We’re pleased to announce another Beginner/Intermediate presentation by Jayvie Canono, who is a freelance web designer specializing in WordPress. Many of you may know him from twitter as “onefinejay”.

Session:

“Thoughtful Theming”

This presentation is geared towards intermediate theme developers and first-time DIY themers. It will focus on CSS and WordPress conditional tricks and a few friendly touches.

Bio:

It has been said that Jay was there to watch the world get created. He was a b2 user and switched to WordPress at the first release in May 2003. Since then, he’s been working as a freelance designer creating blogs and other sites with WordPress as a CMS. Jay talks about everything from politics, social issues, and WordPress on his blog.

Follow Jayvie:

Blog: OneFineJay.com
Twitter: @onefinejay

We have another great presentation for WordCamp Raleigh by Jacob Santos, WordPress contributor, Web Site Engineer, and Founder of Absidon Games.

Session:

“Awesome WordPress APIs How-To”

There are a few APIs that every plugin and theme developer should be using to simplify their code when working with WordPress. Learn about the HTTP API, the new Widget Class, and a few others that are new and useful.

Bio:

Jacob has been a WordPress core community programmer since September 2007 and worked on the WordPress inline documentation, HTTP API, plugin API, and various other bugs and optimizations.

In addition to working on the WordPress project itself, Jacob has worked with setting up WordPress at his current job for the past few years. He’s also the company “expert” since no other programmer wants to work on WordPress.

Jacob has also presented in the past for WordCamp Dallas.

Follow Jacob:

Blog: www.JacobSantos.com
Twitter: @jacobsantos

We have another great addition to our Speaker line-up for WordCamp Raleigh, and are happy to announce Dan Milward, Founder/Owner of Instinct.co.nz, the makers of (amongst other things) the world-famous WP e-Commerce Plugin, as a Speaker for WordCamp Raleigh – 2010.

Session:

“Blogs for Business”

If you want to learn more about Blogs for Business and how to setup your WordPress site to sell your products online, then this is the session for you.

Bio:

Dan is the man that started Instinct Entertainment over 7 years ago, and since his school days wanted “to make games for a living”. His creative agency based in Wellington started as a traditional design agency that did marketing jobs for corporate clients, but has evolved and is now focused on the development side of several niches including mobile gaming technology, Facebook, and WordPress.

Dan’s company was the first to design a freely downloadable shopping cart plugin that allows users on the WordPress platform to sell their products via Paypal or Google Checkout. The WP e-Commerce Plugin has been downloaded over 445,000 times and has over 10,000 paid upgrades.

Dan recently started GetShopped.com which is built on the WordPress multi-user platform and allows users to get their store online in minutes.

Dan’s past presentations, on various WordPress topics, include WordCamp New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia. He was also the MC for WordCamp New Zealand.

Follow Dan:

Blog: www.Instinct.co.nz & GetShopped Blog
Twitter: @danmilward