WCSD 2016 Event Photos

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Chris Perryman

Thanks again to all of you who made this year’s WordCamp the best one yet! Enjoy these great photos from our volunteer photographer, Joe McDonald.

Additionally, Kari Leigh Marucchi & Marc Benzakein of Found Art Photography have event photos on Flickr here.

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Konstantin Oberland – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Carolyn Sonnek – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Kyle Maurer – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Josh Pollock – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Scott Stewart – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Carl Alexander – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Alicia St Rose – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Adam Silver – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Sarah Benoit – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – Zack Tollman – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 23 2016. – AJ Zane – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Chris Lema – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Chris Ford. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Tom McFarlin. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Evan Scheingross. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Jason Rosenbaum – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Christina Hills. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. With Steve Zehngut. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016. Steve Zehngut. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

WordCamp San Diego 2016 at NTC at Liberty Station, on April 24 2016.. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

Speaker/Sponsor Dinner Photos

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Chris Perryman

Thanks again to all of our awesome Speakers and Sponsors! It was great being able to give a small token of our appreciation via tacos and beer – San Diego style! Enjoy these great photos from our volunteer photographer, Joe McDonald (thanks Joe!).

Vounteers and speakers WordCamp San Diego 2016 dinner at the Fire House Museum in Little Italy, on April 22 2016. – – – more photos at – http://www.McDonaldMediaProduction.com – – – , Photo by McDonald Media Production, A San Diego Photography company, Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. McdonaldMediaProductions@yahoo.com, Any questions please give me a call Joe McDonald, phone: 858-571-3223 Images are copyrighted so please do not change them in any manner. #WordCamp, #SanDiego, #McDonaldMediaProduction,

Recap: WordCamp San Diego 2016

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Chris Perryman

San Diego WordCamp Recap

With 600 tickets and nearly 95% attendance this year (WOW) it was out biggest and best camp yet! We are happy to report that while the event was “Making Waves”, behind the scenes, everything was smooth sailing, and the entire organizing team was giddy with excitement (and exhaustion) as the weekend wrapped up.

Speakers & Sponsors

During the 2016 camp planning we made it a priority to have something for every type of WordPress user – from total beginner to seasoned developer and everything in between. WCSD 2016 covered Development, Design, Plugins, Admin, Beginner and Business topics, all with their own dedicated tracks!

We had a great lineup of speakers this year to help us tackle all aspects of WordPress, and want to extend our gratitude for all the time they put into preparing for, and presenting at, our event. If you missed any of the talks, we are happy to announce that there are already a handful on WordPress.tv and more are showing up daily!

WCSD is not possible without our sponsors. Not only did they support us with funding and in-kind donations, but many of them came out to network and share their expertise over the weekend. The “community” room was alive with chatter and smiling faces – and the swag was plentiful! We hope you were able to take some time between tracks to meet some of our awesome sponsors and learn more about their services.

Venues & Vendors

NTC/Liberty Station

Finding space for an event of this size with the unique need of multiple, simultaneous tracks proved difficult this year. Coming across NTC at Liberty Station after losing our first venue at the 11th hour was nothing short of a miracle. Liberty Station is a beautiful area and truly captures the essence of our amazing city. All of their staff were a pleasure to work with and very helpful in our efforts to make this space work.

Wild Thyme Catering

Saturday’s lunch was provided by Wild Thyme Catering and they handcrafted a variety of fresh sandwiches and wraps for our attendees. We had options for everyone, and made sure to have tasty options for those with food sensitivities and/or allergies. People spread out along the grass and benches alongside a gorgeous water fountain while they networked and enjoyed a delicious meal.

Wild Thyme also made sure to keep the coffee, tea and water flowing during our event. We know how important it is to stay caffeinated during a WordCamp, so we made sure that coffee was readily available at all times.

98 Bottles

We had a great turnout at this year’s after party held at 98 Bottles in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. 98 Bottles offers a good selection of local craft beers, and they also have wine and soju cocktails. We also had a selection of appetizers available to our after party guests – the flatbreads and brownie were AMAZING! There were two large areas for people to network and connect, and an open space at the front of the venue along the sidewalk. Overall, everyone enjoyed the food, drink and company!

