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The use of WordPress in non-profit websites gets more popular by the day

The number of WordPress sites on the web has increased in the last year.  Currently, it powers somewhere between 25% and 27% of the whole web. There is a good reason for this and it lies in the fact that WordPress is not only a free platform to build simple blogs, but one that can also be easily used for more complex sites. More and more bloggers, entrepreneurs and website owners in general turn to this CMS. Among them, it...

March 10, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordPress Remote Work from Remote Places

Picking your favorite place in the world, just going and working from there sounds like a dream come true, doesn’t it? Having a remote job that allows you to work from your favorite place in the world is possible. Today a few OTGS folks can prove that this is so. Time back, IT work was related to a conventional office, which meant not only working from the same physical place everyday, but also commuting there every single day. Things changed...

March 8, 2017

Laura de Figueiredo

Community and Events, Work and Stories

2017 WordCamps started in India

We are starting this year full of energy and with new WordCamps to attend. That’s why we want to share with you news about our next WordCamps organisers and speakers from all over the world. WordCamp Pune Just a couple of weeks after the start of 2017, we attended WordCamp Pune 2017 where Harshad Mane gave a talk in Marathi about WordPress compatibility and cultivating community development. He was joined by Bigul Malayi who didn’t miss the opportunity to offer...

February 24, 2017

Andrés Cifuentes

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Ivan Maričić

It’s 8 am and Ivan is drinking his first coffee. He checks through his e-mails and YT messages before joining his team for their daily meeting. Sounds familiar?

February 20, 2017

Helena Petridou

Meet our team

Vincenzo Carrubba

From Special Forces to OTGS Vincenzo Carrubba: “Working in WPML support is a challenging and ever-changing experience.” Vincenzo, you joined OTGS in March 2015. What kind of work are you doing exactly? Vincenzo In 2014 I received an email from OTGS about a supporter job for the Italian forum. This role requires a great passion for problem solving and for helping people. Of course, a working knowledge of CSS, PHP and javascript is essential, but it...

February 20, 2017

Helena Petridou

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordCamping around Asia in good company

Dat Hoang from Vietnam and Emerson Maningo from the Philippines, traveled together to attend 2 WordCamps: WordCamp Denpasar and WordCamp Manila. For Emerson it was his first experience at a WordPress event, as opposed to Dat, who has attended several events before. Dat & Emerson at WordCamp Denpasar 2016 Both of them spoke at the 2 WordCamps. Emerson shared his impressions: “I was a bit nervous, though I am used to speaking at different events. We...

February 14, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordPress Action in South America

We all agree the WordPress community is growing rapidly everywhere. Not only is it expanding in Europe and North America but also in other places, like South America. Last November, on the 19th, 2016 WordCamp SaoPaulo took place in UNICID – Universidade Cidade de São Paulo. Here, at onTheGoSystems, we did not want to miss the opportunity and asked around among our team members who would be willing to attend and possibly apply as a speaker. The surprise came when...

February 2, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Work and Stories

Happy and healthy people behind WPML and Toolset plugins

Here at OnTheGoSystems, team members are always trying to keep a good work-life balance. Want to find out how our scholarship program helps with this? Maybe you will find some inspiration to take on something you have been postponing for some time or haven’t even thought about doing. Who knows! We all work hard and want our people to be happy, just as our motto says: “Happy people make great products”. Doing enjoyable, healthy things in our free time makes...

February 1, 2017

Laura de Figueiredo

Community and Events, Work and Stories

The first ever WordCamp held in Kathmandu’s name

Shekhar Bhandari at WordCamp Kathmandu 2016 November 19th, 2016. Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. With more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the WordPress community hosts 5,000 members in this city, which makes it a very good place for a WordCamp. The first ever WordCamp held in Kathmandu's name was attended by 250 people. Shekhar Bhandari, one of our WPML supporters, joined as a volunteer and has shared his impressions with us   “This was my second time at...

January 5, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

OTGS Community review 2016

2016 has been a great year for WordPress. It has increased from 25% to power 27% on the internet today. It  has also been a great year for OnTheGoSystems and the WordPress community itself. We have seen more and more OTGSians interested in attending, speaking and even organising WordCamps. First, here at OnTheGoSystems, we created a new position within the organisation. Its mission is to care for our participation in the community. This space has allowed us to organise materials,...

December 30, 2016

Andrés Cifuentes