value of keeping all code D.R.Y (Don\u2019t Repeat Yourself) is universally accepted and demanded in the world of programming, but when it comes to CSS we\u2019ve all learned to compromise and live in a wet mess. We don\u2019t have to! This talk will go over how you can use thematic and structural CSS definitions to cut down on wasted code, simplify maintenance and unify your site styles just by DRYing out your standard CSS. I\u2019ll explain how tools like Firebug enable a whole new way of understanding complex style interrelationships and give examples of the particular patterns that let me cut one stylesheet from ~4200 to ~2400 lines without losing anything but wasted code! We\u2019ll also cover how preprocessors like LESS and SASS can take your DRY CSS even farther by actually programming your styles as if they were made of PHP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/jeremyclarke\/wordcamp-nyc-dry-css\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Jeremy Clarke<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Jeremy Clarke, WordPress and PHP Developer from Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>\u00a0is a PHP, HTML, CSS and WordPress hacker from Montreal. He loves his job working on the nonprofit citizen media site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/\">Global Voices<\/a>, where he manages dozens of WordPress sites, blogs, plugins, themes and a couple of bitchy Linux servers. He has a communications degree from Concordia University, but is mostly a self-taught web developer. Jeremy has been an organizer of WordCamp Montreal since it started in 2009, and has spoken at many other WordCamps as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-651\" class=\"session even post-651 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/responsive-design\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResponsive Design for WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Shannon Smith <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/04\/shannonsmith1.jpeg\" alt=\"Shannon Smith\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nResponsive design: is it mobile, fluid, dynamic, or all of the above? A summary of all the ways you can get your WordPress site ready for the responsive Web. I&#8217;ll look at responsive images, typography, grids and video. I&#8217;ll cover online services that create a responsive version of your site, special\u00a0WordPress plugins, responsive-ready WordPress themes, and more. I&#8217;ll talk about how to target specific devices, what to avoid and what&#8217;s best for SEO.<\/p>\n<p><em>Requires familiarity with WordPress, HTML and CSS. This talk is intended for web designers and developers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speakerdeck.com\/u\/cafenoirdesign\/p\/responsive-design-for-wordpress\">View slides on Speaker Deck &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Shannon Smith<\/h3>\n<p>Shannon is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Caf\u00e9 Noir Design<\/a>, a boutique Montreal web design company specializing in multilingual web development. She builds beautiful, functional websites that her clients can update themselves and that are easy for search engines to find. She support things like making the web accessible for everyone, using open source software, helping organizations find greener more sustainable ways to operate through online technology and helping non-profits with online community organizing. Also foodie and mother of four. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cafenoirdesign\">twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114813571187124139424\">google+<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chroni.ca\">blog<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-591\" class=\"session odd post-591 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/code-faster-and-smarter-php-with-ides-like-netbeans\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCode Faster and Smarter PHP with IDEs Like NetBeans\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Jeremy Clarke <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-592\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/08\/jeremyclarke-wcmtl.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Clarke\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Simple text editors are fast and easy to use, but they don\u2019t <em>understand<\/em> the code you\u2019re writing. This talk will show you how Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like <a title=\"Download NetBeans\" href=\"http:\/\/netbeans.org\/\">NetBeans<\/a> or Eclipse (both are Free Software and cross-platform), can handle the tedious parts of programming to let you focus on getting things done with your code. Stop having to memorize function arguments and type out PHPDoc by hand!\u00a0If you haven\u2019t tried working with an IDE, or even if you have and got scared, this talk will walk you through the why and the how of saving time and headaches by committing to one. I\u2019ll also cover using <a title=\"Westi's WordPress PHPXref\" href=\"http:\/\/phpxref.ftwr.co.uk\/wordpress\/nav.html?index.html\">PHPXref,<\/a> a simple alternative to IDEs that offers a lot of the same utility without changing any of your code workflow.<\/p>\n<p><em>This talk is targeted at people coding PHP. Though IDEs are also useful for HTML, CSS and Javascript authors, their value is relative to how serious your coding is.\u00a0If you\u2019re planning to attend consider\u00a0<a title=\"Install Netbeans\" href=\"http:\/\/netbeans.org\/\">installing NetBeans<\/a>\u00a0beforehand so you can follow along.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/jeremyclarke\/code-faster-and-smarter-php-with-ides-like-netbeans\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Jeremy Clarke<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Jeremy Clarke, WordPress and PHP Developer from Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>\u00a0is a PHP, HTML, CSS and WordPress hacker from Montreal. He loves his job working on the nonprofit citizen media site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/\">Global Voices<\/a>, where he manages dozens of WordPress sites, blogs, plugins, themes and a couple of bitchy Linux servers. He has a communications degree from Concordia University, but is mostly a self-taught web developer. Jeremy has been an organizer of WordCamp Montreal since it started in 2009, and has spoken at many other WordCamps as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-545\" class=\"session even post-545 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/wordpress-workflows-and-process-for-small-teams\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress Workflows and Process for small teams\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Colin Vernon <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-690\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/05\/colinvernon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/>Whether you work alone or in a small team for your WordPress projects, it helps to get off on the right foot. This workshop-style talk will dig in to topics to help you including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; tracking WordPress core and plugins through svn,<br \/>\n&#8211; theme and plugin starter templates and workflows,<br \/>\n&#8211; svn vs git,<br \/>\n&#8211; theme development best practices,<br \/>\n&#8211; custom post types and taxonomies,<br \/>\n&#8211; the best useful ways to accomplish common tasks.<\/p>\n<p>We will basically share a ton of our extensive experience and toolkit to optimize and awesome-ify your WordPress development process.<\/p>\n<p><em>This talk is developer-focused.