All things WordPress in Cape Town
Saturday 12 November 2016 was the second WordPress Global Translation Day. It was my first event, not only as translator but also as co-event host. I was a little nervous as I would also mostly be meeting the attendees for the first time, so I had no idea how things would go down. Fortunately the WordPress... Continue Reading →
The Global WordPress Translation Day is 1 full day (24 hours) dedicated to bringing WordPress to more people around the world. It includes 24 hours of live training sessions on WordPress internationalisation & localisation as well as communities getting together to translate WordPress into their local languages. You can find out more on the Global... Continue Reading →
For the last few years, we've always had visitors from RLabs' GROW! Leadership Academy. Here are a few of their experiences. Chante Petersen "WordCamp 2016 took place at River Club in Observatory on the 9th of September and I was fortunate enough to attend. It was the first time that I attended the event and... Continue Reading →
This blog has been somewhat neglected of late and that's largely because we just haven't been putting in the time into it that we should be. To some degree, the same can be said for our local meetup group - while we (the organising team) have endeavoured to organise regular events for the community, we have... Continue Reading →
While you are all no doubt getting excited for WordCamp Cape Town 2015 (I know I am!), this is a brief interlude to introduce you all to a great new channel of communication that we have opened up to the WordPress community all across South Africa: The WordPress South Africa Slack Channel!
[box]This post originally appeared on WooThemes.com - head over there to leave a comment.[/box] Since we posted a wrap up post about the first do_action( 'wordpress-charity-hackathon' ), we have heard from a number of people all over the world who are interested in replicating the idea in their own cities. We will soon have a... Continue Reading →
It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. It's even more amazing what a group of nearly 50 dedicated, talented and passionate WordPress users can do when they get together to build 9 brand new websites for 9 different charities in 1 day.
In order to get started with any WordPress development on your computer you will need to have a local development environment setup. Here's a handy guide in getting this done quickly and easily.
It's been a little while since our last (very successful) meetup with Miriam Schwab and we're itching to get together again. This time we'll be hearing from Mark Forrester, co-founder of Cape Town's very own WooThemes. He'll be interviewed by Gareth Allison (of Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues - himself also a designer and developer... Continue Reading →
We're very excited to announce that at our next meetup we'll be hearing from none other than Miriam Schwab. The meetup will be held at La Bottega where we will enjoy a full buffet along with a (limited) bar tab. We are limited to 60 seats, so make sure you book your ticket ASAP to ensure you don't miss out.