{"id":1247,"date":"2019-06-19T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2019-06-19T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:25:53","slug":"these-saturday-afternoon-talks-will-level-up-your-web-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2019\/these-saturday-afternoon-talks-will-level-up-your-web-game\/","title":{"rendered":"These Saturday Afternoon Talks Will Level-Up Your Web Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress can be intimidating sometimes, especially if you aren\u2019t code-fluent. These Saturday development talks will take your site to the next level &#8211; from form builders to CSS tricks to web compliance. Here\u2019s a taste of things to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201c#Facts: A Form Builder Can Do That\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Naomi C. Bush <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naomi\u2019s been working with WordPress as a professional developer since 2005. You can currently find her over at <a href=\"https:\/\/gravityplus.pro\/\">gravityplus.pro<\/a>, where she specializes in quickly delivering custom business applications at a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She contributes back to the WordPress project through the core code, codex documentation, free plugins, organizing the WordPress Gwinnett meetup, organizing <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.atlanta.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamp Atlanta<\/a>, and speaking at WordCamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just about everyone has a form builder, but it can do a lot more than just contact forms. In her presentation, Naomi will show you how powerful a simple form builder can be. 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