{"id":1106,"date":"2013-07-02T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T15:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2013-10-14T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T02:58:54","slug":"wordcamp-chicago-2013-speaker-stephanie-leary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wordcamp-chicago-2013-speaker-stephanie-leary\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Chicago 2013 Speaker Interview: Stephanie Leary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephanie Leary – \"WordPress<\/a> \"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"Stephanie<\/a>Stephanie Leary is a freelance web consultant specializing in WordPress sites for the higher education and publishing industries. She has contributed more than a dozen plugins to the WordPress community. She is the author of Beginning WordPress 3 (2010) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013).<\/p>\n

Stephanie spoke about Content Strategy for WordPress<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday. Her slides are included at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n

Her book WordPress for Web Developers<\/a> was just published and is available on Amazon.<\/p>\n

Interview with Stephanie Leary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Why do you use WordPress?<\/b>
\nIt’s a content management system people will actually use.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite tip or resource for a new WordPress user?<\/b>
\nwp101.com<\/a><\/p>\n

How do you stay up to date with new information about WordPress?<\/b>
\nwpmail.me<\/a><\/p>\n

Share an example of a really great (creative, cool, unusual) use of WordPress you’ve seen recently.<\/b>
\nThe Milwaukee Police Department News<\/a>. Its design is outstanding, and I use it whenever someone tells me that all WordPress sites just look like blogs.<\/p>\n

Do you have any advice for a person who’s building a business around WordPress design\/development?<\/b>
\nCharge more than you think you should. If you’re not embarrassed to quote your hourly rate, it’s too low.<\/p>\n

Presentation Slides:<\/h3>\n