{"id":16,"date":"2012-11-06T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T23:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2013-02-27T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:45:19","slug":"our-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/our-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about sponsoring the WordCamp, please see the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/become-a-sponsor\" rel=\"nofollow\">Become a Sponsor<\/a>\u201d page.\u00a0 If you would like to sponsor\u00a0 WordCamp Ottawa, please complete the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/contact-sponsor\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sponsor Interest<\/a>\u201d form.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"sponsors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sponsor-level wordcamp-pillar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sponsor-level-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWordCamp Pillar\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-1564\" class=\"sponsor post-1564 wcb_sponsor type-wcb_sponsor status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry wcb_sponsor_level-wordcamp-pillar\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title sponsor-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/sponsor\/bluehost\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/04\/sponsor-bluehost.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/04\/sponsor-bluehost.png 433w, https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/04\/sponsor-bluehost-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content sponsor-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bluehost<\/a> 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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sponsor-level media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sponsor-level-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMedia\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-1799\" class=\"sponsor post-1799 wcb_sponsor type-wcb_sponsor status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry wcb_sponsor_level-media\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title sponsor-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/sponsor\/the-ottawa-citizen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/04\/ottawa-citizen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content sponsor-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ottawa Citizen is the national capital region\u2019s leading multi-media news platform, publishing several specialty magazine sites in WordPress including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatorsextra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">SenatorsExtra.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizenstyle.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OttawaCitizenStyle.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawakidscamps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OttawaKidsCamps.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ottawacitizen.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sponsor-level silver\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sponsor-level-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSilver\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-487\" class=\"sponsor post-487 wcb_sponsor type-wcb_sponsor status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry wcb_sponsor_level-silver\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title sponsor-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/sponsor\/code-poet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/02\/codepoet.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content sponsor-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you use WordPress to build things for other people, we want to make your life easier. 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