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I got a crash course in the world of “higher education” when I joined the amazing team at the Vanderbilt Web Communications department. Higher-Ed was a brand new world to me, and while a lot of the same issues carry over from “normal” web design, there’s a whole different set of things to worry about.

Now, over a year later, I feel like I’ve eased into the water, and It’s amazing some of the stuff that happens in this space. People are doing incredible things with WordPress, not only as a content management system but as an entire learning system. You could – with the right amount of time and development – run an entire university AND its classes on a WordPress site.

There’s no surprise, then, that great communities of people would form dedicated to sharing the hows and whys of High-Ed design and development. The WPCampus conference this year is such a group, and its sophomore annual conference was a resounding success.

WPCampus is focused on celebrating WordPress in the Higher Education world. It focused on design, development, content, and personal development topics for professionals in that field. With topics covering the REST API, security, content strategy, scaling a web presence for a university, and even “impostor syndrome”, there was a great selection of opportunities to learn various facets of WordPress in higher education.

I had the privilege to speak on WordPress Security (my slides are here, by the way!)

https://www.slideshare.net/studionashvegas/level-up-your-wordpress-security

If you are involved in any way in higher education – whether it’s communications or I.T – and you use WordPress, you need to check out WPCampus. It’s worth attending, not only for the sessions, but for the opportunity to network (and kvetch!) with your fellow WordPress High-Ed Geeks!

  • WordPress, React, and The Future

    WordPress, React, and The Future

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    On September 14, Matt Mullenweg announced that WordPress was rethinking its use of the React.js library due to Facebook’s clarification on its patents. The short story: Facebook released React under a modified “open-source-ish” license (called BSD+Patents) that allow them to judiciously revoke the patent if a service violates the terms of service (specifically, if they…

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  • Hangin’ with the ITIVE Crew

    Hangin’ with the ITIVE Crew

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    You can see it in action on the Social Media Clubhouse website – the various events have various images, logos, and link categories showing up depending on where you are on the site. You can download the plugin from the official WordPress repository, or install it through your local blog! EDIT: Screencast below 🙂

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