LoopConf, a conference geared towards WordPress developers has been rescheduled for February 6-8, 2017, and will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Florida but was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew. Ryan Sullivan, lead organizer of the event who lives in (more…)
Rebecca Gill, founder of Web-Savvy-Marketing, has published a postmortem of WordCamp WarmUp, an event that took place two days before WordCamp Ann Arbor aimed at breaking the ice for new WordCamp attendees. The event surpassed its goal of 50 attendees forcing Gill to close registration early. “Not only did most WarmUp guests (more…)
Earlier this year, a number of people gathered in Sarasota, FL, to attend WPCampus, the first conference devoted to WordPress in higher education. As the organizers continue to accept applications to host the event in 2017, the team is also organizing a virtual conference called WPCampus Online. WPCampus Online is (more…)
WordCamp Europe 2017 is eight months away from kicking off in Paris, France, and the event’s core leadership team is already looking ahead to prepare a host city for 2018. Applications will open December 1. This year’s event brought 1,950 attendees to Vienna and more than 1,000 tickets were claimed (more…)
Lisa Melegari, lead organizer of WordCamp Orlando, confirmed earlier today that the event is cancelled due to hurricane Matthew. Rosen UCF campus, the venue where the event was to be held announced that it is under a mandatory order to remain closed until Sunday, eliminating the possibility of having sessions (more…)
LoopConf, an event geared towards WordPress developers that was supposed to begin October 5th is postponed due to hurricane Matthew. In today’s 11 AM update, the National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch for Deerfield Beach to the Volusia/Brevard county line which is near the venue. LoopConf organizers are removing (more…)
If you live in the Los Angeles, CA area and are skilled in user experience design, WordPress development, copyrighting, and more, there’s a new event that could use your help. It’s called Website Weekend and takes place October 22-23 at OpenX in Pasadena, CA between the hours of 9am and 6pm. Organized by Alex Vasquez (more…)
The third edition of php[world] will be held in Washington, D.C., November 14-18 and organizers have published the finalized schedule. According to conference co-chair Eli White, the number of people submitting WordPress-related topics caused the organization team to create a double-sized WordPress track for this year’s event. The conference, which (more…)
WordPress enthusiasts in San José, Costa Rica are getting ready to host the city’s first WordCamp November 5-6. Roberto Remedios is one of 10 organizers working with a Rocio Valdivia, the team’s mentor from WordCamp Central. He said that WordCamp Miami inspired him to want to host an event in (more…)
WordCamp Milwaukee is set to take place September 17-18 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education. More than 170 tickets are still available at $40 each and provide access to both days of the event, including the after party. The event’s second round of speakers were recently announced (more…)
WordPress enthusiasts from around the world tuned into the fourth edition of WordSesh this past weekend. WordSesh is a free virtual WordPress conference that lasts for 24 hours. Since none of the viewers or speakers have to travel from their homes, the sessions generally have a more casual, intimate vibe (more…)
Hot on the heels of WPCampus 2016, the event’s organizing team is currently accepting applications to host the event in 2017. The team is specifically looking for a campus or educational institution that can help plan and host the event. In addition, the following factors will help determine the location. (more…)