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Sponsor Spotlight: WooCommerce
Twenty-eight percent of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.
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Sponsor Spotlight: Bluehost
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price.
The Happiness Bar Is Back at WordCamp Philly
WordCamp Philly will again have a Happiness Bar where attendees can seek assistance with troubleshooting and answers to their specific questions.
This year we’ll feature a bonus for WordPressers with a business focus: Kelly Heard will be available at the Happiness Bar starting at 1:30 pm Saturday, October 27, to assist you with your SEO questions.
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Sponsor Spotlight: Shifter
Host your website with Shifter and stop worrying. We’re the full-service WordPress hosting solution that brings static site generation and serverless architecture to the world’s most popular CMS.
Sponsor Spotlight: Jetpack
Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they’re always firing on all cylinders. Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com so you can focus on the stuff that matters.
Sponsor Spotlight: Create My Voice
Is your blog being heard? Create My Voice will make your blog available on Amazon’s smart speaker, Alexa. Why use voice technology? Smart speakers are already changing how we interacts with content.
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Oct. 27 WordCamp Panel to Explore Workplace Support for Autism in Tech
Within the WordPress community, we are beginning to see a need to better support our children with the challenges of autism and related issues, particularly as they grow into adults.
At 1:30 pm October 27, the WordCamp Philly panel “Creating Inclusive Workplaces: What Tech Communities Are Doing to Support Employees with Autism and Related Challenges” will focus on how the tech community can create systems that enable people with autism and related challenges to flourish professionally.
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WordCamp Philly Presenting Panel on Ethics at Oct. 27 Event
How do ethics apply to official WordPress-related events and to the businesses and individuals affiliated with those events? What happens if the businesses or individuals promote or earn income from groups whose mission is incompatible with the Code of Conduct? Where is the line for WordCamps when it comes to “providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all”?
WordCamp Philly 2018 will explore the issue in its panel, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Ethics, Values and the WordPress Community”. The panel will be at 10:50 am Saturday, October 27.
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The WordPress 101 Track: Introducing the Essentials
WordCamp Philly isn’t just for experienced WordPressers. Newbies can find something worth their while, too: a walk through the basics of the CMS from experienced users. From installation and settings to creating posts, choosing a theme and plugins to maintenance and troubleshooting, we have beginners covered.
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