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A thank you to WooCommerce

We are very fortunate to have the amazing folks at WooCommerce as a Kākā (Gold) level sponsor for WordCamp Wellington. Without their help this conference would simply not happen.

Ka pai WooCommerce, now a few words from you:

28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

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Tickets are almost gone!

If you have yet to get a ticket for this weekend’s WordCamp extravaganza you better hurry as we have just 6 tickets left! So better get your tickets now!

Need some more convincing? If spending the weekend with some truly excellent like-minded people hasn’t convinced you I’m quite certain that the amazing speakers line-up will! And of course we’ll be having a blast at Foxglove on Saturday night. I hear Jeffry has some dance moves that he is itching to demonstrate.

So get your tickets now before they are all gone!

Also, should there still be tickets left, ticket sales will close at the end of tomorrow Wednesday 20/06 so our caterers can plan their magic for this weekend.

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Meet the speakers: Tarei King and Caelan Huntress

WordCamp Wellington is just in two weeks. We hope to see you there.  Meet two more WordCamp Wellington speakers.

Tarei King  has started his WordPress journey from some ‘cowboy coding and horrible customisations’, now he is a WordPress engineer at Human Made. WordPress as a software project, community and philosophy has become a guiding part of his life. Tarei will focus on the realities of remote working as a WordPress engineer for a completely remote company.

Caelan Huntress is the creative director of Stellar Platforms. As a digital producer at the intersection of artist and geek, he creates websites, content marketing campaigns, and videos that connect dramatically with an audience. Over the last eight years, he has worked from many locations around the world, from mountaintops in Costa Rica to cafes in the United States. Caelan will share his experience in building a successful freelance business with WordPress.

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Meet the speakers: Ricky Blacker and Peter Mahoney

Hi there! Meet two more WordCamp Wellington speakers!

Ricky Blacker, like many of us in the WordPress community, self-taught himself some web-development, and now works for WP Engine as a Pre Sales Engineer, providing a Digital Experience Platform for WordPress. If you need a hosting survival guide, Ricky’s talk is a must!

Peter Mahoney, SEO expert, web developer & designer, who focuses on SEO over the past decade. Using case studies and examples, Peter will demonstrate how proper SEO can revolutionize your visits AND engagement.

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Meet the speakers: Luke Carbis and Dee Teal

Hi there! Have you seen our list of speakers? It’s the most epic dozen of experts in WordPress, business tools and development, content development and promotion…

Today we are highlighting  Luke Carbis and Dee Teal.

Luke Carbis, a trained teacher who decided to trade moody teenagers for programming, will discover Gutenberg editor’s hidden features and workflow tips to help optimise our writing flow. He’ll also discuss editing and layout trends enabled by Gutenberg, to help our content stay fresh and engaging.

Dee Teal is a legend of Southern hemisphere WordPress community and a Project Manager for large scale WordPress projects as a ‘Human’ with Human Made. Dee will show how to make yourself indispensable to your clients, without becoming a doormat.

Grab your tickets, and we’ll see you at the WordCamp!

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WordPress swag has arrived!

Hi there! Our WordCamp Wellington official swag has arrived today! ‘Code is poetry’ lanyards, buttons and stickers.

We are also doing some great local swag for you, but this is a secret yet.

We know, we know, one not comes to a WordCamp for its swag, but having something with a favourite logo is lovely, isn’t it?

So grab your ticket, and come on June 23-24!

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Meet the speakers: Gavin Botica and Lana Gibson

 Dear all,

We nearly finished filling in the WordCamp schedule – a couple more talks, and we’ll share the agenda with you. However, we can’t wait to let you know who will speak at the WordCamp Wellington this year, because our speakers are totally awesome – just check the Speakers page! 

Please, meet Gavin Botica. Gavin has been working with WordPress since 2005 – first, as a freelance developer, and then – as the owner of WP-Net,  NZ’s first dedicated WordPress hosting and support business.

At WordCamp Wellington, Gavin will cover Local development with Vagrant.

We’d also like to introduce Lana Gibson from Lanalytics. Lana has more than a decade of experience in digital, focusing on Google Analytics and SEO to improve websites. She now turns numbers and graphs into plain English to make sites like Te Papa, BNZ, Radio NZ and Kiwibank measurably better.

Lana’s talk will cover Analytics for successful content.