the future of wordpress (wordcamp montréal)

The Futureof WordPress

Jane WellsAutomattic

WordCamp MontréalJuly 12, 2009

Jane WellsUser Experience

Automattic | WordPress

jane@automattic.comhttp://jane.wordpress.com

@janeforshort

“Jane Wells will be explaining new features of WordPress 2.9 as well as features to come in future versions of the popular CMS.”

-Charles Lapointe ressacmedia.com

Telepathic WordPress (using XMLRPC protocol)

“The future of WordPress is not about features.”

-Matt Mullenweg

“The future of WordPress is about people.”

-Matt Mullenweg

Growing a Community of Contributors

Core DevelopmentQA Testing

Forum ModerationDocumentation (Codex)

Core DevelopmentQA Testing

Forum ModerationDocumentation (Codex)

Organize Meetups/WordCamps

(Plugins) (Themes)

Core DevelopmentQA Testing

Forum ModerationDocumentation (Codex)

Organize Meetups/WordCamps

Graphic DesignUsability Testing

Information ArcitectureInteraction Design

AccessibilityScreencasts/Presentations

(Plugins) (Themes)

Ben DunkleDesign Professor

Designed icons for WordPress 2.7

Icon contest (dev blog)v

Icons, core graphicsv

bbPress iconsv

Plugin icons

Gordon BranderDesigner/Developer

Blue admin theme

WordCamp Denverv

Admin mockupsv

Post graphics/CSS to Tracv

Committed to core, 2.8

WordPress Handbook Series

• Only what you need to know

• Version-specific (2.7, 2.8...)

• SVN, Trac

• Editorial authority

WordPress Handbook Editions

• End-user (downloaded as help file)

• WordPress as a CMS

• Theme developer

• Plugin developer

• System Administrator

Doug ProvencioWriter

WordPress Handbook, CMS Edition

WordCamp SFv

CMS Handbookv

Outlinev

Editor

Distributed Usability Testing

Argentina | Atlanta | Boise, Idaho | Boston | Chicago

Czech Republic | Dallas | Finland | India | Los Angeles | Mexico

Minneapolis | Netherlands | New York | New Zealand | Norway

Russia | San Francisco | Switzerland | Sydney | Tokyo | Toronto

Turkey | UK | Vancouver, BC | Vermont | Washington, DC

Development

• Contribute core patches

• Test pending patches

• Mentor beginning developers

• #wordpress-dev

• Write plugins

Denis de BernardyDeveloper

Trac Reports

#wordpress-dev IRC chatv

Too hard to maintain ticketsv

Created new reports v

Easy to follow tickets

Andy PeatlingDeveloper

BuddyPress

Client projectv

Pluginsv

BuddyPress communityv

Automattic

Community Building

• Meetups

• WordCamp

• Co-working

• Forums

• WordPress.tv

Jeremy ClarkeDeveloper

WordCamp Theme

Organizer WordCamp Montréal

v Requested theme

vFixed code

vReturned for distribution

What Can You Do?

•Report bugs•Core patches (including design)•Test development versions•Participate in forums•Write plugins•Create themes•Abide by and promote the GPL•Contribute to related projects like bbPress•Mentor less experienced users/developers•Suggest/discuss features on Ideas forum•Vote in surveys

•Media feature design and development for 2.9•Contribute to or edit a handbook•Add community features to WordCamp.org• Improve WordPress.tv • Find ways to increase participation by women

•Media feature design and development for 2.9•Contribute to or edit a handbook•Add community features to WordCamp.org• Improve WordPress.tv • Find ways to increase participation by women

See me after class.

Questions?

Jane Wells

jane@automattic.com

http://jane.wordpress.com

twitter: @janeforshort

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions.