{"id":10,"date":"2015-12-17T00:42:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.sunshinecoast.wordcamp.org\/sponsors\/"},"modified":"2016-03-03T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:36:53","slug":"sponsors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunshinecoast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Sponsors<\/h3>\n

WordCamp\u2019s are non-profit community run events, all costs are covered by our insanely cheap ticket fee\u2019s and our amazing sponsors!
\nSponsors cover over half of the cost of the event, and for this we can\u2019t thank them enough!<\/span><\/p>\n

Please help support the amazing companies and individuals that help support our awesome WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\t

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Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites by connecting to WordPress.com<\/span><\/a>. This connection enables Photon (global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look-and-feel of your site without needing extra plugins. More information can be found at\u00a0<\/span>jetpack.me<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software\/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It is is built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, making it the obvious eCommerce choice for existing WordPress users and connects you to the fast-growing WordPress ecosystem which now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.<\/p>\n

With WooCommerce you can start with all the basic tools that any small business would need to start selling online, including product setup, payments, shipping options, and sales reports and as your business grows choose from over 300 premium add-ons available including additional payment processors, shipping methods, inventory systems and marketing tools anyone to sell anything, anywhere from real products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content and even your time.<\/p>\n

In July 2015, WooCommerce was acquired by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com which serves more than 15.8 billion pages a month and also the creators of other popular WordPress services including Akismet, Jetpack, and VaultPress. We look forward to growing WooCommerce to achieve even greater things together with Automattic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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PayPal has been operating in Australia since 2005 and now has over 5.5 million active customer accounts. As the preferred payment partner for more than 110,000 Australian merchants PayPal is an option for Australian businesses to transact online and offline, from sole proprietors and developers to established large merchants. Visit www.paypal-media.com\/au<\/a> for more information and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and our PayPal-Forward blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Helping clients achieve their goals is our expertise. <\/b>We\u2019ve helped companies like News Corp Australia and Resignation Media develop new platforms and dramatically improve performance. We\u2019ll help you avoid the pain and build web solutions that are right for you and your organization. <\/span><\/p>\n

When you are making big decisions (such as moving away from a legacy CMS and building a new platform) we want to be your technology partner. Whether content migrations, full-stack engineering, code audits, support, or developer training \u2013 at XWP we\u2019ve built a team you can trust to deliver results that meets your business needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

XWP is a\u00a0WordPress agency\u00a0powered by a remote, service-minded and highly collaborative team. Fueled by a rich culture and empowering work environment, we aspire to be the world\u2019s most trusted provider of services and products for WordPress at scale. We want to connect with influencers in our community and industry and work with companies who inspire, enrich, educate and affect people\u2019s lives in other positive ways.<\/p>\n

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Since 2002, the Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast Pty LTD (IC) has become one of the best places to start or build a smart business. The IC\u2019s role is to create tangible value for stakeholders including member businesses, the regional business community, the University of the Sunshine Coast, entrepreneurs, small business owners, students, all levels of government and the many people who call the Sunshine Coast home. The IC\u2019s activities and members\u2019 successes have contributed to Sippy Downs being recognised as an \u201cInnovation Hotspot\u201d as it helps develop the Sunshine Coast\u2019s premier Knowledge Precinct.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. With more than 12 million customers worldwide and 57 million domain names under management, GoDaddy gives small business owners the tools to name their idea, build a beautiful online presence, attract customers and manage their business.<\/p>\n

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Bluehost<\/a> has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over one million WordPress sites. Their goal is to provide outstanding hosting services and customer support for the best possible price. Bluehost is also constantly innovating and upgrading their services and infrastructure at no additional cost to their customers. You can 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.<\/div>\n
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WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.<\/p>\n

More information about going multilingual can be found at\u00a0WPML.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Conetix<\/a> has for over 10 years helped countless businesses and developers build their own customised web hosting solution. Using a hands on business approach and years of experience, Conetix delivers a tailored, solid hosting environment that meets web professionals needs at every level.<\/p>\n

With a continued focus on superior hardware and intelligent automation systems, Conetix is able to provide enterprise grade solutions ranging from basic web hosting through to advanced application and Managed WordPress Hosting.<\/p>\n

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The Original WordPress Backup Plugin<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SAVING WORDPRESS SITES AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 2010<\/p>\n

We built BackupBuddy because we experienced our own catastrophic server crash. At the time, WordPress didn’t offer any complete backup solutions. In both of our failure cases, we needed entire directory and file backups for complete site recovery.<\/p>\n

Based on our experience, we knew a complete backup would require these four main ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n