{"id":330277,"date":"2013-10-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?p=330277"},"modified":"2013-09-21T20:06:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T01:06:29","slug":"featured-speaker-sean-nilsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2013\/featured-speaker-sean-nilsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Speaker: Sean Nilsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3877f6c9a3bba513aad274c6fd73d93?s=100&amp;r=pg&amp;d=mm\" \/>Sean is an online consultant with a focus on building WordPress websites. He also make online videos and records music under the name Sheltered in Sound. You can\u00a0<a title=\"Sean Nilsson on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seannilsson\" target=\"_blank\">follow Sean on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and visit Sean&#8217;s site, N Creative, at\u00a0<a title=\"N Creative\" href=\"http:\/\/ncreative.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">ncreative.ca<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Presentation:\u00a0Dr. WordPress or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Template<\/h3>\n<p>This presentation will discuss the development of a magazine site with over 4,000 posts actively updated daily by a large team of writers and editors. \u00a0We will discuss migrating a multisite install of a very old version of WordPress into a modern day single install. \u00a0Discuss providing a solution where the client can redesign page layouts in-house with no coding knowledge through the use of a premium theme and a multitude of plugins.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.142857143rem;line-height: 1.846153846\">What attracted you to WordPress in the first place?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I was looking for a CMS solution for websites. I played around with alternatives but really liked the ease of use and active WordPress community.<\/p>\n<h3>What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?<\/h3>\n<p>The positive energy that is created when you get a bunch of clever and energetic people together.<\/p>\n<h3>Why did you decide to speak?<\/h3>\n<p>I hope to give confidence to new users of WordPress. \u00a0Hopefully my presentation will break down what seems like a complicated project into a manageable one for developers that might not be rock star coders.<\/p>\n<h3>What is your favourite plugin or theme, and why?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Gravity Forms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gravity Forms<\/a> is pretty ridiculous how good it is. Drag and drop is my kind of programming! I like the theme builder <a title=\"Kriesi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kriesi.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kriesi<\/a>. \u00a0For the power of the themes but also the support provided when issues arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean is an online consultant with a focus on building WordPress websites. He also make online videos and records music under the name Sheltered in Sound. 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