Evaluation

Posted on by Hugo

Hello lovely attendees, sponsors, speakers and volunteers,

It would be lovely if you could fill in the Attendee Survey, which can be found here. This will help us make decisions for years to come regarding improvements and and small changes that need to be made in order to make our camp as successful as possible for the future. We are currently working on wrapping up the budget and all the small things that need attention before we can lay down our roles as organisers.

As lead organiser I would very much like to send out a warm thank you for attending and part taking in WordCamp Manchester, the community has always made this camp a special one to be involved with and without your attendance and help this would not be possible.

Please do let us know if you have written a blog entry or something about our WordCamp we would very much appreciate being able to read and also include a link to them in our final blog entry wrapping up our camp. Just a reminder the Attendee Survey is your opportunity to let us know how we did, please do bear in mind we are all volunteers who run these events.

Thank you again for coming!!!

Thank You to EasyWP

Posted on by Claire Worthington

We would like to send our thank to the team at EasyWP for supporting WordCamp Manchester this year. This year we experimented with an additional sponsorship level and EasyWP joined us this year as a Digital Gold sponsor. We would like to thank them for for their support this year.

When we released our call for sponsors this year EasyWP joined up and made it clear that they were proud to sponsor and support the WordPress community and were excited to introduce their take on Managed WordPress.

Thank you to Gold Level Sponsor Krystal

Posted on by Claire Worthington

We would like to thank Krystal for being a gold level sponsor at WordCamp Manchester this year.

The team from Krystal have joined us at WordCamp Manchester in the past and joined us again as one of our top level sponsors. Krystal showcased their Onyx platform and spent the day mingling with attendees, some of whom managed to pick up one of their brilliant ‘lego’ mugs

We would like to thank the team for sponsoring us this year and their continued support.

Thank You to Gold Level Sponsors WooCommerce

Posted on by Claire Worthington

We would like to thank our Gold level sponsor WooCommerce for supporting WordCamp Manchester again this year. 28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

WooCommerce have supported WordCamp Manchester for a number of years by not only sponsoring, they have also supported our contributor days by allowing Luminus, a member of their team, to join us for the last two years and run sessions.

Thank you to our silver sponsors Carrot Web, Heart Internet and WooCart

Posted on by Claire Worthington

WordCamp Manchester has amazing sponsors at every level and we would like to say thank you to our five sensational silver sponsors.

This year WordCamp Manchester is lucky enough to be joined by brand new sponsors Carrot.web and WooCart alongside our old favourites Heart Internet, Human Made and global WordCamp sponsor GoDaddy.

carrot.web logo

carrot.web is a modern digital parent company. We love WordPress and we constantly use it on our projects.

But we love the WordPress community and it’s culture more! And we are proud to sponsor WordCamp Manchester this year.

 

Heart Internet

Heart Internet is one of the UK’s leading Web and Reseller Hosting companies. We work hand-in-hand with web designers, agencies, developers, and technically-experienced business customers to help them be successful online. We provide our customers with the technology they need to reach their goals.

Fans of WordPress will love our Home Pro and Business Pro packages which allow users to install it in just one click. Our Managed VPS provides easy web hosting for design agencies and developers, with a WordPress Toolkit for even easier WordPress hosting.

Our remarkable products, reliable service, and outstanding security features have won us countless awards over the years. As part of this, we are always evolving and improving to meet the ever-changing needs of our much-valued customers.

At Heart Internet, we’re always listening to our customers to ensure that we provide them with the tools they need to grow. As WordPress remains a firm favourite, you can be sure it will be something we’ll continue to be passionate about.

 

WooCart by Niteo

Fast, Secure & Managed WooCommerce for Digital Agencies

Build your clients’ feature-rich localized stores in just a few clicks even without dev skills. Dedicated hosting powered by Google Cloud, global CDN and advanced caching will make your stores lightning fast. All stores come with SSL, daily backups and our “No hacks or malware” guarantee. With Staging you’ll be able to test and work on a clone of the live site without breaking it for your client’s customers.

Your developers will welcome WP-CLI and full access to logs and system graphs for simple troubleshooting.

WooCart increases the speed of building new stores while lowering the amount of time spent on maintenance for existing ones. Spend your time on growing your portfolio or on marketing your clients’ stores and not on fixing technical issues.

Learn more about WooCart

 

Thank you to our Silver sponsors Human Made and Go Daddy

Posted on by Claire Worthington

Continuing our theme of thanking our amazing sponsors, WordCamp Manchester would like to say a huge thank you to Human Made and global WordCamp sponsor GoDaddy. 

Human Made

We’re highly active in the WordPress community contributing to the open source WordPress project and respected worldwide for our community standing. Members of the Human Made team are core developers of WordPress and we have several people in key roles relating to other aspects of the project, including translations, documentation, and community.

We speak at, sponsor, and organise several WordCamps. We organise niche events and training that provide in-depth knowledge for the web development and remote work communities.

 

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.

Learn more about GoDaddy Pro.

 

 

 

Thank you to our Bronze sponsors

Posted on by Claire Worthington

WordCamp Manchester is only possible with the support of our amazing sponsors and we would like to say thank you to our nine brilliant bronze sponsors.

