Schedule

Friday, July 24th

Foundation Friday Workshops (Novice Classes)

We will be presenting three workshops on Friday to get you started with different areas of WordPress.

Theme Designer/Developer Workshop

What you will learn – You will learn the basics of designing and creating a WordPress theme and will be able to get yourself started on the way to creating custom websites with WordPress.

What you should know – You should have a basic understanding of how to use WordPress to manage a site, and beginner knowledge in using HTML, CSS, and design principles.

Developer Workshop

What you will learn – You will learn the basics of getting down and dirty in WordPress development to start developing more advanced functionality for WordPress themes and plugins.

What you should know – You should have a basic understanding of how to use WordPress to manage a site, and a beginner to moderate knowledge in HTML, CSS, and PHP.

User Workshop

What you will learn – You will learn the very basics of using WordPress from what it is, what it can do for you, and the principles of managing your first WordPress site. You will then advance to learn topics about customizing your site through the use of plugins and themes.

What you should know – You should know that you want to have a website and what a website is. The beginnings of this course will start out with the very basic principles and then advance on to ways you can customize your site with settings, plugins, and themes.

Friday Workshop

Workshops will run from 9am – 3pm. Times below are relative. Some topics may last longer than others and may be talked about earlier or later. The workshops are meant to be done together rather than as separate talks.

Time	Developer Workshop (Room 7220)	Theme Workshop (Room 7230)	User Workshop (Room 7240)
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Setting Up a Local WordPress Site Favorite session: Setting Up a Local WordPress Site	Setting Up a Local WordPress Site Favorite session: Setting Up a Local WordPress Site	What is WordPress and what can it do for me? Favorite session: What is WordPress and what can it do for me?
10:00 am	Custom Post Types Favorite session: Custom Post Types	Design Principles Favorite session: Design Principles	What’s Next? Hosting, Backup, Themes, Plugin, Images, Media… Favorite session: What’s Next? Hosting, Backup, Themes, Plugin, Images, Media…
11:00 am	Custom Fields and Metaboxes Favorite session: Custom Fields and Metaboxes	Your First Theme Favorite session: Your First Theme	Intro to the Dashboard Favorite session: Intro to the Dashboard
1:00 pm	Actions and Filters Favorite session: Actions and Filters	Child Themes, Starter Themes, and Theme Frameworks Favorite session: Child Themes, Starter Themes, and Theme Frameworks	Choosing and Customizing Themes Favorite session: Choosing and Customizing Themes
2:00 pm	Using WP_Query Favorite session: Using WP_Query

Saturday, July 25th

Saturday Sessions (Daytime)

Time	Room 7220	Room 7230	Room 7240	Room 7970
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am				Opening Remarks
9:30 am	Building Better Themes Josh Leuze Favorite session: Building Better Themes	A HeroPress Case Study Topher DeRosia Favorite session: A HeroPress Case Study	Google Analytics Doesn’t Have to Suck Zach Bowers Favorite session: Google Analytics Doesn’t Have to Suck	Fundamentals of eCommerce Patrick Rauland Favorite session: Fundamentals of eCommerce
10:30 am	Powerful Local Development Environments with Vagrant and friends Brad Parbs Favorite session: Powerful Local Development Environments with Vagrant and friends	Organizing a large site – posts, taxonomies & facets, oh my! Becky Davis Favorite session: Organizing a large site – posts, taxonomies & facets, oh my!	How to Write Dynamic Content For Your Blog Andy Nathan Favorite session: How to Write Dynamic Content For Your Blog	Exploring WooCommerce Caleb Burks Favorite session: Exploring WooCommerce
11:30 am	WordPress 4.3 John James Jacoby Favorite session: WordPress 4.3	Montagues and Capulets: Ending the Feud Between Designers and Developers Michelle Schulp, Dan Beil Favorite session: Montagues and Capulets: Ending the Feud Between Designers and Developers	Financial Business Planning for Freelancers Heather Acton Favorite session: Financial Business Planning for Freelancers	Creating an Engaging Community and Membership Site Michael Tieso Favorite session: Creating an Engaging Community and Membership Site
12:30 pm	Lunch (Provided)
2:00 pm	Theming WooCommerce Bridget Wessel Favorite session: Theming WooCommerce	Getting Help for your WordPress Site Andrew Wikel Favorite session: Getting Help for your WordPress Site	Growth Hacking Your Way to Success With WordPress Eric Sherred Favorite session: Growth Hacking Your Way to Success With WordPress	The Fundamentals of Web/WordPress Accessibility Jordan Quintal Favorite session: The Fundamentals of Web/WordPress Accessibility
3:00 pm	Business in the Front, Party in the Back: Lessons in Admin UX Kyle Maurer Favorite session: Business in the Front, Party in the Back: Lessons in Admin UX	Getting ‘Real’ with Hue: Using Color and Noise to Make Design Feel Tangible Taylor Smith Favorite session: Getting ‘Real’ with Hue: Using Color and Noise to Make Design Feel Tangible	The Importance of Estimating Jess Jurick Favorite session: The Importance of Estimating	Content Architecture and Navigation Shanta R. Nathwani Favorite session: Content Architecture and Navigation
4:00 pm	Top 10 WordPress hacks Justin Howe Favorite session: Top 10 WordPress hacks	11 Things you should do with a new WordPress install Steve Heuser Favorite session: 11 Things you should do with a new WordPress install	You Have 2 Hands Shayda Torabi Favorite session: You Have 2 Hands	Accessible WordPress – Best Practices Dennis Deacon Favorite session: Accessible WordPress – Best Practices

