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Grant Landram
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Grant LandramSenior Web Strategist @ 10up grantlandram
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10upContent management made easy. Maybe even fun.
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Why WordPress?
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Free &Accessible
Themes & Plugins
SimplifiesPublishing
The WordPress Admin
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The WordPress Admin
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Admin Usability Testing by @lessbloat
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It’s just so easy to use...
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Why Us?
Because we can...
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Why Us?
Because we SHOULD.
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Remove Unneeded Stuff
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Remove ALL THE THINGS
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Remove: Dashboard Widgets
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Remove: Dashboard Menus
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Remove: Widgets
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Remove: Meta Boxes
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Enhance
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Enhance: Design
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Enhance Design: Don’t Transform!
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Enhance: Design
Enhance Design: Custom Login
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Enhance Design: Custom Login
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Enhance Design: Custom Login
Enhance: Custom Functionality
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Enhance: Custom Functionality
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Super LongTaxonomyBoxes...
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Super LongTaxonomyBoxes...
But Better!
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Assist: Documentation Section
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Assist: Contextual Help
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Assist: Walkthrough Videos
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Add & remove wisely.
Enhance, don’t transform.
Assist where you can.
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Think about your user.
Strive for simplicity.
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Links & Sources
Special Thanks10up, Helen Hou-Sandi, Dave Martin, Matt Thomas, Matt Mullenweg, Brian Krogsgard, Pippin Williamson, Mark Jaquith, Matthew Jones, Mel Choyce, Automattic, Mark Root-Wiley, Scott Berkun
Keep up with what Automattic is doing on the WordPress UI and contribute: make.wordpress.org/ui
Slash & Burn the DashboardCustomizing the WP Dashboard: http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2012/05/17/customize-wordpress-admin-easily/
Another great resource: http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/how-to-customize-the-wordpress-admin-area/
Adding Documentation & HelpersWP Help, dashboard documentation creator: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-help/
Dashboard Videos: http://www.videousermanuals.com/
http://pippinsplugins.com/add-contextual-help-screens-to-the-wordpress-3-3-help-tab/
http://codecanyon.net/item/easy-contextual-help-for-wordpress/132014?
ref=mordauk&ref=mordauk&clickthrough_id=128605678&redirect_back=true
http://codex.wordpress.org/Adding_Contextual_Help_to_Administration_Menus
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_help_tab
Design
http://codecanyon.net/item/rocket-dashboard-revamped-wordpress-dashboard/3907133
Code Snippets from Prezhttp://www.filedropper.com/snippets
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