{"id":41363,"date":"2020-07-28T07:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=41363"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:32:55","slug":"meet-our-leaders-chris-ayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/meet-our-leaders-chris-ayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Leaders: Chris Ayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Known as “the guy with the Elementor tattoo,” Chris Ayers has a wealth of experience that greatly benefits our community. He originally comes from an art background, but his love for music and passion for the radio eventually led him to web creation. Gossip has it that he’s quite an excellent cook, too!<\/p>

His eclectic interests and troubleshooting skills help to make Elementor one of the best web building tools out there. In fact, he likes solving puzzles so much that he wants to empower others with the knowledge they need to succeed in their own complex projects.<\/p>

Since he’s fairly shy and introverted, there is a lot to know about Chris and his commitment to Elementor. Let’s have a little sneak peek into his busy life and learn all about his work!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Name:<\/strong> Chris Ayers<\/p>

Profession: <\/strong>Owner Of World Webscapes, Web Design & WordPress development agency<\/p>

Which community do you lead? <\/strong>Moderator at Elementor Global Community<\/a> on Facebook\u00a0<\/p>

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From Radio to Web\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris\u2019 adventure with the web started in the early internet radio days. In 1999, he joined a station called Nekkid Radio, where he was a music DJ. \u201cThere were a couple of streams out there, but we were the first live and interactive station,\u201d says Chris. \u201cI was also the web guy, so this further expanded my skills.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>

Nekkid Radio soon grew to support thirty DJs from all over the world. They were able to hand over their live streams from one time zone to the next, and even took requests from their listeners via ICQ and IRC chat rooms.\u00a0<\/p>

Initially, Chris used tools like CeeUSeeMe and White Pine reflectors, Winamp, and Real Encoder to stream .ram<\/em> files. Eventually, he and his colleagues took to using Shoutcast as a more all-in-one solution, and soon many other stations followed in their footsteps.\u00a0<\/p>

Chris also helped other local FM stations start streaming online, using just a basic Windows XP computer and a soundboard. \u201cIt was all very bare bones back then,\u201d he says. Still, this approach took off in the industry, which paved the way for many popular streaming platforms that exist today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Helping Others Helps Chris\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris is naturally a curious person, so he loves to help others and learn in the process. In fact, that\u2019s how he got into his current profession.\u00a0<\/p>

To assist his web designer friend, he taught himself PHPNuke and Dreamweaver. The two worked together on a few projects, supplementing each other\u2019s skills. As Chis explains: \u201cHe was a web designer, but he was color blind. I was not good with code but came from an art background.\u201d Eventually, their collaboration came to an end, however, and Chris found himself looking for a solution to design websites without the need for code.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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