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Fort Worth WordPress Meetup Slides!

By Marc / August 17, 2015 / 0 Comments

https://marcgratch.com/gravity-forms-slides/

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Playing Ball with Plugins| WordCamp Talk Proposal

By Marc / June 24, 2015 / 0 Comments

After having the pleasure of updating a site that has not been updated since I built it 3 years ago, I was very proud that every plugin and core updated went off without a hitch. Now I am sure plenty of other developers can boast the same thing, but I haven’t heard those stories as…

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Understanding Gravity Forms | WordCamp Talk Proposal

By Marc / June 24, 2015 / 1 Comment

I will be doing a run through of this talk at my local meetup, August 17th 2015. I have been using Gravity Forms since 2011, if I look at my email account the first time I referenced “Gravity Forms” is 1/6/2011 which means someone on my team was using it for at least a few months prior…

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Your First WordPress Site (Redux) | WordCamp Talk Proposal

By Marc / June 23, 2015 / 0 Comments

After reviewing my talk from last year I have adjusted my presentation to better serve its audience.  I have outlined my proposal below: (view the whole retrospective.) Your First WordPress Site | There and back again It is easy for seasoned WordPress users to say “WordPress is easy.” But often times we forget that WordPress…

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WordCamp DFW 2014 | Your First WordPress Site | A Retrospecitve

By Marc / June 23, 2015 / 0 Comments

In 2014 I gave a WordCamp talk about setting up Your First WordPress Site.  As far as first presentations go, it was pretty successful. I don’t have too much in terms of metrics to support that, but I did get tweeted! That was a first for me. To be honest I think if most people talk for…

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How WordPress elevates you | WordCamp Talk Proposal

By Marc / June 14, 2015 / 0 Comments

This is my third proposal I have written for a WordCamp talk, now unlike previous talks, this one I have actually had a chance to run through this for a school project, see what worked and how to apply it to the audience it was truly intended for… WordCampers! (is that a word?) So with…

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Doing it wrong | WordCamp Talk Proposal

By Marc / June 13, 2015 / 0 Comments

The following is a WordCamp proposal for 2015.  This is my second proposal, I was fortunate to have my first proposal selected for WordCamp DFW 2014 and even though it didn’t go as expected I learned a lot from it and had an amazing time. I even had a few people tell me I was…

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Your first WordPress site presentation & Slides

By Marc / October 4, 2014 / 1 Comment

Download the slides here!

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Your First WordPress Site | My Proposal for WordCamp DFW 2014

By Marc / August 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

My Proposal for WordCamp DFW 2014 The following is my first WordCamp Proposal.  In fact it is the first time I have ever written a proposal to speak for anything, let alone WordCamp,  This will be my second WordCamp, and after the excitement at WCNYC I look forward to seeing what is here in my hometown. WordPress…

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Responsive Chromeless YouTube Video Short Code CSS

By Marc / August 12, 2014 / 0 Comments

Possible Bug With YouTube Video Shortcode UPDATE (08/18/2014): I have tested this on a site running Peter Westwood‘s Bleeding Edge Nightlies and it still seems a bit buggy. Scroll down to see the WordPress 4.0 screen shots. UPDATE: Currently there seems to be a bug with the youtube video shortcode on mobile devices using the below code and much of…

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