1. y
WordPress started in 2003 as a “fork” of b2/cafelog. It‘s
written in PHP and MySQL and is licensed under the GPLv2.
This version of the GPL mandates that anyone is welcome
to develop on top of WordPress and grants the freedom
to use the software for any purpose, change the software
to suit your need, share the software with friends and
share the changes you make. All the sponsors & speakers
at #wcphx are in compliance with GPLv2.
2. x
Organic Themes flew in all the way from Hawaii to bring you three
things: organic fruit, real cane sugar & truly beautiful themes.
They’ve got some shirts on them and some free theme giveaways,
tweet @jeffmilone to find out where they are or catch them in the
Design Track talking about their design process this morning. Organicthemes.com
@organicthemes
4. x
Cox was the 1st sponsor to commit to #wcphx 6 months ago.
Greg Ensell & Cox team even boosted wifi levels in
Co+Hoots to ensure enough signal for #wcphx classes &
design reception. If you’re a Phx dev, Cox wants you to have cox.com
a direct connection to them, just tweet @eightymgb. If you’re @cox_comm
a Cox customer & have ANY customer service issues, visit
the genius bar to have Cox resolve!
5. Matt Mullenweg once said the
unofficial WP slogan is:
A. “fine tuning online publishing”
B. "we suck less with every release“
C. “we’d be nothing without IRC”
D. “the best that open source has to offer”
7. B. "we suck less with every release“
In the first ever IRC dev chat for BBPress,
following a lively discussion about how to
make BBPress more accessible to users,
Matt said,
[13:48] <photomatt_sf> it's like the unofficial
WP slogan: we suck less with every release
which was immediately followed with:
[13:49] <pmall> photomatt_sf: I'm tweeting
that!
9. More than 100 WordCamps have taken place all over the
world. Each WordCamp is different, organized by local
unpaid volunteers, and they are mostly underwritten by
sponsors so that camps can provide a ticket almost
anyone can afford. #wcphx ticket holders receive
breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, a tshirt, giveaways,
parties and access to 5 days of expert advice & classes all
for $25-35. If you see a sponsor, thank them.
10. x
DealerTrends, the purveyors of CarDealer Press, an upcoming
plugin, are proud to sponsor their first WordCamp. They’ve been
behind the development of many local dealer websites, including
Earnhardt, who’ve provided the sweet ride in front of CCoA today.
cardealerpress.com
CarDealer Press pulls data from an external hosted database and @dealertrends
injects it into your self hosted WordPress installation. We’re excited
to welcome them to the WordCamp family.
13. ALL IN ONE SEO
sd fgssd fgsd fgsd fgsd fgsd fg
14. x
The WP-Ecommerce plugin is one of the most popular ways
to install ecommerce on your site and @danmilward & his
kiwi crew have always been huge supporters of WordCamp.
If you want an ecommerce shop, its as easy as visiting the
website, and this afternoon, you’ll get some discounts to Getshopped.org
WPEcomm. Have any questions about ecommerce? Visit the @getshopped
genius bar or catch @shaynesanderson in the Marketing
track at 1:30 talking about your ecommerce options
16. The WordPress Foundation was founded in 2010 to further
the mission of the WordPress open source project or to
“democratize publishing”. As part of this mission, the
Foundation will be responsible for protecting the
WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3
non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will
also pursue a charter to educate the public about
WordPress and related open source software.
17. x
Shopp is a highly supported ecommerce plugin that allows you to
plug in products to your WordPress install. @jonathandavis will be
in the Genius Bar today to help you get online with ecommerce and
is giving away ten $55 credits at shopplugin.net to get you started.
To get one tweet “@shopp is about to start lining my pockets at Shopplugin.net
#wcphx”, we’ll give away one an hour.
@shopplugin
22. x
Polldaddy, a product of Automattic is all about polls, surveys and
interacting with your readers. Use the plugin to create polls from the
dashboard, or log into the site to create really powerful surveys.
We’re excited to have the lead designer of PollDaddy, Kevin Polldaddy.com
Conboy at camp. Got questions, just tweet @polldaddy. We’ll be
asking you all kinds of questions about camp via PollDaddy today.
@polldaddy
Answer to win some of our awesome giveaways.
23. The first WordCamp, held in San Francisco in
2006 was organized in three weeks and was
held in the Swedish American Hall attracting
almost 300 people. In May 2010, WordCamp San
Francisco included almost 800 attendees and
pounds of BBQ. WCSF 2011 is planned for August
11.
26. x
9seeds is an enthusiastic development studio headquartered in Las
Vegas, NV that works primarily with the WordPress platform. With
years of experience, 9seeds can handle anything from plugin and
theme development to full scale web development to affiliate
marketing, SEO and Ecommerce solutions. You can track down 9seeds.com
@johnhawkins @shaynesanderson or @toddhuish by tweeting at
@9seeds
them or @9seeds.
29. x
Microsoft sponsors a wealth of open source events like
WordCamps & has worked hard to make WordPress on
Windows a seamless installation. They have an entire team
dedicated to working with local developers- if you’re
interested in connecting to them or just grabbing a free t shirt, microsoft.com/
visit the genius bar or tweet @ to meetup. MS is giving away web/wordpress
a new Windows phone at the afterparty and will be on hand @microsoft
tomorrow at Hack Day to help with any questions you have.
