#1. WordPress, HTML5 Adoption, and Internet Explorer 9 & 10
by Chris Bowen
No doubt you’ve been hearing quite a bit about HTML5. There are many new features to help improve user experiences, but how do you use them today while still supporting the spectrum of browsers, old and new, in use today? We’ll focus on practical strategies, libraries, polyfills, shims, etc. for WordPress designers and developers to adopt HTML5 today. We’ll also take a look at how Internet Explorer supports HTML5 (and related standards) today in IE9 and next in IE10, folding that into our discussion of adopting HTML5 with WordPress.
Chris Bowen (http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen) is a Principal Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, specializing in web development technologies and working with customers and companies in the northeastern US. An architect and developer with over 18 years in the industry, he joined Microsoft after holding senior positions at companies such as Monster.com, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems. He is coauthor of “Essential Windows Communication Foundation” and “Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System” and holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
#2. Caching, Scaling, and What I’ve Learned Programming for WordPress.com VIP
by Erick Hitter
WordPress provides two great caching frameworks in its transient and object caching APIs. Used internally and available to developers, object caching can introduce many performance enhancements simply by activating a plugin such as Batcache or W3 Total Cache. But what about adding extra caching in a custom theme? Or building upon existing internal caching? Working on high-traffic sites both on the WordPress.com VIP platform and not, I’ve encountered these needs and implemented caching in some tricky situations. In this talk, I’ll demonstrate some of the interesting solutions devised to meet our clients’ needs and address issues related to scaling WordPress-powered sites.
Erick Hitter is a web developer with Providence-based Oomph, Inc.specializing in complex WordPress implementations for high-traffic sites, including several on the WordPress.com VIP platform. He is also responsible for the company’s BuddyPress projects. Erick has created a number of WordPress plugins available from the official repository, including the Simple Facebook Share Button and Tag Dropdown Widget, as well as the WordPress.com VIP External Permalinks plugin.
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- 7-7:30pm – Networking
- 7:30-7:40pm – Opening remarks, news/updates, etc.
- 7:45-8:50pm – Sessions begin
- 8:50-9pm – Wrap-up