Speaking

  • Speaking: NEPABlogCon and Beyond!

    Though I haven’t officially announced it yet, I have been talking for a while about a new book I’m working on called Responsive Design with WordPress. We are a couple of months out from release but things are going well! In the time running up to the release I’ll be out there speaking quite a bit to promote it.

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  • I’m Speaking about WordPress on Saturday in Scranton!

    Come on down to the Vintage Theater at 9am Saturday to see me speak about the basics of WordPress! My talk is part of a 24 Hour bonanza that’s going on from Friday at 9pm to Saturday at 9pm. I will include art, music, movies, tech, and more! The Vintage Theater is located at 326 Spruce Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503. As for my talk…

    I will go through the basics of setting up a WordPress site (hosted and self-hosted), familiarizing yourself with the admin panel, choosing themes, installing plugins, and more.

    Come on down for a great time. Bring your WordPress questions!

    As an added bonus, I’ll be sporting Google Glass.

     

  • Upcoming Speaking Events

    As it turns out, I’m speaking a couple of times next week on WordPress Custom Post Types- check out the information below and register if you’d like!

    Connecting Custom Post Types
    WP Summit, Online, June 11th, 2013 at 12pm CST
    Use the code 20JOE for 20% off.
    DIY Custom Post Types
    NEPA WP Meetup, Library at The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, June 13th, 2013 at 7pm EST
  • NEPAWP: WordPress is Installed… Now What?

    Join us for the next NEPA WordPress Meetup, March 26th (this Tuesday) at 7pm at The Vintage Theater. My friend and colleague Phil Erb will be giving a talk called WordPress is Installed…Now What?. From the website:

    Phil Erb will be presenting WordPress is Installed… Now What? – covering the basics of site settings, themes, and plugins. Bring your questions and be prepared to talk about some of your favorite plugins.

    Stop by if you can make it! The event is free and there will be coffee! Get more info on the website and sign up over on our Meetup Page!

     

    PS- I know this blog has been really self-promoty lately, but I’m working on some cool stuff that I’ll hopefully be able to talk about soon, so stay tuned!

  • My Slides from PABUG 2012

    Here you go! My slides from my talk, “Using PHP to Create a Web-­Based Mobile Banner Application” from @PA_BUG are available for download (links to my Public Dropbox folder). There is also a link to our current mobile app.  Thanks to everyone who came out, and to PABUG for having me!

    If you have any questions or comments/please email me at joseph.casabona@scranton.edu.

  • My Slides from WordCamp Philly 2012

    Here you go! The slides from my talk, “Building a Simple WordPress Framework” at @WordCampPhilly are available for download, as well as the framework I came up with. Thanks to everyone who came out!

    If you have any questions or comments/please email me at joe [at] casabona [dot] org. A note on the framework, I recently made some changes that aren’t fully tested yet, but this is the version I’m running at casabonaorg-staging.eowgdit8-liquidwebsites.com/test/.

  • Speaking at WordCamp Philly

    I'm Speaking - WordCamp PhillyJust a quick note that I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Oct 20th) at WordCamp Philly! My talk is called Building a Simple WordPress Framework. Here is the description:

    This is a talk modeled after my 4-part series on WPTuts+, DIY WordPress Theme Framework. I’ll cover some basic rules of software reuse and defining your needs, what’s out there, why I made my own, and then some code: The important elements of WP themes and what should be included in the framework, how to use that framework as a child theme, and how to use it as a starting point for a parent theme.

    I’m part of the Designer Track and will be speaking at 1:15pm (full schedule here). Come on by! If you can’t make it, I’ll be around both days so feel free to stop me and say hello.