{"id":739,"date":"2016-08-18T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T17:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.nashville.wordcamp.org\/?p=739"},"modified":"2016-08-18T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T17:26:35","slug":"faces-of-wordpress-eleasha-drew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/faces-of-wordpress-eleasha-drew\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces of WordPress: Eleasha Drew"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo-on-7-10-16-at-7.18-PM\"Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Eleasha Drew<\/p>\n

Employment:<\/strong>\u00a0Freelance Web
\nDesigner<\/p>\n

Twitter handle:
\n<\/strong>@eleashadesigns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary website:
\nwww.eleashadrewdesigns.com<\/a><\/p>\n

How were you first introduced to WordPress?\u00a0<\/strong>Well, earlier this year, I just kept hearing people mentioning it more and more so I thought that whatever it was, it must be worth looking in to. It took a second to realize there was a WordPress.com and WordPress.org and what the differences were, but eventually I chose the WordPress.org route and started going to some of the MeetUps in Nashville and that helped me get connected with the community of users here.<\/p>\n

What do you like about it?\u00a0<\/strong>I like that there are endless possibilities of how to use WordPress and you can mold it to be anything you’ve ever wanted.<\/p>\n

What do you do with WP now?<\/strong>\u00a0Recently, I’ve used it to publish my personal website!<\/p>\n

How has the WP community (local and beyond) helped you?<\/strong>\u00a0Not to be cheesy, but the WP Nashville MeetUps have helped me put a face to other people out there that use WordPress and it’s always nice to know that there are people in similar fields that want to support each other.<\/p>\n

Did learning WP lead to any significant professional, personal, creative changes in your life? Tell us how!\u00a0<\/strong>I think that it’s opened a lot of doors for me, creatively. It’s become a step in my creative process that I’ll most likely never change and just makes the general idea of launching a website a little less daunting. Through the WP Nashville group, I’ve been able to make new friends and professional connections in the web design field that I would not have made without deciding to start learning about WordPress.
\nWhat would you tell a brand new user?\u00a0<\/strong>I know WordPress.org can seem like a huge undertaking at first, but it’s definitely worth learning! You will thank yourself later!
\nAnything else we should we know?\u00a0<\/strong>Sometimes, I have dessert for breakfast to shake things up a bit.<\/p>\n

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Do you use WordPress? Do you live in the Middle Tennessee area? If so, we want to feature you and your story of how WordPress makes your work awesome. Submit your story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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