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WordCamps are informal, community organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.
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Hajime Ogushi
How did the WordPress community grow in Japan?
Hajime Ogushi is a CEO of mgn.inc. He mainly uses WordPress as a job for clients. He has been using it since around 2006.
Topic Description: Currently, about 80% of CMS used in Japan is WordPress.
WordCamp Tokyo has more than 1000 participants.
Why have so many people used WordPress in Japan 2008? There were about 60 participants at the first WordCamp Tokyo.
How did the community grow from there to the present?
I will talk about such contents.
Intended Audience: ALL WordPress Lovers.
Chitra Raj Bhandari
Semantic SEO: Optimizing Web for Crawlers that Understand
CRB has around 6 years of experience as a digital marketer during which he has worked for local and multinational brands and helped them grow. He has worked extensively on optimizing WordPress websites for small, medium and big brands and help them get better conversions at lower costs. Starting in the age when websites search engine crawlers relied on words (syntax) to understand the relevance of page to a certain query string – his skills have evolved and helped many small, medium and large scale websites to leverage their web presence for search engine crawlers that understand the ‘intent’ of a search query.
He is the co-founder of Pulse Digit – a digital marketing agency exclusively dedicated to digital marketing services. It provides consultations and training services to businesses and individuals on a wide range of topics including online branding, reputation management, SEO, SEM, SMO, Affiliate Marketing, among others. Get in touch with him on Twitter @CRB_Guru
Topic Description: Semantic SEO: Optimizing Web for Crawlers that understand SEO is a wide topic and has many facets to cover. But in this topic, I will be focusing on making the site and its content ‘understandable’ to search engine crawlers. At the end of the session, the participants will know:
- Syntactic Vs Semantic SEO
- Types of structured data
- Tools and resources to implementing them
- Plugins/resources for wordpress
Intended Audience: Developers and digital marketing practitioners interested in building a better & profitable website
Pratima Sharma
You should blog (Even if you’re killing it on Instagram and Snapchat)
Apart from being a wordsmith and pensive writer, Pratima is also a tech nut- she is a Software Engineer and works at Goreto Software; a software company based in Pokhara. Her inescapable path of self-discovery and creativity led her to WordPress and she has been rocking it so far.
As a woman, the fact that she’s still working in tech is not lost on her and by now, she’s grown used to being the only woman at work. However, she wishes to be an inspiration and fill the pipeline with more talented young women. When she is not working, she is usually reading or writing something. Pratima loves to read and has hopes to write a good book someday.
Topic Description: A pursuit to get all those who haven’t hopped on the blogging bandwagon get started with blogging.
It can be easy to disregard something like blogging as boring and outdated but blogs can be a great way to find a creative outlet and having an active, curated company blog is just as important today as it was 10 years ago. The internet is not just a platform for sharing weird memes and funny pictures. Discover a handful of reasons why you should still blog even if you’re killing it on much newer, hipper social media platforms.
Intended Audience: Everyone
Sakar Upadhyaya Khatiwada
Soft skill toppings for spicing up your WordPress professionalism
Sakar is a Web Developer at Proshore Nepal who loves coding and networking. He started using WordPress before 5 years and has been in love with it since then. He has done his Post Graduate Diploma in Counseling Psychology from Trichandra Campus affiliated to Tribhuvan University. He is socializing, traveling or trying different cuisines when he is not working.
Topic Description: The topic will include some soft skills that you will be requiring to add up to your hard skills for being more professional in your WordPress career
Intended Audience: Anyone
Maneela KC
Vlogging- An Innovative Addition To WordPress Blogging Landscape
Maneela is currently a Seo Copywriter and a video blogger at ThemeGrill Pvt. Ltd and Beautiful themes. She is an IT graduate from Tribhuwan University but is a blogging enthusiast who aspires to become a wordsmith of the digital world. A writer by profession and dreamer by nature, she loves to read, travel, and try new things.
