WordCamp Manchester 2017 – MMU Business & Law School – WordPress & Web Dev

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WordCamp Manchester 2017 – MMU Business & Law School – WordPress & Web Dev

We’re back! On October 28th we’ll be holding a 1 day WordCamp at MMU Business and Law School.

We’re also holding a contributor day October the 29th.

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Get Your Tickets!

We’re looking forward to seeing you, but first you’ll need a ticket.

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

If you’d like to help out but can’t volunteer, speak or sponsor, you can buy an unsubsidised ticket and become a Little sponsor! Named after our resident co-founder Mike Little, this helps cover our costs and make organising that much easier. Our sponsors help us make WordCamp affordable for all, along with food, snacks, swag, speakers and after party.

Schedule

Saturday, 28th October

Time General Technical
8:30 am Registration Registration
9:00 am Opening Remarks Opening Remarks
9:15 am Designing the Perfect Customer Journey for your High-Converting eCommerce Website

Kathir Sid Vel

Getting ‘Sassy’ with WordPress theme development

Sue Fernandes

10:00 am Remote Work: Challenges and Opportunities

Pam Kocke

Karen Arnold

CSS Grid Layout – Expanding the landscape of how we do layouts with CSS

Elzette Roelofse

10:45 am Break Break
11:00 am How to grow by saying ”No!” – discover the power of turning down work in your WordPress business.

Manuela van Prooijen

Customizing WooCommerce Themes for beginners

Maciej Swoboda

12:30 pm Lunch Lunch
1:30 pm Don’t be scared! Practical WordPress security tips

Tim Nash

How To Show Your Work to Clients: Deployment Practices and Workflow

CJ Andrew

2:15 pm Tips and tricks for managing WordPress projects

Hannah Smith

Production-ready WordPress: Deploy your code using version control and continuous integration

Edmund Turbin

3:00 pm Break Break
3:15 pm Progressive advancement

Ben Usher Smith

Lightning talks
4:00 pm Building a website for the NHS on WordPress

Richard Carter

Lightning talks
4:45 pm Closing Remarks Closing Remarks

AfterParty, 28th October

Our after party will be immediately after the main conference day in Black Dog Ballroom after 5pm, and we have the venue until midnight. There’ll be volunteers to lead the way to the venue

Sunday, 29th October

Contributor day will be at Madlabs starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm, tea and coffee will be included throughout the day similarly to MWUG.

Time Contributor Day Workshops
10:00 am Opening Remarks
10:30 am Contributing VVV Laptop Setup
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Contributing Hands on Woocommerce WOOrkshopLuminus Olumide Alabi
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
October 28 2017

Details

Start: October 28, 2017 @ 9:00 am
End: October 29, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
Cost: £30
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Venue

MMU Business & Law School (Manchester Metropolitan University)

All Saints Campus, Oxford Rd,
Manchester, M15 6BH United Kingdom

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Phone:

0161 247 2000

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