{"id":241435,"date":"2014-10-19T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T20:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&p=241435"},"modified":"2014-11-03T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:23:44","slug":"rick-radko","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/rick-radko\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Radko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Radko is the founder and lead developer\/designer of R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a> and co-founder of LumosTech Training<\/a>. He began building web sites and applications in 1996, and has been creating websites with WordPress since 2008.<\/p>\n

At R-Cubed Design Forge, Rick develops custom plugins, themes, applications and multilingual web sites. At Lumostech, he teaches people all about WordPress.<\/p>\n

In 2011, he started the Ottawa WordPress Meetup<\/a> and spoke at WordCamp Toronto<\/a> for the first time. Since then he has been thrilled to present at WordCamp Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Rick is the lead organizer of WordCamp Ottawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaker Session<\/h2>\n

Multisite for Multilingual<\/a> in the Beginner Developer track<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About your talk<\/h2>\n

This talk is about creating a multilingual WordPress site using WordPress multisite. The talk will cover: the basics of setting up multisite, some plugins to make it easier to create a multilingual site, pros & cons of using multisite for multilingual sites, and some tips and tricks to help with your sites.<\/p>\n

What do you want people to learn from your presentation?<\/h2>\n

The key thing to take away from this presentation is how to create a multilingual WordPress site using multisite.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to speak?<\/h2>\n

I enjoy teaching others about WordPress, and presenting at WordCamps, including Toronto, over the last few years has always been a lot of fun. It’s a great way to share knowledge and give back to the WordPress community.<\/p>\n

What attracted you to WordPress in the first place?<\/h2>\n

It’s ease of use. I’ve worked with several CMS’s over the years but none are as easy to use as WordPress. With WordPress: my clients get web sites that they can manage and update mostly on their own, and as a developer I get a framework that is easy to modify or extend with add-ons and plugins.<\/p>\n

What’s your favourite WordPress plugin or theme, and why?<\/h2>\n

My favorite theme is the new Bootstrap based framework I’m developing. I really like that using Bootstrap gives me a lot of tools for my theme that I don’t need to build from scratch.<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?<\/h2>\n

Networking and connecting with other WordPress enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

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