October 1, 2023 — The Global Leads of several past editions of WordCamp Europe will take the stage to discuss what it’s like to organise a flagship WordCamp, what considerations must be taken into account, and what the future could hold: from volunteer organisers to catering, venue selection to swag, what goes into organising WCEU and how might it change in the future?

Join us for this Q&A session with Global Leads from 2020-2022.

July 22, 2022

July 22, 2022

July 22, 2022

June 10, 2019 — This talk looks at the business side of web accessibility. Awareness around accessibility and inclusivity is increasing in the WordPress ecosystem but how can you as a designer, developer, or agency (owner) get the message across to your client? As makers of the web we often have to deal with myths like ‘accessible web design is ugly or boring’, ‘web accessibility is expensive and hard to implement’ and ‘my site audience does not include disabled people’. This talk looks at the WHY of Web Accessibility and provides the audience with HOW. HOW to convince your client that there are many benefits with having an accessible website.

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October 28, 2016 — Autotaalglas.nl is a well known windshield repair company in the Netherlands. Over a period of a year we redesigned and redeveloped their website doubling their online conversion in the first 2 months after launch.

In this talk I will use Autotaalglas.nl as a case study to illustrate the importance of good UI and UX for a succesfull website. Running WordPress as a CMS has many advantages but it is not automatically making your website a great website.
How did we achieve a doubling of conversion and what are we doing to hold on to the conversion increase? Knowing that on average a car owner has a windshield chip or crack once every seven years you will understand that it doesn’t make a loyal customer.
How to keep developing the platform and giving the client an advantage over their competitors? By the time WordCamp Netherlands takes place we are implementing a new feature that connects the website to the planning tool of every repair shop to show availability.

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October 21, 2015 — Nieuws.nl is een grote Nederlandse nieuwssite met een focus op lokaal nieuws. Nieuws.nl heeft een bereik van 1,9 miljoen unieke bezoekers en ruim 8 miljoen pageviews per maand. Het platform draait als WordPress Multisite installatie met 412 subsites, één voor elke gemeente in Nederland.
Met deze talk willen we laten zien hoe een complexere WordPress website in elkaar steekt. Waar zitten de uitdagingen? Wat voor soort maatwerk is er nodig om aan de wensen en eisen van een dergelijk platform te voldoen? Wat komt er bij de hosting van zo’n platform kijken? In deze talk is er veel ruimte voor vragen vanuit het publiek.

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