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Catering at WordCamp Edinburgh 2018

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WordCamp food Saturday and Sunday

For the third WordCamp running our catering will be done by the wonderful team at Social Bite.

In 2015 we had haggis, neeps and tatties (pictured) and last year a collection of cold food platters.

WordCamp Edinburgh vegetarian haggis in 2015

WordCamp Edinburgh 2015 lunch from Social Bite

What food will Social Bite provide at our WordCamp?

This year Social Bite will be providing a range of soups and cold platters on both days.

We’ve listed the ingredients for each type of food in case there is anything you can’t eat or prefer not to eat.

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Thank you to our Salmon sponsor Heart Internet

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We are delighted to announce that Heart Internet is a Salmon sponsor for 2018.

Heart Internet is a UK-based company offering web hosting, domains and other related services. They were voted Best Web Hosting company in 2015 and 2016 in the ISPA awards (the trade association for UK Internet service providers).

Whatever your web needs, Heart can provide hosting from shared up to reseller and dedicated servers. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer robust and secure Hosted Exchange email, and they offer discounts on multiple domains purchased together.

Heart Internet is a regular sponsor of community events. Aside from WordCamps they have backed Generate London, Smashing Conference, Reasons To and other events for digital professionals.

I have picked up some of the best WordCamp swag from Heart Internet. Their water bottle has saved me buying countless single-use bottles. And at WordCamp London 2017 they had some extremely cute knitted Wapuus to be won. We look forward to welcoming Heart Internet and appreciating their offerings at this WordCamp!

Heart Internet swag including knitted Wapuu toys

Heart Internet swag including knitted Wapuu toys

 

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Thank you to our Squirrel sponsor Strive Digital

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Strive Digital are a full-service digital agency based in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north of England.

They provide:

  • Consultancy including discovery workshops, competitor analysis and strategy.
  • Design for websites, email marketing and social media.
  • Development for WordPress, WooCommerce and custom needs.
  • Digital Marketing including Analytics, PPC and SEO.
  • Aftercare including website care plans and training for your WordPress site.

As well as working with their own clients, Strive also partner with other marketing agencies on WordPress projects.

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Thank you to our Salmon sponsor Weglot

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Weglot is one of the best WordPress multilingual plugins to translate and display your website in multiple languages. Founded in 2016, Weglot is trusted by more than 40,000 websites owners and developers, with an average rating of 4.9/5.0 (700+ reviews).

Key benefits include:

  • Simple and quick set-up.
  • Multilingual SEO best practices. Compatibility with any Themes and Plugins (incuding WooCommerce).
  • Human and automatic translations. A unique dashboard: edit and replace any content, add your own translations rules, invite in-house freelancer or team mates to collaborate.
  • Expert Support: Fully dedicated translation technical expert of 10+ team members.

Why have a multilingual site? Sites in multiple languages are better understood, lead to more sales, improve user experience and rank more highly in search engines.

Weglot supports over 80 languages. Try Weglot yourself with their free 10-day trial: https://dashboard.weglot.com/register

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Thank you to our Unicorn sponsor 34SP.com

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We are delighted to announce that 34SP.com is our Unicorn sponsor for 2018.

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34SP.com are a domain registrar and web host based in Manchester, UK.

34SP.com have long been supporters of the WordPress community. They sponsor our regular WordPress Edinburgh monthly meetup and are to be seen regularly at WordCamps throughout the UK. They bring an element of fun to the proceedings. At previous WordCamps 34SP have introduced us to Giant Wapuu and the Wapuu conga video game!

Claire Brotherton and 34SP.com Wapuu
Claire meets 34SP Wapuu at WordCamp London 2016
Wapuu conga game
34SP’s Wapuu conga game

Speakers Tim Nash and Kayleigh Thorpe both work for 34SP and love sharing their extensive knowledge at WordPress events.

34SP offer a free 30-day trial on any of their five hosting plans. Their managed WordPress hosting costs just £9.95/month and comes with free SSL, email, backups and staging sites.

UK charities can benefit from their free charity hosting which supports over 420 charities.

34SP has data centres in the UK and earlier this year produced a free guide to GDPR.

The 34SP.com blog covers WordPress hints and tips as well as the latest news on their hosting and domain services and community news.

Thank you to our Golden Eagle sponsor – EasyWP from Namecheap

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EasyWP is the latest Managed WordPress product from Namecheap, built and hosted on Namecheap’s own cloud. EasyWP is designed to offer the fastest, easiest and hassle-free way to deploy WordPress with the whole process taking less than 30 seconds.

EasyWP also introduces much more affordable Managed WordPress hosting with prices starting at just $3.88 per month.

Namecheap is a global domain registrar, web host and cloud company supporting 2 million customers worldwide, with over 10 million domains under management.

Namecheap has a long-standing commitment to privacy, supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fight for the Future. Every domain registered with Namecheap includes free WhoisGuard to protect users’ personal data.

Visit Namecheap here and learn more about EasyWP here.


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