Topic description: We have heard people talking about blogging a lot. But, it’s high time that we think a step further and starts talking about Vlogging. Thus, this topic covers all the “basics of Vlogging” from its introduction to all the software and equipment required and what steps to follow while creating an effective video blog. Also, it includes important tips to remember to make your vlog stand out.
Intended Audience: All Blogging Enthusiasts
Bishal Mishra
What makes design – design?
Obsessed with visuals that captivated his attention since his early childhood days, Bishal’s passion for design has now interlocked with his aspirations. An adventure enthusiast, Bishal is currently working in close-knit with his team at Idealaya and Last Door Solutions, helping businesses achieve their objectives through creative visual solutions. To know more about him, connect with him @bishaller
Topic Description: This particular topic I have chosen will explode what Design really is and how it’s done. The session intends to change the perception of building a product; especially for developers. Also, the importance of design for a developer and a team is the key factor for the session.
Intended Audience: Designers and Developers
Shishta Pradhan
Scope for Front End Developers in WordPress
I’m an enthusiastic Front End Developer who has been working on WordPress for the past 3 years. I love playing with HTML, CSS, JS and love implementing the graphical design into beautiful code by combining the art of design with the art of programming to make a beautiful website. Currently, I have been working on Code Pixelz Media as a Front End Developer.
Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/shishta.pradhan
Topic Description: The main purpose of my topic is to highlight the scope for all the Front End developers in the WordPress community. WordPress is not only for the developers who code but it also provides a huge platform for Front Enders to boost their career in many different aspects.
Intended Audience: Front End Developers, Designers, Developers and anyone who wants to start their career as a Front End Developer in WordPress.
Emanuel Blagonic
I Love You – A Story About Web Accessibility
Emanuel has more than 14 years of experience and more than 500 different projects with worldwide clients on his back. From designing websites to designing touch–screen applications, he worked with small and big clients, startups and global projects. Although primarily a designer, he’s been in love with WordPress for more than 10 years, being one of the biggest promoters in Croatia – writing articles about WordPress that are not only promoting WordPress but open source as well. He helps organize WordCamps and Meetups in Croatia and is part of WordCamp Europe organizing the team.
As one of the pioneers of the web standards movement in Croatia, he is active in the community where he works on building a better understanding of the design process and educates clients as much as possible. Can be found on Twitter as @eblagonic.
Topic Description: Yes. We say I love you all too often, and yes – web *IS* the most transparent platform in the world. But, do we really think of all the users in the world that will access our website? We are not all the same. Every one of us uses the web differently. Some use it on their mobile phones, some on their tablets, some on their desktops and some on their televisions.
When building websites we don’t think about *all* the users out there, aren’t we? And the reason is often – money. We don’t get enough of a budget to think of them. But let’s be honest – we should do more. Is there something we should and can do? Is there a way to create a better website for *all the people out there* and not only the lucky ones?
In this talk, I will explore how people with disabilities use the web and will give you some guidelines that will help you create better user experiences for everyone.
Intended Audience: Everyone web-related (front-end developers and designers mostly, but will be of use to developers too)
Tikaram Bhandari
Building Secure WordPress Themes and Plugins
Tikaram is a Happiness Engineer, currently working at Catch Themes. He has been working actively in WordPress since a year now. He is passionate about solving tough problems and proposing elegant solutions to the users. When away from the computer, Tikaram enjoys doing yoga, listening to music, and hanging out with his colleagues.
Topic Description: The session will cover Common mistakes and most common attacks on WordPress Sites. It will also cover ways to prevent the common attacks and mistakes to avoid while developing WordPress Themes and plugins.
Intended Audience: WordPress theme and plugin developers, beginners and everyone who loves WordPress
Chandan Goopta
High traffic WordPress Sites Speed and Performance Hacks
CEO @ Growcept. A data hacker. I love tweaking WordPress sites for its performance and speed. Linux enthusiast and part-time funny.
