{"id":425,"date":"2016-08-31T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.rochester.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&p=425"},"modified":"2016-08-31T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:10:32","slug":"so-you-want-to-build-wordpress-websites-for-a-living","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/session\/so-you-want-to-build-wordpress-websites-for-a-living\/","title":{"rendered":"So you want to build WordPress websites for a living?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This talk will break down the top 10 things that Ron has learned from his\u00a0experiences in building WordPress Websites professionally. These are the things that he wishes he would’ve known when he was starting out that would’ve saved hime\u00a0time, money, and headaches.<\/p>\n

Things like:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Don’t reinvent the wheel every time. Pick a starter theme and invest the time to customize it to your needs so that you can start a project running.<\/li>\n
  2. Develop your workflow. From git to preprocessors… find a set of tools and a workflow that works for you and implement it.<\/li>\n
  3. Interviewing the client. How to ask the right questions to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary delays during the development process.<\/li>\n
  4. Outsourcing is your friend. Don’t be afraid to outsource tasks that fall outside of your wheelhouse.<\/li>\n
  5. GET PAID. Don’t undervalue your time. Calculate the time that the project will take and charge a fair wage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This talk will break down the top 10 things that Ron has learned from his\u00a0experiences in building WordPress Websites professionally. These are the things that he wishes he would’ve known when he was starting out that would’ve saved hime\u00a0time, money, and headaches. Things like: Don’t reinvent the wheel every time. Pick a starter theme and … Continue reading So you want to build WordPress websites for a living?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14710667,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1476552600,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[424],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[500829],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-425","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-flex"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7alcm-6R","session_date_time":{"date":"October 15, 2016","time":"1:30 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"424","slug":"ron-brennan","name":"Ron Brennan","link":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker\/ron-brennan\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/425\/revisions\/461"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/424"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/theoriginalrb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}