Author Archives: WordCamp.org

Improving Ease of Use with the WordPress Admin Dashboard – Byron Rode

From my experience of making WordPress sites for clients, and for clients in South Africa in particular, there are a lot of people out there who get over-whelmed if updating their site isn’t quick and easy and involves too many … Continue reading Improving Ease of Use with the WordPress Admin Dashboard – Byron Rode

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The business of WordPress – Adii pienaar

WordPress has grown into a very diverse ecosystem, where its users have cultivated multiple different opportunities to create & build a business. Commercial themes have been the most obvious / mainstream success, but beyond theming there’s still so many untapped … Continue reading The business of WordPress – Adii pienaar

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About Obox – David Perel

David spoke about the Seo Fundamentalism. Obox Mobile: A WordPress plugin that converts your site into a gorgeous theme which is compatible for mobile devices. Stunning design, attention to detail and unique features make your site stand out when visitors … Continue reading About Obox – David Perel

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Seo Fundamentalism – Rafiq Phillips

Rafiq spoke about the Seo Fundamentalism WordPress is the perfect platform to allow you to achieve excellent SEO results. It is only a tool though. Without SEO fundamentals in place you may not achieve the expected results no matter what … Continue reading Seo Fundamentalism – Rafiq Phillips

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Scaling WordPress: FeedMyMedia Case Study – Ashley Shaw

Ashley spoke about the scaling WordPress.

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Videos by Goosebump Productions ***Coming Soon

What do Goosebump Productions do? We offer affordable DVD video production and photographic services. We are based in Cape Town, South Africa. Why Choose Goosebump Productions? Goosebump Productions uses small, resourceful crews, resulting in affordable productions. We are open and … Continue reading Videos by Goosebump Productions ***Coming Soon

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WordCamp Cape Town 2011 a big success

WordCamp has come to an end and by all measures it was a great success. It was a day filled with insightful sessions by some very inspiring speakers and great networking and hobnobbing among WordCampers at a beautiful venue. We had … Continue reading WordCamp Cape Town 2011 a big success

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New DevPress vouchers

DevPress Vouchers URL: http://devpress.com/wordcamp/ Voucher Codes: CAPETOWN11 CAPETOWN111 CAPETOWN112 CAPETOWN113 CAPETOWN114 CAPETOWN115 CAPETOWN116 CAPETOWN117 CAPETOWN118 CAPETOWN119 CAPETOWN1110 CAPETOWN1111 CAPETOWN1112 CAPETOWN1113 CAPETOWN1114 CAPETOWN1115 CAPETOWN1116 CAPETOWN1117 CAPETOWN1118 CAPETOWN1119 CAPETOWN1120

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Lessons in online publishing from Fred Roed

These days it is very hard to keep up with the deluge of new social media offerings. What’s the next big thing and how are online publishers meant to keep up. In his discussion, “What a 60’s Rock n’ Roll … Continue reading Lessons in online publishing from Fred Roed

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The “Why I love WordPress” competition

This year at WordCamp Cape Town we are very fortunate to have many prizes to give away. WordCamp attendees will be walking away with some fantastic giveaways, and we wanted to share the fun with the many that cannot attend. … Continue reading The “Why I love WordPress” competition

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2011 Schedule

PDF Download of WordCamp Schedule

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Sponsor Spotlight: BizzThemes

Željan Topić from BizzThemes has generously sponsored 10 give-aways of their latest theme with support included. If you’re a developer and do websites for clients, you’ll find their new framework really useful, since it allows you to edit any page … Continue reading Sponsor Spotlight: BizzThemes

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Sponsor Spotlight: Group Deals Plugin

Justin Sainton from Zao Web Design has developed a Groupon clone for WordPress called Group Deals plugin.

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Sponsor Spotlight: Wren Design

The WREN design’ is range of bags inspired by the possibility of materials and their stories. The brand started out of a want for a bag that had a story, was beautiful and was not mass-produced. The need was for … Continue reading Sponsor Spotlight: Wren Design

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Sponsor Spotlight: Storefront Themes

 Storefront Themes craft beautiful, feature packed themes for the WP e-Commerce plugin. They have donated 5 developer bundle packages of all themes and plugins that will be up for grabs at WordCamp, as well as a special wordcamp release theme for all attendees.

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