Vario Productions

Vario worked alongside NTC/Liberty Station to make sure all of the audio/visual worked properly in all the rooms. Vario Productions was a wonderful partner to have for our event, and they worked tirelessly to ensure each track ran smoothly and was set up properly. Additionally, Vario set up our network for Wifi access in McMillin and our beginner’s bootcamp. While we did not ‘promote’ the use of WiFi for WCSD this time around, we did have an extremely fast, solid connection in McMillin for those that needed access.

WebPass

The WebPass team provided internet to our location via a radio “drop” at McMillin. They worked with our team at Vario to ensure that we had an internet lounge available in McMillin for those needing access.

Making Waves

We hope you’re still riding the wave from WordCamp San Diego and have been inspired to create or do more with WordPress. While you are waiting for WCSD 2017 there are a ton of ways to get involved with WordPress.

Post-Camp Survey

Send us your feedback so we can make next year’s WCSD even better!

https://central.wordcamp.org/wordcamp-attendee-survey/

Meetups

The Advanced WordPress Meetup is held monthly in/around downtown San Diego and is a developer-centric Meetup focused on sharing knowledge and ideas.

Contributing to WordPress

The Codex has a very detailed page explaining the different ways you can Contribute to WordPress. There are opportunities for everyone to get involved, whether or not coding is “your thing”. Some of the ways you could contribute include: writing documentation, helping others in the support forum, assisting with translations to other languages, putting your coding chops to use and participating in development, bug reporting, and more.

Volunteering Next Year

Interested in volunteering to help with WCSD 2017? Drop us a line at wordcampsd@gmail.com and we will reach out when planning for next year begins.

Thank You

YOU are the reason we continue to volunteer our time to organize this event year after year, and it is our sincere hope that you walked away with a bit of inspiration and some new friendships. You are the reason the WordPress community is so amazing.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

– WCSD 2016 Organizing Team

Get ready, get set…

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Chris Perryman

We are looking forward to seeing you at Liberty Station for #wcsd on Saturday and Sunday! Below is some helpful information to ensure you get the most out of your WordCamp weekend.

Registration

Registration opens at 7:45 am on Saturday in the McMillin building. You don’t need to bring a physical “ticket”, but you should confirm that the ticket you purchased (or obtained through a friend etc) is updated with your name. The token to edit your ticket is in your original confirmation email. Lines will be setup alphabetically by last name. Opening Remarks are at 8:45 am, so be sure to plan for parking and registration time!

Parking + Directions + Logistics + Special Needs

McMillin Event Center
2875 Dewey Rd
San Diego, CA 92106

McMillin building will serve as the main hub for the event, and we will have tracks in other locations nearby on the Liberty Station/NTC campus.

There is parking on-site, and the Event Map shows the various lots available. Handicapped parking is available within each lot and along the street near McMillin as well.

If you need help with seating, or anything else during the event, please find a volunteer (teal shirts) or an organizer (red shirts) and we will be happy to help!

Saturday After Party

The After Party will be held from 7-11 pm on Saturday at 98 Bottles in Little Italy. You MUST have your WordCamp name badge to attend – no badge, no entry, sorry! 98 Bottles is a 21+ venue, and you should be prepared to show proper ID.

Saturday and Sunday Schedules

Schedules will be handed out at registration, but it’s good to review things ahead of time, and clicking on schedule links will also lead you to further details about topics, so do some homework!

Saturday – https://2016.sandiego.wordcamp.org/saturday-schedule/

Sunday – https://2016.sandiego.wordcamp.org/sunday-schedule/

Thank You WCSD16 Sponsors

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Devin Walker

Thank Your WCSD16 Sponsors!

While we are counting down the days until WordCamp San Diego 2016 we wanted to highlight this year’s sponsors whose generous donations make our WordCamp possible. Be sure to stop by and visit the sponsor’s area in the McMillin building while you’re at WordCamp.

Blacks Beach

Del Mar

Beginner’s Bootcamp Signup

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Chris Perryman

Signup Instructions

Since the Beginner’s Bootcamp will have limited seating, we are offering a signup so you can secure your seat. Signup will be on a first-come-first-served basis. If you would like to be added to this list, please email us at wordcampsd@gmail.com with the subject “Beginner’s Bootcamp Signup”. Include your name and contact info in the body.

