GoDaddy has years of experience providing services for websites and small businesses. With their Pro platform, you can manage all your accounts, domains & expenses from a single platform. Thanks to GoDaddy for helping make WC Udaipur possible.
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.
Bluehost are our Lake Fateh Sagar (Silver) sponsors. If you are you looking for a reliable, fast and economical WordPress hosting solution, Bluehost has you covered. Their WordPress-optimized hosting plans come with unlimited disk space, bandwidth and a global CDN. With their 1-click WordPress installer, you can be up and running in no time.
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.
Our Lake Jaisamand Sponsor, OpenSRS is the wholesale unit of Tucows, exclusively focused on the needs of resellers.
Tucows, the parent company behind OpenSRS has provided simple, useful services that help people unlock the power of the Internet, , Since 1994. OpenSRS is a go-to platform for resellers of Domain Names, Hosted Email, SSL Certificates and Web Security Products.
Through a network of over 13,000 web hosts, Internet service providers and Web companies, OpenSRS manages domain names, email addresses, digital security products and web publishing tools for millions of end users worldwide.
OpenSRS provides one convenient and powerful platform to you so that you can avail all the services at your fingertips including Domains, email, SSL and everything else you need to be successful online; and instead of one-size-fits-for-all approach, you’ll enjoy the right-fit approach for your needs.
When a company becomes a WordPress.com VIP partner, not a lot needs to be said to introduce them – rtCamp is from that elite squad. Recently selected as one of the VIP Partners, rtCamp is the first Asian company to join the smart-devs club along with niche rockstars like Human Made, 10up and others.
rtCamp is a web development agency focused towards building WordPress based solutions. Frequenting in most of the WordCamps, rtCamp CEO Rahul can be seen taking a session on either WordPress or the business side of it along with brands CBDO Vivek.
Over the past seven years, rtCamp has been working exclusively on WordPress, with services ranging from technology consultancy & full-fledged enterprise projects development to optimizing performance of e-commerce stores along with Nginx server setup and management.
Other than services, rtCamp also has products such as rtMedia – a plugin that allows users to upload media on BuddyPress, and EasyEngine – a tool that makes WordPress on Nginx easy.
Apart from working on client projects and premium products, many rtCampers keep contributing back in open-source projects with code, themes, plugins, participation at meetups and WordCamps.
We would like to thank WooCommerce, our Lake Jai Samad (Gold) sponsors.
WooCommerce more than just a WordPress plugin, with its ecosystem of hundreds of free and premium extensions. Ever present at WordCamps across the globe, WooCommerce is personified by its ninja mascot, Hiro.
WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It 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.
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.
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.
Jetpack is the all-in-one plugin that is a staple for a fast and secure website.The green Jetpack backdrop is a common sight at many a WordCamp across the globe. The WordCamp Udaipur team extends its thanks to Jetpack for being our Lake Jai Samad (Gold) sponsors.
Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a 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 installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.
Udaipur is a popular Travel Destination and apart from that it’s an education hub with well established Engineering Colleges and Universities.
We decided to find a venue that had all the basic requirements for our WordCamp along with easy accessibility from any part of the city.
After considering and reviewing a few options, we decided to organize our first WordCamp at P.P. Singhal Auditorium, UCCI. UCCI a
UCCI is a multi-district apex body of trade, industry, mining & tourism and partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes, works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in Southern Rajasthan.
P.P. Singhal Auditorium at UCCI Bhawan has top end infrastructure. The auditorium for WordCamp Udaipur has integrated audio and visual systems, air conditioning (which will be hardly required during the winter season 😉 ) and comfortable seating arrangement.
A lot of people think of Rajasthan as a desert. But, that’s not completely true 😉 Udaipur is known for the Aravalli ranges, lakes, and the palaces. We wanted to keep the same in mind while designing the logo and banner image.
So, we started looking around for inspiration. Udaipur’s City Palace is known for its beautiful architecture and that was the first place where we wanted to go hunting for inspiration.
