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Thank You, Jetpack!

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Thank you, Jetpack, for being a gold-level sponsor of this year’s WordCamp Louisville.

Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

Tickets are still available for WordCamp Louisville 2016:

https://2016.louisville.wordcamp.org/tickets/

Meet Your Afternoon Speakers for WordCamp Louisville 2016

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What’s better than lunch at WordCamp? The speakers that come right after! Afternoon sessions have great information for everyone who uses WordPress. Tickets are still available.

Dustin Hartzler

Dustin is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, providing support for the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. He is also the host of the weekly WordPress podcast at Your Website Engineer. When not spending time with WordPress, he can be found traveling around the world, biking and reading.

“Customize Your Site the Right Way” will cover the wrong ways to customize a site, the right ways and even how to create a plugin to house custom changes

YourWebsiteEngineer.com
Twitter: @DustinHartzler

Katie Wilkerson

Katie has spent six years working in digital advertising and publishing. Previously a marketing manager at The Atlantic, Katie is currently an audience and revenue strategist at 10up, building monetization strategy for companies like 9to5Mac, Boston Magazine, Maine Today Media, Cleveland Clinic, and AwesomenessTV.

In “Make Ads Great Again,” we’ll develop a better appreciation for how important a correct ad integration is for the success of your WordPress site and how we can actually make them contribute to your site aesthetic.

Katie is on twitter @kmwilkerson

Chris Rogers

One of our most popular requests for topics at the monthly meetup is discussion about how to add eCommerce and Membership areas to a site. Chris will discuss just that in “How to Add an Online Store and/or Membership Site”

Chris is a co-organizer of WordCamp Las Vegas and a regular speaker at the Vegas WP Meetup Group.

Follow Chris on twitter @CHRactor

Adam W. Warner

Adam discovered WordPress in 2005 when looking for an easier way to update his existing HTML websites. He’s learned a lot through the years, including what NOT to do.

In “WordPress Security for Beginners: Simple Steps to Build Your Master Plan,” he’ll dispel some myths, explain the “big picture” of website security and give actionable tips you can start applying to your own websites to create your “Security Master Plan”.

adamwwarner.com (notice the two “w”s)
@wpmodder

Meet Your Morning Speakers for WordCamp Louisville 2016

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After getting registered and enjoying some coffee, you can start your morning at WordCamp Louisville 2016 with these great speakers. Tickets are still available.

Joe Ponzio

Founder of New Nine Media and managing director at Makespace! Web, Joe has been working in WordPress since 2008. He is also the author of Font Awesome 4 Menus, a free plugin with more than 165,000 downloads.

In Joe’s talk, “Understanding the (Lack Of) Limitations of WordPress,” you’ll learn when WordPress is the right solution for your website (hint: it usually is.)

Mitch Canter

Mitch Canter is a digital strategist and WordPress developer from Franklin, TN. He’s excited to bring you “WordPress Development with Vagrant, VVV, and VV”

The day I discovered Vagrant was the day that I changed the way I worked. I went from fighting with server setups and local development boxes to seamlessly creating sites that fit in with my own workflow. But Vagrant by itself, while good, won’t get you there alone.
That’s where VVV – a WordPress development environment – comes in. VVV comes pre-equipped with all of the tools, bells, and whistles needed to streamline your development environment.

Bobby Bryant

Bobby has been involved in the WordPress space as a Developer for over 2 years. Prior to getting involved with WordPress Bobby spent 13+ years in the United States Marines as Ground Electronics Technician. He currently works for 10up and is also the developer behind the YouTube channel Develop With WP.

In “WordPress Information Architecture” Bobby will be covering these and more:

  • Creating Custom Post Types
  • Creating Custom Taxonomies
  • Using Metadata for CPT’s and taxonomies
  • How best to make relationships between these two data types
  • How to build performant queries

Flash Sale – Register Now for 50% Off Tickets to WordCamp Louisville 2016

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The next ten people to register for WordCamp Louisville 2016 can do so for only $10!

Jim Ullum, a member of the WordPress Louisville community, has provided $100 to support bringing more people to the upcoming event on November 12th. He’s learned a great deal from the WordPress Louisville monthly meetups and wanted to give back.

To get this great discount, be one of the next ten folks to purchase a ticket at https://2016.louisville.wordcamp.org/tickets/ . It’s first-come, first-served!

Select the “Flash Sale – Half Off General Admission” ticket and check out like normal. You’ll get all the benefits of regular general admission for only $10: sessions all day, lunch onsite, and a t-shirt.

Schedule for WordCamp Louisville is Now Available

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It’s been in your calendar: WordCamp Louisville, November 12th, 2016. But you can now plan your day around the WordCamp schedule of events.

Check out the agenda:

https://2016.louisville.wordcamp.org/schedule/

We’ll have a full day of speakers with topics ranging from your first plugin to perfecting your development environment. From adding advertisements or eCommerce on your site to using WordPress as a platform for any project. If that’s not enough, we’ll also be having lunch on-site, a beginner’s workshop, and space to network or hack.

Tickets are available:

https://2016.louisville.wordcamp.org/tickets/

Tickets Now Available for WordCamp Louisville

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We’re fast approaching Saturday, November 12th, the day of WordCamp Louisville. To get in on the fun register for your admission today.

