{"id":237,"date":"2012-08-06T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T20:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2012-08-06T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T20:54:17","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/about\/faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginners FAQs for WordCamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New to WordPress or WordCamp? We&#8217;ve put together some useful tidbits to help you get started.<\/p>\n<h3>What is WordPress?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"WordPress.org\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>\u00a0is a free web publishing tool that powers millions of \u00a0sites (big and small!) around the globe.\u00a0Originally created for blogging, WordPress has evolved to become one of the web&#8217;s most dominant Content Management Systems (CMS). <a title=\"WordPress Codex\" href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/WordPress\" target=\"_blank\">More info on WordPress.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com?<\/h3>\n<p>WordPress.org is free software that anyone can download and use. WordPress.com is a blog hosting service built on the WordPress.org software. WordPress.org is a good choice for individuals and organizations looking for a more powerful, customized WordPress solution. WordPress.com is good for those who simply want to start a blog. <a title=\"WordPress.com vs WordPress.org (WordPress.com Support)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/com-vs-org\/\" target=\"_blank\">More info &#8211; .ORG vs .COM.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s a WordCamp?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"WordCamps\" href=\"http:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamps<\/a> are casual, locally-organized conferences focusing on everything related to WordPress.\u00a0Each WordCamp is a little different, but they all share a similar goal: provide an opportunity for people to come together and discuss their common interest in WordPress, learn from each other, network, and have a great time doing it.<\/p>\n<h3>What is WordCamp Central?<\/h3>\n<p>Although WordCamps are organized by local user groups, &#8220;<a title=\"WordCamp Central\" href=\"http:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamp Central<\/a>&#8220;, which is managed by a non-profit foundation, controls the use of the WordCamp brand, and provides guidelines to ensure a successful event and a consistent experience for attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New to WordPress or WordCamp? We&#8217;ve put together some useful tidbits to help you get started. What is WordPress? WordPress\u00a0is a free web publishing tool that powers millions of \u00a0sites (big and small!) around the globe.\u00a0Originally created for blogging, WordPress &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/about\/faqs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beginners FAQs for WordCamp<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6358608,"featured_media":0,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2g0ao-3P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6358608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/248"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}