Author: Tahir Shahzad

Tahir Shahzad is a dynamic professional with a passion for technology and community engagement. By day, he excels as a Product Manager, leveraging his extensive experience in agile product and project management to drive innovation and deliver high-impact solutions. By night, he is a tech enthusiast, constantly exploring new trends and advancements in the tech world. Tahir is actively involved in the WordPress community, contributing as a developer and organizer. He plays a significant role in WordCamp, where his efforts in planning and executing successful events have fostered knowledge sharing and collaboration among WordPress enthusiasts. His dedication to the community is further demonstrated by his leadership in the WordPress Islamabad group, where he organizes monthly meetups and annual WordCamps. In addition to his technical and community roles, Tahir is an avid photographer. He captures moments at events, bringing them to life through his lens. His photography skills have been an asset at WordCamp events, where he documents the vibrant activities and interactions, creating lasting memories for participants. Tahir's unique blend of skills as a product manager, WordPress developer, and photographer makes him a multifaceted professional dedicated to fostering growth and innovation in the tech community.
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WordCamp Islamabad

WordCamp Islamabad

In this article we would like to answer few common questions and flash some light on WordCamp Islamabd. So lets Start.

What are WordCamps?
WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress.
WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers can participate, share ideas, and get to know each other. WordCamps brings WordPress users, developers and coders together. It’s a non-profit event. The first WordCamp was organized in San Francisco by Matt Mullenweg in 2006, and since then local communities around the world have organized hundreds of others.

What to expect from WordCamp Event?
If you will be attending a WordCamp for the first time, then you must be wondering what to expect from the event. Though every WordCamp is different (based on the organizers, speakers and attendees of each event), there are some general guidelines that all WordCamps follow, as well as some things you can expect at your WordCamp no matter where it is.

It’s all about WordPress. The use of the WordCamp name indicates that it is a standalone event dedicated to WordPress only. The content of sessions is purely focused on WordPress, its Users, Developers and Coders. Issues like blogging, business, social media, site optimizing, website speed, monetization, plugin development, theme development, and others that are purely related to WordPress will be included for the benefit of the Attendees.

Are WordCamps for Programmers?
WordCamps do not discriminate and WordPress users, developers, designers, and other enthusiasts should all feel welcome at a WordCamp, regardless of their experience level. People from all walk of life can attend, meet, share, and learn from WordCamp because they are not meant to be big, fancy, expensive conferences, they are meant to be low-key local gatherings that are affordable, inexpensive, for everyone.

What is WordCamp Islamabad?
200+ WordPress enthusiasts will meet on 10th November, 2018 to exchange knowledge followed by a networking. The sessions themselves will be in a wide variety of formats, such as lectures, demos and panel discussion. One session is approximately of 25 minutes long, including 5 minutes Q&As.

What is our motivation?
Team of WordCamp Islamabad is volunteering to bring WordCamp in Islamabad.
Beside the perks of community building and networking, WordCamp Islamabad wants to build a positive image of Pakistan in front of international market.
We would like to

  • bring awareness about WordPress as a career.
  • Encourage Blogging and give voice to youth.
  • Explore freelancing opportunities.
  • Build WordPress community.
  • Network with WordPress GURUs.

Why you must attend WordCamp?
WordCamp opens a door for those people who can bring international businesses in Pakistan. It’s for everyone who is a newbie to WordPress or has been using WordPress and who is eager to learn more about WordPress. If you are using WordPress to expand your business, meet new people, like community networking then WordCamp is your thing.

What to bring at WordCamp Islamabad?
If you’re thinking of attending your first WordCamp, you might also want to know what you should bring along. A few things you’ll want to have with you include:

  • Notebook and a pen.
    Paper is handy for taking notes, autographs, names and contact information of people you meet at the event.
  • Business cards.
    This kind of events are perfect for networking growth. A business card is a piece of your company’s direct marketing plan. So keep few business cards with you to take advantage of any opportunities that arise.

Apart from Physical items, you should have an open mind and positive attitude to attend this event. Ability to and listen and absorb what others have to say, is a must quality to get more out of this event.

