{"id":836822,"date":"2014-06-10T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=836822"},"modified":"2014-06-12T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:54:03","slug":"get-help-in-the-happiness-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2014\/get-help-in-the-happiness-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Help in the Happiness Bar!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-836883\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-10-at-7.52.36-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-10 at 7.52.36 AM\" width=\"775\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-10-at-7.52.36-AM.png 775w, https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-10-at-7.52.36-AM-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-10-at-7.52.36-AM-500x244.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Looking for help or advice with a specific WordPress problem?<\/h2>\n<p>Need a plugin recommendation? Having trouble configuring your theme? Got a weird problem you just can&#8217;t figure out?<\/p>\n<p>Bring your questions and your admin login to the Happiness Bar, in the Arts\u00a0room, and one of WordCamp Chicago&#8217;s friendly volunteers will help you sort our your website.<\/p>\n<p>The Happiness Bar is a live help desk, where WordPress professionals sit, and wait, for attendees to ask them a question. Often populated with WordCamp speakers, organizers or volunteers, a rag-tag group of WordPress professionals are always around to help!<\/p>\n<h2>Give back to the community<\/h2>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a hardcore expert to give back to the WordPress community.<!--more--> If you know how to set up a category, or you know the difference between a widget and a plugin, you know enough to help someone else. Stop by the Happiness Bar and lend a hand!<\/p>\n<p>Last year Happiness Bar volunteers helped attendees with problems like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to set up MAMP and Desktop Server<\/li>\n<li>How to manually upgrade WordPress via FTP<\/li>\n<li>How to import a document from Word<\/li>\n<li>How to figure out theme settings<\/li>\n<li>How to install and set up a gallery plugin<\/li>\n<li>How to turn comments on and off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, any attendee who helps answer a Happiness Bar question will get a write-up of their WordPress problem-solving skills in a post on this website. Stop by and see how you can give back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for help or advice with a specific WordPress problem? Need a plugin recommendation? Having trouble configuring your theme? Got a weird problem you just can&#8217;t figure out? 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