{"id":879,"date":"2017-06-15T18:19:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017-denver.journalist.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=879"},"modified":"2017-09-17T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:52:33","slug":"why-we-ditched-wysiwyg-and-built-our-newsletter-tools-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/session\/why-we-ditched-wysiwyg-and-built-our-newsletter-tools-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Ditched WYSIWYG and Built Our Newsletter Tools in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yu-9DFUpvk?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><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/WhereBy.Us\">WhereBy.Us<\/a> creates stories, experiences, and daily local newsletters to help people plug into their cities \u2014 all powered by WordPress. This year, we moved to a WordPress Multisite instance, added a build process for multiple developers, built an app to sell newsletter advertising and moved newsletter creation from MailChimp\u2019s UI into WordPress using a plug-in. We\u2019ll walk you through why and how we made the switch, addressing all the benefits, drawbacks and solutions we found along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhereBy.Us creates stories, experiences, and daily local newsletters to help people plug into their cities \u2014 all powered by WordPress. This year, we moved to a WordPress Multisite instance, added a build process for multiple developers, built an app to sell newsletter advertising and moved newsletter creation from MailChimp\u2019s UI into WordPress using a plug-in. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/session\/why-we-ditched-wysiwyg-and-built-our-newsletter-tools-in-wordpress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why We Ditched WYSIWYG and Built Our Newsletter Tools in WordPress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198710,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1502962200,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[680],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[16414],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-879","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-talks"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8sFgK-eb","session_date_time":{"date":"August 17, 2017","time":"9:30 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"680","slug":"rebekah-monson","name":"Rebekah Monson","link":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/speaker\/rebekah-monson\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/879\/revisions\/1722"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalist.wordcamp.org\/2017-denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}