31. x
#wcphx is especially proud of our homegrown sponsor,
page.ly! The first WP specific host, page.ly offers hosting for
your self hosted WordPress install whether you’re a small
blogger or a huge enterprise. Their new vertical platform is
perfect for developers who want to offer clients a specific
experience and the best part about page.ly is…. We know
where they live! Page.ly co-founder @bizgirl worked tirelessly
Page.ly
to help make #wcphx happen, you’ll find her at the info desk. @pagely
Twitter @strebel to connect with founder Josh for a sticker
or maybe a famous page.ly shirt.
33. x
VaultPress is WordPress backup for conspiracy theorists. Not just
backup, but backup with ELEVEN redundancies. Think of examples
where you could wipe out 11 datacenters but where there’d still be
people around to read the site or blog you’re backing up. You need
a “golden ticket” to get a beta code… but not at #wcphx!!! Twitter Vaultpress.com
@vaultpress the reason YOU need 11 backups (“I’m pretty sure @vaultpress
smurfs are trying to hack my mushroom blog”), and the best
responses will rise to the top of the invite list.
35. x
Rackspace is…. We don’t know yet. They won’t call us back.
Rackspace.com
@rackspace
36. WordPress releases are named
after Jazz Musicians. Can you
match the musician to the release?
Thelonious Monk 1.5
John Coltrane 3.0
Miles Davis 2.1
Ella Fitzgerald 2.7
Billy Strayhorn 1.0
38. 1.0 Miles Davis
1.5 Billy Strayhorn
2.1 Ella Fitzgerald
2.7 John Coltrane
3.0 Thelonious Monk
other releases: 1.2 Charles Mingus,
2.0 Duke Ellington, 2.2 Stan Getz,
2.3 Dexter Gordon, 2.5 Michael Brecker,
2.6 McCoy Tyner, 2.8 Chet Baker,
2.9 Carmen McRae
39. x
I f you ’ve got m e d ia on you r site , th e n you n ee d a . tv
d om a in . A s on e of . tvs first sp on sorsh ip s, we ’re p rou d to
h a ve th e m on site a t #wcp h x.
getseenon.tv
@verisign
41. x
WordCamp Phoenix was made possible by two entities: The City of
Chandler and the Chandler Center for the Arts. Chandler passed
actual legislation to fund the almost $200,000 wiring of the Arts
Center for WordCamp Phx & future technology events. The Arts chandleraz.gov
Center now boasts 26 access points of @cityofchandler
screaming fast Cox wifi.
42. Which Automattician bears the
official title of “CBBQTT“
A. Barry Abrahamson
B. Sheri Bigelow
C. Ryan Boren
D. Matt Mullenweg
E. Jane Wells
F. John James Jacoby
44. D. Matt Mullenweg
“CBBQTT” or “Chief BBQ Taste Tester” is the
official title for Matt, but you more likely
know him as the founding developer of
WordPress. You can read more on his
eponymous blog, ma.tt. In 2005, Matt
founded Automattic, the business behind
WordPress.com and home of VaultPress,
PollDaddy, Askimet, Gravatar, BuddyPress
& Intense Debate & BBPress. In 2010,
Automattic transferred the trademark for
WordPress to the WordPress Foundation
49. x
Throwing an event is hard (trust us, we know) but that’s the point of
Event Espresso. Plugin it in and cut your work in half. EE is a
wonderful tool dedicated to helping non profits specifically. We’re
happy to have Event Espresso on hand at #wcphx, tweet eventespresso.com
@eventespresso to track them down at camp, they’ll be happy to @eventespresso
assist you guys and if you’re one of the lucky few, an account.
52. x
WordCamp Phx is Namecheap’s 1st sponsorship ever and
many executive members are here from Europe. We asked
Namecheap to come into Camp because we thought Arizona
might appreciate a domain registrar who just lets you buy
domains hassle free at a good price and offers great
namecheap.com
customer service and an easy to use interface. Want to
register a domain name? Just visit the Genius Bar. @namecheap
Namecheap is giving away a Galaxy Pad at the afterparty &
is handing out some serious discounts.
53. WordPress includes new features in
each release. Can you match the
release to the featureset?
themes 2.3
plugin support 1.5
trash 2.9
Kitchen sink 1.2
Automatic upgrades 2.7
56. The 1st WordPressVIP client was Robert Scoble in
2006, but the VIP program now includes CNN,
Flickr, BBC, redhat, Time, TED, CBS New York,
EW, LA Times, PGA Tour, Harvard Gazette,
OnStar, Ford, People’s Choice Awards & United
Nations.
58. x
We <3 Backup Buddy, and if you try it, just once, you will too.
Backup Buddy is a plugin you install on your self hosted WP site
and it will backup your entire site including themes, plugin settings-
everything, and even email it offsite. When you need to restore or
move your site from one host to another BackupBuddy does so in 5 Ithemes.com
simple, idiot proof steps. @corymiller303 & the whole ithemes team
@backupbuddy
is at #wcphx handing out shirts… find em, and tweet
@backupbuddy with your favorite backup #fail story for
1 of 25 free copies of BackupBuddy.
61. x
If you want a custom theme without learning css, then Builder from
ithemes is for you. It uses the dashboard to let you completely
manage your layout. iThemes is on site with their entire team, and
they love giving things away, so track a member of the team down
by tweeting @ithemes or finding them online.
Ithemes.com
@ithemes
