Last 48-hours to Contribute to WordCamp Pune as a Volunteer

WordCamp Pune will be closing call for volunteers by Wednesday, Jan 4, 2017, midnight (IST). Please apply before.

As WordCamp Pune gets closer by another day, we are wrapping up our volunteer’s team.

We have already received many applications and have more than a dozen volunteers for WordCamp Pune. But it never hurts to have more helping hands when you are planning such a large multitrack/multi-activities event!

Deadline for volunteer application

We will be closing call for volunteers by Wednesday, Jan 4, 2017, midnight (IST). Please apply before in case you like to join.

You no need to volunteer for the full or whole event. You can help for an hour on a task you like.

Existing volunteers (shortlisted)

Most importantly, we have scheduled a Volunteers’ Workshop on coming Saturday (Jan 7). This workshop is very important for all volunteers, including the one who is already shortlisted.

If you are a volunteer, but not from Pune, you can attend the workshop remotely. Please get in touch with Premanshu on the slack team (#volunteers  channel). If you do not have access to

If you do not have access to the slack team, then contact us immediately.

Existing volunteers (applied)

If you are awaiting a reply from the organizing team, then it would be better to bump up the email thread.

Look for a mail thread with:

[WC Pune Organisers] [<random-number>] WordCamp Volunteer Application

Ignore  <random-number>  part. You can search for strings like “[WC Pune Organisers]” or “WordCamp Volunteer Application”.

Have a question?

If you have any other questions, please contact us.

Link: Apply to Volunteer

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Gajanan Sapate will show how to setup and track right KPIs for your business using WordPress

Gajanan will explain why different business should track different KPIs to measure own success. And he will also show how you can use a free service such as Google Tag Manager with WordPress to setup and track KPIs for your business.

Gajanan is a marketing enthusiast and a passionate entrepreneur.

At his work at SocialChamps, a leading digital media agency, he has helped 400+ brands grow with his skills.

Gajanan received an honor of cited among ‘50 Most Influential Digital Leaders‘ by World Marketing Congress in 2016.

At WordCamp Pune, Gajanan will first explain why different business should track different key performance indicator (KPI) to measure own success.

Next, he will show how you can use a free service such as Google Tag Manager using free WordPress plugin to setup and track KPIs for your business.

This might sound like a business-only topic. But WordPress developers and freelancers can benefit from the knowledge of using Google Tag Manager for their client work.

You can read more about the session here and the speaker here.

rtCamp will be “camping” at WordCamp Pune as a Gold Sponsor

Founded in 2009, rtCamp is a WordPress agency that specializes in Enterprise solutions. Their contribution to the WordPress community and focus on quality has earned them the distinction of being the only WordPress.com VIP Partner from Asia.

Their open source rtMedia and EasyEngine projects are used by 10,000+ sites.

rtCampers are some of the most motivated, creative and active members of the WordPress community. For WordCamp Pune quite a few rtCampers are contributing as organisers and as volunteers.

rtCamp has sponsored every WordCamp in India in last year and we hope they continue to support all WordCamps in India in future as well.

 

Last 48-hours to Submit Your Speaker Application for WordCamp Pune

Speaker Application Deadline for WordCamp is Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017 midnight (IST). Last 48 hours left.

We are less than two-weeks away from the WordCamp Pune 2017! ⌛️

There are many things pending on our to-do list. One of the key task is to publish the schedule for the WordCamp.

As WordCamp Pune is a multi-track conference, it will need a lot more efforts to get a right schedule compared to single-track event. We are already planning four main tracks in addition to other activities.

We surely wish to avoid git pull situation in speakers schedule as it happened last time 😐

Last date for speaker application

We need minimum 3-days to process any application, atleast in theory! 😉

As we are planning to publish WordCamp schedule by Friday (Jan 6) evening, we need to close speaker applications by Tuesday midnight.

So please submit speaker application by Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017 midnight (IST).

Already Applied?

If you have already submitted an application, then you can wait for a followup from our side till Friday morning.

If we have sent a followup earlier, asking for more details or a sample video, or anything else, we won’t be sending another followup to followup.

You are free to reach to organiser team by bumping the email thread in your mailbox. The subject line for email should look like:

[WC Pune Organisers] [<random-string>] WordCamp Speaker Request

Please ignore the the random sting part. You can search your mailbox for “[WC Pune Organisers]” or “WordCamp Speaker Request” strings.

If you do not see a mail thread, then you may apply again.

Link: Speaker Application Form

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Start Your New Year with a WordCamp!

