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Sponsor Spotlight: Pressmate

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Pressmate is a premium Managed WordPress support service that works with small businesses and agencies to provide them with automated and off-site cloud backups, WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates, security solutions, and more.

Apart from just backing up and updating your websites, PressMate offers security and performance monitoring. In an unlikely event of your website getting hacked, PressMate covers the cost of fixing/repairing your hacked WordPress websites, all for free.

PressMate is the first service in WordPress industry to offer their proprietary app that keeps you updated about your websites in real time. Additionally, all the WordCamp Philly visitors get PressMate services worth 18 months for the price of 12. Hooray !!!

Thank you to Pressmate for being a WordCamp Philly Gold sponsor! Learn more at pressmate.com.

Sponsor Spotlight: SiteGround

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SiteGround, with over 13 years in the business, provides managed WordPress hosting that does not miss a thing!

Their servers, available in five data centers on three continents, are optimized for ultimate WordPress speed and security, and they provide many goodies for the WordPress fans: automatic updates for the core WordPress and its plugins, WordPress SuperCacher for ultimate speed acceleration, staging tool for the coders and unique WordPress auto-installer for the starting users – all crafted in-house by the SiteGround team. And still they do not forget the importance of the good old standard hosting features like the domain name registration, the email service, control panel and the reasonable pricing.

They also have a support team that is not only available 24/7 by phone, chat and ticketing, but consists of WordPress enthusiasts who will help you with specific WordPress issues. SiteGround has been actively involved with the community speaking, supporting and attending various WordCamps around the world and by sponsoring WordCamp Philadelphia, they want to further contribute to the amazing WordPress community.

Thank you to SiteGround for being a WordCamp Philly Gold sponsor! Learn more at siteground.com.

Sponsor Spotlight: GoDaddy Pro

GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.

And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.

Thank you to GoDaddy for being a WordCamp Philly Gold sponsor! Learn more at godaddy.com.

Must-See Philly Sites: Fun for One, for a Few, Even for a Whole Family

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has a plethora of sites that will wow you. From cultural, to historical, to just plain fun, Philly is jam-packed with awesomeness that eagerly awaits you. Coming to WordCamp Philly with the kids? No worries! We’ve got you covered. Pretty much everything on the list is totally kid friendly.

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WordCamp Philly Child Care: Contact Us Before October 13

WordCamp Philly is right around the corner, and we are so very excited to see and learn with all of you. As we’ve mentioned before, we’re all about accommodating any special needs we can.

Right now we’ve had no requests for the child-care services we are offering. This needs to be arranged well in advance in order to have sufficient professional staff on hand. Children can’t be dropped off the day of WordCamp without advance arrangement.

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