Following the sessions on Saturday, October 28, we invite you to attend the official WordCamp Philly After-Party! This year the After-Party will be held at William Street Common, a rustic beer hall with elevated pub grub, communal tables and live music.
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Thank you to GoDaddy for being a WordCamp Philly Gold sponsor! Learn more at godaddy.com.
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.
Continue reading Must-See Philly Sites: Fun for One, for a Few, Even for a Whole Family
Thank you all for responding to our inquiries regarding child-care needs. Due to a lack of demand, we have decided to cancel the service for WordCamp Philly 2017. Children are totally welcome at WordCamp Philly. We will just not be providing any sort of child care.
In view of the lack of demand, we wanted to act as good stewards of the community funds with which we are entrusted. We also needed to respect the provider’s scheduling needs by giving appropriate notice. We would consider providing child care at future WordCamps in the event that it seems appropriate.
Tara Claeys will be joining the WordCamp Philly 2017 panel on “The WordPress Economy” as moderator. The session will begin at 1:30 pm Saturday, October 28.
The panelists are Brad Williams, Tom Rose, Kim Coleman and Lou Fuiano.
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The WordPress 101 track aims to enable people very new to WordPress to get their heads about the WordPress basics by walking through the steps of getting a new WordPress website up and running – on their own laptop. For 2017, the WordPress 101 track includes six training sessions, as detailed below:
The WordPress 101 track will take place on Saturday, October 28. The specific times and locations for the sessions are listed on the Schedule page of this website.
The WordCamp Philly 2017 Developer track talks include several long titles, but don’t be intimidated. The track contains a little something for everyone regardless of skill level. Find out more about WordPress security, grasp the basics of creating a shortcode, learn about translation strategies and plugins or dive into more advanced WordPress development on October 28.
Continue reading Don’t Let the Acronyms Scare You: the Developer Track Is for Many Levels
Seven speakers will share their expertise in WordPress techniques, creative tools and processes, not to mention evolving CSS, as part of the Designer track. Both designers and power users who want to build their skillsets will find useful topics at WordCamp Philly 2017 on October 28.
The talks include unraveling the mysteries of the WordPress theme template hierarchy; learning the proper way to add scripts and stylesheets; and learning the basics of CSS grids.
Continue reading Tech and Art Mingle with the Practical in the WC Philly Designer Track
As organizers of WordCamp Philly, we are delighted to offer a special opportunity to attendees of Ela Conf: after spending two days at that great conference, join us for Contributor Day at WordCamp Philly – for free! That’s right, attendees with tickets to Ela Conf can get a free ticket to attend WordCamp Philly’s Contributor Day.
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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.
Continue reading WordCamp Philly Child Care: Contact Us Before October 13
WordCamp Philly 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!