{"id":1502,"date":"2016-05-06T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T23:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2016-05-09T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:58:11","slug":"recap-adam-silvers-breakdown-of-beginner-struggles-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2016\/recap-adam-silvers-breakdown-of-beginner-struggles-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Adam Silver&#8217;s Breakdown of Beginner Struggles &amp; Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d08ee38b971a66c8c251773d8bee979?s=200\" alt=\"Adam Silver\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/adam-silver\/\">Adam Silver<\/a> (<a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/heyadamsilver\u201d\">@heyadamsilver<\/a>) gave a talk titled <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/breakdown-of-common-beginner-struggles-solutions\/\">Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles &amp; Solutions<\/a> on Saturday, April 30 at 1:00 PM.<\/p>\n<h3>View presentation online<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/kitchensinkwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1.-WC_Chicago2016.pdf\u201d\">View or download slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Social Recap<\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excited to learn about &quot;Common beginner struggles &amp; solutions&quot; from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heyadamsilver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heyadamsilver<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCChi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCChi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geoffrey Shilling \ud83c\udf34 (@geoffreys808) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geoffreys808\/status\/726472249557942273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excited to learn about &quot;Common beginner struggles &amp; solutions&quot; from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heyadamsilver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heyadamsilver<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCChi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCChi<\/a> (awesome idea for a site as well)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WJD \u2022 NotWade (@_NotWade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_NotWade\/status\/726472118410612737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xAcJCW7HY5\">https:\/\/t.co\/xAcJCW7HY5<\/a> @ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcchi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcchi<\/a>. Nice! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SAJkpX1y4R\">pic.twitter.com\/SAJkpX1y4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tracee Keyes (@TraceeKeyes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TraceeKeyes\/status\/726475754196836352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heyadamsilver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heyadamsilver<\/a>  Find your ip neighbors \u2013 w\/ shared hosting, see how many domains w\/ malware, spam, could affect your site <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcchi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcchi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordCampChicago\/status\/726473754969313280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shared hosting? 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