{"id":365182,"date":"2014-04-07T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T17:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.nashville.wordcamp.org\/?p=365182"},"modified":"2014-04-07T12:32:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T17:32:50","slug":"liz-fulghum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2014\/liz-fulghum\/","title":{"rendered":"FACES OF WORDPRESS: Liz Fulghum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 300px;float: right;clear: right;padding-left: 1em\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.nashville.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/04\/liz-fulghum-nashville.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Fulghum NoSleepForSheep\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-488511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/04\/liz-fulghum-nashville.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/04\/liz-fulghum-nashville-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;clear:left\">\n<li>Liz Fulghum <\/li>\n<li>WordPressing since 2004 <\/li>\n<li>WP Level: Developer, advanced <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nosleepforsheep.com\/\" title=\"NoSleepForSheep\" target=\"_blank\">nosleepforsheep.com<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>A decade ago Liz Fulghum was a freelance web designer who started exploring options beyond static HTML to give her clients more control over updating their sites. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, the main blogging platforms had been b2 (the precursor to WordPress) and Movable Type. Developers were hacking them to run regular sites, and a cadre of what became WordPress founders launched an early version they said was \u201cborn out of a desire for an elegant, well-architectured personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>They named it WordPress. Liz tried it and hasn\u2019t looked back. She used it to develop microsites for artists as part of the digital design team at Sony BMG. She launched her own agency, NoSleepForSheep, in 2011 and she and her team design and develop custom WordPress sites for artists, businesses, non-profit agencies and are moving in to app development.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese days, there&#8217;s a certain elegant simplicity to WordPress that is particularly remarkable given how powerful the platform really is,\u201d Liz says. \u201cWordPress maintains an incredibly user-friendly front end while allowing developers the ability to create pretty much any type of functionality you&#8217;d need for a modern, database-driven website.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WordPress is a forgiving platform that allows newbies to learn at their own pace. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d Liz says. \u201cPush the buttons. All of them. Almost anything that can be done also can be undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For budding developers, Liz advises they learn how to build themes from scratch. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA theme requires exactly two files to be fully functional,\u201d she says. \u201cEven if all you do in your career is customize pre-built themes, you can&#8217;t beat the level of understanding you&#8217;ll earn from building out your own theme at least once.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>As part of the build-up to WordCamp Nashville 2014 Faces of WordPress will highlight members of Middle Tennessee\u2019s great &#8211; and growing &#8211; WordPress community. We will feature WP users at all levels, newbies to advanced developers. And mark your calendar. This year\u2019s Big Event is May 3, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Fulghum WordPressing since 2004 WP Level: Developer, advanced nosleepforsheep.com A decade ago Liz Fulghum was a freelance web designer who started exploring options beyond static HTML to give her clients more control over updating their sites. At the time, the main blogging platforms had been b2 (the precursor to WordPress) and Movable Type. 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