WordCamp Philly October 20-21, 2012

by Christina Strommer

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Four Tracks

• User

• Power User

• Designer

• Developer

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Why?

• To learn more about WordPress

• To meet people with similar interests

• To hear how others use WordPress

• To determine if I’m doing things correctly (i.e. child themes)

• It sounded fun!

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Takeaways

• Boilerplates - HTML5 and Twitter Bootstrap

• Child Themes. Oh The Themes You’ll Do.

• Fonts - Google webfonts, fontsquirrel.com

• Responsive. Think mobile first, not content first. Be fluid. Use adaptive media.

• Custom Post Types (i.e. staff pages, recipes, products)

• Building a Framework. Create code that can be used across several projects.

• Frameworks - 960.gs still o.k. - Toast and 1140fluid

• Can use a framework as a child theme or boilerplate.

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Surprises

• You can, in fact, rap about WordPress.

• Matt Mullenweg showed up on developer day for a Q and A.

• Sat in on a session by Lisa Sabin-Wilson. She wrote WordPress for Dummies.

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What did I miss?

• Sessions can be found on WordCamp Philly blog.

• The after party!!! A must next year.

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Additional Info

• Coreen: Plan Your Next Event With Inspiration From Philly WordCamp

• Liam: 5 Marketing Reasons to Attend In-Person Events

• Twitter @jamminpsu

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