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,

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.

WordCamp San Diego 2016

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