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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Henry Rise from ThemeRex

15May

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Henry Rise from ThemeRex

Whatever micro-niche you belong to, there is always an example of successful companies whose example you can follow and who you can learn from. One of such well-known names in the WordPress market is ThemeREX. Enjoy the #WPDEVMAG interview with Henry Rise, the founder of ThemeREX! ThemeREX logo / themerex.net Hi, Henry! Thank you for agreeing to answer a couple of questions about your business. Please, could you introduce us to ThemeRex? How did everything begin? I started to work with WordPress 10 years ago. The whole team started to work with the CMS about 7 years ago. At the beginning of our story, we were a part of another big template company. However, after several years of working in the field, we had enough knowledge and skills to runt the business on our own. We started...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Frank Will from ThemeMove

29Apr

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Frank Will from ThemeMove

We're bringing you the new exclusive #WPDEVMAG interview! This time we have spoken to Frank Will, the head of ThemeMove, cutting-edge WordPress development agency. He has shared with us a few interesting things about their business, about the challenges of today's market, their marketing, design and development philosophy, etc. Enjoy! ThemeMove logo / thememove.com Please, tell us basic things about “ThemeMove”!? We are ThemeMove, a Power Elite WordPress Theme development agency that provides powerful and creative theme designs. We always catch the latest technology and adapt to the world’s new trend to deliver the best themes to the market. Whatever the industry that your company operates in, we have powerful themes to meet your highest standards with premium features bundle

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ruben Tarzyan from Ninzio Themes

29Mar

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ruben Tarzyan from Ninzio Themes

#WPDEVMAG has decided to bring the world of WordPress business (themes, plugins, solutions) a little bit closer to our readers and fans. We will try to speak with developers behind some of the best, new and unique WordPress themes, plugins and solutions on the market, so here we are bringing you #WPDEVMAG interview with Ruben Tarzyan from Ninzio Themes. How would you represent “Ninzio Themes” in a few words!? Ninzio Themes is a team of enthusiasts, who create themes for WordPress for more than 6+ years. Our team goal is to reunite the elegance of a unique design with professional programming to create Unique and Easy To Use Flexible WordPress Themes With Advanced Functionality. Your latest theme is “Agrikole”. “Agrikole” is a niche-oriented theme and it’s defined as the Responsive Wo

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Kyle Maurer from WordCamp Jackson 2019

6Oct

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Kyle Maurer from WordCamp Jackson 2019

We had a pleasure to talk to Kyle Maurer from WordCamp Jackson 2019. Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with the WordCamp Jackson 2019!? WordCamp Jackson is a fun, intimate WordPress event in south-central Michigan. This weekend will be the third straight year it has taken place and it is always packed with great content and exciting activities. Jackson is a small town but full of charm and convenience. Our venues are always right downtown and perfectly sized for the event. Tell us more about yourself and also about your WC team!? I’m a WordPress and open-source fan and have been for many years. Formerly I was building websites for clients of mine with WordPress but for the past few years, I’ve been doing marketing and operations for Sandhills Development; a WordPress plugin compa

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Susan Walker from WordCamp Philly 2019

3Oct

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Susan Walker from WordCamp Philly 2019

#WPDEVMAG is bringing the exclusive interview with Susan Walker from WordCamp Philadelphia 2019, the legendary WordCamp known for being the first host city for WordCamp US. Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with the WordCamp Philly 2019!? WordCamp Philly is one of the oldest WordCamps in the United States, with the first event in 2010. In the past half-decade, we've had a turnout between 300 and 400 people, depending on the venue size. Philadelphia was also the first host city for WordCamp US, in 2015 and 2016. Our last three local WordCamps were at the University of the Sciences in West Philly. This year we'll be at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which is in Center City. Our Happiness Lounge and two of the rooms for our tracks are in art galleries. It's a very diffe...

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Stephanie Brinley from WordCamp Jacksonville 2019

17Jul

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Stephanie Brinley from WordCamp Jacksonville 2019

#WPDEVMAG had a pleasure to talk with Stephanie Brinley from WordCamp Jacksonville. She shared with us her experiences, introducing us with the WordPress community in Jacksonville and this year WordCamp Jacksonville 2019. Here is what Stephanie has told us... Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with the WordCamp Jacksonville 2019!? WordCamp Jacksonville 2019 was our 4th event. We're the "small, regional camp" compared to our neighbors in Orlando & Miami, FL and Atlanta, GA. We had over 200 attendees this year. Our organizing team had 14 individuals this year, 39 speakers, and over 20 volunteers. Are you satisfied with sessions and programs!? We have a very diverse group of WordCampers that run the gamut from experienced developers to small business owners, to free-lance web...

