{"id":116,"date":"2015-03-12T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.nashville.wordcamp.org\/?p=116"},"modified":"2015-03-04T20:57:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T02:57:21","slug":"stephanie-gordon-roy-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/stephanie-gordon-roy-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces of WordPress: Stephanie Gordon Roy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 300px;float: right;clear: right;padding-left: 1em\">\n<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.nashville.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/03\/stephanie-gordon-roy-wcn-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Gordon Roy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/03\/stephanie-gordon-roy-wcn.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/03\/stephanie-gordon-roy-wcn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Gordon Roy<\/p><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;clear: left\">\n<li>Stephanie Gordon Roy<\/li>\n<li>Freelance WordPress designer\/developer<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a title=\"Stephanie Gordon Roy - WordPress Developer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stephaniegordondesign.com\" target=\"_blank\">stephaniegordondesign.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Slg2gRoy\" target=\"_blank\">@Slg2gRoy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How were you first introduced to WordPress?<\/strong><br \/>\nI first learned about WordPress when I started my own blog on WordPress.com. I wanted more functionality and learned about WordPress.org. I then set up an ecommerce site as my first site when i started my own business. I was paying another designer to maintain an html site for n=me and thought, &#8220;hey, why can&#8217;t I do this myself&#8221;? I statrted exploring WordPress more and loved it so much I decided to designing sites for other people full time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like about it?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love that it is so versatile. Not every site has to look the same. You can really flex your design muscles and experiment with different themes and looks. I also love all the plugins! You can really find just about anything you could think of to add to your site. If you happen to not find it, it&#8217;s not too difficult to develop your own. WordPress also has so many great support and documentation resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do with WP now?<\/strong><br \/>\nI now work as a freelance designer\/developer and make WordPress websites for a variety of clients. I develop custom themes as well as utilize several different pre-built themes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How as the WP community helped you?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love Wordcamp Nashville! I have only been twice but learned so much. The Nashville community is really helpful as I have contacted other WordPress Nashville members when I need help, ideas or project leads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did learning WP lead to any significant changes in your life?<\/strong><br \/>\nBy designing WordPress websites full time I make more money than I ever have! Because of that, this year my husband and I are building a new home.\u00a0It also feels pretty awesome when a client loves their new website or you have solved a problem for someone by using WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you tell a new user? A new developer?<\/strong><br \/>\nUsers: Make use of the WordPress documentation and tutorials you can find all over the web. WordPress is very user friendly and don&#8217;t let the fact that you don&#8217;t know a coding language intimidate you.<\/p>\n<p>Developers: Explore and experiment. There are so many themes and plugins out there. Don&#8217;t limit yourself! The more you play around with WordPress the better you get.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn my free time and ride and compete gaited horses! I have even done several equine business WordPress sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"faces-of-wordpress\" href=\"http:\/\/wpnashville.com\/community\/form-faces-of-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">BECOME A FACE OF WORDPRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Gordon Roy Freelance WordPress designer\/developer Website: stephaniegordondesign.com Twitter: @Slg2gRoy How were you first introduced to WordPress? I first learned about WordPress when I started my own blog on WordPress.com. I wanted more functionality and learned about WordPress.org. I then set up an ecommerce site as my first site when i started my own business. 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