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Hello WordPress Auckland community! After a few months of recovering from a busy schedule, we’re finally here, to sum up the conference and give you a full summary.

We’ve uploaded all videos to a youtube channel. Below is the list of all individual talks we’ve recorded:

Craig Martin – Scale your business with WordPress – Tips from the front line

Kristen Symonds – (Not) Just another WP REST API Talk

Dee Teal – Project Management Principles to improve Work, Life, and your Mental Health

Maria Skatova – Considering freelancing as WordPress developer? Think twice.

Matthew Knighton – Using the WordPress API to Sync a Mobile App

Nik Cree – How To Create A Weekly Newsletter In Less Than 17 Minutes A Week

Ngaire Ackerley – Designing for website users

Peter Willson – I’m an imposter because…

Pam Kocke, Deborah Beckett – Why you should give great support

We’ve arrived and will be getting everything ready for you. But here is a little picture if you are looking for us. 

See you soon!

Be safe getting to #WCAkl tomorrow. Registration opens at 9.00am with our intro and first sessions starting from 9.45am.

The schedule is available at our Schedule page.

Weve just wrapped up the setup – the venue is locked in and some cozy tunes will be playing to lighten the mood – so we are all excited for #WCAkl tomorrow.

Thank you to all sponsors, volunteers, speakers and of course — you for attending #WCAkl.

 

More than a few people have trouble finding the GridAKL venue, don’t trust your map app, as their are road closures and you can only get in from the Wynyard Quarter end of Halsey Street. 

Their is pedestrian access from Halsey street, but access the doors on Pakenham street may be closed. 

There is more information on our getting here page.

Take the time to get familiar with the area before coming in, it’s not worth getting wet. 

There is also no on street parking nearby, there is is a car park on Jellicoe Street, so try public transport or an über. 

While the gloomy weather might be here to stay on the weekend – we ain’t worried, we are inside the nicest co-working space in Auckland aka GridAKL and have a nice breakout area available to shelter from the storm.

Here’s a little guide to what you’ll need to know:

• All up, we have 70 attendees, including speakers so it’s going to be an intimate WordCamp.
• Getting here is can be confusing .. GridAKL have a guide for that, but find us here.
• Check out the schedule of talks and plan your day!
• Review our speakers and introduce yourself throughout the event!
• Your name: We’ve got a list of attendees, so you don’t need to print out emails. Just show up and we will get you on the day.
• We have dietary options catered!
• Registration is from 8:45am on saturday. Join us early – say helloW and be ready for the first session at 9:30 am.
• After Party: There is a social event on saturday night. At La Zeppa restaurant in Victoria Park Market. We will have nibbles and drink tokens for all attendees!
• Sunday starts at 9:45am – first session is at 10am.
• All done and dusted by 4.40pm on Sunday. 

We’ve done a lot to ensure the conference is really relaxed ~ if you feel you need help, have questions or need assistance from an organiser, please reach out to Tarei King, Ralf Klis or any of the volunteer team as needed!

It’s been a real pleasure organising this event! We are super excited to see you this weekend!

Got a specific question ahead of the conference? Reach out below in the comments 🙂

A big thank you to WP NET, a Mt Ruapehu (Silver) sponsor of WordCamp Auckland 2017. If you’re looking for a 100% dedicated managed WordPress web host in NZ, look no further than WP NET – New Zealand’s first such service.

Whether you need a dedicated server or cost-effective shared-server hosting, WP NET can sort you out.

Thanks for looking out for your local community WP NET!

JetPack, alongside WooCommerce, are a Mt Cook (Gold) sponsor of this year’s WordCamp Auckland.

If you’re setting up your own WordPress site and you’re looking for a great all-round tool, JetPack is the way to go. This one plugin has so many features in one – from bulk plugin updates, boosting traffic, uptime monitoring, brute force protection and much more – this is a one-stop shop for streamlining and boosting your website’s functionality.

We are chuffed to have JetPack as one of our two Mt Cook (Gold) sponsors of WordCamp AKL this year. Big thanks to you JetPack for supporting our local WordPress community.

We’d like to say a big thank you to WooCommerce, one of our Mt Cook (Gold) Sponsors.

We bet you all already know that WooCommerce is the powerhouse eCommerce solution built on WordPress. Whether you’re a small-time seller or a big online store, WooCommerce can get you up and running with online sales.

What you might not know is that WooCommerce are behind a massive 37% of ALL online stores worldwide. That’s a pretty solid achievement.

Thanks for giving back to the WordPress community and sponsoring our WordCamp AKL WooCommerce – you guys rock.

GoDaddy Pro are one of our two Mt Ruapehu (Silver) sponsors this year.

We’re sure you’ve heard of GoDaddy – with more than 50 million domain names under their accounts, odds are you or someone you know is a customer! GoDaddy provide domain purchase and management services and are all about looking out for the little guy – enabling small businesses to affordably get online with their chosen domain name.

Thank you for sponsoring WordCamp AKL GoDaddy!

As is tradition in many WordCamp’s, the after party is a social event held in the middle of the conference, typically on the evening of day one. It’s a chance to interact socially with attendees, speakers and sponsors – in a relaxed environment.

This year we are being hosted by La Zeppa in Victoria Park Market (click for details) – a short walk from the venue! We have reserved a roof top area which is a little quieter, allowing everyone to talk and catch up.

Discuss the highlights from day one and generally relax a little bit.

Light refreshments and nibbles are provided. You’ll need your WCAKL lanyard to gain entry and freebies!

We are still looking for a sponsor for the after-party (don’t worry, it’s still going ahead)… so if you or your company would like to sponsor register your interest on our call for sponsors page.