{"id":5401,"date":"2016-05-03T14:28:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2016-05-12T12:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:42:23","slug":"meet-the-european-wordpress-communities-slovenia-croatia-serbia-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/meet-the-european-wordpress-communities-slovenia-croatia-serbia-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the European WordPress Communities \u2013 Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Slovenia,This is the third article in our series about European communities. We started this series by presenting the communities from\u00a0Poland, Lithuania and Estonia<\/a>. Last week we presented the communities from Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia,<\/a> and today we\u2019re going west to present you the communities of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Hungary.<\/p>\n

These four countries have a strong historical connection, with people living in the same Austro-Hungarian Empire less than 100 years ago. This lasted even longer in the case of Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia as they were part of Yugoslavia, a country that broke down\u00a0in a horrible war just 25 years ago. But today, older people could learn a valuable lesson from these \u201cyoung forces\u201d that work together to build communities on top of the most popular open source software in the world: WordPress.<\/p>\n

\"Slovenian,

Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian WordPress community members stand together for a photo shoot with Matt Mullenweg and Andrew Nacin on the 2nd WordCamp Europe in Sofia. In Vienna we will see around 120 people from these countries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Slovenia \u2013 WordPress between the Alps and the Adriatic<\/h2>\n

We start our journey in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Slovenia is a rather small but technologically advanced country. Slovenians are sports\u2013oriented, so you could see them climbing the Alps or hiking through the beautiful scenery that Slovenia has to offer. If you follow winter sports\u2014especially ski jumping\u2014you’ve probably heard about Peter Prevc, a Slovenian ski jumper and one of the most successful contemporary athletes in the sport. He currently holds the title of the Ski Flying World Championships, and is a former world record holder, being the first athlete in history to land a jump of 250 meters (820 ft). But since this is an article about communities, we want to tell you a story about the Slovenian community.<\/p>\n

\"Primo\u017e

Primo\u017e Cigler is the organizer of WordPress Meetup Ljubljana<\/p><\/div>\n

To do that, we talked with Primo\u017e Cigler<\/strong>. Primo\u017e is a web developer and business owner from Ljubljana that says of himself, \u201cI love to give talks and hack around WordPress\u201d. The Slovenian WordPress community started in January of 2014 with their first Meetup in Ljubljana.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We put together a Meetup when the team of organizers is ready, or there is an initiative from the community. We don’t really have a schedule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It all started, says Primo\u017e, when he wanted to organize a local WordPress Meetup at the end of 2013.<\/p>\n

We tend to focus in various topics, so we cover as wide topics as possible. From development to SEO or design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Slovenian WordPress community consists mostly of developers or \u201cnewbie developers\u201d, as well as bloggers or people in marketing. Occasionally, people travel to other Meetups and WordCamps, such as WordCamp Europe, London and Croatia to name a few.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with the WordPress community in\u00a0Slovenia<\/h3>\n