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Live 80s Music at the Daybreak Volunteer Celebration
I had the pleasure to join the regular staff at Daybreak and serve all our amazing volunteers. On top of that I enjoyed taking in an 80s music concert as well. I was in elementary school in the 80s so some would think that I would identify more with 90s music. It’s a both/and relationship for me, but for whatever reason I gravitate to 80s music. The following song was played last night and came up on my Google Play Music station this morning. For sure a 80s favorite. Check out Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey:
Looking For Answers, Relying On Faith
We live in a world where people are always looking for answers. Sometimes the answers are beyond our understanding. That’s where faith takes over. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord . “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT
WordCamp US 2019 – Securing WordPress in the age of 0-Day Vulnerabilities – Rahul Nagare
scaledynamix.com/WCUS 0-Day Vulnerabilities Recently discovered No current fix Already being attacked Reference – wpvulndb.com Why My Site? They want to send your traffic somewhere else to boost SEO rank They want to use your site as a “bot” to attack a targeted site. How Do You Protect Your Site? Protection Against Redirects Hardcode your site/home URL Protect your wp-config.php Protect Against Automated Plugin Updates Limit access to wp-admin, white-list admin IPs Protect Against Code Injections Block all POST requests without a valid referrer Set Content-Security-Policy header You still need to follow the standard security best practices
WordCamp US 2019 – Technical SEO Checklist: How to Optimize a WordPress Site for Search Engine Crawlers – Pam Aungst
Why SEO is Important For search engines Why Technical SEO is Super Important Search Engines: Crawl / Index / Rank If technical SEO isn’t working search engines can’t crawl/index/rank. Visitors wont’ find your site. The Ultimate SEO Checklist Basic/Traditional Items Domain & CMS Run by a well designed platform Meta Robots Search Engine Visibility checkbox Cross-Check Plugin Robots.txt Exclude Irrelevant Content – Yoast SEO Implement Cross-Check’s Search Engine Visibility Monitoring XML Sitemap Dynamic XML Sitemap from Yoast SEO Submit XML index to Google Search Console and check for errors Search Console monitors for crawling errors Should be dynamically generated and updated Design Do not use “one page” designs, they don’t work well for SEO Breadcrumbs Schema markup can be added for search crawlers to follow…
WordCamp GR 2017 – Development With Material Design – Matt Christensen
Matt Christensen – https://www.mattchristensen.net/ History Announced 2014 2015 Most Google apps use it Intended for Android Focused on Native Mobile, web was an afterthought What Is It? – https://material.io/ A metaphor – think paper Uniting Style – look the same everywhere Design as a physical medium Paper and Ink Seams & Edges Motion has meaning Web Features – https://getmdl.io/components/ Cards – base component (could be used as a means to layout “table” data) Drawers Snackbar – nice feedback component, can hide automatically Tables Out of the box there is styling but not responsive jQuery Alternative – https://datatables.net/ Frameworks MDL (Material Design) Materialize – http://materializecss.com/ (stay away from Materialize WP, not much development) MDLWP – http://mdlwp.com/ (most features in commercial) Bootstrap Material Design – http://fezvrasta.github.io/bootstrap-material-design/ How Do You Design? What are you…
WordCamp GR 2017 – Plugins: The WP Box of Chocolates – Stacy Vanden Heuvel
Stacy Vanden Heuvel – http://www.mtnwebs.net/ (blog) http://mtnwebs.com/ What are they? Premanufactured code that adds function and features. 51,000+ plugins available today. Dropped into a site. There is a plugin or everything. Why does anyone care? Makes website building easier. How do you choose? How many active installs? Does it have reputable developers? When was it last updated? What are the ratings? – need to take these with a grain of salt Is it compatible with the current release? Does it fit with exactly what you need it to do? Plugin Examples WP-Polls Auto Terms of Service and Privacy Policy – doesn’t support translations WPFront Scroll – scroll-to-top button Hummingbird – page speed optimization, gives you an optimization report WP Smush – image optimization, optimizes as you upload,…