Andy Stratton, an animal and arts loving dude from Maryland, is an intense web builder who specializes in WordPress and other front-end developments.  He has transformed a diverse variety of business sites into cutting-edge impressions on the web.  In his presentation on 50 Shades of WordPress, Andy opens discussion on the dark truths of their product, zeros in on what issues can potentially arise, and gives advice on how to interact within the community.

WordPress is the best platform, says Andy because “[it] has the best community, hands down.  Tons of eyes on every aspect: user-experience, security, design, functionality.  It’s an extremely clean, basic piece of software that is focused on being extended by its community.  It’s built to be flexible for its users.  I can’t think of a project for which I wouldn’t use WordPress.”

One of Andy’s favorite aspects of WordPress is “being able to leverage the administrative UI to quickly build strong, stable, extendable custom features for my clients.”  Says the web developer with an expert eye, “I’ve been able to use core API’s to quickly build and extend functionality with a better, more familiar experience than I could with any other software I’ve worked with.”

In his session on WordPress, Andy will reveal the different shades of its community/marketplace(s), some of which he says can be scary.  He will then enlighten you on how to stay aware and to be loud within the growing world of WordPress.

Attend this session and get even more WordPress awesomeness at WordCamp Raleigh 2012 on Nov 3-4. Tickets are only $40 and you can register online now!