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>About Colin Vernon<\/h3>\n<p>Founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stresslimitdesign.com\/\">Stresslimit design<\/a>, Colin has directed, architected and developed CMS platforms, intranets, applications and websites of all shapes &amp; sizes for over a decade. His company and projects focus beautiful, useful, multi-platform communication, based mostly on WordPress as an extensible web platform. As well as being a long-time advocate of\u00a0web standards, open source and the semantic web, he has lots of WordPress experience: his plugins have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times and he has worked directly with Automattic on a number of projects. He is now also part of the WordPress-powered PressBooks project which aims to merge web, e-pub and print publishing for small and large authors and publishers. He\u00a0also runs a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/noweapon.org\/\">record label<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-566\" class=\"session odd post-566 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/release-your-inner-project-manager-and-make-more-money\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelease Your Inner Project Manager and Make More Money\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Elisabeth Bucci <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepassionateprojectmanager.com\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-567\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-567\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/7398904154_5eb1d0335f_o-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>No matter what you&#8217;re doing with WordPress, no matter how few of you are doing it (even if it&#8217;s just you), chances are very good that you are already doing project management.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of life in micro-enterprises is the wearing of multiple hats: accountant, designer, administrator, programmer, account manager. However, it&#8217;s the project manager hat that can give you more of what you need: money.<\/p>\n<p>Project management skills help you to manage cost, schedule, risk, scope and customers: all the things you need to protect your margin so that at the end of your project, you will make the money you calculated that you would. Ironically enough, it&#8217;s the PM hat that is most neglected and most misunderstood.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I&#8217;ll cover the basics of project management, with a particular emphasis on scope, cost and customer management.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/elisabethbucci\/release-your-inner-project-manager-and-make-more-money\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Elisabeth Bucci<\/h3>\n<p>Elisabeth Bucci is a cubicle-dwelling Project Manager whose blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepassionateprojectmanager.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Passionate Project Manager<\/a>, aims to make project management as fun as chocolate truffles. Which might explain those traffic numbers&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-493\" class=\"session even post-493 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/how-to-run-a-newspaper-with-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to run a Newspaper with WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Christopher Ross <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A complete overview of creating a newspaper website using WordPress. This presentation will cover common newspaper, and magazine concepts, starter themes, advertising integration, helpful plugins and solutions for newspapers from startups to national publications.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will be focused on bloggers with limited technical knowledge. In 45 minutes, users will be brought though the steps required to implement a fully functional, WordPress powered news website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/christopherfross\/newspapers-with-wordpress\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Christopher Ross<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher<\/a> has\u00a0spoken at WordCamp events in Toronto and Montreal in the past, taught community college courses in web design, and run a successful WordPress based consulting business since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>For the past three years, he has been focussed on delivering network based WordPress communities using WordPress multisite and WordPress VIP based solutions for business and government organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently he developed the blogging solution for the Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, and Calgary Herald for Postmedia, before that the blogging network for StockTwits (voted one of the most influential websites in finance by FastCompany) and the CNN Money bloggers network.<\/p>\n<p>These days, I focus exclusively on developing newspaper based WordPress website for companies in Canada, the US, and Latin America.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-548\" class=\"session odd post-548 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/wordpress-dans-les-nuages\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress dans les nuages\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Harper <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outofcomfortzone.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-551\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-551\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/fharper-1024x683-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Votre id\u00e9e de Startup ou votre produit repose sur votre site Web sous WordPress? Vous bloguez et trouvez qu&#8217;il est important que votre site r\u00e9ponde aux besoins de vos lecteurs? Vous avez donc besoin d&#8217;une solution solide comme le roc! Pourquoi ne pas aller vers les nuages, soit l&#8217;infonuagique (Cloud Computing)?<\/p>\n<p>Dans cette pr\u00e9sentation, je vous montrerais les avantages du Cloud, ainsi que comment d\u00e9ployez rapidement et ais\u00e9ment des sites sur un environnement de Cloud hautement \u00e9volutif vous permettant de commencer \u00e0 petite \u00e9chelle, puis d&#8217;\u00e9voluer \u00e0 mesure que le trafic augmente.<\/p>\n<p>Que vous soyez d\u00e9veloppeur, int\u00e9grateur ou simple utilisateur sans connaissance technique avanc\u00e9, vous serez apte \u00e0 b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier des avantages d&#8217;avoir votre site WordPress dans les nuages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outofcomfortzone.net\/2012\/08\/18\/wordpress-dans-les-nuages-au-wordcamp-montreal\/\">Visionner la pr\u00e9sentation sur le site de Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Harper<\/h3>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Harper est un \u00e9vang\u00e9liste technique chez Microsoft Canada. Dans le monde des TI depuis plus de 10 ans, son expertise est principalement au niveau du d\u00e9veloppement Web avec diff\u00e9rentes plateformes et technologies. Si vous voulez parler de Web, d&#8217;Open Source, de standards ouverts et d&#8217;interop\u00e9rabilit\u00e9, Fred est votre homme. N&#8217;h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 le contacter, car il est une b\u00eate sociable et un aficionado des m\u00e9dias sociaux. Pour en savoir plus sur lui ou sur divers sujets techniques et sujets du quotidien, allez lire son <a href=\"http:\/\/outofcomfortzone.net\" target=\"_blank\">blogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-539\" class=\"session even post-539 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/stop-writing-for-seo-and-start-writing-for-your-audience\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStop Writing for SEO And Start Writing for Your