This year we have been joined by both old friends who have supported our event many times and also brand new supporters, who are joining us for the very first time. The flexibility of WordPress is demonstrated beautifully in the variety of sponsors we’ve had this year which include: agencies, hosting companies and even a retail company.

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. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

 

Impact Media

We’re Impact Media a specialist WordPress agency based in Essex. We help ambitious businesses profit more from their WordPress websites. Building, supporting and constantly evolving websites to deliver next-level experiences that are user and conversion focused.
We have been building on WordPress since around 2008/09, yet our first WordCamp was only Manchester last year! We loved the community feel and event format and decided to sponsor this year to give back and contribute more to the WP community for almost 10 years of powering the websites we build.

 

Delicious Media
Delicious Media is a specialist WordPress Web Design and Development Agency based in Sheffield and Huddersfield. We provide WordPress services to clients in Yorkshire and beyond.
We’re a friendly team that loves WordPress and knows how to get the very best out of it for our clients. Whether it’s a website, bespoke plugin and theme development, or something more complex, we can help.
We love to collaborate with other designers and agencies that need help with their WordPress builds are regular contributors to the global WordPress community. We also help organise a local WordPress meetup in Leeds.

 

Kanuka Digital
Kanuka Digital is a new agency but its roots in web design and digital marketing are deep having blossomed out of the digital marketing department of our parent agency, iWeb.
We do our bit by releasing plugins and contributing to open source projects. We’ve attended and sponsored WordCamp’s across Europe and play our part in organising a local meetup group.
We look forward to meeting you all at WordCamp Manchester. We always come back with actionable takeaways and insight. It is our pleasure to support such a consistently well-run event.

 

As the well-known saying goes; “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” That’s exactly what Yoast Academy is all about. Instead of fixing the SEO of your website for you once, we’ll teach you how to do it yourself forever. If you’re new to SEO, the best start is our Basic SEO course, followed by the Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin training with personal configuration review which teaches you how to configure our popular Yoast SEO plugin on your website. After mastering these basics, you can take the deep dive with Technical SEO, SEO copywriting, multilingual SEO and many other courses.
And the more knowledge you have, the better we can work together on making the web a better place for everyone!

 

Tao Digital
Tao – a Chinese word signifying ‘way’, ‘path’, ‘route’, ‘road’. Tao Digital Marketing was formed to help businesses prosper online. We work from the opposite direction to most, we understand the goals of the business and then form a digital marketing strategy to achieve. 
Matt Tomkin, founder of Tao has been in business for over 11 years and wants to help more companies succeed online. Our goal is all about “Providing the path to online success”

 

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UK Swimwear is an online retailer based in Cheshire, selling swimsuits, bikinis, beach accessories and holiday essentials online. Since 2005, the team behind UK Swimwear and our sister sites have been selling online, and a big part of that has been social media and blogging. We are big fans of WordPress, the only blogging platform that we use. For 13 years, we have been distributing content through this platform across three different sites. Our team of content creators want to do even more with WordPress, and WordCamp is the perfect opportunity for us to learn more. UK Swimwear is sponsoring WordCamp Manchester this year because it’s events like these that have helped us grow and they will keep helping businesses grow year after year

 

Elementary Digital Logo
Elementary Digital are a dedicated WordPress agency based in London and Leeds helping businesses in the UK, Europe and USA realise the power of WordPress as an Enterprise content management system. Pioneers of the WordPress API and actively contributing to the UK WordPress community we are a team of 24+ designers, developers and consultants. Put simply we love WordPress and have been promoting the virtues of the platform since 2008.

 

Make Do Logo
Make Do are a WordPress Design & Development Agency that have been building for the web since the 90’s. Our team take great pride in what we do and guarantee that you’ll get on great with us if you need an advanced WordPress team to make things happen! 
Visit our website at makedo.net for more information or email Kimb via kimb@makedo.net.

 

Lunch and Drinks

Posted on by Hugo

Hello fellow WordCampers, we have now ordered the food.

On the day there will be Tea, Coffee and infused Water available during all the breaks and at lunch the timings are below along with the menus (please not the statement below the menu’s if you have a nut allergy):

Meal and Drink Times

8:30am Drinks for arrivals
10:45am First break
12:30pm Lunch
3pm Second break

Executive Lunch
Spinach & red pepper tortilla bites v
Honey and mustard glazed sausage
Bocconcini & cherry tomato skewer v
Potato skins filled with cheese and bacon or cheese and jalapeño v
Fresh fruit platter
Tea & coffee

Executive Lunch gluten free
Filled roll
Smokey BBQ chicken skewer
Potato skins filled with cheese and bacon or cheese and jalapeño
Fresh fruit platter
Gluten free cake
Tea & coffee

Executive Lunch vegan
Premium filled wraps
Local and seasonal crudities Indian snack selection (v)
Fresh fruit platter
Vegan brownie
Tea & coffee

We do let the MMU catering team know about special diets but please do be aware of the following:

“We need to advise you that Manchester Met’s kitchens are not a nut free environment.  Whilst we can create a nut free menu we cannot guarantee the environment in which the food is prepared in is nut free nor that of our suppliers. Whilst we would be more than happy to prepare you a menu without any added nuts we needed to ensure you were fully aware of this situation.”