Sponsor Spotlight – Woo Commerce

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Ohio River Sponsors, Woo Commerce.

28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

Web: woocommerce.com
Facebook: facebook.com/woocommerce
Twitter: twitter.com/woocommerce

Sponsor Spotlight – SiteLock

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Ohio River Sponsors, SiteLock.

Currently protecting 12 million websites daily with over 4 million of those powered by WordPress, SiteLock delivers a patented 360-degree website security solution to find, fix and prevent malware and other threats from affecting websites and their visitors. Services include WordPress database scanning and core CMS vulnerability patching, automatic malware scanning and removal, an advanced web application firewall, static application security testing, PCI compliance and website acceleration powered by a global CDN. SiteLock also offers phone, email and chat support, 24/7/365. With SiteLock, you can focus on what’s most important—your business, your passion, your word.

Web: sitelock.com
Facebook: facebook.com/sitelock
Twitter: twitter.com/sitelock

Sponsor Spotlight – Jetpack

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Ohio River Sponsors, 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.

Jetpack automatically shields your site from the unwanted attention of spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time sync and backup means you don’t have to worry about data loss. Straightforward traffic-building tools help you attract the attention of readers and search engines. Pages and videos are delivered at high speed from a global, ad-free content delivery network.

Jetpack sends new content directly to your subscribers’ inboxes and shows readers related content, helping you increase page views per visitor and boost ad revenue. Whenever you need it, you can rely on priority support from our global team of WordPress experts to ensure a friction-free experience for your visitors — and for you.

Make your site work for you.

Web: jetpack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jetpack

 

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Sponsor Spotlight – Yoast

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Allegheny River Sponsors, Yoast.

Yoast helps you to get the most out of your website by making SEO available for everyone. You might know our Yoast SEO plugin; with over 7.8 million active installs, Yoast SEO is one of the most popular WordPress plugins worldwide.

At Yoast, we believe in holistic SEO: not just one aspect of a website, but all aspects are important and should, therefore, be as good as possible. We don’t approach SEO as a trick to rank higher in Google but stimulate site owners to make their site the best search result. All awesome websites have three things in common: they’re easy to use, contain the right information, and they’re fast and reliable. If you do all that right, a website becomes easier to find as well!

Our products help people create remarkable sites. We offer WordPress plugins that make optimizing your WordPress website as easy as pie. In addition to that, our online courses help you develop the skills to make your website easier to find. And it doesn’t stop there: we’ve partnered with Magento and TYPO3 experts and brought Yoast SEO to other platforms too, as we love to contribute to open source projects. All that ties up nicely with our ultimate goal: trying to make the web better for everyone.

Web: yoast.com
Facebook: facebook.com/yoast
Twitter: twitter.com/yoast

Sponsor Spotlight – BoldGrid

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Allegheny River Sponsors, BoldGrid.

BoldGrid is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.

Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.

BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!

Web: boldgrid.com
Facebook: facebook.com/boldgrid
Twitter: twitter.com/boldgrid

Sponsor Spotlight – DreamHost

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We’re counting down to our third WordCamp Pittsburgh and we’re really excited! WordCamp Pittsburgh wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our Monongahela River Sponsors, DreamHost.

Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and developers the world over bring their dreams to life on the Internet. From domain registrations to traditional web hosting and highly-optimized managed WordPress hosting, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. DreamHost supports the WordPress project and community with dedicated resources and a passionate team. Packed with excellent value, DreamHost is a great place to launch a blog, website, or online application into the stratosphere!

Web: dreamhost.com
Facebook: facebook.com/dreamhost
Twitter: twitter.com/dreamhost

Are You Part of the WordPress Pittsburgh Group?

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Did you know Pittsburgh has an awesome meetup group?

If you’re from Pittsburgh or surrounding areas, please consider joining and attending. We’d love to meet you!

Meetups are typically held on the first Tuesday of each month on the South Side or in East Liberty, and on the first Wednesday of each month in Wexford.

Everything you need to know can be found at wppittsburgh.com including:

We’re also looking for people to give presentations at future meetups. If you’re interested, please let us know! All pitch-free, WordPress-related topics are welcome. We also dig talks targeted at any level of WordPresser — beginner, intermediate and advanced.

Tickets! Get your WordCamp Tickets!

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Tickets are now on sale for WordCamp Pittsburgh 2018! General Admission Tickets are only $20, and include the full day of sessions as well as lunch, admission to the on-site after party, and all the coffee you can drink.

There is also a Microsponsor ticket available for $100 that includes everything you get with the General Admission Ticket and includes your name as an event sponsor. The Microsponsor ticket is ideal for those who want to support the WordPress community but don’t want to go the traditional sponsorship route.

This year we will also have a limited number of childcare spots available for our attendees that need them. Childcare will be available for a limited number of kids between ages 2 and 12. If you are interested in childcare for WordCamp Pittsburgh, please indicate that on your ticket purchase and we will get in touch with you to get more information.

Tickets are available at https://2018.pittsburgh.wordcamp.org/tickets/.

WCPGH18 Schedule is Live!

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We quietly added a new link to our menu last week, for the Schedule. Now you can start planning your day at WordCamp! Check out our schedule for the day, read details about our sessions and meet all of our speakers. In addition to all of our great talks, don’t forget about the ever popular “Hallway Track” where you can chat with new and old friends and our “Happiness Bar” where you can get some one-on-one help with your WordPress sites. 

Now, to address the next big question that everyone has – tickets will be on sale very soon! We are finalizing some details for the After Party that we want to have in place before tickets are on sale. If you’re not already subscribed, now’s the time to do it so you get a notification when we post tickets available for sale.