Audience\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Mark John Hiemstra <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/session\/stop-writing-for-seo-and-start-writing-for-your-audience\/photo-191\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-540\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-540\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/photo-191-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>If content is king, then why are bloggers still bowing down in reverence to outdated SEO tactics? Google is doing all it can to strip away everything we used to believe about SEO copywriting &#8212; things like keyword density &#8212; and is implementing changes that have drastically altered search engine rankings for many, many websites. So, how do we write for SEO now? We don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s over. Now is the time for writers to write! Google is assessing the relevance of pages based more on a semantic algorithm that parses the content based on words it believes are relevant to each other. How do we target these algorithms most effectively? By writing good, solid, relevant content. And when we do that, especially on a blog platform, we increase our chances of having people share that content, which, in turn, increases the traffic. It&#8217;s time to throw SEO out the window, and start from scratch. The new strategy is simple: Write it right in WordPress and you open yourself up to new traffic sources, and higher search engine relevance.<\/p>\n<p>This talk would be valuable to beginning blog writers, and to those who have a higher level of competence.<\/p>\n<h3>About\u00a0Mark John Hiemstra<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acquisio.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark John Hiemstra<\/a> is a Staff Writer and Editor at Acquisio. He has been writing for the Web for more than 7 years, and has found WordPress to be his preferred platform for publishing content for as long as he has known of its existence. He has been active in SEO, SEM, and in many areas of marketing via the Internet, and is excited that the content we consume, along those who create it, are finally getting the recognition they deserve.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-536\" class=\"session odd post-536 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/enhanced-social-media-marketing-with-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnhanced Social Media Marketing with WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Brian Rotsztein <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-783 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/brian-low-resolution-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/07\/brian-low-resolution-102x102.jpg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/07\/brian-low-resolution.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/>Rapidly expanding social media platform options and increased smartphone\/mobile device adoption have enabled marketers to reach out in ways that were literally impossible just a few years ago. As these communication networks continue their expansion into the daily lives of consumers, both businesses and bloggers are struggling to keep up with ways to reach their target market. WordPress combined with social media platforms can be used creatively to interact with existing clients, connect with prospective customers, and attract fresh audiences.<\/p>\n<p>This session will introduce some important concepts and explore various WordPress features and plugins that take advantage of social media and mobile technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/brianrotsztein\/enhanced-social-media-marketing-with-wordpress\/\">View slides on Slideshare\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Brian Rotsztein<\/h3>\n<p>With 15 years of Internet marketing experience, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotsztein.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Rotsztein<\/a> brings a seasoned approach to working with clients. As the head of multiple web design\/Internet marketing companies and brands (<a href=\"http:\/\/RedstoneX.com\" target=\"_blank\">RedstoneX.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/Uniseo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Uniseo.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/MailPrince.com\" target=\"_blank\">MailPrince.com<\/a>,&#8230;), he helps businesses gain a competitive advantage. He holds two Master&#8217;s degrees, has taught university courses, and provides training services for topics such as SEO and social media. He&#8217;s been a WordPress fan since he started using version 1.6 (in 2005!).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-534\" class=\"session even post-534 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/seo-for-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSEO for WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by CT Moore <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gypsybandito.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a519f603a193926631afa565f898eef7?size=102\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>So most people who use blogs rely on WordPress, and WordPress has a lot of SEO potential, but out of the box, it just doesn\u2019t cut it. In this session we&#8217;ll explore how to use WordPress to maximize your chances of ranking for the terms that are most relevant to your content. Specifically, we&#8217;ll look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building a Keyword Targeted Category Taxonomy<\/li>\n<li>Key SEO Plugins<\/li>\n<li>Addressing Duplicate Content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After this session, audience members should (1) have a firm grasp on the fundamentals of onsite SEO, and (2) know what themes and plugins can help them implement these SEO and social features.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/socialed.ca\/seo-for-wordpress-wordcamp-montreal-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">View slides on CT\u2019s site \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About\u00a0CT Moore<\/h3>\n<p>A recovering agency hack, CT Moore (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/gypsybandito\" target=\"_blank\">@gypsybandito<\/a>) is a strategist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gypsybandito.com\" target=\"_blank\">blogger<\/a>, and speaker who specializes in SEO and social content strategy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-531\" class=\"session odd post-531 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/becoming-a-better-wordpress-developer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBecoming a better WordPress developer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Joey Kudish <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jkudish.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/blavatar\/ddf375b2fa2fcd7fb110bd0c867da4d5?s=102\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>With a very low barrier to entry, developing with WordPress has become particularly popular in the past few years. However, this sometimes means that standards and best practices aren&#8217;t well respected.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will cover WordPress coding standards, best practices, and technical tools to become a better developer. This will be a resourceful presentation for anyone beginning, interested in, and those who have been developing with WordPress for a long time. Some of the topics covered will be proper usage of hooks and filters, creating your own plugins (instead of always using that functions.php), making use of the mu-plugins folder, how to properly escape and sanitize user-generated content, security gotchas and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>The talk is geared at beginning developers as much as it is for advanced developers. Basic php knowledge is strongly recommended, though not required.