All things WordPress in Cape Town
The issue of diversity and inclusion continues to be a concern in most tech spaces, and the WordPress community is no exception. Fortunately for WordPress communities all across the world, there are community members who are actively advocating and working to improve diversity and inclusion in WordPress. I had the opportunity to attend one of the... Continue Reading →
If you've been around the local WordPress community for any amount of time, you've met Hugh. He's the guy in the WordPress t-shirt with the friendly smile, who is always available to answer a question, help with a problem, or point you to the person you are looking for. As one of the leaders of... Continue Reading →
In case you missed it, the WordPress community team recently launched the Learn WordPress site, as a way for the community to support meetups and other WordPress related events. The idea here is that as a meetup group, you can watch a workshop video, and then host a group discussion at a time that suits... Continue Reading →
In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, the WordPress Cape Town meetups will be going digital. To be honest, this is slightly welcome because a) it's been hard to find a new suitable venue and b) it opens up the pool of available speakers. So for our first WordPress Cape Town digital meetup, we're looking... Continue Reading →
New Meetup Venue In case you missed it, we recently moved our monthly meetups to a new venue at Miteri co-working space in Salt River. https://twitter.com/WPCapeTown/status/1131605635773206528 If you haven't been to a meetup recently, this is a great time to stop by. The new venue has a really relaxed atmosphere (the bean bags help) and... Continue Reading →
Gaining support from local companies is vital to the success of our meetups. That's why we're always excited when a new sponsor comes on board. uAfrica is a company that is innovating in the eCommerce space. They were recent sponsors of both WordCamp Johannesburg and WordCamp Cape Town, and they have joined Hetzner and Payfast... Continue Reading →
We have selected the non-profits for 2019's do_action WordPress Charity Hackathon in Cape Town and have opened up sign-ups! You can find all the information here: https://doaction.org/event/cape-town-2019/ This year's organisations are a great selection from all across the spectrum of non-profit work and we're very excited to be working with each and every one of... Continue Reading →
Want to learn how to add a store onto your current WordPress site? Need to manage your current WordPress eCommerce Store? This webinar is for you. We'll take you through everything you need to know to sell your product/service online. Code Saloon has created a series of webinars designed to empower you. This is our... Continue Reading →
CMS Africa and Automattic are happy to announce that CMS Africa Summit is coming to Cape Town on the 15th and 16th March 2019 at the White Space @Red&Yellow School of Business. It is going to be one of the most exciting summit for Tech and business community. CMS AFRICA SUMMIT brings together both global... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again - we're looking for motivated volunteers to join the WordCamp Cape Town 2019 Organising Team. In case you didn't know: WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences that focus on everything WordPress. Each WordCamp is different, reflecting the local WordPress community it represents, but usually a wide range of people from... Continue Reading →
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