Comments on: The Schedule

By: Ilse Dyck

Ilse Dyck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:32:45 +0000

Hi
This comment is mostly for Shawn, I have worked for over 2 years at Relish Design studio customizing and styling wordpress sites for our clients. I’ve used hundreds of plugins and customized logins, databases and forums and themes and core files…
I attended wordcamp last year and was still learning new things. I plan to come back this year and hopefully learn more new tricks. It’s worth it even if a few speakers are targeting the first time bloggers.

http://www.relishdesign.ca/
http://www.catchup.ca/

By: Brad Gosse

Brad Gosse — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:27:44 +0000

Looking forward to speaking about SEO and wordpress. Should be a fantastic event!

By: Mathieu Yuill

Mathieu Yuill — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:58:25 +0000

@Shawn,

We’ve received feedback from users of all skill levels that these types of conferences are great experiences. Some people attend and take away lots from the sessions themselves from a very entry level point of view while others, typically those more experienced, leave the conference with those one or two great tips that help them solve an advanced problem they’ve been working on or a best practice they hadn’t come across.

In addition, the networking opportunities are outstanding and it could be argued the $35 registration fee is worth it for that alone.

And don’t worry – your 8+ WordPress non-blogging builds won’t make you the veteran at this conference – you’ll have lots of people around you you can learn from.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:48:19 +0000

There appears to be an error on the from page for the “The Schedule” frame. Possibly something to do with the PHP code?

I already use WordPress for my business and built 8+ WordPress non-blogging websites. Is this event for me?

By: Mathieu Yuill

Mathieu Yuill — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:02:05 +0000

@Robbie – this would be a great conference for you to attend. We actually have one session called “WordPress for Newbies” We also have a few sessions that talk about building your WordPress site and one specifically on branding.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:36:08 +0000

Still trying to create my first business like web site for my own use. Would the camp be good for me or will it be to far over my head for a self learner?

By: Mathieu Yuill

Mathieu Yuill — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:32:01 +0000

@Len There is going to be a session on using WordPress as a CMS and there is also a session on using WordPress to build a business Web site. Those two would probably fit the bill for you.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:48:14 +0000

Len,
I attended NYC in November. I had been using WP for three years as a blogger, but I used pre-existing themes. I wanted my very own. I started tinkering in October. Attending WordCamp was the best thing I did, which is why I am here trying to figure out how to make it to Canada. It wasn’t so much that I learned how to do stuff, I learned what stuff could be done — something that could have taken me months or years to experience on my own. Little things were the biggest thing for me. I used jquery to add and “-” in front of subcategories so I could reduce the amount of indent in the sidebar but still make it readable. Prior to WordCamp, I would have gone into each subcategory and added “-” to the description. I went home with a bag of new tools. All I had to do was to figure out how to use them.

By: Len

Len — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:31:57 +0000

I have done a couple websites using WordPress, one for a photographer with a shopping cart from PayPal, and one so I can post some of my pictures.

I used to do some coding on mainframes, and used Basic and some Clist and various languages. But nothing too heavy, i.e. I never held the title “programmer”. And I don’t know php, although I was able to muddle through some of just looking at it’s structure, and perusing an O’Reilly book certainly didn’t scare me, it aroused my interest actually.

I am interested in learning more about how to implement WordPress to build websites, I guess using it mainly as a CMS, but don’t know if the WordCamp is a good use of my time.

What do you think? Is it worth it?
Thinking about Toronto in March…

By: Lucas Cobb

Lucas Cobb — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:09:37 +0000

I agree with Mathieu, a little taste of everything seems like the best medicine. Though streams would help individuals focused on one nitch, it might be hard to fill up a day and a half worth of topics in one specific stream.