All posts by sarahwnyc

About sarahwnyc

Sarah Wefald is a senior product manager, focusing on end-to-end B2B SaaS solutions for state & local government, finance, and education industries. She is also the founder and principal of Mother Blackbird, a digital solutions agency. Sarah has led a number of sessions on topics like WordPress development, as well as product and project management. Additionally, Sarah volunteers for Orange County WordPress, sharing knowledge, guidance and opportunities to those exploring careers in tech. Sarah attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Sponsor Spotlight: WooCommerce

WooCommerceHappy to have Woo Commerce on board as a Trail Guide sponsor!

WooCommerce is the world’s most popular eCommerce solution. Powered by WordPress and built by WooThemes, WooCommerce gives you a great solution to sell your products in a great looking, easy to use platform. It’s compatible with payment processors, shipping methods, inventory, tax rules, and even gives you detailed store reports from your WordPress dashboard.

With hundreds of extensions available, you can customize WooCommerce to your needs. Learn more about them here.

Plan your WordCamp with the official schedule!

WCOC2015 Attendee BadgeWe’re very pleased to bring you the official run of events for this year’s WordCamp.

Weekend events are scheduled across three tracks, named for three of Orange County’s best hiking trails, and covering topics in front-end development, back-end development, design, and more.

We also have a series of workshops scheduled on WordPress for beginners, contributors to WordPress core, business, and our first Plugin-a-Palooza hosted by Chris Lema.

Don’t miss a minute! Click here to plan your weekend!

Sponsor Spotlight: ServerPress

ServerPressWe’re glad to have ServerPress on board as a Trail Guide sponsor. ServerPress’ flagship product DesktopServer makes it easy to spin up new local WordPress sites for quick development.

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboy coders. DesktopServer makes it so easy to develop locally, there’s no excuse not to. Check them out here.

Sponsor Spotlight: SpectrOM Technologies

SpectrOMWe’re grateful to SpectrOM Technologies for their sponsorship of our speaker dinner before WordCamp begins.

SpectrOM Technologies is led by Dave Jesch, a full-stack PHP developer with 35+ years of software development experience, SpectrOM Technologies specializes in interactive websites, custom plugins and all things eCommerce including Woo Commerce, Magento, Shopp and more. His mustache knows all.

They handle heavy-duty coding for web development firms and sales conversion technique integration with digital technology for marketing agencies. Learn more about their work here.

Sponsor Spotlight: Crowd Favorite

Crowd FavoriteWe’re thankful for Crowd Favorite‘s sponsorship of our Saturday night afterparty. The details will be announced soon, but leave your Saturday night free to attend!

Crowd Favorite is a leader in the WordPress community and the first WordPress professional services firm. They have established offices throughout the world to deliver large-scale client projects on behalf of enterprise-level clients such as National Geographic, Lexus, DirecTV, Motorola, and several major movie studios. Crowd Favorite also provides consulting and web development services specializing in web applications and user experience.

Learn more about them here.