Topic Description: The topic covers how to set-up a WordPress Site which has very high traffic (Millions of visits), tips and tricks on using and setting up various WP plugins, server configurations, and server-side tweaks. This topic will also cover my experience with handling and setting up High Traffic WP sites where I have not only optimized the performance of the site but also enhanced the page load time (less than 2 seconds load time) and more.
Intended Audience: Mid-level to Senior WP Developers and Web admins
Samia Rai
Vlogging- An Innovative Addition To WordPress Blogging Landscape
Samia is an avid reader and aspiring writer, I love to research, write and blog about things that peak my interest and curiosity. She has contributed to ThemeGrill, Beautiful Themes, and many other websites as a freelancer.
Topic description :
We have heard people talking about blogging a lot. But, it’s high time that we think a step further and start talking about Vlogging. Thus, this topic covers all the “basics of Vlogging” from its introduction to all the software and equipment required and what steps to follow while creating an effective video blog. Also, it includes important tips to remember to make your vlog stand out.
Intended Audience: All Blogging Enthusiasts
Mike Stott
From Side Project to Successful Product
I’m Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder Zero BS CRM. I develop, support and market WordPress plugins, themes and recently a side project turned successful product – Zero BS CRM.
I’ve used WordPress since 2011 and developed for it as well as being a “Super User”
Further reading:
Kinsta Kingpin Interview: https://kinsta.com/blog/interview-with-mike-stott/
Indie Hackers Interview: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/epic-plugins-and-themes
Topic Description: The topic will cover:-
- Getting Started with your Side Project (e.g. how to choose a name and whether to even bother)
- Deciding what goes into your ‘MMP”
- Growing your team and tracking metrics
- Why we chose WordPress to develop and sell our WordPress product
- Selling a WordPress Product using WordPress
Intended Audience: Entrepreneurs, Web Agencies, Non technical
Dat Hoang
WordPress Multilingual: Benefits and Considerations
I am a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, focusing on the WordPress.org products. Before joining the company, I worked with the multilingual WordPress every day.
I involve quite a lot in the community in my country and region: organizing local meetups, speaking in WordCamps, and managing the vi.wordpress.org site.
When the laptop is closed, I enjoy traveling and outdoor activities.
Topic Description: By default, WordPress accepts a single language only. In this topic, I talk about the possibility to have a multilingual WordPress site.I will discuss the following points in detail:
- Multilingual website – why it is a worthy investment
- Considerations for a WordPress multilingual site
- Available plugin/solution comparison
- Tips and hints
Intended Audience: Both developers and users want to create websites have more than one language.
Sujal Karki
My Journey in WordPress
Sujal, an electronics Engineer who loves coding either front-end or backend. Besides coding, he spent his most of the time reading blogs related to new trends and technology. He is currently working as a project coordinator at Last Door Solutions.
Topic Description: This topic covers how technical/non-technical people can build their career in IT related field.
Intended Audience: Anyone who wants to start a career in IT field.
Biplab Subedi
Add magic to your workplace
Biplab Subedi loves to contribute WordPress community via volunteering, organizing and speaking at WordCamps. He is a co-founder of one of the leading WordPress based outsourcing companies in Nepal namely Eagle Vision IT. He has also co-founded eVision Themes, a WordPress theme development company.
Biplab is often found indulged in social works, traveling, and dreaming of better Nepal.
Topic Description: Easy yet powerful tips for a better working environment inside an IT company.
Intended Audience: Entrepreneurs, startups
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Codeable
Codeable, it all started back in 2012 when Per and Tomaž agreed on contributing a little extra to the WordPress community. Their aim was to build an outsourcing company, in which quality and customer service come first. They started by hiring exceptional WordPress developers and connecting them with people in need of on-demand website support. 3 years later, we are the #1 online outsourcing service for WordPress.
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Bluehost
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.
