{"id":2860,"date":"2012-11-01T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2012-11-01T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T20:19:25","slug":"speaker-spotlight-les-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-les-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Les James"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Les<\/a>Bringing together the art and the science of web design, Les James\u2019 session Responsive Design with the Breakpoint Framework<\/a> will will give you an alternative perspective on responsive design that you won’t get anywhere else. \u201cMy approach may not be the best for everyone but can serve as\u00a0inspiration\u00a0on how creative problem solving can be used to make responsive web design easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having begun his career in photography and print design, Les takes a visual perspective to web design. When asked why he thinks about WordPress as a web design platform, Les reponded \u201cWordPress is great for a certain type of site but not everything. If the project is simple I like using a static site generator like Jekyll. If the site requires any kind of user authentication then I’m turning to Django. WordPress does fill a nice middle ground though because it’s easy to get up and running and is quick to add custom post types and fields. Templating isn’t as elegant as Django but WordPress’ documentation and community support is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you plan to attend Les\u2019 session you can check out the framework early by downloading it from Github \u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/lesjames\/Breakpoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spotlight Written by Kelly Phillips<\/a>.<\/address>\n

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<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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