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jkudish.com\/2012\/08\/18\/wcmtl-2012\/\">View slides on Joey&#8217;s site &raquo; <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Joey Kudish<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jkudish.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joey\u00a0Kudish<\/a> is a\u00a0Code Wrangler at Automattic.\u00a0Previously, he\u00a0was a freelancing web\u00a0developer building high-scale WordPress sites and private\u00a0WordPress plugins. He is the author and contributor to several WordPress\u00a0plugins\u00a0as well as contributor to WordPress core. Joey&#8217;s an avid coffee drinker, dog lover &amp; enthusiastic traveler.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jkudish\" target=\"_blank\">@jkudish<\/a> on twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-528\" class=\"session even post-528 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/wordpress-plugin-development-201\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress Plugin Development 201\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Yannick Lefebvre <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ylefebvre.ca\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-529\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-529\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/headshot-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>After covering WordPress Plugin Development basics at last year&#8217;s conference, this presentation will continue its exploration of plugin development by covering topics such as the creation of an efficient development environment, efficiently loading and using jQuery, making plugins ready for internationalization and enhancing your plugin page on the official repository.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some knowledge of PHP preferable. This talk is targeted to advanced users and up-and-coming coders. Watching <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/2011\/08\/16\/yannick-lefebvre-plugin-development-demystified\/\" target=\"_blank\">my presentation<\/a> from last year would also provide good background information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ylefebvre\/wordpress-plugin-development-201\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo; <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Yannick Lefebvre<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ylefebvre.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yannick Lefebvre<\/a> is a tech enthusiast and the author of the <a href=\"http:\/\/link.packtpub.com\/xyVYFw\">WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook<\/a>, published by Packt Publishing. He has been blogging since 2003, started using WordPress in 2004 and published his first plugin, Link Library, in March 2005. Since then, he released six other plugins, all hosted on the official WordPress.org site. He absolutely loves using WordPress to develop web sites and find PHP to be a most liberating language compared to more traditional languages such as C\/C++. Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ylefebvre\" target=\"_blank\">@ylefebvre<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Three copies of the WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook will be raffled off during Yannick&#8217;s presentation. To order your own copy of this title in e-book format, <a href=\"http:\/\/link.packtpub.com\/xyVYFw\">buy the book from Packt<\/a> and enter code <strong>wcmontreal12<\/strong> in the promotional box field at checkout to get 40% off until December 31st, 2012.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-509\" class=\"session odd post-509 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/debugging-for-wordpress-developers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDebugging for WordPress Developers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Mo Jangda <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalize.ca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16aeda409d2a00b51ac4c5058a3a8435?size=102\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Techniques, tools, and examples on how to debug WordPress development issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beginning or Advanced Coders. Must understand concepts of WordPress development.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>About Mo Jangda<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalize.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Mo<\/a> wrangles code and VIPs at WordPress.com \/ Automattic. Mo enjoys ice cream and other sugary things.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-507\" class=\"session even post-507 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/utilisation-de-wordpress-comme-cms-dans-un-contexte-academique\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUtilisation de WordPress comme CMS dans un contexte acad\u00e9mique\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Benoit Beaudoin <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La Facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al utilise WordPress depuis 2010 pour son blogazine (blogue et magazine) facultaire et, depuis 2011, comme syst\u00e8me de gestion de contenu pour ses sites d\u00e9partementaux et de programmes (pr\u00e8s d&#8217;une trentaine). L&#8217;\u00e9tude de cas pr\u00e9sentera, dans un contexte acad\u00e9mique, les diff\u00e9rentes \u00e9tapes de migration du contenu existant et de la gestion quotidienne du contenu des diff\u00e9rents sites. Nous examinerons les avantages et les inconv\u00e9nients \u00e0 utiliser WordPress et les r\u00f4les des diff\u00e9rents intervenants dans l&#8217;ensemble du processus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cette \u00e9tude de cas s&#8217;adresse aux communicateurs de niveau interm\u00e9diaire \u00e0 avanc\u00e9 qui souhaitent utiliser WordPress comme syst\u00e8me de gestion de contenu dans un contexte acad\u00e9mique.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de Benoit Beaudoin<\/h3>\n<p>Benoit Beaudoin travaille depuis plus de 25 ans dans la communication imprim\u00e9e et depuis 15 ans dans la communication Web. Tour \u00e0 tour enseignant, graphiste et maintenant r\u00e9dacteur et communicateur Web, il s&#8217;int\u00e9resse particuli\u00e8rement au d\u00e9veloppement de pratiques de communication Web dans un contexte acad\u00e9mique.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"grid_6 omega\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-505\" class=\"session odd post-505 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/solutions-web-pretes-a-porter-avec-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSolutions Web \u00ab pr\u00eates-\u00e0-porter \u00bb avec WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by St\u00e9phane Plante <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aux prises avec un gestionnaire de contenus d\u00e9suet, co\u00fbteux et peu flexible, la Ville de Montr\u00e9al s\u2019est r\u00e9cemment tourn\u00e9e vers des solutions libres pour g\u00e9rer ses contenus Internet et Intranet. Elle a notamment retenu WordPress principalement pour des projets intranet, mais \u00e9galement pour quelques besoins Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons surnomm\u00e9 ce projet Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter puisque l\u2019on souhaitait d\u00e9ployer des solutions rapidement, \u00e0 faible co\u00fbt, sans faire de d\u00e9veloppement et en utilisant un maximum de composantes r\u00e9utilisables entre les projets.