Yoast
Yoast helps you to get the most out of your website by making SEO available for everyone. You might know our Yoast SEO plugin; with over 7,5 million active installs, Yoast SEO is one of the most popular WordPress plugins worldwide.
At Yoast, we believe in holistic SEO: not just one aspect of a website, but all aspects are important and should, therefore, be as good as possible. We don’t approach SEO as a trick to rank higher in Google but stimulate site owners to make their site the best possible search result. All awesome websites have three things in common: they’re easy to use, contain the right information, and they’re fast and reliable. If you do all that right, a website becomes easier to find as well!
Our products help people create remarkable sites. We offer plugins that make optimizing websites as easy as pie. Our other products, like online courses and eBooks, help customers improve their sites. Last but not least, by contributing to loads of open source projects, like WordPress, we try to make the web better for everyone.
Catch Internet Pvt. Ltd
Catch Internet is a web development agency based proudly in Nepal. We are passionate about making web publishing not only easy but fun. Our team of WordPress professionals make content management simple by providing WordPress theme & plugin development, customization and maintenance services with care, passion and precision. At Catch Internet, quality, sustainability, and product potential to reach different breadths of prospective customers are pivotal principles of functioning.
We’ve been in this industry since 2010 and with that experience, we have ventured into some top-end products of the World Wide Web – Catch Themes, a leading WordPress theme and plugin development company; DevotePress, a website dedicated solely to WordPress; Theme Palace, a curated marketplace of WordPress themes & plugins and our latest undertaking, NepalBuzz, an online magazine which aims to bring you the latest what’s what, who’s who and how to’s of Nepal.
WordPress is the core to our existence. We are grateful to WordPress and the community and find it important to give back. Our team members have been involved actively in the WordPress community as theme reviewers, translators, speakers & organizers at various WordPress meetups and WordCamps all over the world. More information can be found at our website.
TAMSAN
TAMSAN is a Japanese web production / digital marketing company based in Singapore. Our Headquarters are in Osaka, Japan and we were founded 24 years ago.
Our goal is not only to develop websites or apps but to also solve the client’s problems using digital solutions.
We are launching a mobile commerce package “Mobile Commerce 360” developed with WooCommerce. There is comprehensive support ranging from rapid launch of E-Commerce content to operations and marketing (marketing automation/advertising planning).
More information can be found at https://ec.tamsan.sg
WPArmy
WPArmy is a one-stop solution for all your WordPress problems. WPArmy is an outsourcing platform where you will find the best in the industry WordPress experts that have been tested before being accepted to the platform.
We hire only the best of WP experts through our extensive interview round, so that there are only the best of the experts estimating for your project. To top that we have in-house Project Managers, taking care of the project so that the project is finished on time and with highest of quality. Always.
We do all this so that you can take a good rest and see your website convert. We assure highest of quality which is why we offer 15 days after work service for free and one-week money back guarantee.
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WEN Themes
WEN Themes is Nepal based WordPress Theme and Plugin development company. We are dedicated towards making the web convenient and elegant through our offerings of simple and clean themes – we are committed to sensible WordPress Theme development. Standard and secure coding is our mantra and we always follow WordPress coding standard. Swift and excellent support is our another major strength. We believe in ‘Giving back to Community’ and we are continuously contributing to WordPress Core, Theme Review, Nepali Translation and supporting WordPress events like meetups and WordCamps.
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Eagle Eye International Technology
EEIT – A web development company based in Nepal and New Zealand. EEIT was born with the intention of empowering business owners to embrace the internet simply and with confidence.
EEIT offers Web Development, Software Development, WordPress theme development, SEO, UX/UI Design, Logo Design service. EEIT service is expanding the network of clients throughout the world from sole traders to large companies. We always believe in quality coding and dedicated support which keeps our customers happy and helps in building their awesome websites.