For $20 you’ll get access to all the events WordCamp has to offer, an event t-shirt, lunch, and snacks throughout the day.

It takes less than one minute to register: visit 2016.louisville.wordcamp.com/tickets now!

Please take a minute to think of a friend who may want to attend WordCamp Louisville with you and encourage them to sign up too. The more folks that join the more opportunity we all will have to learn and share.

WordCamp Is Back in Louisville!

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WordCamp Louisville 2016 will be held November 12th at Sullivan College of Technology and Design. WordCamp features incredibly talented developers, marketers, writers, bloggers, social media specialists and business professionals sharing their love for WordPress with presentations and workshops.
We are seeking your support for this great event.
Would you like to support the Kentuckiana WordPress community and get visibility for your company at the same time? (Hint: the answer is “yes”).

GOLD SPONSOR: $500

  • 3 tickets to WordCamp Louisville
  • Logo placed on website
  • Logo placed on promotional material and event schedule
  • Blog post and social media updates introducing your business as a sponsor
  • Brief remarks from your representative at WordCamp Louisville 2016 opening remarks to all attendees
  • Mentioned by name during closing remarks to all attendees

SILVER SPONSOR: $250

  • 2 tickets to WordCamp Louisville
  • Logo placed on website
  • Logo placed on promotional material and event schedule
  • Blog post and social media updates introducing your business as a sponsor
  • Mentioned by name during opening remarks to all attendees
  • Mentioned by name during closing remarks to all attendees

BRONZE SPONSOR: $100

  • 1 ticket to WordCamp Louisville
  • Logo placed on website
  • Included in blog post and social media updates announcing all Bronze-level sponsors
  • Mentioned by name during opening or closing remarks (your choice)
To become a Sponsor or for more information, please contact the WordCamp Louisville organizers using the form below.








WordPress Louisville September Meetup Coming Up Next Week

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We’re all looking forward to WordCamp Louisville on November 12th. But that’s two months away!

You can get a smaller dose of WordPress at the monthly meetup. Every second Tuesday of the month we gather to discuss WordPress and stuff WordPress users want to know. Come ready to learn or share; WordPress users of all levels have a good time.

September 13th will be the next WordPress Louisville monthly meetup.

It’s a free event, and all are welcome. RSVP on the WordPress Louisville group on Meetup.com

https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Meetup-Louisville/events/233287472/

Calling All WordPress Fans (and Fanatics)!

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WordCamp Louisville is looking for incredible speakers to share their love of WordPress. Are you an Expert / Guru / Fanatic about:

  • Building a Plugin from Scratch
  • Creating and Selling a Theme
  • UX Design Tips for WordPress Developers
  • Versioning WordPress Sites using Git
  • eCommerce Best Practices
  • Theme Frameworks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  • Creating and Using Child Themes
  • Interacting with WordPress Using FTP
  • How to Add an Online Store
  • How to Create a Membership Site
  • SEO
  • SSL, HTTPS, and All Things Security
  • Building Tools for Better Themes (Grunt, Gulp, Bower, SASS, etc)
  • Using the REST API for new themes and plugins

Then tell us about it at WordCamp Louisville! The one-day event is Saturday, Nov. 12th but the deadline to apply to be a speaker is Sept. 30th.

Don’t feel limited to the topics above! If you have a WordPress topic you’re passionate about and want to share with our community, let us know.

Please read the notes below, but if you’re ready the application is below.

Notes for Your Application

Your presentation, including slides, should be around 30 mins with an additional 10 mins for Q&A.

A few things to keep in mind about presenting at WordCamp Louisville:

    • Speakers at WordCamp Louisville aren’t compensated in any way except with fame, glory, the thanks of the WordCamp Louisville community, and a free happy hour the evening before WordCamp. Travel and/or hotel costs are not covered.
    • Being a professional speaker is NOT required however you do need to know what you are talking about, and the subject must be related to WordPress in some way. Subjects like front-end development, how to manage freelancing, social media, etc., will be accepted as long as you can talk in light of how they relate to WordPress. If your session is broad like that, please make sure you note your submission how your talk is relevant to WordPress.
    • Your session is not to promote your own stuff… theme, plugin or business. If your session is to detail how you USED WordPress code to build some really great aspect of your theme, plugin or business, and you’d like to present that as a case study, awesome! Go ahead and submit your session. But please, sales pitches will not be allowed.
    • You should know how to spell WordPress. And respect the WordPress logo/trademarks. You’ve got to embrace the WordPress license. Note: this is one step above simple compliance, which requires PHP code to be GPL/compatible but allows proprietary licenses for JavaScript, CSS, and images. 100% GPL or compatible is required for promotion at WordCamps when WordPress-derivative works are involved, which are the same guidelines followed on WordPress.org.
    • You can submit multiple speaker submissions for different talks. However most speakers will only be allowed one talk per entire event, so submit your best.
    • If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.

Application

Fill out this form to apply to speak at WordCamp Louisville, November 12th, 2016.

We’re no longer accepting applications for speakers. You can still apply to be a sponsor or register to attend.