<\/p>\n<p>Lors de cette conf\u00e9rence, nous exposerons ce qui nous \u00e0 men\u00e9 au choix de WordPress et comment nous avons proc\u00e9d\u00e9 afin de pouvoir d\u00e9ployer sur demande des instances WordPress normalis\u00e9es. Nous aborderons \u00e9galement les d\u00e9fis que nous avons eu \u00e0 relever dans ce projet dont il reste encore quelques \u00e9tapes \u00e0 franchir.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cette pr\u00e9sentation non technique s\u2019adresse \u00e0 tous, mais int\u00e9ressera particuli\u00e8rement quiconque souhaite introduire WordPress en tant que gestionnaire de contenus au sein de son organisation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.slideshare.net\/plantest\/solutions-web-prtes-porter-avec-wordpress\">Visionner la pr\u00e9sentation sur Slideshare \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de St\u00e9phane Plante<\/h3>\n<p>Je suis tomb\u00e9 dans le Web quand il \u00e9tait petit et j\u2019ai maintenant pr\u00e8s de 20 ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans ce domaine. \u00c0 la Ville de Montr\u00e9al depuis 12 ans, j\u2019y ai jou\u00e9 \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s tous les r\u00f4les associ\u00e9s au Web, int\u00e9grateur, Web designer, Webmestre. Je suis actuellement conseiller au service des technologies de l\u2019information en mati\u00e8re de Web et d\u2019innovation technologique. Au cours des quatre derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, j\u2019y ai men\u00e9 plusieurs projets avec WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-501\" class=\"session even post-501 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/votre-site-wordpress-est-il-bien-protege\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVotre site WordPress est-il bien prot\u00e9g\u00e9?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Danielle Gu\u00e9rin <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielleguerin.com\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-502\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/Danielle-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Vous devez avoir un plan de sauvegarde et de protection pour votre site. C\u2019est ce que je vous propose avec la pr\u00e9sentation, un plan d\u2019entretien mensuel qui vous donnera la tranquillit\u00e9 d\u2019esprit de savoir que votre contenu est prot\u00e9g\u00e9 et, qu\u2019advenant une catastrophe comme le piratage de votre site, vous pourrez rapidement le r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n<p>Sujets couverts :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quelques modifications toutes simples \u00e0 faire (admin, salt keys)<\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;importance des mises \u00e0 jour r\u00e9guli\u00e8res<\/li>\n<li>Quelles extensions installer pour prot\u00e9ger et sauvegarder son site WordPress<\/li>\n<li>(BackupBuddy, malware scanners, WordFence ou Better WP Security) etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Pour le propri\u00e9taire de site WordPress r\u00e9gulier, le blogueur r\u00e9gulier. Pas besoin d&#8217;\u00eatre expert, je vise \u00e0 simplifier tout en apportant la tranquillit\u00e9 d&#8217;esprit \u00e0 l&#8217;utilisateur.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielleguerin.com\/diaporama-site-bien-protege-wcmtl\/\">Visionner la pr\u00e9sentation sur le site de Danielle &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de Danielle Gu\u00e9rin<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielleguerin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle Gu\u00e9rin<\/a>, adjointe virtuelle depuis 2002, passionn\u00e9e de WordPress et du Marketing Web, est tomb\u00e9e dans la potion Internet en 1999. C&#8217;\u00e9tait \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 il fallait faire les sites Web avec du code HTML ou un WYSYWYG de Geocities. Les plus anciens s&#8217;en souviendront&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est en 2008 qu&#8217;elle apprend qu&#8217;il existe un syst\u00e8me de gestion de contenu qui s&#8217;appelle WordPress, qui est gratuit et qui lui permet d&#8217;offrir \u00e0 ses clients une solution encore plus simple et conviviale.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle a eu \u00e0 r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer plusieurs sites WordPress qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pirat\u00e9s, souvent parce qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient vuln\u00e9rables et que les clients n\u2019avaient pas actualis\u00e9 leur WordPress. Suite \u00e0 cette exp\u00e9rience, elle s&#8217;est inform\u00e9e des diff\u00e9rentes ressources disponibles et des proc\u00e9dures \u00e0 suivre pour prot\u00e9ger les sites de ses clients \u00e0 qui elle offre son forfait de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-495\" class=\"session odd post-495 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/commerce-electronique-wordpress-a-laide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommerce \u00e9lectronique + WordPress = \u00c0 l&#8217;aide!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Jean-Francois Arseneault <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arseneault.ca\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-498\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/jfa-bio-pic-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/07\/jfa-bio-pic-102x102.jpg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/07\/jfa-bio-pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/07\/jfa-bio-pic.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>L&#8217;\u00e9ventail de solutions de commerce \u00e9lectronique sur WordPress a beaucoup \u00e9volu\u00e9 depuis quelques ann\u00e9es. Il devient crucial de choisir la bonne plate-forme e-commerce, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 la difficult\u00e9 de changer plus tard.<\/p>\n<p>Cette pr\u00e9sentation offrira un aper\u00e7u des principales extensions de commerce \u00e9lectronique, leur co\u00fbts, leurs caract\u00e9ristiques, leurs forces et faiblesses ainsi que la viabilit\u00e9 de leurs d\u00e9veloppeurs.<\/p>\n<p>Nous regarderons \u00e9galement la vitalit\u00e9 de l&#8217;\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me entourant chaque extension: support (payant ou non), forums de discussion, extensions et th\u00e8mes additionnels.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s cette pr\u00e9sentation, vous serez mieux outill\u00e9 pour choisir la plate-forme de commerce \u00e9lectronique la plus appropri\u00e9e \u00e0 votre entreprise ou aux projets WordPress de vos clients.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cette pr\u00e9sentation s&#8217;adresse \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 une client\u00e8le de gens d&#8217;affaire et d&#8217;int\u00e9grateurs webs, mais le jargon technique sera gard\u00e9 \u00e0 un minimum \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/jfarsen\/commerce-electroniquewordpressalaidewordcampmontreal\">Visionner la pr\u00e9sentation sur Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de\u00a0Jean-Francois Arseneault<\/h3>\n<p>Je suis informaticien avec plus de 20 ans d&#8217;exp\u00e9rience en TI, dont pr\u00e8s de 10 \u00e0 aider les professionnels et PMEs \u00e0 utiliser les technologies du web.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis 2007, mon <a href=\"http:\/\/arseneault.ca\" target=\"_blank\">entreprise<\/a> utilise WordPress afin d&#8217;offrir \u00e0 nos clients une plate-forme web performante et \u00e9volutive. Nous sommes sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s dans l&#8217;int\u00e9gration de sites multilingues complexes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-491\" class=\"session even post-491 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/dont-be-afraid-of-the-html-tab\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDon&#8217;t be Afraid of the HTML Tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Laurie M. Rauch <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codediva.