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WP Drizzle
WP Drizzle founded by Mr. Biplav Subedi, comprises of a brilliant team of WordPress Developers and Designers with clinical skills who are also known for their erudition on Web Development. We have visualized and working on WordPress products that help people of a diverse range of users – be it students, professionals, businesses, bloggers & others.
We have built each product with passion and brilliance, with loads of research on what the user would possibly want on their theme and how we can implement a user’s need into our products so that each user can showcase themselves without compromising on quality, speed, elegance or anything for that matter. We also keep our products updated so that they can help compete users in any real world scenario.
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WEN Solutions
We introduce ourselves as one of the agile as well as experienced WordPress consultants & professionals of Nepal. Theme support, Plugin development, Theme review, Plugin testing & providing optimum solutions to any WordPress problems & issues are our main concern. Being one of the core WordPress company of Nepal, we are always headed to provide quick as well as quality services & solutions. In a nutshell, we have been contributing from quiet some years in this field, so to make this platform more & more flexible as well as leading. And we will always continue our support, services & contribution to this community.
Goreto Software
Goreto Software is a team of young minds and professionals. We are a software company based in Pokhara with a robust team of software developers. Our team of WordPress Developers provide the finest websites to our clients and are thankful to the WordPress community showing us what heights a community of dedicated and like-minded people can achieve! When young minds start shaping into young professionals, they unleash a world full of endless possibilities.
TechLila
TechLila is a prominent technology blog that was founded by Rajesh Namase in February 2012. It relies on WordPress as its primary CMS. In fact, TechLila believes that WordPress is the world’s best website publishing platform. Without the ease of use of WordPress and its customization options, TechLila may not have had the worldwide respect that it currently enjoys.
The major focus of TechLila is to offer important information to those wishing to improve their knowledge of operating systems. Between all its team members TechLila has a deep and profound knowledge of the hardware, software, apps and the technological principles that are behind today’s highly technological world.
What Kind of Information Does TechLila Provide?
TechLila provides significant information on the more common operating systems such as Android, Linux, Windows and the Apple iOS. The type of information includes how-to guides, tutorials and high-quality tips and tricks that can be used to make the best use of these systems – and the devices that operate using them! Many technicians have solved tricky problems by following one of TechLila’s ‘How To’ guides.
Among the ‘How-to’ guides is information on how to increase your broadband speed when using Windows and also how to use the advanced Linux commands.
In its short life, the company has become known for the quality of the information provided on the blog and on its social media channels. TechLila is proud to be a sponsor for the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal program. Without WordPress, TechLila would be less than it is now.
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Last Door Solutions
Last Door Solutions is a Global Agency, based in the city of temples – Kathmandu, Nepal. They have been the masters in achieving & maintaining the harmony between the vast array of Creativity, Design, and Technology to create world-class websites, software, and mobile experiences since 2003.
They hold a boutique team of selected individuals who are extensively imaginative, passionate & motivated by the thirst for fresh innovation and a drive to forge ahead.
They collaborate & partner with agencies, freelancers, retail, & brands from around the globe to hand-craft each & every product with considerable attention to detail. Blending the Engineering & User Experience not only to push the boundaries of global standards but also to take the consumer’s expectation.
Webpage Nepal
Webpage Nepal is a web Solutions Company that specializes in web design, web development, website maintenance, graphic design, online marketing, search engine optimization, corporate branding, social media, web designing training and applications, the difference is that we do our tasks in a responsible manner, by a young creative team, using latest technology because our aim is success and customer satisfaction.
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Top 5 Reasons to Attend WordCamp Kathmandu 2018
Many people tend to associate “conference” with boring speeches and lectures. That’s not WordCamp! WordCamp is a casual conference with cool people that make networking super fun. No professional suits. No long-lasting lectures that put you to sleep. No awkward moments when you try to network.
The WordCamp Schedule is Here!
Get ready to make some tough decisions, because we’ve got a great set this year. Our speakers are preparing some wonderful sessions – see what’s in store by checking out the full WordCamp schedule now!