If you are not present in the room when the track begins, your seat will be given up to anyone who is waiting for space.

Bootcamp Structure & Requirements

You should definitely have your laptop for this track.
Be prepared to stay in this track for the entire day on Sunday – this is meant to be a progression of topics, it’s not meant that you would bounce around between this and any of the other tracks that are going on
Please read over the topics that will be covered to ensure that this is a track you are interested in:
1. Setting Up Your Local Environment (Local Server)
2. Plugins & Plugin Troubleshooting
3. Customizing without Hacking
4. How to Teach Yourself CSS
5. How to be Strategic About Getting Content in Your Site

Announcing the WCSD 2016 Beginner’s Bootcamp Speakers

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Chris Perryman

WordCamp San Diego 2016 Begiiner's Bootcamp Speakers

WordCamp San Diego 2016 Beginner’s Bootcamp Speakers

DesktopServer Team

We believe in empowering our customers by developing and supporting great web development tools and services. Our tools reflect our philosophy of balancing form and function and applying “kaizen” (meaning “continuous gradual improvement”) to each evolution in our project cycles. This results in mature and refined processes that help our customers not only save time and money, but also to create unique, attractive, powerful, and timely solutions. We create tools that specifically cater to both creative designers and professional developers. We know that our philosophy can help bring together beautiful design and powerful engineering to help our customers reach new heights in their professional goals. Our favorite interactions are when customers tell us how much time they have saved and how easy their magnificent projects have come to life. It means we hit our goal.

Matt Cromwell

Matt Cromwell is Head of Support and Community Wrangler at WordImpress. He is the Lead Organizer of the Advanced WordPress San Diego Meetup and AWP Facebook group (which boasts over 17K members). He’s a popular blogger at his personal site (mattcromwell.com), wordimpress.com, givewp.com, and mediatemple.net. Matt has a background in education and as a web developer for nonprofit organizations.

Lucy Beer

Manchester-raised, now based in Los Angeles, I’ve been using WordPress since 2004. I started using it for my own personal projects and in 2009 started to teach others how to use it. Since then I’ve been training people in the ways of WordPress. For the past year I have been working as a Customer Happiness Rocketeer with WP Rocket – the premium caching plugin.

Christina Hills

Christina Hills, the creator of the Website Creation Workshop, has been passionately teaching non-techie small business owners, authors, experts, coaches and consultants, how to easily create their websites in WordPress so that they can get their message out to the world. She has been running this WordPress training program to an international audience for the past 9 years. She loves to teach WordPress as a creative way to get clarity on your business, your marketing, and your message. Christina is also an 11-year online marketing veteran, often seen at events as an expert speaker teaching on a variety of topics such as email marketing, membership sites, and ecommerce marketing, all with a focus on WordPress. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Christina Hills worked as a digital artist for the network promotions division of NBC-TV, and then as a senior technical director in the Feature Film Division at George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic with film credits for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and ET the re-release. While her skills and background are unquestionably “technical”, her style is completely “user friendly” and marketing-oriented. She puts the fun into teaching technology and empowers business owners to be in full control of their marketing and online presence. Come find her and ask her anything about WordPress, or about Spirituality and God (her other passion!) She lives near the beach in San Diego, California with her husband and daughter.

Start Planning Your Weekend: Track Recap

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Chris Perryman

Can you believe #WCSD is only a couple of weeks away?! Here is a recap on what’s happening so you can start to plan your days.

Saturday:

Saturday has three tracks running: Design, Development and Plugin. Also, there is a “Help Desk” where you can get WordPress assistance at any level (beginner user to developer etc.), so check that out!