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/05\/laurierauch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Does the HTML tab on your WordPress dashboard beckon to you, but the thought of tags, divs and stylesheets keeps you from clicking over? All good sites start with a good foundation &#8212; semantic and valid HTML and CSS. Once you have that foundation, you have all the power in the world to control the look of your site.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop will look at the box model and the most commonly used HTML tags and how to use them to lay out your text without breaking your theme. We&#8217;ll also take a look at CSS &#8212; what it is and how to use it to style your content.<\/p>\n<p><em>This talk is aimed for beginner coders who don&#8217;t know their &lt;a&gt; from their &lt;span&gt; class.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>About Laurie M. Rauch<\/h3>\n<p>Laurie M. Rauch believes that great user experiences start at the first line of code. Laurie is the owner and chief code nerd of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codediva.com\">Code Diva<\/a>, where she provides WordPress customizations and coaching, and specializes in developing sites for WordPress using standards-compliant HTML and CSS.<\/p>\n<p>She is also part of the support team for Graph Paper Press, an associate designer for E.Webscapes, and has taught web page design at Seneca College.<\/p>\n<p>In her free time Laurie is slowly redoing her house, <a href=\"http:\/\/addalittlepretty.com\">blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/lauriemrauch&quot;\">tweets<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/lauriemrauch\">pins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-486\" class=\"session odd post-486 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/great-user-experiences-start-here-an-approach-to-information-architecture-for-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGreat User Experiences Start Here: an Approach to Information Architecture for WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by David Hamilton <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kobayashi.ca\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-488\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-488\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_0464-copy-800x523-102x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Before you start coding there&#8217;s an important step for every website project: this is, of course, Information Architecture. Often poorly understood and seldom given the attention it deserves, IA is, in fact the foundation of every great website. WordPress comes with a built-in Information Architecture that includes basic building blocks with which most users are familiar: pages and posts, categories and tags. But it also features custom content types (or post types), drag and drop menus, and custom taxonomies, which all help categorize information and make it easier for end-users to find.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation will offer a foundation for understanding how IA can help meet site goals through practical examples of how to resolve site architecture problems.<\/p>\n<p><em>The presentation is largely high-level, and will be understandable to attendees with only a basic knowledge of WordPress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/kobayashionline\/great-user-experiences-start-here-an-approach-to-information-architecture-for-wordpress\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About David Hamilton<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019m a blogger, content strategist, and journalist. My work has appeared in Canadian publications including the National Post, and trade magazines like the Web Host Industry Review. I recently began working for Toronto digital marketing agency <a href=\"http:\/\/kobayashi.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kobayashi Online<\/a>, where my day revolves around the creation of exciting content for organizations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-410\" class=\"session even post-410 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/passionate-about-plugins\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPassionate About Plugins\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Kathryn Presner <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoonini.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-525\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/KathrynPresner_0556_web-102.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Presner\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>The huge range of community-contributed plugins (nearly 20,000) is one of the most valuable features of WordPress.org. But how do you determine what&#8217;s a safe and effective plugin without being overwhelmed by choice? In this session we&#8217;ll discuss how to make an informed decision about which plugin to use &#8211; and look at how to troubleshoot any conflicts that may crop up. I&#8217;ll also present a few recommended plugins, including security tools that help protect your site against malicious intruders. From simple plugins to the more complex, we&#8217;ll look at how to set them up, what they do, and pitfalls to watch out for. Feel free to bring your favourite plugin to share with the group during the Q&amp;A period.<\/p>\n<p><em>No technical knowledge needed. Geared to beginner-level users and designers. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/zoonini\/passionate-about-plugins-wordcamp-montreal-2012\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Kathryn Presner<\/h3>\n<p>Kathryn Presner of <a title=\"Zoonini Web Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoonini.com\">Zoonini Web Services<\/a> takes a holistic approach to web design and development, building unique sites that work well, look great, and are easily found in search-engine results by the target market. Kathryn is passionate about helping people avoid common website pitfalls and as an enthusiastic WordPress user, gives back to the open-source community by answering questions as a volunteer WordPress support-forum moderator and presenting at events like WordCamp, Podcamp, and Girl Geek Dinners. Non-web pastimes include cooking healthy and delicious food, pondering which of her three cats is the most human-like, and eagerly awaiting her first crop of homegrown organic garlic. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/zoonini\">@zoonini<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-404\" class=\"session odd post-404 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-unconference\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/wordpress-happiness-bar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWordPress Happiness Bar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Volunteer WordPress Experts! <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/unconference\/\">Unconference Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stewtopia\/2768389563\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-547\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/04\/happinessbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>The Happiness Bar is not a presentation, it&#8217;s a part of the event where volunteer experts hang around and help attendees with any questions they have. Get your WordPress questions answered, one-on-one, by some of the best experts around. Tricky configuration question? Plugins issues? Wanting to bring WordPress in your enterprise but wondering if it&#8217;ll fit in? Whatever the question, our friendly volunteers will make sure you leave the chat with solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordPress Experts<\/strong>: The Happiness Bar needs you! If you&#8217;re better at answering questions than asking please come to the bar and help out! You can <a href=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/volunteer\/\" title=\"Be A Volunteer\">sign up to be an official happiness barista<\/a> on the volunteering page.