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Dimitar Dimitrov from WordCamp Plovdiv 2019

19May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Dimitar Dimitrov from WordCamp Plovdiv 2019

#WPDEVMAG is bringing the exclusive interview with Dimitar Dimitrov from WordCamp Plovdiv 2019. Dimitrov talked about this year event, held couple days ago, and he shared his experience and impressions as the organizer of WC Plovdiv 2019. Enjoy! Give us short info about WordCamp Plovdiv 2019 and your role!? My name is Dimitar Dimitrov and I'm the lead organizer of WordCamp Plovdiv. This is the first WordCamp in the rich history of my home town Plovdiv, but since the event went so well and had more attendees than we expected I'm hoping that many more WordCamps will come to Plovdiv in the years to follow. Since this was the first WordCamp to be ever made in Plovdiv we were hoping to have 200 attendees so this is the number of tickets that were initially planned. To our pleas...

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Milan Đorđević from WordCamp Niš 2019

11May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Milan Đorđević from WordCamp Niš 2019

WordCamp Niš 2019 in Serbia was started by two WordPress developers, colleagues at the Serbian web company Shindiri Studio, Milan Đorđević and Aleksandar Predić. We had a pleasure to talk with Milan about their work on WordCamp, about this year program and event, but also about the local WordPress community, Gutenberg, etc. Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WordCamp Niš... Aleksandar was the one that had the idea of starting our own WordPress community in our city. It began as an attempt to spread out the WordPress community from Belgrade to other cities. We have successfully organized our first WP Meetup in July 2016, and since then we never looked back. The community in Serbia started to grow since 2016, and we had a small part in that. After volunteering at different camp

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Kevin Brennan from WordCamp Calgary 2019

8May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Kevin Brennan from WordCamp Calgary 2019

In the exclusive interview with Kevin Brennan, "the first one among the best ones" of WordCamp Calgary 2019, we have highlighted this year program, talked about a trend of content as one of the leading subjects of WordCamp sessions globally, about Gutenberg revolution, etc. Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with WordCamp Calgary... This will be our 7th WordCamp Calgary! We host the event at historic Fort Calgary which makes for a fun juxtaposition between the old and the new of a tech conference. We're expecting 130 attendees, 20 speakers, and a dozen volunteers. The event has three streams; Content, Design and Development. We're also having KidsCamp back this year to bring WordPress to the next generation of website designers and developers. How many people are in your tea...

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Mary Job from WordCamp Lagos 2019

7May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Mary Job from WordCamp Lagos 2019

In the exclusive interview with Mary Job, we're bringing you the story about forthcoming WordCamp Lagos 2019. Cutting-edge level event is a result of the devoted work of this excellent manager and her team in Lagos. Here is what Mary told us about the WordPress community and WordCamp in Lagos... Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WC LAGOS... The WordPress community in Lagos was formed in the year 2014 by Tunbosun Ayinla, a Plugin Developer and WordPress Open Source Contributor. The community hosts monthly free presentations, meet and greets, and workshops over the past few years. Last year, it held its first annual WordCamp event in March at the Civic Centre Lagos. The second annual edition of WordCamp Lagos is happening this May 10th - 12th, 2019 with Matt Adesanya, the CTO of Wor...

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Marek Daňko from WordCamp Košice 2019

6May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Marek Daňko from WordCamp Košice 2019

#WPDEVMAG talked to one of the organizers of the WordCamp Košice 2019, Marek Daňko, and he introduced us with this excellent event, in the same time giving us a wider picture of the WordPress community and trends in Slovakia. Marek Daňko is the project manager at WordPress agency, Webikon. He is actively organizing WordPress Meetups and WordCamp in Košice. Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WordCamp Košice!? The WordCamp Košice 2019 is the second season of WordCamp in our city. After Bratislava and Žilina, Košice is the third Slovak city where WordCamp has been held. Since our Slovak community is very active and we were given more than positive feedback last year, it was more than pleasure for us to take the challenge to organize the event once again this year. As we were last year,

EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Hannah Smith from WordCamp Bristol 2019

4May

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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Hannah Smith from WordCamp Bristol 2019

#WPDEVMAG is presenting the exclusive interview with Hannah Smith, the co-lead and marketing manager of WordCamp Bristol 2019. Hannah is an experienced WordPress expert and manager with many projects successfully created. We talked about forthcoming WordCamp in Bristol, about work and experiences of a team and people behind this event, the importance of the sponsorships of the global and local companies, the impact of Gutenberg on the WordPress ecosystem, etc. So, here we go... Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with the history of WC Bristol... and give us basic info about this year event!? The first WC Bristol was held in 2017 and had around 120 attendees in total. It had two tracks of talks and a very intimate and cozy feel. For 2019, we’ve grown the conference and what we’re of