A review of my experience at WordCamp Philly October 2012. This was the first time I attended a WordCamp. Lots of great speakers and WordPress info.

1. WordCamp Philly
October 20-21, 2012
by Christina Strommer
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2. Four Tracks
• User
• Power User
• Designer
• Developer
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3. Why?
• To learn more about WordPress
• To meet people with similar
interests
• To hear how others use
WordPress
• To determine if I’m doing things
correctly (i.e. child themes)
• It sounded fun!
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4. Takeaways
• Boilerplates - HTML5 and • Custom Post Types (i.e. staff
Twitter Bootstrap pages, recipes, products)
• Child Themes. Oh The • Building a Framework.
Themes You’ll Do. Create code that can be used
across several projects.
• Fonts - Google webfonts,
fontsquirrel.com • Frameworks - 960.gs still
o.k. - Toast and 1140fluid
• Responsive. Think mobile
first, not content first. Be • Can use a framework as a
fluid. Use adaptive media. child theme or boilerplate.
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5. Surprises
• You can, in fact, rap about
WordPress.
• Matt Mullenweg showed up on
developer day for a Q and A.
• Sat in on a session by Lisa Sabin-
Wilson. She wrote WordPress
for Dummies.
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6. What did I miss?
• Sessions can be found on
WordCamp Philly blog.
• The after party!!! A must next
year.
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7. Additional Info
• Coreen: Plan Your Next Event With Inspiration From Philly
WordCamp
• Liam: 5 Marketing Reasons to Attend In-Person Events
• Twitter @jamminpsu
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