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-392\" class=\"session even post-392 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/getting-started-with-theme-development\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetting Started With Theme Development\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Kirk Wight <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kwight.ca\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-393\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/kirk_wight-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"Kirk Wight\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>It can start as simply as, &#8220;I just want this thing over there&#8221;. Maybe the themes you&#8217;ve found just don&#8217;t match what you have in your head, or the idea of creating themes piques your DIY attitude, or desire for a new career. Getting into theme development may be just what you need to scratch that itch.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation will concentrate on the tools, techniques and skills necessary for starting out in theme development, while providing some advice to minimize the growing pains. As we go along, we&#8217;ll pair our fundamentals with a quick look at more advanced techniques, giving some context for our journey into theme development.<\/p>\n<p><em>A basic understanding of HTML and CSS will be beneficial. This presentation is targeted to beginning coders and designers, and those with some web design experience looking to work with WordPress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kwight.ca\/presentations\/getting-started-with-theme-development\/\">View slides on Kirk&#8217;s site &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Kirk Wight<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kwight.ca\">Kirk Wight<\/a> builds WordPress websites for fun and a living in Montreal, Quebec. He is a former IT Manager, and also volunteers for the <a href=\"http:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/\">WordPress Theme Review Team<\/a>. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwightca\/\">@kwightca<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-384\" class=\"session odd post-384 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/getting-wordpress-to-speak-your-language\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetting WordPress to Speak Your Language\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Rick Radko <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-408\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/rickradko-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"Rick Radko\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/rickradko-102x102.jpeg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/rickradko-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/rickradko.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>An in-depth look at creating WordPress sites in a language other than English, and\/or with multiple languages. We will: set up a WordPress site that is not English, see what is needed in themes and plugins to use them in other languages, and learn how to create translations for themes and plugins. We will then review the different strategies and options for creating multilingual sites, from simple sites with custom themes, to multilingual plugins and multisite installs, and the issues related to each approach.<\/p>\n<p><em>This talk should be informative for WordPress users of any skill level. To get the most from the talk, experience with changing settings, installing plugins, FTP\/uploading files to your WordPress install, and editing configuration files would be an asset, but is not required.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/r3df\/getting-word-press-to-speak-your-langauge\" target=\"_blank\">View slides on Slideshare\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Rick Radko<\/h3>\n<p>Rick Radko is a creative, artistic, and entrepreneurial engineer with a passion for finding solutions to difficult design problems. He is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\">R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a>, where he develops custom web applications, social networking and team collaboration solutions for businesses. Rick specializes in custom application development and multilingual WordPress sites. He is co-leader, and a frequent presenter at the <a title=\"Ottawa WordPress group on Meetup.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/The-Ottawa-WordPress-Group\/\">Ottawa WordPress Group<\/a>. Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/r3designforge\">@r3designforge<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-369\" class=\"session even post-369 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/choisir-un-theme-wordpress-plus-quune-question-de-gout\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChoisir un th\u00e8me WordPress : plus qu\u2019une question de go\u00fbt\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by \u00c9lise Desaulniers &amp; Alexandre Simard <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edesaulniers.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/elsied1-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"\u00c9lise Desaulniers\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/elsied1-102x102.jpeg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/elsied1.jpeg 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/brocheafoin.biz\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"clear:left\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/alexs-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"Alexandre Simard\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/alexs-102x102.jpeg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/alexs.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>Choisir un th\u00e8me WordPress, c\u2019est comme choisir un manteau d\u2019hiver. On veut le garder longtemps et on a peur de se tromper. Pour compliquer les choses, WordPress.org r\u00e9pertorie plus de 1500 th\u00e8mes gratuits et 60 studios offrant des th\u00e8mes commerciaux. \u00c7a en fait, du manteau!<\/p>\n<p>Bien s\u00fbr, il faut trouver un beau th\u00e8me. Mais il faut aussi s\u2019assurer de trouver un bon th\u00e8me. Nous vous expliquerons la diff\u00e9rence entre les deux et vous outillerons pour rep\u00e9rer le th\u00e8me r\u00e9pondant \u00e0 vos besoins et \u00e0 ces deux crit\u00e8res. Parmi les sujets abord\u00e9s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comment identifier ses besoins ?<\/li>\n<li>O\u00f9 trouver des th\u00e8mes ?<\/li>\n<li>Comment reconna\u00eetre les bons ?<\/li>\n<li>Faut-il payer ou pas ?<\/li>\n<li>Pourquoi et comment modifier son th\u00e8me une fois qu\u2019on l\u2019a choisi ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Aucun. Accessible \u00e0 tous. Les d\u00e9butants vont tout comprendre, les personnes avanc\u00e9es devraient apprendre quelques trucs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/elisedesaulniers\/choisir-un-thme-word-press-plus-quune-question-de-got-14006034\">Visionner la pr\u00e9sentation sur Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 propos de \u00c9lise et Alexandre<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edesaulniers.com\">\u00c9lise Desaulniers<\/a> a red\u00e9couvert le plaisir d\u2019\u00e9crire avec WordPress en 2009 et blogue maintenant sur voir.ca et <a href=\"http:\/\/penseravantdouvrirlabouche.com\/\">penseravantdouvrirlabouche.com<\/a>. Elle essaie aussi de contr\u00f4ler son besoin compulsif de changer de th\u00e8me d\u00e8s qu\u2019on annonce une nouveaut\u00e9. Elle donne des cours d\u2019introduction \u00e0 WordPress aux non-geeks et ach\u00e8ve un deuxi\u00e8me livre sur l\u2019\u00e9thique alimentaire. Suivez <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edesaulniers\">@edesaulniers<\/a> sur Twitter. <\/p>\n<p>Depuis 3 ans, <a href=\"http:\/\/brocheafoin.biz\">Alexandre Simard<\/a> gagne (modestement) sa vie comme consultant ind\u00e9pendant sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 en WordPress. