{"id":1715,"date":"2013-04-15T11:36:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T15:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2013-04-11T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:40:20","slug":"speaker-spotlight-jordan-quintal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speaker-spotlight-jordan-quintal\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Jordan Quintal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-102 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" id=\"grav-bf7882c49e0d40e319ed8b4d9a27da8e-1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf7882c49e0d40e319ed8b4d9a27da8e?s=102&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D102&amp;r=G\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/>Jordan Quintal is a seasoned web developer with 15 years of experience. His ever-growing web development company <a title=\"thegenius.ca\" href=\"http:\/\/thegenius.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">thegenius.ca<\/a> specializes in WordPress-based websites, plugins, and a variety online\/offline services.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan is presenting: <a href=\"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/session\/simple-theme-customization\/\">Simple Theme Customization<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"483\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>Why WordPress? Why do you like using WordPress?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">WordPress is by far the most powerful and flexible Content Management System available. I have over 6 years of experience using WordPress and there are no limitations to what you can do with it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>Why did you decide to speak at WordCamp Ottawa?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">I have attended several WordCamps and spoke in Toronto 2012, overall I find the conference to be informative and a perfect place to network. I truly enjoy sharing my knowledge and expertise to those interesting in learning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>What is your talk going to be about?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">My talk is going to be a demonstration on how to make simple theme customizations to premium or free WordPress themes. Any beginner user should be able to personalize their themes with the tips and techniques I supply.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>What is your favourite WordPress plugin or theme? Why?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">I have many favorite WordPress themes and plugins.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica\">Personally, I found that the most efficient and easy to use WordPress plugin is\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"WP-CRM Plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-crm\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica\">WP-CRM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica\">\u00a0\u2013 it makes customizing the WordPress Admin area for clients super easy. It has saved me hours of work \u2013 that\u2019s for sure.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Quintal is a seasoned web developer with 15 years of experience. His ever-growing web development company thegenius.ca specializes in WordPress-based websites, plugins, and a variety online\/offline services. 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