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Win a Free Ticket to php|tek for Your User Group! »

Created at: 17.05.2012 00:05, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community Contests events php

User group leaders, listen up! We have an extra Full Experience tickets to php|tek, and we'd like to give it to the community to use. php|tek happens May 22-25 in Chicago, Illinois, and is jam packed with PHP goodness, including an Unconference and a Hackathon. I mean, have you seen this schedule?!  Your winner is also welcome to join us at the Engine Yard JAUNT on Friday night after the conference. There is undoubtedly much awesomeness to be had next week.

If you are interested in participating, drop me a line by Thursday, May 17 and let me know. We'll randomly select a user group to receive the ticket, and you can give it out however you wish. Thumb wrestling champion? Karaoke competition? Hackathon winner? Best high fiver? It's really up to you.

As soon as you have a winner, let me know and we'll make the arrangements with the fine folks at Blue Parabola, hosts of the conference.

Join us at the Engine Yard Community JAUNT »

Created at: 30.04.2012 23:24, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community events php

Engine Yard Community JAUNT (Just Another Unforgettable Night on the Town)

If you’re going to be around after php|tek on Friday, May 25, we want you to come have an adventure with us! We’re all going to sample the sights and sounds of downtown Chicago, and have some fun in the process (in true PHP Community spirit).

The Community JAUNT will include:

• Blue Line Tickets to/from downtown Chicago.   The Blue Line will take us directly from O’Hare to Jackson Station, a few blocks from where we’ll be spending most of our time. Trains run regularly, so when you’re ready to go home, you can do so at any time. We’ll provide you with a schedule, or you can find it online.
• Dinner at Giordano’s Pizza.   Chicago’s deep dish Giordano’s is world-famous, and we’ll be eating at one of the oldest locations in the city. (http://giordanos.com)
• Tickets to the Skydeck.   We’ll see Chicago like never before: 1,353 ft. in the air! If you’re brave enough, you can enter one of the glass boxes extending out 4 feet into the air from the 103rd floor. For more information on the whole Skydeck experience, their site offers a video tour (http://www.theskydeck.com/plan-visit/the-skydeck-experience-video).
• Drinks at Elephant and Castle.   From there, we’ll visit one of the local “English-inspired” pubs to relax over a few pints. (http://elephantcastle.com). We have been told by the locals that they have one of the best whisky selections in the city.
• Drinks at Miller’s Pub.   We’ll end the evening at the Chicago landmark, Miller’s Pub. Opened in 1935, this pub still offers an impressive list of beer, wine, and spirits, and is a favorite of celebrities passing through. And, for you night owls who want to stay when the rest of us have long gone, it’s open until 4 am. (http://millerspub.com).

You can also see our plan mapped out here.

We’ll be picking up the tab on the whole night, so we hope you can come enjoy Chicago with us. Space is limited to 50 people, so we suggest you register early.

We can’t wait to hang out with you in Chicago!

Our Docs Have Moved! »

Created at: 16.03.2012 00:45, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community Customers

We are excited to announce that you can now access all of our documentation and your tickets together in one place, right inside our helpdesk!

This integration provides the following benefits:

• Get help in one place!  You can now search our documentation or file a ticket through a unified helpdesk
• When you open a ticket, the system will suggest articles that may be helpful to you. In some cases, this will provide instant answers to your questions
• Enables you to comment on our documentation to help us to improve it in real time

If you’re not currently a customer, don’t worry, our documentation is still available to all visitors through our helpdesk.

In addition to integrating our documentation with our ticketing system, keep your eyes open for new community forums we plan to introduce in the near future. With our upcoming forums, we hope to foster and participate in a community dialogue that enables Engine Yard customers to share their experiences with other users and get the help and advice they need even more effectively.

With our forums, documentation, and ticketing system all fully integrated, we are working to ensure you have the best possible experience with Engine Yard. We welcome your feedback and look forward to continuing to serve you better.

Have a Drink on Engine Yard! »

Created at: 14.03.2012 23:09, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community

Come hang out with Engine Yard next Thursday at Churchill, where drinks will be on us. This will be the first of many booze-centric social events to come for developers, entrepreneurs and anyone else that wants to hang out with the Engine Yard team. We'll be at the bar on Thursday March 22nd, from 7:30 until our tab is maxed out. Have any questions? Email events@engineyard.com. See you there!

Voices of the ElePHPant- Season 2 »

Created at: 23.02.2012 20:30, source: Engine Yard Blog, tagged: community php

I'm so happy to announce that Engine Yard will be sponsoring Season 2 of the Voices of the ElePHPant. If you're not familiar with this podcast, every week, Cal Evans interviews various members of the PHP Community who are making efforts in moving the PHP ecosystem forward. It's a great listen!

In the recently released Episode 1 of Season 2, Cal interviews Matthew Weier O'Phinney about MicroPHP frameworks, Zend Framework 2, and a new PHP user group that's starting up in Sioux Falls, SD.

You can listen to the full podcast on the Voices of the ElePHPant site.