{"id":241419,"date":"2014-10-19T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=241419"},"modified":"2014-11-16T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:54:14","slug":"ajax","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/ajax\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s ALIVE!!! &#8211; Using AJAX to bring WordPress sites to life."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With <a title=\"Brian Layman\" href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/brian-layman\/\">Brian Layman<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/track\/beginner-developer\/\">Beginner Developer<\/a> track.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s ALIVE!!!! Using AJAX to Bring Your WordPress Sites to Life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/Np2z0a401knkc9\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/brianlayman\/its-alive-bringing-your-wordpress-site-to-life-with-ajax\" title=\"It&#39;s ALIVE!!!! Using AJAX to Bring Your WordPress Sites to Life\" target=\"_blank\">It&#39;s ALIVE!!!! Using AJAX to Bring Your WordPress Sites to Life<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/brianlayman\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Layman<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>There was a time when every action taken on a website involved staring at a white screen for 5 seconds as the entire page was reloaded. 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