The photos from our event is available on Smug Mug! http://photos.hoover.ws/WordCamp-Austin-2017/
Check out also our social media channels for more information about our event and photos.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
WordCamp Austin is made possible with the help of our generous sponsors. Their support keeps this volunteer-organized event low-cost and accessible to everyone.
A special thank you to our Gold Level sponsors: BoldGrid, WooCommerce, WP Engine, Jetpack, Bluehost, and Pantheon. WordPress community events strengthen, inspire, and connect the people that build and maintain WordPress. We could not have been able to throw this event without them.
We would also like to thank our Silver Level sponsors: GoGo Create, GoDaddy, Webtegrity, and IntelligenceWP. WordCamps differ from commercial conferences by focusing on sharing knowledge and opportunity across a broad and open ecosystem, and our sponsors understand the value of contributing to our efforts without expecting a direct return.
Find out more about all of our supportive and amazing sponsors here.
Be sure to visit with our sponsors during WordCamp Austin!
They’re here just like you! To share and learn everything we can about WordPress, and to meet, collaborate, and partner with members of the community.
Getting to WordCamp Austin
Fair Market
Located just blocks from downtown, Fair Market is a unique community space housed in an iconic quonset hut-style building and surrounded by the vibrant character of East Austin. With versatile indoor and outdoor spaces, Fair Market is a one-of-a-kind eastside neighborhood event space in Austin, Texas. Located in the heart of the eastside Austin there are numerous options to get to Fair Market and parking for our two day event.
There are three major options available to you for our event weekend.
- RideShare
- Public Transportation
- Parking around the Venue
Ride Share
There are multiple ride sharing companies around the Austin area. If you are not familiar the three most popular services are Ride Austin, Uber and Lyft. Each of these services offer Android and iPhone Apps and have rates based on distance and time of day.
MetroRail and MetroBus
Austin Public Transportation has a number of options that have stations near Fair Market on East 5th street. For details on your route use the Capital Metro Trip Planner enter your starting address and the address of Fair Market – 1100 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702.
Metro Rail 550 Red Line to Plaza Saltillo station
The closest station on the Metro Rail (if you live near a station) is the Plaza Saltillo station located at 5th and Comal and is an easy 5 minute walk down 5th to Fair Market. This PDF contains a full schedule of the MetroRail 550 Red Line. The Capital Metro website also has additional information.
The MetroRail ticket costs $3.50 for a single ride and $7 for a full day of rides.
MetroBus
Capital Metro also has several lines of bus routes. Use the Tripp Planner for your best route. The route 4 bus line has two stops very close to Fair Market on 6th/Medina – Stop ID 856 and 7th / Waller – Stop ID 930.
Helpful Parking Websites
There are a number of options near the venue for parking. There is city street parking on the blocks surrounding the venue. Street parking should cost about $6 on Saturday (paying for 11am – 5pm) and free on Sunday. There are several websites that offer a reservation system for parking lots in the area surrounding Fair Market. These include bestparking.com, parkopedia, and Spot Hero.
- BestParking offers reservations for available parking spots. They also offer an Best Parking and BestParking on the App Store.
- Parkopedia shows the number of available spots and offers a reservation system through their website.
- Spot Hero allows you to see the cost of parking and book a spot before getting to the venue. They also offer a SpotHero on the App Store and SpotHero – Android Apps on Google Play to book on the go as well.
- ParkMe shows available parking lots and prices based on the time of day and the number of hours. They also show how far a walk it is to to the venue.
ParkX Phone App
The ParkX Phone App allows you to pay for your street parking and refill the meter on the go avoiding the hassle to have spare change or go back to the meter to feed it throughout the day.
ParkX | AustinTexas.gov – The Official Website of the City of Austin
Update on hotel options
First, the bad news –
Hotels in Austin are booked solid. It’s hard to get one under $350.
Next, the good news.
- Hotels are still open in Kyle, Buda, and San Marcos. That’s only a 20-30 minute drive.
- Airbnb has lots of housing available at great costs. From $30 to $250.
- There are several Bed & Breakfasts available throughout the downtown area for under $200.
Finally, the comforting news.
Austin has a number of ride share companies that you can use. RideAustin, Lyft, Uber, and more are all available for great rates.
WordCamp Austin Needs You!
Have you heard the good news? WordCamp Austin is coming back to the Live Music Capitol of the World. That’s right: once again you’ll get to revel in all things WordPress here in Austin on October 21-22, 2017!
And as part of that, we’d like to invite you to participate.
We’re currently accepting pitches for presentations from everyone in Austin, as well as our friends all across the wider WordPress community.
This is a great way to get your business and expertise out in front of our vibrant WordPress community, meet some great developers and business owners, and have a blast! Because if you haven’t heard, WordCamps aren’t your typical conferences. They’re full of energy and fun from start to finish.
What We’re Looking For
For WordCampATX we’d like to see what the best minds have to offer. This is Austin, after all!
We’d love to hear from WordPress developers who can geek out on backend code, and designers that will demonstrate the latest in theme design, CSS and Javascript bells and whistles.
But a good WordCamp is more than how to engineer a great WordPress site.
We’d also like to hear from people who use WordPress for their businesses. Are you a freelancer or small business owner? What kind of tips and tricks can you share with us? Have you discovered clever ways to integrate mailing lists or membership plugins? How about using your site for ecommerce? Examples of WordPress in the wild will inspire attendees and help them understand the power of the WordPress platform.
We would also love to hear from folks who can help out our newbies. At each WordCamp a good number of our attendees are brand new to the WordPress universe. That means we’ll welcome basic tutorials on using WordPress, choosing themes and plugins, and working with other media.
And let’s not forget content! What makes a website effective? What are good blogging practices? How can content drive SEO? We’d love to have some writers, UX designers and SEO experts come and share their craft with us.
Finally, there’s those topics that touch on our broader community. Tell us how you get involved in your local WordPress community, or your high-tech or design groups. How do you use WordPress to benefit nonprofits and change lives?
WordCamp Austin Talk Tracks
For WordCampATX we currently have three tracks:
1. Starting a website: The Full Picture
2. Making a living with WordPress
3. WordPress as a Solution
These tracks don’t cover everything, however—they’re just the beginning! If you have an idea that doesn’t fit into one of those topics, that’s great. We’ll have room for lots of other talks throughout the two days of WordCamp Austin, so don’t worry if your idea seems a bit “out there.” This is Austin, after all, and we firmly believe in keeping Austin weird!
Still Not Convinced?
Look, we get it. You may be new to WordCamps. You might think you’re too new at this whole WordPress thing to make a contribution. Or you might be ready to apply, but you just don’t have a good idea yet.
If you need help coming up with the perfect pitch, we’ve got your back. At our Call for Speakers page we describe each of our tracks in detail, and we even provide sample topics to get the creative juices flowing.
Can We Count on You?
We’d love to hear what you have to say. But hurry—the deadline to pitch your topic is July 31st.
So what are you waiting for? Join us for two days of some of the finest conversations and BBQ Texas has to offer!