{"id":2388,"date":"2020-02-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:45:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:45:50","slug":"explore-how-to-troubleshoot-without-coding-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/explore-how-to-troubleshoot-without-coding-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore how to troubleshoot without coding experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9iI8_ESRLM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Buy your ticket today!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Meredith will discuss &#8220;Leveling Up Your WordPress Troubleshooting Skills.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes a guy with a bachelors in religious studies and no formal web training into a web developer with hundreds of thousands of downloads of his projects?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meredith is a developer, focused on the human interaction with WordPress. He thrives on making users (and their sites) play nicely with developers (and their products) \u2014 like an ambassador from one to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He works full time for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Give,  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/givewp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Give, <\/a>the donation platform for WordPress, where he spends his time wowing customers, cracking jokes and solving problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Why is it important for us to learn about this topic today?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> It&#8217;s important for folks to learn that they can help with technical troubleshooting, even if they aren&#8217;t coders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: What is the most important takeaway from your talk?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>You will walk away with the difference between technical troubleshooting and coding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Which resources should we follow on this topic?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>One great resource is the <a href=\"https:\/\/benlikes.us\/wcus19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Give troubleshooting page.  (opens in a new tab)\">Give troubleshooting page. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Ben Meredith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A graduate of the University of North Carolina and a lifelong North Carolinian (if you don\u2019t count four years in Middle Tennessee), he is a father of two plus a foster toddler, and a husband of one very patient wife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he\u2019s not working, he\u2019s likely parenting and reminiscing about having free time to play disc golf and guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun facts:<\/strong> Once he gave a Bible to a drunken former KGB agent who was nearly naked. He flew east all the way around the world (with the help of commercial airlines) one summer. He used to have significantly more hair to an embarrassing extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Buy your ticket today!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Meredith will discuss &#8220;Leveling Up Your WordPress Troubleshooting Skills.&#8221; What makes a guy with a bachelors in religious studies and no formal web training into a web developer with hundreds of thousands of downloads of his projects? WordPress does. Meredith is a developer, focused on the human interaction with WordPress. 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