Tip Your Server

I’ve heard that sticking a 2×4 block of wood under the edge of your server so that it is tipped backwards will improve airflow and performance. More seriously, designing websites using Open Source software like WordPress and it’s many plugins present challenges. Free and open source software defeats the usual business models. Even the most intrepid WordPress developers need to be able to pay for all the four major food groups .. red bull, pizza, ramen, and doritos. As a web designer, you hold the key to sustaining a healthy ecosystem for the software that supports our collective livelihood. If you are a site builder that sells your site design services, this quick lightning talk exploring a new trend in billing for your websites should not be missed.

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BoldGrid

BoldGrid is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.

Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.

BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!

www.boldgrid.com

WooCommerce

37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

1+ million active installations
16+ million downloads
400+ extensions to add functionality

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

Jetpack

Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

Bluehost

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

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GoDaddy

GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.

And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.

Learn more about GoDaddy Pro.

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SiteLock

Currently protecting more than one million WordPress sites, SiteLock delivers a patented 360-degree website security solution to find, fix and prevent malware and other threats from affecting websites and their visitors. Services include automatic malware scanning and removal, an advanced web application firewall, static application security testing, PCI compliance and website acceleration powered by a global CDN. SiteLock offers phone, email and chat support, 24/7/365. With SiteLock, you can focus on what’s most important—your business, your passion, your word.

WPML

WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org

We are looking for talent. If you are a smart programmer you are welcome to contact us here: http://wpml.org/home/were-hiring/.

DreamHost

Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and developers the world over bring their dreams to life on the Internet. From domain registrations to traditional web hosting and highly-optimized managed WordPress hosting, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. DreamHost supports the WordPress project and community with dedicated resources and a passionate team. Packed with excellent value, DreamHost is a great place to launch a blog, website, or online application into the stratosphere! Learn more at www.DreamHost.com

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Pantheon

Pantheon puts the power of the Internet in the hands of developers and DevOps teams, delivering rock solid hosting along with the most complete platform for professional website creation. We’ve built the world’s best website management platform—one that gives web teams all of the developer tools, hosting, scaling, performance, workflow, and automation they need to build the best websites in the world. Pantheon powers 150,000 websites, serving billions of page views per month.

For more information, visit www.pantheon.io.

MOJO Marketplace

MOJO Marketplace offers thousands of themes, plugins, services, and support for WordPress, Joomla, Magento, Shopify, and other CMS platforms. MOJO is a community of web professionals providing digital goods, services, and support that empower its users to Build a Better Website.

WP Site Care

WP Site Care provides WordPress Support for small businesses and pro bloggers, eliminating all of your technical frustrations and giving you the head space to focus on your business. WP Site Care is a distributed team of WordPress professionals headquartered in Utah, with team members all over the US and Canada. If you’re in need of proactive, professional management of your WordPress website, WP Site Care is ready to partner with you.

Millcreek

SiteGround

At SiteGround we craft web hosting solutions for personal websites, online businesses and enterprise projects that our customers love. Since 2004 we empower webmasters to build better, faster, safer websites without worrying about hosting. Part of our mission is to be actively involved in the WordPress community, helping, attending and speaking at WordCamps around the world.

MainWP WordPress Manager

WordPress management is more than just updates!

The MainWP plugin gives you full control to both manage and maintain your WordPress sites through a centrally located Dashboard, even sites on different hosts!

As a self-hosted management solution you install the MainWP Dashboard plugin directly on your WordPress site and not on our private server. By self-hosting the Dashboard you never need to worry what information is being potentially gathered about your connected sites. And with fully auditable, open source code you can be sure we do not track or keep any information about your WordPress sites.

To get started all you need to do is install the MainWP Dashboard plugin on a new WordPress site or sub-domain and follow the quick setup guide. You then install the MainWP Child plugin on any WordPress site that you want your MainWP Dashboard to control. Once both plugins are activated all you need to do is simply connect the two sites.

Once a site is connected you’re ready to handle virtually any of your daily WordPress tasks directly from your MainWP Dashboard including working on your posts and pages, supervising users, making backups, controlling updates and much more all at no cost!

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ilkli

At ilkli we are a compounding community. We unite WordPress developers, with Accountants, Insurance agents, and more along with all their respective clients. We also provide unique recurring revenue streams for everyone in the tribe.

MemberPress

MemberPress is a leading membership subscription solution for WordPress. MemberPress is widely known for it’s easy setup, maintainability and powerful features. Because MemberPress has such great support it has been used to create thousands of membership sites by beginners as well as seasoned developers. MemberPress will allow you to grant and revoke access to posts, pages, categories, tags, feeds, communities and files based on the memberships your members have purchased or subscribed to. And, unlike many other Membership Software solutions, MemberPress integrates fully with your already-existing WordPress website.

You can learn more about MemberPress at https://www.memberpress.com

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Inbound Brew

Inbound Brew is an all-in-one marketing plugin that offers SEO and inbound marketing tools, completely free.

StickerGiant

StickerGiant is an e-commerce company that prints custom stickers and product labels. They make it fast, fun and easy to order with quality guaranteed. Every sticker has a story. What’s yours?

Oasis Games

Oasis Games is a face-to-face game store focused on card, board, and miniatures games. We will be moving next door to Church and State at 275 E 400 S in October, and will have play space for tournaments and casual gaming.

DevPoint Labs

DevPoint Labs is an 11-week coding and entrepreneur bootcamp in Silicon Slopes, Utah. DevPoint Labs is a community of experts teaching people how to build amazing things with code and design. In partnership with the University of Utah, they have a Web Development Certificate Course. Offering courses in UX, web development and data analytics, DevPoint Labs’ approach to learning combines pair programming with traditional lectures and a mix of group projects, lean methodologies, hackathons and one-on-one mentorship from instructors.

Students in the Web Development course will master the Ruby on Rails Application Framework, HTML 5 & CSS3, Javascript, test-driven development, agile development, Git & version control, modern web technologies and the intangibles like business skills, entrepreneurship, and interview prep. After attending DevPoint Labs courses, students will be prepared to begin careers in entry-level web development and design positions.

Venue Sponsor

Church & State

Church & State is about collaboration, as well as the inspiration and innovation that come from working together.

Launched in 2014, Church & State is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and resource network for entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses. Housed in a historic 22,000 square foot building in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, we are focused on building a close-knit community of innovators, mentors, policy makers, financiers and funders who share our belief that collaboration is the key to business success, at every stage and every level.

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