unc cause 2014 | 8,000 sites and counting - running a *huge* wordpress service

8,000 Sites and Counting

Running a HUGE WordPress Service

Billy Hylton, Miles Fink, William Earnhardt | UNC Cause 2014

Who We Are

Billy HyltonManager

Also pretends to be a surfer and skateboarder.

Will EarnhardtWeb Developer

Can code almost as well as he can fish.

Miles FinkWeb Developer

Likes his rock classic.

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WordPress at Carolina

Web.unc.eduSelf service web publishing for Carolina faculty, staff, and students.

Sites.unc.eduEnterprise web platform for divisions, departments, schools, and more.

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WordPress at Carolina

Collaborations

Student Organizations

Greek Community

DH Press

Instructional Resources

Services

Faculty CVs

Portfolios

Much More!

Homepage

Departments

Divisions

Schools

Campus Units

Centers & Institutes

Research Labs

Programs

Student Government

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WordPress at Carolina

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WordPress at Carolina

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WordPress at Carolina

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WordPress at Carolina

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A Few Numbers

Pageviews: 2013-2014

50 Million

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Sep 20, 2013 – Oct 20, 2014

sites.unc.edu

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Sep 20, 2013 – Oct 20, 2014web.unc.edu

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Pageviews: Sept. – Oct.

6 Million

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Pageviews by Day

150,000-200,000

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Multisite Makes it Happen

Single Site vs Multisite

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Single Site Multisite

One WordPress Install ✓ ✓

One Database ✓ ✓

Supports Themes ✓ ✓

Supports Plugins ✓ ✓

Single Site vs Multisite

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Single Site Multisite

Number of Websites 1 Unlimited*

*Only limited by system resources

Pros & Cons of Multisite

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Pros:Updates

Reusability of code

Shared Database

Security

Shared System Resources

Messaging

Single Sign-On

Cons:Updates

Reusability of code

Shared Database

Security

Shared System Resources

Single Point of Failure

Security

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Network Administration

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Network Administration

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Going Forward. Together.

Introducing Heelium

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Heelium Theme

Built on Roots Theme

Bootstrap-enabled

Flexible sidebars

Fully responsive

UNC-branded

Default web.unc.edu

New UI components

New Shortcode options

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Next Steps

“Refresh” web.unc.edu

More solutions w/ WordPress

App development

Mobile

Development workflow

Security

Collaboration

Your Ideas…

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Thank You!

E-mailYou can contact us atwebdotunc@groups.unc.edu

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