WordCamp After-Party (Saturday Night)

Following a long day of WordCamp, everyone needs to let loose and relax while talking with fellow attendees. We will be having an after-party at 7pm. The location will be disclosed at the conference. This is a chance to network with other attendees, speakers and sponsors. It is open to all conference attendees. Name badge must be presented for admission.

Sunday, July 26th

Sunday Sessions (Daytime)

Time	Room 7220	Room 7230	Room 7240
9:00 am	Registration
10:00 am	Code Review for Teams Josh Betz Favorite session: Code Review for Teams	Good WordPress Gone Bad – How To Troubleshoot WordPress When Things Go Wrong Damon Schopen Favorite session: Good WordPress Gone Bad – How To Troubleshoot WordPress When Things Go Wrong	Marketing Secret Agents and Using Their Intel Dustin Drees Favorite session: Marketing Secret Agents and Using Their Intel
11:00 am	WordPress Security for beginners Joshua Alexander Favorite session: WordPress Security for beginners	Let Me Tell You A Story: WordPress As A Storytelling Tool Kevin A. Barnes Favorite session: Let Me Tell You A Story: WordPress As A Storytelling Tool	Video For Small Businesses David Kocol Favorite session: Video For Small Businesses
12:00 pm	Lunch (Provided)
1:30 pm	OOCSS, SMACSS & BEM for Modular, Scalable CSS Alec Rippberger Favorite session: OOCSS, SMACSS & BEM for Modular, Scalable CSS	Security is an iIlusion Jessica Dunbar Favorite session: Security is an iIlusion	Power your Podcast with WordPress: Why Now Is the Time To Start Mike Hale Favorite session: Power your Podcast with WordPress: Why Now Is the Time To Start
2:30 pm	Linux for WordPress Developers / Administrators Jon Valcq, Matt Green Favorite session: Linux for WordPress Developers / Administrators	Introduction to Optimizing WordPress for Website Speed Nile Flores Favorite session: Introduction to Optimizing WordPress for Website Speed	Field Notes: Running a Successful eCommerce Business on WordPress. Zach Stepek Favorite session: Field Notes: Running a Successful eCommerce Business on WordPress.
3:30 pm	Breaking Up With “var_dump()” Pat Hartl Favorite session: Breaking Up With “var_dump()”	Author Experience in WordPress David Skarjune Favorite session: Author Experience in WordPress	Content Doesn’t Grow on Trees – An Introduction to Content Strategy Jamie Schmid Favorite session: Content Doesn’t Grow on Trees – An Introduction to Content Strategy

Saturday & Sunday

Happiness Bar (Throughout the Day)

Throughout the day, WordPress experts will be manning the “Happiness Bar” (WordPress WorkBench) doing their best to make you happy. These experts will be available for questions on your WordPress site and any problems you may be having. Come ready with questions or you can even volunteer to help out at the happiness bar!

Thursday, July 23rd

Milwaukee WordPress Meetup

For those who want to get in a little early on the WordPress fun, we are having our normal monthly WordPress Meetup on the night before WordCamp starts. We’ll chat about WordPress, get to know each other, and probably grab a bite to eat.

We will be meeting at our normal Meetup site. Join the Milwaukee WordPress Meetup now.