{"id":828,"date":"2015-05-04T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/?p=828"},"modified":"2015-06-30T11:13:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:13:16","slug":"speaker-kristen-symonds-15-cool-things-you-maybe-didnt-know-wordpress-could-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-kristen-symonds-15-cool-things-you-maybe-didnt-know-wordpress-could-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Kristen Symonds &#8211; 15 Cool Things You (Maybe) Didn&#8217;t Know WordPress Could Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_826\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-826\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristen-Symonds-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Kristen Symonds\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristen-Symonds-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristen-Symonds-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristen-Symonds.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Symonds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By the end of the WordCamp Brisbane weekend we&#8217;re aiming to make new WordPress new users leave the event feeling confident with themes, plugins and of course the WordPress admin dashboard! \u00a0Kristen&#8217;s\u00a0talk is aimed at users to help them get the most out of their WordPress publishing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen&#8217;s\u00a0talk will\u00a0include some of the overlooked parts of WordPress admin such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Help menu.<\/li>\n<li>Screen Options.<\/li>\n<li>Drag &amp; drop media.<\/li>\n<li>Inserting multiple images at once.<\/li>\n<li>Use the Edit Selection section of media dialogue.<\/li>\n<li>Page Ordering.<\/li>\n<li>Bulk Edit.<\/li>\n<li>Emoji.<\/li>\n<li>And many more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kristen Symonds, (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristarella.com\/\">Kristarella<\/a>) is co-organiser of the WPSydney meetup group, co-organiser WordCamp Sydney 2014 and a WordPress fanatic. She also loves photography, craft (especially knitting and crochet), Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and board games.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen is married to Dave and has two pet rabbits named Kaylee and Monty; they all live together in suburban Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow Kristen on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristarella\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>See this and other great talks:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"button cta\" title=\"WordCamp Brisbane 2015 Tickets\" href=\"https:\/\/register.eventarc.com\/29601\/wordcamp-brisbane-2015\" target=\"_blank\">BUY YOUR TICKET!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of the WordCamp Brisbane weekend we&#8217;re aiming to make new WordPress new users leave the event feeling confident with themes, plugins and of course the WordPress admin dashboard! \u00a0Kristen&#8217;s\u00a0talk is aimed at users to help them get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-kristen-symonds-15-cool-things-you-maybe-didnt-know-wordpress-could-do\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Speaker: Kristen Symonds &#8211; 15 Cool Things You (Maybe) Didn&#8217;t Know WordPress Could Do<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13428714,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Speaker: Kristen Symonds @kristarella - 15 Cool Things You (Maybe) Didn't Know WordPress Could Do https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-dm #wcbne","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,5015],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-speaker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristen-Symonds.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-dm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":590,"url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/introducing-wapuunder-the-official-wordcamp-brisbane-wapuu\/","url_meta":{"origin":828,"position":0},"title":"Introducing &#8216;Wapuunder&#8217;: The Official WordCamp Brisbane Wapuu!","author":"Bronson Quick","date":"April 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"For those of you who are new to WordCamps, you might not be aware that the Japanese WordCampers have a tradition of creating a mascot for each of their WordCamp's which is affectionately called `Wapuu`. 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