Thank you to all our awesome sponsors who have provided the resources needed to make WordCamp Ottawa 2013 happen. We appreciate their contributions to WordPress and the Ottawa community.
For more information about sponsoring the WordCamp, please see the “Become a Sponsor” page. If you would like to sponsor WordCamp Ottawa, please complete the “Sponsor Interest” form.
WordCamp Pillar
Bluehost has been providing quality web hosting solutions to businesses and individuals since 1996. Their goal is to provide outstanding services for the best possible price. To achieve these goals they’re constantly innovating and upgrading their services at no additional cost to their customers. Join the millions of other website owners that have already chosen Bluehost and see how they can help you with your site.
Media
The Ottawa Citizen is the national capital region’s leading multi-media news platform, publishing several specialty magazine sites in WordPress including SenatorsExtra.com, OttawaCitizenStyle.com, and OttawaKidsCamps.com.
Focused on continually setting the bar for comprehensive in-depth journalism and innovative media, the Citizen is committed to providing a growing audience with the information and stories that matter, in print, web and mobile.
Silver
If you use WordPress to build things for other people, we want to make your life easier. No matter whether you freelance on a solo basis, lead a small web shop, make plugins in a dark closet, or crack the whip at a large design firm, our aim is to become your go-to source of information and resources to help you expand your WordPress skills and know-how. To make you better at what you do. To make it easier to make your living and look great doing it.
You’re part of a tribe of WordPress designers and developers over 10,000 strong, spanning the entire globe. CodePoet.com aims to bring the working knowledge and real world strategies of those people into one place, for you tap into.
BackupBuddy allows you to backup, migrate, and restore your entire single or Multisite WordPress install including the widgets, themes and plugins. To keep your backups safe, BackupBuddy supports sending your backups offsite to Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud, Dropbox, FTP, and email. Quickly and easily restore your site on the same server or migrate to a new server with a different domain and database. The process is easy, fast, and reliable.
Bronze
WPML makes it easy to build and run multilingual WordPress websites.
You’ll be able to translate everything in the site, including content, navigation, widgets and even theme and plugin texts.
WPML powers over 130,000 commercial websites from all over the world.
It runs with custom WordPress themes, free themes and commercial themes.
Want to go multilingual? Visit us at WPML.org
At Yoast, we help you optimize your website for SEO, conversion, and site speed, often using our WordPress plugins. We make websites more usable, easier to navigate, faster and more reliable. We can even help you find the best WordPress hosting. In other words: we make websites work. Not just for the owner, but for the visitor. The added bonus is that if you do all that right, a website becomes easier to find too.
Small Biz
Presshive is a Los Angeles based firm specializing in high quality WordPress Development. From custom theme designs to E-Commerce and custom plugin development, Presshive goes well beyond the core WordPress package and customizes to your wildest dreams.
We thrive in creativity and enjoy the challenge of creating a masterpiece for every client. We don’t sell or customize pre-packed themes. We develop our own ideas and unique solutions – translating them into a product that “WOWS” our clients time and time again. presshive.com
Search Appeal is an Ottawa based business specializing in local SEO and online reputation management.
Be seen amongst the crowd.
You know that potential clients are looking for your product or service on Google. Make sure they find YOU, not a competitor.
If you don’t build your online reputation, someone else will do it for you.
Their reputation management services can mitigate the harmful impact of negative reviews and bad press in search results or prevent them from ever being seen in the first place.
Virtua Design is a web design and development company devoted to creating beautifully built, custom websites that are as aesthetically appealing as they are easy to use. Launched in the fall of 2007 by François R. Caron, Virtua Design seeks to help small and medium-sized businesses promote their products and services through the creation of dynamic, personalized websites, and the use of the latest tools and web-based technology. We strive to be at the forefront of innovative web solutions and pride ourselves on our consistent quality and exceptional customer service. www.virtuadesign.ca
At The Daily Grind you can relax in a casual environment while enjoying Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner made with the best of locally-sourced, organic, free-range & grain fed ingredients. Our proprietary bread is fresh baked daily in-house, like our baked treats. Vegan options are always available, and whether you’re coming for a glass of wine, pint of beer, coffee, or fresh-squeezed juice, we’ve got you covered. Various rooms in the house provide different environments, including the Lounge where you can put on a record and play Atari. There’s free Wi-Fi, a large open front window and a patio – live music and DJs often. We cater to food sensitivities and are Celiac-friendly, with a dedicated gluten-free kitchen. The Daily Grind
