Zé Fontainhas

When is a WordCamp a WP Camp?

10 August 2012 by Zé Fontainhas 43 Comments

The Potsdam (Germany) WordPress Meetup group has recently announced that it is putting together a WordPress-dedicated event called WP Camp, in Berlin, on the 13th of October.

For all purposes, and from the description, it sounds almost like a normal WordCamp. In their words:

A cross between the looseness of a Barcamp and the structure of a conference.

I, for one, applaud any initiative which tries to bring WordPress users, designers and developers together, no matter which format is chosen. Given the size of the community today and the rate at which it is growing, many more meetups, WordCamps, WP On Tours and other events are sorely needed as nothing replaces meeting people face to face to create ties. Case in point: WP Realm. It would probably have not happened had not its founding members met (and had drinks) at some point.

However…

Lisbon Digital Week in September

17 July 2012 by Zé Fontainhas Leave a Comment

Lisbon Digital Week is a gathering of great events of all things digital happening in Lisbon, Portugal this September. From webdesign and developer conferences, to networking and entrepreneurial events, this is a week meant to “celebrate how digital can make our everyday lives better”. And yes, of course there’s a WordCamp in there 🙂 ∞

This Week in The Realm: Week #25

22 June 2012 by Zé Fontainhas 1 Comment

Events

WordCamp Curitiba 2012 — 2 days of intensive discussions, presentations and networking, among Brazilian WordPress enthusiasts. The event happened last week-end and the organizers have already submitted an event report, which we will expand and publish next week, right here on WP Realm.

WordPress meetup in Normandy — the french WordPress community is currently discussing a possible meetup in either Rouen or Caen, so if you are in the area, make sure to attend.

Is your community planning meetups or other events? Let us know!

Plugins

bbPress 2.1 Beta 1 — The forums plugin has reached Beta 1, and includes many enhancements and fixes (here’s the list of closed tickets for this release). The development team is aiming to release bbPress 2.1 by the end of June, based on how the beta period goes. The more help they get with testing and fixing bugs, the sooner the final version ships. If you want to help with the translation, it’s right here.
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Translate WordPress Part I: Getting Started and Adding Support for a Language

21 June 2012 by Zé Fontainhas 5 Comments

Reading new users’ posts on the Polyglots blog has made it clear that the structure and processes by which languages are supported in WordPress isn’t obvious to everyone. I hope this post will help to shed some light on how it’s done and how you can play a part.
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