Time	Designer Track	Development Track	Happiness Bar (Help Desk)	Plugin Track
7:45 am	Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am Favorite session: Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES} Mark Uraine Favorite session: Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES}	Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts Konstantin Obenland Favorite session: Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES} Carolyn Sonnek Favorite session: Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES}
9:50 am	Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas! Mary Baum Favorite session: Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas!	Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development Stephen Carnam Favorite session: Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES} Kyle Maurer Favorite session: Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES}
10:40 am	A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES} Lisa Ghisolf Favorite session: A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES}	Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API Josh Pollock Favorite session: Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Forms: Beyond the Basics Scott Stewart Favorite session: Forms: Beyond the Basics
11:30 am	Zen & the Art of WordPress Deena Mayne Favorite session: Zen & the Art of WordPress	A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack Carl Alexander Favorite session: A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES} Verious B. Smith III Favorite session: The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES}
12:10 pm	Lunch Break
2:00 pm	Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders” Adam Silver Favorite session: Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders”	Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss Alicia St Rose Favorite session: Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES} Andrew Behla Favorite session: WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES}
2:50 pm	How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert Sarah Benoit Favorite session: How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert	Understanding HTTPS and TLS Zack Tollman Favorite session: Understanding HTTPS and TLS		Ask Me Anything About Plugins Pippin Williamson Favorite session: Ask Me Anything About Plugins
3:40 pm	Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action Nile Flores Favorite session: Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action	Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES} AJ Zane Favorite session: Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES}		Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES} Brian Bourn Favorite session: Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES}
4:30 pm	Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you Kevin Koehler Favorite session: Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you	WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES} Josh Cummings Favorite session: WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES}		Plugin Development Best Practices Sam Hotchkiss Favorite session: Plugin Development Best Practices

Sunday:

Sunday has three tracks running: Admin, Beginner and Business (Business track runs at slightly different times, so see that specific schedule at the bottom of this page). Sunday will also feature and “Open Discussion” where anyone can participate in discussing all things WordPress. The “Help Desk” will return Sunday as well, get WordPress assistance at any level (beginner user to developer etc.)

Time	Admin Track	Beginner's Bootcamp	Business Track	Happiness Bar (Help Desk)	Open Discussion
5:10 pm				Closing Remarks
7:00 pm				After Party Favorite session: After Party
12:00 pm	Keynote: Chris Lema – Your next five years with WordPress Chris Lema
12:40 pm	Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You? Greg Taylor Favorite session: Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You?	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment DesktopServer Team Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment	Business Track Steve Zehngut, Carrie Dils, Jason Rosenbaum, Jennifer Bourn, Tom McFarlin, Chris Ford, Tony Perez Favorite session: Business Track	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
1:20 pm	Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES} Erick Hitter Favorite session: Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES}	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting Matt Cromwell Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
2:00 pm	Dude, Speed Up That Website! Evan Scheingross Favorite session: Dude, Speed Up That Website!	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking Lucy Beer Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
2:40 pm	WordPress Support Toolkit Jarrett Gucci Favorite session: WordPress Support Toolkit	Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS Matt Cromwell Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Open Discussion on WordPress Russell Aaron Favorite session: Open Discussion on WordPress
3:20 pm	WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES} Dustin Meza Favorite session: WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES}	Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site Christina Hills Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
4:00 pm	Closing Remarks

Time	Business Track Details
12:40 pm	Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to? Tony Perez Favorite session: Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to?
1:10 pm	Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it? Chris Ford Favorite session: Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it?
1:40 pm	Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES} Tom McFarlin Favorite session: Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES}
2:10 pm	Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge? Jennifer Bourn Favorite session: Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge?
2:40 pm	Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls? Jason Rosenbaum Favorite session: Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls?
3:10 pm	Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want Carrie Dils Favorite session: Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want
3:40 pm	Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it? Steve Zehngut Favorite session: Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it?

We hope you’re able to mark out some sessions that interest you! Can’t wait to see you at Camp!

Announcing the WCSD 2016 Open Discussion

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Chris Perryman

WordPress Open Discussion

This is an open discussion about WordPress. No speakers, no panel judges. Everyone in attendance is welcome to join in and participate in the conversation. We’ll be discussing themes and plugins, like you’ve never discussed them before.

Asking questions is part of the fun, at WordCamp. Now, you have the chance to answer someone else’s question.

This is not a session to plug your business or mention that you just opened shop. This is a session where you can become part of the WordPress community and give back to others.

