Security & Performance Lessons Learned from Multimillion Dollar WordPress Shops

Security and performance is important for any website. But what about a website with hundreds of thousands of visitors per month and millions of dollars a year on the line? In this session built for site managers and developers, Top Hat founder Ben Butler will share lessons from managing and building high-traffic WordPress shops to …

Build Ecommerce Sites With Confidence (Demystifying commerce)

Building an ecommerce can be a daunting experience. Suddenly you’re not just working with content anymore, now it’s taxes and shipping and customers that need to be kept happy. Fortunately it doesn’t have to be scary. Join speaker Topher DeRosia to look at a number of steps you can take to remove the uncertainty from …

8 Reasons You Should Consider Speaking at a Meetup

As a meetup organizer, I love finding speakers to deliver awesome presentations for our group. Often when I ask someone to present, though, I get feedback like, “Me?” or “I don’t know enough.” But you (and they) do know enough, already, right now. So let’s talk about eight reasons why you should consider speaking at …

Google Analytics + WordPress 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding GA

Installing WordPress is just the start of any Web publisher or developer’s journey. Knowing how your visitors’ experience your website and/or blog assists you in making changes that can have a positive impact on your search results, keeping your visitors on your site longer, and converting more customers. And, there’s no better (and free) tool …