Design Inspiration
The “Mor Chowk” in City Palace has beautiful designs of Peacocks in various positions. It’s incredibly beautiful and we decided to take that up as a major part of our logo.
Here’s an image from the Mor Chowk.
Mor Chowk – City Palace, Udaipur
Colors
Mandaana (Line art) is a common art in Udaipur and Rajasthan. It’s used for wall paintings and also for painting “Rangoli” on the floor to welcome guests. It uses home-made colors of orange, brown, red and white. We decided to use the same in our logo as well.
So, now, we were done with our inspiration and ideas for the design and color scheme. We started working on this and Ramesh (Graphic designer at IdeaBox Creations) came up with multiple concepts.
The floral design resembles the Peacock art in the Mor Chow (as shown in the image above). We used vibrant colors to depict colorful Rajasthan.
While designing the logo we received great feedback and support from Vivek and Smita at rtCamp. Smita was kind enough to share some ideas for the logo and came up with following sketches
This was coming along nicely. Smita’s focus was on minimalism and creating a logo that looked more “hand-drawn” rather than a digital one.
Next, came the idea for designing the header image and once again, Smita came to our rescue with her creative skills.
Final Logo & Header Image
Finally, we ended up doing a combination of the ideas from Ramesh and Smita’s designs.
Brown / Orange color – for the traditional art.
Floral Design – Inspired from the Mor Chowk at City Palace, Udaipur.
Mountains – Aravalli Ranges The wall – Depicting the forts and palaces of Udaipur.
It always feels good to see the end result of the efforts that we have put. Entire WordCamp Udaipur team is really proud of this creation.
After working on a lot of design ideas, finally, we are here with our “Wapuu Saa”. Wapuu Saa will be our official mascot for WordCamp Udaipur.
Here’s how cool he looks with a Rajasthani Turban and a bold Mustache. 🙂
I would like to share the story behind the making of Wapuu Saa.
The Idea
Rajasthan is a state of rich culture and heritage. It’s very well known for the unique attire. We wanted the same traditional touch for our Wapuu. So, we started exploring the design ideas.
A Turban, commonly known as Pagari or Paagari is worn by males and the style varies in different parts of the state.
Pagari in desert areas is often loose and large to protect the head from extreme heat. Farmers and shepherds also wear Pagari to protect themselves from heat.
I can say that Pagari is a multi-purpose utility gear. It can be used as a pillow, it can be used to clean up some area where you would like to rest for a while, it can also be used as a rope to fetch water from a well or it can be used to tie some luggage. Use it, the way you like it.
Inspiration for Colors
As I mentioned earlier, Rajasthan is known for its rich culture and heritage. Colors are a part of our lives and every festival in Rajasthan truly describes the importance of colors. We love vibrant colors for dresses, decoration, and art.
Pagari / Turban is usually worn in a single color. But, on special occasions and celebrations, people wear a colorful Pagari.
Mustache
Males in Rajasthan hold a legacy of keeping bold Mustache. A quick Google Search will tell you all about this.
The Name
“Saa” is commonly used to show love and respect to someone and is a part of day-to-day conversations. Hence, we named our Wapuu as Wapuu Saa.
Come, join us at WordCamp Udaipur on January 28, 2017 and say “Khamma Ghani” or “Raam Raam” (Rajasthani style of saying “Hello”) to our Wapuu Saa. 🙂
WordPress community in Udaipur is excited to host its first ever WordCamp on Saturday, January 28, 2017. This will also be the very first WordCamp in the New Year for the Indian WordPress community.
We are excited about this and have been working on finalizing the logo. Here are some screenshots of ideas and designs.
Thanks to Vivek Jain (Co-founder rtCamp) and rtCamp design team for offering some ideas for the logo.
Udaipur is known for its Lakes and Palaces. The state of Rajasthan is known for its rich culture and heritage. That’s what we have tried to depict in our designs.
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