WordPress is the powerhouse behind 1 in 5 sites on the web. Everything from this research blog, JayZ’s lifeandtimes.com, Ebay, and even the New York Times online is based on a WordPress template.
This July, BU and Silicon South are hosting the 7th Wordcamp UK developers conference, inviting the best and brightest WordPress developers and users to come and share their tips and tricks to get the most out of your site.
Taking place in the EBC on the weekend of the 12th and 13th July there are lots of ways you can get involved:
- Tickets cost £20 (including a free t-shirt), these are selling fast so purchase quickly to secure your place. To find out more click here
- Perhaps you know a thing or two about WordPress you’d like to share? You can submit your own sessions you might like to run, this could be an hours talk or a five minute lightning presentation – find out more about proposing a session here
- If you’d like to be involved but don’t know want to run a session, we are looking for a few volunteers to help with the running of the event. This would be fairly light touch, just helping with registration as people arrive and helping ensure sessions keep to time. In return we can offer you a free ticket for the weekend, including lunch on both days. If you’d be interested, or know someone who might be, please send me an email and I can give you more details.











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