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Or maybe a warm-up before Gdynia? Join us at CMS Conf Local in Vilnius
Before we meet at the main CMS Conf 2026 in Gdynia on November 12–14, we’ll see you on October 24 at CMS Conf Local: Vilnius.
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Updates, announcements and insights from the CMS Conf team.
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From Browsers to Buyers
Katarzyna Janoska on why generic copy kills conversion faster than slow load times, and why reassurance is the real job of a small business website.
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Most AI Tools Won't Survive
Damian Ślimak on twenty years of automation before it had a name, why clients never ask whether AI is involved, and the one skill still worth training.
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SEO After the CMS Absorbed the Technical Layer
Aleksandra Kołodziejska of Top Online on GEO, the 90/10 content split, and why real experience became the strongest ranking signal for local business sites.
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Spoiled for Choice: Picking a Platform for Your Online Course
Mary Czekaj on how course creators end up on the wrong platform, what that mistake actually costs, and why good enough beats perfect when choosing where to sell.
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What Clients Say They Want vs What They Actually Need
Piotr Cezary Wojciechowski of Softwareness on client discovery as an architectural decision: separating stated wants from real needs before any CMS is chosen.
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How to Avoid the Most Common CMS Website Marketing Mistakes
Paulina Grębowiec breaks down the marketing mistakes that derail CMS websites - and shows why most of them are decided long before any code is written.
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Tricity in November. How to see the most interesting places around CMS Conf without freezing? Extend your weekend!
November in Tricity is cold, grey, and genuinely beautiful. There are no tourists, the light on the old brick of Gdańsk turns golden for about twenty minutes every afternoon, and restaurants have free tables.
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Communication Intelligence and the Hidden Cost of Tech Leadership
Aleksandra Lemańska on CQ, the communication debt draining engineering teams, and turning soft skills into an algorithm leaders can actually run.
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What's Actually in Your CMS Conf Ticket? The Full Breakdown of Benefits!
Three days. One ticket. More than you'd expect. Here's everything that's actually waiting for you at CMS Conf.
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Sales Strategy in the AI Era
Aga Slipczuk on what counts as an actual sales strategy in 2026, why AI accelerates the funnel without replacing it, and the foundational work most businesses skip.
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Personal Websites for AI Visibility
Daniel Stanica, founder of Competico, on why personal brands need an owned website in 2026 — and how to structure it so AI search engines actually cite it.
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Writing Effective Website Content: Stop Talking About Yourself
Klaudyna Maciąg explains why most CMS websites fail at content — they describe the company instead of the reader — and how to fix it without a redesign.
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Six Marketing Mistakes That Make CMS Websites Fail
Łukasz Pietras from Zdobywcy Sieci identifies six common marketing failures on CMS-built websites — most of them are structural decisions, not technical ones.
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Is WordPress Still the Right Business CMS in 2026?
Sylwia Stein on why 43% of the web still runs on WordPress in 2026, where it breaks under its own ecosystem, and when a different CMS is the right call.
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Content Is Anything: Elian Van Cutsem on Astro, Islands, and the CMS Spectrum
Elian Van Cutsem — Astro maintainer and Lead DevRel at React Bricks — on what the content web actually means, how to choose on the CMS spectrum, island architecture misuse, and why Astro fits AI-driven development unusually well.
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AI in Website Marketing: Real-World Applications That Deliver Results
AI is reshaping how websites attract visitors, personalize experiences, and convert customers. A practical look at where it is actually making a difference in marketing today.
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The hallway is just as important as the stage. How to get the most out of CMS Conf?
Talks deliver knowledge, but it’s the conversations between people that often stay with you the longest.
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Running PHP in the Browser: The Architecture and Trade-offs of WordPress Playground
Adam Zieliński explains how WordPress Playground works, the WebAssembly challenges it had to solve, and what other CMS ecosystems can learn from the approach.
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WordPress SEO Is a Structural Problem: Taxonomies, Archives, and URL Bloat
WordPress generates pages, archives, and taxonomies by default. Kacper Krasnodębski explains why that default behavior - not bad content - is the root cause of most WordPress SEO problems.
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First time in Tricity? A quick guide for international guests — culture, safety, and helpful apps
Decision made! You’re coming to Poland in November to join us in Gdynia for CMS Conf. What now?
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WordPress as a Defense System: A Layered Security Architecture
A structural analysis of the five-layer WordPress security model - from hosting infrastructure to backup strategy - drawn from a vendor presentation at CMS Conf.
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WordPress: The Engine for Independence
How a browser-based CMS became the infrastructure for a location-independent freelance career - and what that says about the real value of low-barrier content tools.
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The Most Important CMS Trends for 2026: AI, Composable, Governance, Content Operations, and UX
Explore the five key CMS trends shaping 2026 - from AI integration and architecture choices to platform governance, content operations, and user experience design.
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How to Reach CMS Conf 2026
Plan your trip to CMS Conf 2026 in Gdynia with practical travel tips, including flights via GDN, transfer times, road distances from major cities, and ferry options from Sweden.
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CMS Conf 2026 – The Essential Guide
Everything you need to know about CMS Conf 2026 - venue location, how to get there from Gdynia Główna, parking options, and practical tips for attendees.
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Secure Your Early Bird Ticket for €100
CMS Conf 2026 Early Bird tickets are live. Save €50 and pay just €100 for the first 100 tickets. Three days of technical talks, workshops, and networking in Gdynia, Poland (Nov 12-14, 2026).
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Building CMS Conf 2026: How We Created a Modern, AI-Ready Conference Website
The story behind the CMS Conf website - from design structure to Pages CMS integration, SEO optimization, and LLM compatibility.
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Welcome to CMS Conf 2026
We are excited to officially introduce CMS Conf - a new international conference dedicated to creators, developers and companies working with Content Management Systems.