Designing and developing a dozen unique theme templates does not need to be painful. A page-builder makes creating WordPress templates as easy as playing with Legos. With a page-builder you can break each section of a template into blocks that can be place in any order removing the need for template files.
You do not need 100s of lines of code to make your own page-builder. All you need is a WordPress development framework called TypeRocket.
TypeRocket is like Advanced Custom Fields + Laravel (MVC) + Speed. With TypeRocket you can make your own page builder, customize it with any number of custom fields, all with only a few lines of code.
In this talk you will see a portfolio site developed and learn how to code your own fast and beautiful page-builder to make it happen. Plus you will see how to create custom post types, use repeater fields, build a REST API, and more.
Oh, and you will not need a single WordPress plugin.
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WordPress has grown from a humble, open source blogging tool into the most dominant site development platform in the world. But does its growth, flexibility and robustness extend all the way to the enterprise? IBM software developer and architect Ian Oeschger talks about a large scale adoption of WordPress at IBM developerWorks, about user management and security, REST APIs, web standards, custom types, performance and other features that work in the enterprise, and some that do not.
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The gig economy is a real thing, and I can attest to it — my side hustle is generating as much income as my full time job these days. Here’s the part no one tells you: With a little dedication and skill a good designer (print or digital) can jump into the world of freelance work. The talk will provide ways to establish yourself as an expert in the field and even build WordPress sites for clients. The trick to it all? Having a solid work ethic, innate curiosity to keep learning new things and a great internet connection!
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