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 conf\u00e9rencier aux deux premi\u00e8res \u00e9ditions de WordCamp Montr\u00e9al, puis barman du bonheur l\u2019ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re. Il est aussi le sc\u00e9nariste de la bande dessin\u00e9e <a href=\"http:\/\/editionspowpow.com\/bandes-dessinees\/yves-le-roi-de-la-cruise\/\">\u00ab Yves, le roi de la cruise \u00bb<\/a>. Suivez <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/qbert72\"> @qbert72<\/a> sur Twitter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-363\" class=\"session odd post-363 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/creating-custom-child-themes-for-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCreating Custom Child Themes for WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Tracy Levesque <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yikesinc.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/tracylevesque1-102x102.jpeg\" alt=\"Tracy Levesque\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/tracylevesque1-102x102.jpeg 102w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/tracylevesque1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/tracylevesque1.jpeg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>Everyone wants a unique site, but altering a WordPress theme directly can cause all kinds of problems. In this presentation, you&#8217;ll learn how to safely change the look-and-feel of your site using Child Themes, without modifying the core code of your theme. Attendees will be led through the steps of creating a child theme via slides and live demo. CSS modification, template modification, include tags, conditional tags, creating your own page templates and modifying functions.php are all covered. The end of class will include time for questions, links to helpful resources and links to the slides on Slideshare and files used on Github.<\/p>\n<p><em>Attendees should have basic general knowledge of WordPress and be comfortable with HTML and CSS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/thetracyl\/creating-wordpress-childthemes-wordcamp-montreal-2012\">View slides on Slideshare\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Tracy Levesque<\/h3>\n<p>Tracy Levesque is a co-owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/yikesinc.com\">YIKES, Inc.<\/a>, a Philadelphia web design and development shop. She has been designing websites since 1996 and working with WordPress since 2007. She spends her days building custom themes for WordPress and seeing how much functionality she can add without knowing PHP. When not wrangling HTML and CSS, Tracy rides bikes, eats sushi, chases her 5 year old daughter and takes <a href=\"http:\/\/ruinporn.tumblr.com\/\">pictures of abandoned buildings<\/a>. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/liljimmi\">@liljimmi<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-348\" class=\"session even post-348 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/advanced-post-queries-best-practices-for-accessing-your-data\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvanced Post Queries: Best Practices for Accessing your Data\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Tom Auger <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/technical\/\">Technical Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"www.tomauger.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-535\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/05\/tomauger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a> Whether you\u2019re maintaining a personal blog, or leveraging WordPress as your CMS backbone, you will eventually want to modify what content WordPress sends to your pages from the database. WordPress itself provides a rich set of tools and methods for interacting with the database, most of which don\u2019t even require database expertise. Each method is appropriate in certain circumstances, and should be avoided in others. This talk discusses each method of generating or modifying the database query when and how each should be used. While this discussion focuses on coding, even those just starting out will be sure to learn best practices around how and when to use \u201cquery_posts()\u201d vs. \u201cget_posts()\u201d vs. \u201cnew WP_Query()\u201d to build custom lists of posts. Seasoned developers will appreciate discovering the right way to use hooks like \u201cpre_get_posts\u201d, \u201crequest\u201d and \u201cposts_clauses\u201d to access the query at the lowest levels.<\/p>\n<p><em>Although this talk deals exclusively with PHP coding and the WordPress API, it is targeted at a very broad audience from WordPress coding beginners through to experts. If code makes you break out in a rash, this might not be the right talk for you.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/TomAuger\/advanced-post-queries\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Tom<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomauger.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Auger<\/a> is a designer, developer and educator and a core contributor to WordPress. His passion is to gain a deep understanding of the inner workings of WordPress internals and he leverages this knowledge in client-facing projects with digital agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeitguys.com\/\">Zeitguys, inc<\/a>, as well as by giving back to the WordPress community through support forums, the WordPress Codex, and talking at WordCamps. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TomAuger\">@tomauger<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-343\" class=\"session odd post-343 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-user\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title session-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/a-beginners-guide-to-wordpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Beginner&#8217;s Guide to WordPress\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta session-speakers session-meta\">Presented by Kathryn Presner &amp; Shannon Smith <span class=\"meta-sep meta-sep-bull\">&bull;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/track\/user\/\">User Track<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content session-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/04\/shannonsmith1.jpeg\" alt=\"Shannon Smith\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoonini.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-525\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/KathrynPresner_0556_web-102.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Presner\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a> This introductory session is geared for bloggers, web designers and programmers who are new to WordPress. Even those who don\u2019t know a Codex from a Cadillac will feel comfortable here. Delving into WordPress from a beginner\u2019s point of view, we use unintimidating plain language to explain the fundamental concepts of WordPress, from themes, to widgets, to plug-ins. We go spelunking in the admin panel and show real-world examples of what WordPress can do. 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