How can you Participate?
You can join WordCamp easily. Go to the Website (https://2018.islamabad.wordcamp.org/tickets/) and select your options and submit form.

Payments can be made through Jazz Cash, EasyPaisa, Debit Card or Credit Card.
Tickets for WordCamp Islamabad, to be held on Nov 10, 2018 at Behria University, Pakistan, include

  • entry to our full day event with tea, lunch and snacks
  • our yearly event T-Shirt, swag and
  • chance to connect with others from the community.

WordCamp is an International Event. People are coming from all major cities of Pakistan like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Peshawar, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kashmir and many others. You must attend WordCamp with open heart and open mind. You should have a goal that you will learn something and teach something new to WordPress users. We are looking forward to meet all of you. 🙂

Special Thanks to Siyal Khan who wrote this article for WordCamp Islamabad

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WORDPRESS: AS A CAREER

The freedom to build. The freedom to change. The freedom to share.

WordPress: an Introduction

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL that is used to create beautiful websites, blogs, or apps. It is an open source software that is both free and priceless at the same time. It gives users, developers and experts the freedom to build and create anything they want right at their fingertips. Its features includes blogging, traditional mailing lists, forums, media galleries, and online stores. It was released on May 27, 2003, by its founders, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, as a fork of b2/cafelog.

WordPress is available in 62 languages. WordPress is used by more than 60 million websites around the globe, including 30.6% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2018. WordPress is the most popular website management system right now.

WordPress has more than 56,103 plugins and 11,000 themes. These themes ranges from free to premium which can help anyone to build a beautiful website. WordPress has Powerful features like Customizable Designs, SEO Friendly, Responsive Mobile Sites, High Performance, Manage on the Go, High Security, Powerful Media Management, Easy and Accessible and many more.

WordPress: as a Career

Why you should choose it as a Career?

If you are a Student, Teacher, Professor, Doctor, Engineer, Marketer, House wife, YouTuber, and if you want to earn some extra bucks from Internet, then WordPress is your thing. WordPress is as easy as pie. You don’t have to be a Coder to be a WordPress Developer. WordPress is too easy to learn and implement, anyone can start working on it in a few hours. You just need a little knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 to start working on WordPress. WordPress is like dragging and dropping an element on a desired location and your Website is ready. That’s all.

The average WordPress beginner earns $50 an hour. If your plan is to build a career off of using WordPress as a point-and-click solution then you are probably going to do best as a freelancer. But if you want to build a career as a web developer who specializes in WordPress then you can make a career in a larger organizations, agencies, or companies.

The average WordPress developer earns $49,185 monthly.

You don’t have to be a developer to forge a successful WordPress career. For example:

  • You can use your WordPress knowledge to provide training to other users.
  • You can use WordPress as a platform for your store or blog.
  • You can set up a marketing agency, employing developers to build WordPress sites that will help clients sell online.

WordPress powers almost 32% of the entire web, and enjoys a 50-60% market share among all CMS platforms. If you’re planning to build your future career as a developer on the WordPress platform, you’re making a smart choice. Yes, believe it or not, people who specialize in WordPress are now in demand.

Content is king when it comes to Internet marketing.

It’s never too late to start something new. Make a smart choice by making WordPress as your Career. It does not matter how much skillful you are, what background you have, what you are, you can start using and earning from WordPress right away.

Special Thanks to Siyal Khan who wrote this article for WordCamp Islamabad

References:

  • Image: https://webloungedesign.com/development/we-develop-plugins-wordpress-themes-custom-apis/
  • https://wordpress.org/about/
  • https://wordpress.org/mobile/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress
  • https://wordpress.org/
  • https://digital.com/blog/wordpress-stats/
  • https://wordpress.org/plugins/
  • https://managewp.com/blog/14-surprising-statistics-about-wordpress-usage
  • https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/editorial/how-is-wordpress-creating-more-jobs-and-is-it-a-career-path-really
  • https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-careers-masterclass-forging-a-career/
  • https://torquemag.io/2016/05/top-11-things-you-need-to-start-a-career-as-a-wordpress-professional/
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