Sponsor Spotlight: WiredTree

Sponsors

Welcome to WordCamp Maui WiredTree! We appreciate your support as a Pillar sponsor.

WiredTree began in 2006 to provide a superior managed hosting environment through unmatched customer service, innovative network design, a unique suite of services and the advanced server hardware. They will custom build your server by hand and manage it onsite and in person. Whether you need managed VPS hosting, a virtual private server or a dedicated server, WiredTree will provide you with a tailored hosting solution.

Mahalo Nui Loa WiredTree!

Sponsor Spotlight: Media Temple

Sponsors

Today we’d like to spotlight a multi-event sponsor, Media Temple! Media Temple loves WordCamp so much, they sponsor multiple WordCamps. We’re blown away by your generosity Media Temple and appreciate your support of WordCamp Maui.

Since 1998, Media Temple has been on a mission to help web developers, designers, digital entrepreneurs and innovators bring their ideas to life online. They are driven to offer the best web hosting service and support anytime, anywhere. Their U.S.-based support teams are available 24/7/365 — by chat, Twitter, phone, or support request — to answer questions and keep sites up and running. Their premium web hosting and cloud services power more than 1.5 million websites in 100 different countries. New ideas and new technology also turn them on so they provide support to open source projects, invest in creative innovators and advocate for a more open Internet.

Thank you Media Temple!

Speaker Spotlight: Arlen Nagata

Speakers

Arlen makes Tech and WordPress web design simple.  If it’s all “Geek” to you, you need Arlen. For years, Arlen has been keeping up with the trends of technology and WordPress web design. He provides simple, easy to understand help for others with their technology and website needs.

Company:  HawaiiWP.com LLC

Website:  http://hawaiiwp.com

Talk Title:  I’m not a developer or designer, but still a WordPress Pro

Talk Summary:  No design skills? Can’t code PHP or Javascript? There are still many careers available to you within the WordPress world for freelancers like me and you. Start your own WordPress business or link arms with a growing business. This is an amazing time to be working with WordPress… even if you’re not a designer or developer.

What do I love most about WordPress?  WordPress is simple enough to start a website in an hour, yet flexible and extensible enough for businesses like Best Buy, The Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine.

Speaker Spotlight: Tracy Apps

Speakers

Have you developed enough WordPress skills to make your own custom themes, but they still look like crap? Don’t worry, there’s some simple steps and tools that can help you design less like a developer. Come with your questions, leave with concrete examples and tools to use right away… and designers everywhere will thank you.

Company: Tracy Apps Design, LLC

Website:  iamtapps.com

Talk title:  How To Not Design Like A Developer

Talk summary: Have you developed enough WordPress skills to make your own custom themes, but they still look like crap? Don’t worry, there’s some simple steps and tools that can help you design less like a developer. Come with your questions, leave with concrete examples and tools to use right away… and designers everywhere will thank you.

What do you love about WordPress:  As someone who’s formal education is in art, and who’s completely self-taught with front-end development, WordPress has been an invaluable tool for my web development projects. Because of WordPress’ flexibility and robust features, I’m able to “bend” WordPress to create very easy to use web solutions for my clients. Then I’m able to train clients of ANY technical level how to take control of their own web presence, which speaks to the quality of WordPress as a platform. And not only that, the WordPress community is the best out there. The wealth of knowledge this community has and readily shares is awe inspiring.

Sponsor Spotlight: ManageWP

Sponsors

Do you manage more than one WordPress site? Are you a WordPress multitasker? Meet ManageWP, Nene sponsor for WordCamp Maui!

ManageWP is the ultimate WordPress dashboard. Manage all your WordPress sites from one place including backups, security, updates and more. Designed by WordPress users for WordPress users, ManageWP was created with the primary goal of saving you time. This way you can focus on what’s most important; your content, customers and business.

Please join us in welcoming ManageWP to WordCamp. We want to be as efficient as possible so we can enjoy those gorgeous island sunsets with you on Maui.