WordCamp Toronto Updates

March 6th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in BackSpace Blabber, social, wordpress

WCT Logo

This year is looking to be the biggest year ever for WordCamp’s around the world. So many new cities jumping on board and many new changes being made by veteran WordCamp organizers.

I’m very excited about WCT 2009, it’s a lot more work than I had anticipated, but then again, go big or go home! This is Toronto’s second year hosting WordCamp and this year will be bigger, better, and AWESOME…

We’ve undergone a huge transformation in comparison to last years event. So, what changes have we made you ask…well…for starters we have a added a third day to the festival, 3 tracks of presentations instead of 1, and our favorite addition the WCT Awards! You can submit any work you have done with WordPress from plug-ins, themes, blog and site development, etc.

This year we want to explore WordPress to a higher degree. We have expanded the festival to include all walks of WordPress life, from commercial to non-profit, from amateur to professional bloggers, designers and developers, and we are exploring other ways in which WordPress is being used outside the blogging community.

We are also covering a range of topics including, social, community, business, and education.

We are also very excited about of key note speaker Nick La, the man behind the popular blog Web Designer Wall, Best Web Gallery, and founder of N.Design Studio.

We have an all-star lineup of speakers, Peter Flaschner, Erin Blaskie, James Walker, Jeremy Clarke, and Matt Brett, just to name a few…

So, make sure you don’s miss out on this event! You can register here >>> http://wct2009.eventbrite.com/ , find out more about the event at http://www.wordacmaptoronto.com.

WordPress TV

February 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in BackSpace Blabber, wordpress

I found this posted on WordPress TV. It’s my Plugin presentation from WordCamp Toronto 2008.


Brendan Sera-Shriar @ Wodcamp Toronto from CCSAI on Vimeo.

WordCamp Toronto Announces Logo Design Contest Winner!

February 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in BackSpace Blabber, Industry, Open Source Design, wordpress

We have a winner ladies and gentlemen!

The team over at WCT 2009 just announced the official winner of their logo design contest. The winner is Paul Morrison, a student at Seneca College in the Digital Media Arts Program.

WCT Logo

What I really dig about the new logo is all the variants that Paul supplied, I see buttons, stickers, and other swag in the near future…

Congrats on an outstanding logo concept!

Also, don’t forget to submit your site to the WCT Awards!

I <3 Blogging Design Contest

February 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in BackSpace Blabber, wordpress

This link came my way and I thought I would share it with you all. Happy bloggin and good luck!

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/i-3-blogging-design-contest/

WordPress Plugin Development Workshop at RMI - Recap

February 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Open Source, css, php, wordpress

This past Saturday, yes I know it was Valentine Day, but we spread the WordPress love, I ran yet another WordPress workshop at RMI ( Rich Media Institute ), it was great to see almost everyone from the theme design workshop show up, plus a few new faces.  This was the second in a series of workshops I’m running at  RMI this year.

Other workshops to look forward to , WordPress 2.7 - all the ins and outs, WordPress 2.7 Admin Skinning/Customization. i am also planning on running a FREE Workshop on WP2.7 Admin Theming at PHUG end of Feb or early March.

For this workshop, the goal was to convert a PHP script that loads random Flash SWF ( view here ) files into a functional WordPress plug-in. Sounds easy, and it was! You can download the original PHP script here and the WordPress plug-in here. The plug-in is fully functional, but still requires some option under the admin area. Play arounf with and let me know what you think.

Here’s the slide presentation from the workshop.

As promised here is a list of some plug-in development resources:
Simplified AJAX For WordPress Plugin Developers using Jquery
“Desenvolvendo Plugins para WordPress” by Rafael Dohms (in Brazilian Portuguese)
12 part “How to Write a Wordpress Plugin” at DevLounge.net by Ronald Huereca (PDF)
How to create WordPress Plugin from a scratch
Using AJAX with your WordPress Plugin, also at DevLounce.net
How to Write a Simple WordPress Plugin at ATD

Posts from past workshops:
http://backspacestudios.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-25-workshop-at-rmi-recap/open-source/
http://backspacestudios.com/blog/index.php/vecta-lova-free-wordpress-theme/open-source/