New Year’s WP-Resolution – Start the year with a WordCamp! Many WordCamps are happening in India this year, starting with WordCamp Pune on 15th January.

First, a very Happy New Year to all fellow WordCampers. 🙂 🎉

2017 looks like a WordCamp year in India!

There are already four WordCamps announced on the WordCamp Central schedule in for first three months of the year 2017:

  1. WordCamp Pune (Jan 15)
  2. WordCamp Udaipur (Jan 28)
  3. WordCamp Kochi (Feb 19)
  4. WordCamp Mumbai (Mar 25-26)

We hope there would be at least four more WordCamps in the last nine months of this year, making this year have most WordCamps in a year in India! 🇮🇳

As a fresh new year has just started, why not start it with a WordCamp or to be specific WordCamp Pune which would be first WordCamp of this year! Yep, our tickets are on the sale already.

If you can’t make it to the WordCamp Pune, maybe you can start your year with WordCamp Udaipur. Their ticket is also available for the purchase.

Apart from WordCamps, you can interact with fellow WordPress community, in-person, via different meetup groups.

Last date for speaker/sponsor applications

If you wish to attend WordCamp Pune as a speaker or sponsor, you better to do it today! We will close call for speakers and call for sponsors in few days.

Already Applied?

If you have already sent your application for speaker or sponsorship, and not clear about your application status, we request you to bump email thread in your mailbox by sending it to pune@wordcamp.org.

If you did not get any email, you may send a fresh application or get in touch with us through our contact form.

We wish you happy new year once again and hope to see you at WordCamp Pune! 🙂

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Last day to Purchase WordCamp Pune Regular Ticket with T-shirt

If you haven’t purchased your WordCamp Pune ticket, then please consider doing it today.

Because today is last day for our “regular tickets” sale. From tomorrow, there will be only “T-shirt less” tickets available; that’s too subject to availability!

What’s the difference between T-shirt less and Regular Ticket?

As the name suggest, T-shirt less tickets will not have free T-shirt that regular tickets come with!

Apart from this, you will be able to attend WordCamp and get access to everything else that regular or early-bird ticket holder will get.

Why can’t all ticket holders gets t-shirts?

As we are just 15-days away from the WordCamp Pune 2017, we need to give a formal T-shirt printing order to our vendor.

For that, we need your t-shirt size before 31st Dec 2016 i.e. today!

How it affects speaker/sponsor/organiser/<anyone-with-free-ticket>?

You should have registered your free ticket by using coupon code by now.

If you haven’t used coupon code yet, please use today to get a regular ticket.

From tomorrow, all tickets, including the one redeemed via coupon code will become T-shirtless tickets.

If you have misplaced your coupon or did not get one, please get in touch with us using the contact form.

How can I verify/change my T-shirt size?

If you have already purchased a ticket, please check confirmation email for information edit link.

The link starts with https://2017.pune.wordcamp.org/tickets/?tix_action=access_tickets&tix_access_token=

The email looks like below:

What can I wear if I end up with T-shirt less ticket?

You are free to wear anything that is in line with WordCamp’s code of conduct. 🙂

But we would love to see you in the nice T-shirts we are printing for the event!

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Makarand Mane, our first Marathi speaker, will talk about contributing to WordPress translation

A WordCamp in Pune without a Marathi session doesn’t feel like Puneri WordCamp!

So here comes Makarand Mane, our first Marathi speaker. Makarand is freelancer and WordPress enthusiast, earning his bread and butter using WordPress from more than five years.

Makarand is a General Translation Editor (GTE) of Marathi language polyglot team. He will be speaking about contributing to WordPress Marathi translation. His session will cover the actual process of contribution and also reasons to contribute.

You can read more about his session in detail here.

We hope this session will inspire you to contribute back to the WordPress!

वर्डकॅम्प पुणे मराठी सत्रा शिवाय पुणेरी वर्ड कॅम्प कसा!

सादर करीत आहोत मकरंद माने, आमचे पहिले मराठी वक्ता. मकरंद फ्रीलान्सर आहेत व वर्डप्रेस चे एक उत्साही वापरकर्ते पण. ते ५ वर्षांपासून आपल्या उपजीविकेसाठी वर्डप्रेस चा वापर करीत आहेत .

मकरंद हे मराठी पॉलीग्लोट (polygot) टीमचे सामान्य भाषांतर संपादक (General Translation Editor) आहेत. ते वर्डप्रेस मराठी अनुवादा आपण कसे योगदान करू शकतात याबद्दल बोलणार आहेत. त्यांच्या सत्रामध्ये प्रत्यक्ष योगदान देण्याची पद्धत आणि कारणेही समाविष्ट असतील.

