On Saturday, May 24th, 2014, three members of WPML team will speak in Saigon, at WordPress meetup under the heading “Building sites with WordPress”.
Andrea Sciamanna, WPML lead developer, will present best practices for plugin development during his workshop. Amir Helzer, WPML project manager and CTO of the OnTheGoSystems company will reveal some secrets behind successful business building around a WordPress plugin. Dat Hoang, WPML support member and the main meetup organizer will show how to build WordPress sites efficiently with existing themes and plugins.
Additionally more than ten local Vietnamese people applied as speakers.
Meetup agenda
The lectures will took place in parallel in two separate rooms. More advanced topic will be presented in developers room, more general WordPress topics — in users room.
Here’s how the full meetup agenda looks like:
| Time | Users’ track (room 1) | Developers’ track (room 2) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15-09:15 | Registration | |
| 09:15-09:30 | Opening remarks Dat Hoang |
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| 09:30-10:15 | [VI] How to build WordPress sites efficiently with existing themes and plugins Dat Hoang |
[VI] WordPress themes from scratch. A guide how to create a theme from the beginning to the end Man Vo |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:15 | [VI] Developers and Customers: how we can understand each other Phong Lam |
[EN] Best practices for plugin development: create a WordPress plugin from scratch (presentation plus workshop) — part 1. Andrea Sciamanna |
| 11:15-12:00 | [VI] Using the WordPress HTML Text Widget to build some extra things Anh Thien |
[EN] Best practices for plugin development: create a WordPress plugin from scratch (presentation plus workshop) — part 2. Andrea Sciamanna |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:45 | [VI] Implement WooCommerce and the real case-studies: using WooCommerce for business. Duy Luong |
[VI] WordPress usage at Project Lana. How we leverage WordPress Multisite to serve millions of users per month. Project Lana WordPress Team |
| 13:45-14:30 | [VI] Speed up your WordPress site in live action Thong Tran |
[EN] Do Less Work By Securing Your WordPress Site From Hackers Thomas Howard |
| 14:30-14:45 | Break | |
| 14:45-15:30 | [EN] How to build a business around a WordPress plugin Amir Helzer |
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| 15:30 | Networking and job interviews |
Speakers
Dat Hoang
WPML support team member and Saigon WordPress Meetup organizer.
Topic: How to build WordPress sites efficiently with existing themes and plugins
Man Vo
An official in the daylight and a developer in the night. A developer and a manager at Izwebz.com
Topic: WordPress themes from scratch. A guide how to create a theme from the beginning to the end
Phong Lam
A freelancer working in marketing — copywriting — designing & LAMP developing.
Websites are www.contentaz.com and www.cancaucom.com .
Topic: Developers and Customers: how we can understand each other
Andrea Sciamanna
WPML Multilingual plugin lead developer
Topic (presentation plus workshop): Best practices for plugin development: create a WordPress plugin from scratch
Anh Thien
A WordPress Eethusiast. Works with freelance team that runs a service for Website Content Update & Layout.
Topic: Using the WordPress HTML Text Widget to build some extra things
Duy Luong
A developer doing Singapore projects. A businessman in some industries: tourism, furniture and fashion.
Topic: Implement WooCommerce and the real case-studies: using WooCommerce for business.
Project Lana WordPress Team
A team which builds execllent sites for Webtretho.com
An interview with the team [vi]
Topic: WordPress usage at Project Lana. How we leverage WordPress Multisite to serve millions of users per month.
Thong Tran
The founder of foobla.com (Joomla) and wpbriz.com (WP Pipes)
Topic: Speed up your WordPress site in live action
Thomas Howard
The founder of MakeWP.com, a WordPress development company providing services to businesses and agencies in the US.
Topic: Do Less Work By Securing Your WordPress Site From Hackers
Amir Helzer
The founder and the CTO of OnTheGoSystems company. With WordPress since 2007.
Topic: How to build a business around a WordPress plugin
Your last chance to register
If you are from Vietnam and haven’t registered so far, join now! Taking part in the event is an ideal opportunity not only to broaden your WordPress knowledge but also to meet new interesting people.