Discussion will be lead by: Russell Aaron

College was the place that I first found WordPress. I moved to Eugene Oregon and attended The University of Oregon. This is where I learned how to write a blog. I learned how to manipulate the template ‚”theme” of my site. I had all these blog posts and I still did not get hired. After graduation, I moved to Las Vegas and I was selling memberships to adult websites. I was asked to build the website for the affiliate program. I turned to WordPress once again. In 2011, I attended WordCamp Vegas. I met some really cool people and my love for WordPress was recreated. Since that WordCamp I’ve focused all of my time and attention on WordPress.

Announcing the WCSD 2016 Admin Track Speakers

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Mandie Shaner

WordCamp San Diego 2016 Admin Track Speakers

Greg Taylor

Marketing Press blends business and development to create WordPress sites that succeed. We approach websites as marketers, not developers, and use a data-driven process to guide everything we do. By seeing where you are now and setting a strategy to achieve your goals, our team can help you build an effective, easy-to-manage site that improves your conversions, community, and content. Greg Taylor, Founder After working in marketing and business development for over ten years, Greg decided to pursue his passion for WordPress development and content marketing by starting his own company. Tired of seeing sites that look great but don‚Äôt achieve results, he founded Marketing Press to help business owners find the best of both worlds. In addition to leading the company, Greg has become well-known in the WordPress community as a speaker and teacher. He has presented at several conferences (including TechPHX, WordCamp LA, WordCamp Phoenix, WordCamp Sacramento and WordCamp Vegas), been featured on industry podcasts (such as BusyMarketer and Hit the Mic with Stacy Harris), and regularly appears on popular shows (like WPwatercooler and his very own Marketing Press TV). When he’s not working on code or content, Greg spends his free time enjoying life in Pacific Beach, San Diego, mentoring startups, taking in live music, or hanging out in his home state of New Jersey.

Erick Hitter

It took Erick a while to figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up, which led him through a few different careers. After experiments in audio engineering and accounting, he now works on Automattic’s VIP team, serving enterprise WordPress users. Erick lives near Los Angeles, loves craft beer, and longs for enough free time to go hiking in the mountains that surround LA. He blogs at ethitter.com and i.ethitter.com.

Evan Scheingross

Evan is a proud native San Diegan who loves the surf, sand, and a good fish taco even more than he loves WordPress! His first experience with WordPress dates back to 2006, and he was immediately fascinated with its power and flexibility.

For the past 9 years, Evan has run his own web design, development, and consulting business drawing on a primarily local client base. He helps individuals and businesses alike establish a successful online presence through the creation of user-focused, goal-oriented websites that are engineered to produce results. Almost all of Evan’s websites are developed using WordPress, and most of them are built as completely custom themes. Over the years he’s run into more WordPress snafus and gotchas than he would probably care to admit, and he’s happy to share them with you in hopes of sparing you a few expletives or that feeling where you want to throw your laptop off a cliff.

You can check out Evan’s work and thoughts on all things web-related at evanwebdesign.com or follow him @evanwebdesign. Outside of the web world, Evan is a father to the cutest 15-month old boy in the world (though he admits he has some bias there), and a husband to a wonderful and supportive wife. He has too many interests and hobbies to list here, and too little time to pursue them.

Jarrett Gucci

Jarrett Gucci comes from a retail background that started at Home Depot in Buffalo NY as cashier and 18 months later was asked to be a project manager based out of Carson California with a goal of opening 12 stores in 14 months. This goal was accomplished. He has also been an area manager at Big Lots and Bed Bath and beyond. He left his very last retail career as a district manager at Linens & Things in 2007 to pursue a hobby of website development as hope he could make some money doing it. After 4 years of building and managing WordPress sites, he founded a company called WP Fix It and since 2011 his company has serviced over 30,000 WordPress support tickets. Something you may not know about Jarrett besides all this, is that when he was 15 his neighbor gave him a 1962 dodge dart and he completely took it apart and rebuilt it.

Dustin Meza

Dustin Meza is the Director of Customer Experience Operations at WP Engine. He has been in the hosting industry for 7 years and has been with WP Engine for 2 years. At WP Engine, Dustin oversees many aspects of the WordPress platform including WordPress upgrades for over 100,000 WordPress installs.

Outside of WordPress, Dustin loves being outdoors in Austin with his wife Megan, and black lab, Maddy. He enjoys all kinds of sports, both watching and playing, and has been known to play some video games when time allows.

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