{"id":995,"date":"2017-03-11T14:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?p=995"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:19:40","slug":"wcstl-speaker-interview-jennifer-swisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcstl-speaker-interview-jennifer-swisher\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSTL Speaker Interview: Jennifer Swisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Swisher will be speaking on\u00a0Creating Websites for Everyone<\/a>. Jennifer is from St. Louis, and a\u00a0Web Specialist at Centene Corporation. P.S – She’s this year’s lead organizer for WordCamp St. Louis. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Here’s Jennifer’s interview.<\/p>\n

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NILE FLORES:<\/strong>\u00a0What was it about WordPress that got you to start using it?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:<\/strong> I actually started out on the .com platform. I really loved how easy it was to customize without knowing anything about HTML\/CSS. Now that I have those skills, I still use it because of how easy it is to add custom CSS to a theme.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong> What motivates you to give back to WordPress and its community?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>Without WordPress, I wouldn’t be where I am now. Because of my experience using WordPress, I was able to work my way up and get a position with a Fortune 200 company. It definitely helps that I genuinely enjoy being a part of my local community. I’ve met a lot of really great humans through the St. Louis WP community.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:\u00a0<\/strong>How many WordCamps have you been to, and what was your best 1 or 2 experiences that you had when attending WordCamp?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>I’ve been to 4 or 5 camps now (how ever many St. Louis has had is how many I’ve been too \ud83d\ude42 ). My favorite memory is getting to hear Matt answer questions about WP at the very first WCSTL. I also really enjoyed working with the kids from Hands Up United to design WordPress sites for Ferguson area businesses (WCSTL 2015).<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:\u00a0<\/strong>What is your number 1 tip for WordPress users?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>DON’T EDIT USING THE CODE EDITOR! You will be very upset with yourself when that theme gets updated. Create a child theme instead.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong>What is your favorite feature in WordPress?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>The version control for post\/page edits. I can easily go back in time very easily.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:\u00a0<\/strong>What are your 3 most favorite WordPress plugins?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>Jetpack – The custom CSS feature and the contact forms are something I put on all of my websites.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gravity Forms – I use this plugin when more complex forms are needed.<\/em><\/p>\n

WP Content Calendar – I love this because it gives you a calendar view of when planned posts will be published. It hasn’t been updated in 4 months though<\/em> :'(<\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:\u00a0<\/strong>What is your favorite WordPress theme?<\/p>\n

JENNIFER SWISHER:\u00a0<\/strong>I don’t have any one theme that I prefer, but I tend use Twenty Fourteen a lot.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’d like to meet Jennifer and hear her presentation, please consider purchasing a ticket today<\/a>, and then joining us at Washington University, on March 18th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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