Category: WordCamp DFW Announcements

This year our post-conference events kick-off immediately following the closing remarks! Join us in the main hall for snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, networking and camaraderie until 6:00PM.

The official WordCamp DFW After Party gets started at 7PM at Bar Louie on 2973 W. 7th Street, 76107. Beer and wine will be provided for attendees until 9PM, however you are welcome to enjoy the space until closing.

While you can also find food at Bar Louie, we have intentionally built in a bit of time for you and a friend or a new WordCamp buddy to check out some of the amazing local flavors all found within walking distance from WordCamp DFW.

You can enjoy five-star seafood at Eddie V’s, street tacos from Velvet Taco and Tortaco, or you might even brave the Diablo Burger at the famous Fred’s Texas Cafe. There’s a lot more and if you need a suggestion just find @MikeGillihan or another Funkytownie for some tips on good food in the West 7th area and Museum District. If walking isn’t your kind of thing, ride-sharing services and public transit are also available in the area.

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s WordCamp DFW held on Nov. 11-12. There are also plenty of opportunities to sponsor the event or help run it. We hope to see you there!

As previously mentioned, WordCamp DFW is partnering with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to hold a food drive during this year’s event. Attendees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are being asked to bring in food items to help out the food bank as they head into the Thanksgiving season.

Here are the most needed items that the Tarrant Area Food Bank is requesting:

• Protein food (such as tuna)
• Canned meat
• Peanut butter
• Beans (dried or canned)
• Beef stew
• Canned fruit
• Canned vegetables
• Canned juice
• Canned or boxed soup
• Pasta
• Cereal
• Rice
• No perishables or glass containers please.

Signs will be set up inside the building telling you were to drop off your items.

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s WordCamp DFW held on Nov. 11-12. There are also plenty of opportunities to sponsor the event or help run it. We hope to see you there!

WordCamp DFW will host a Contributor Day on Sunday, Nov. 12, in addition to the other great talks during the day. The event will be led by Aaron Campbell and Eric Binnion.

Contributor Days are times where people can come together to help make WordPress better, whether it be through contributing to core, helping write documentation or even answering questions on the support forums.

“WordPress powers more than 28 percent of the top ten million sites on the web, but WordPress is powered by volunteer contributors,” Campbell said. “I love getting the chance to help people that are excited to contribute back, learn how they can do so.”

Attendees to the Contributor Day portion of WordCamp DFW can participate in 15 different areas of WordPress. You can learn more at the Make WordPress blog.

“Contributor days usually involve both regular contributors working on projects as well as new contributors learning how to get involved for the first time,” Campbell said. “The best part is, there’s no need to know how to code.”

Attendees will be free to come and go from the contributor day room as they feel. But Campbell said he has high hopes for those who do attend.

“I hope that people get inspired, excited, and equipped to contribute back to WordPress and make it better for everyone,” Campbell said.

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s WordCamp DFW held on Nov. 11-12. There are also plenty of opportunities to sponsor the event or help run it. We hope to see you there!

With just 12 days to go, anyone wishing to receive a t-shirt for this year’s WordCamp DFW needs to purchase their ticket before noon tomorrow, Oct. 31. After that point, we will not be able to guarantee a WordCamp DFW t-shirt in your size if you purchase a ticket.

You can buy your ticket for this year’s event here. Tickets are $40 for the two-day event, which includes the t-shirt, lunch for both days and the afterparty on Saturday. You can see our schedule of awesome speakers here.

Also, a reminder that veterans can reach out to the organizing team to receive a free ticket to WordCamp DFW, which you can learn more about here. And this year we are hosting a canned food drive with the Tarrant Area Food Bank, which you can learn more about here.