https://twitter.com/professorjosh/status/665957144940924929/photo/1 Today I had the chance to speak on a panel at WordCamp Orlando on Technology Education with the following rock stars: Susanna Miller, Iron Yard Gregg Pollack, Code School Josh Murdock, Valencia College Zac Gordon, Treehouse We had a great moderator, Orrett Davis, who brought some great questions as well as fielded some superb questions from … Continue reading Technology Education Panel at WordCamp Orlando 2015
Category: WordPress Updates
Moving to WordPress.com
After running my wp.zacgordon.com site on a shared SiteGround server with several other WP sites and having this site (and the others) hacked 3 times now in the last few months, I felt it was time to make a change. I have thought about moving my WordPress blog to WordPress.com before, but never pulled the trigger … Continue reading Moving to WordPress.com
WP Roundtable Interview with Zac Gordon
Thanks to the folks at the WP Roundtable Podcast for having me on the show to talk about WordPress, teaching at Treehouse, running Web Hosting for Students and more! https://youtu.be/2uPrf5TEa7g
Speaking Announcement – WordCamp Philly 2015
I have taken off a number of months in 2015 from speaking at WordCamps, but I'm excited to announce that I'll be speaking at WordCamp Philly (June 13-14). My talk will be about WordPress hooks, actions and filters. This is something I tried to talk on last year, but have learned a lot more in how … Continue reading Speaking Announcement – WordCamp Philly 2015
Loving the New WordPress 4.2 “Powell” Updates
Whether it's the new PressThis interface (used to publish this post 😉 ), character support for things like emoticons, switching themes in the customizer, or the complex query ordering in WP_Query and the other advanced querying classes, WordPress 4.2, "Powell" brings some nice updates to WordPress. Check out the video above and the original blog post for the release … Continue reading Loving the New WordPress 4.2 “Powell” Updates
Slides from WordCamp Miami 2014 – All About WordPress Themes
Today I'm presenting All About Themes at the WordCamp Miami 2014 Beginners Workshop. Here's the slide deck for those following along:
Drag and Drop Images Directly Into Posts with WordPress 3.9
When WordPress added drag and drop uploads it created such a smoother UX for working with images. Now they're taking it a step further and letting you drag and drop images directly into your posts, where you can resize and edit them inline with all your content. Things just keep getting better and better!
Yay! I’m Speaking at WordCamp Austin 2014
I just found out this week that I'll be speaking at the wonderful WordCamp Austin, April 26 & 27. The talk is titled, "The Ins and Outs of The Template Hierarchy" and it will cover all of the major template files as well as common and helpful template tags used in those files. Austin is … Continue reading Yay! I’m Speaking at WordCamp Austin 2014
Digging WordCamp Chicago’s Time Release Sign Up Navigation
For some reason, WordCamp Chicago is on the top of my list of WordCamps currently announced that I'm pumped to go to. I haven't been to the city before, folks say it's awesome, I know a number of cool folks up there, and in general just have a good feeling about it. To add to … Continue reading Digging WordCamp Chicago’s Time Release Sign Up Navigation
Nice Review of Treehouse WordPress Content on WP Tavern
I'm a big fan of the WP Tavern blog, so it was great to see an article come out yesterday on the latest WordPress content we're producing at Treehouse. Check out High Demand For WordPress Education Prompts Treehouse to Launch New Beginner’s Course on WP Tavern. The article has a bit of a funny vibe to … Continue reading Nice Review of Treehouse WordPress Content on WP Tavern
Educator Zac Gordon 