आपण या सत्राबद्दल अधिक माहिती इथे बघू शकता.

आमहि आशा करतो की हे सत्र आपल्याया वर्डप्रेस मध्ये योगदान करण्यासाठी प्रेरित करेल.

(Credits – Thanks Ashish and Milind for Marathi Translation)

HostRipples India is our Silver Sponsor at WordCamp Pune 2017

Hostripples.in is known for providing hosting services to Internet users across India, and is one of the leading providers for shared web hosting and reseller hosting. The services and support provided is the reason why more and more people are choosing Hostripples for their website hosting. They have been supporting their customers 24×7, whether they are a newbie or a webmaster.

Hostripples provides reliable, affordable shared web hosting with unlimited space and bandwidth, high speed network and hosting with all the features you need like Softaculous, R1Soft , Lets Encrypt SSL, Attracta SEO Tools, RvSitebuilder, Cloudlinux, Cloudflare etc. They also support in setting up their client’s web projects.

Started and developed in Nashik , and headquartered in Delaware, USA, it has tier 4 datacenters in about 16 locations around the world, including India. The company also offers domain registrations, standard and custom made hosting solutions for all types of websites and businesses, SSL solutions and SEO solutions. Hostripples! – the only web hosting plan you will ever need.

This product has been developed by SARPS Technologies, which apart from being into web hosting, also caters to the web designing and web development services.

By keeping a strong and knowledgeable technical team in back-end they have managed to keep their customers happy. They also know how take advantage of having development background inherited from SARPS to implement and enhance the server environment for all type of websites including eCommerce and CMS such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc.

The growth shown by Hostripples in Reseller and VPS industries is remarkable, also providing cPanel hosting, SSD Shared Hosting and Feature Hosting Like Joomla, Magento , WordPress , Drupal etc . packages and offer the best industrial hosting features.

Please be sure to take an advantage of greeting Hostripples India experts team at WordCamp Pune 2017 and grab the special Offers.

Follow Hostripples on Twitter and Facebook .

Learn more at: hostripples.in

Nestify will be building their “nest” at WordCamp Pune!

Nestify is a high-performance hosting provider focused on modern web applications. Their platform makes web applications and websites run much faster without code changes. A customer can Launch WordPress with a few clicks and manage it using Git, secure FTP or Dropbox. With PHP 7 support and Google pagespeed integration, sites will be even faster.

Setting up new staging environments is just one click away with Nestify. When a customer clicks the button, a new website is automatically created on a nestifyapp.com domain and copy files + databases from the production site. It even updates URLs inside the database to make sure that the experience is seamless. After change are done on the staging site, it’s again just one click affair.

Every application hosted on Nestify is securely delivered from 63 datacenters around the world using CloudFlare’s Railgun technology. This ensures fastest response time, so a site can reach it’s customers without any delay, improve conversions and SEO ranking.

You connect with Nestify on social networks like Facebook and Twitter or just visit their site.

Also, you can meet Nestify team at WordCamp Pune. So grab your ticket before they get sold out!

Link: Nestify

Presenting the official WCPune T-shirt

The winner of the T-shirt contest is A Day in Pune by Smita Dabir. We spoke to Smita, congratulated her and got some modifications done.

Do remember that only tickets bought before the 1st of January get t-shirts (because it takes 15 days for our vendor to print and deliver them), so buy your ticket now.

The meaning of the t-shirt

WCPune T-shirt Annotated

Selection Process

  1. From 11 to 7: To maintain fairness and remove any bias, we first took out the designs submitted by the organisers (Premanshu & Ganesh). That reduced our choice to 7 designs.
  2. From 7 to 2: Next thing we looked for is how specific was the design to WordCamp Pune. It’s one thing we noticed in WordCamp t-shirts around the world. Just like the logo and the mascot, the t-shirt had a local flavour or element that differentiated it from just a WordPress t-shirt. After all, we want you to remember WordCamp Pune! 🙂 That left us with just 2 designs – Shades of Pune by Kaushik Baroliya and A Day in Pune by Smita Dabir.
  3. From 2 to 1: Then it was just a matter of picking one that made most sense as the official WordCamp Pune 2017 t-shirt. A Day in Pune had everything quintessential about Pune!

Why black?

That’s because every vendor we approached is short on every colour except black and white, owing to the recent cyclone that affected their sourcing from Tirupur. Black & white are colours that are always in stock because they are always in demand. White was out of question, so all we have is black.

WordCamp Pune is over. Check out the next edition!