organization methods in word press
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From the 25 August 2012 Orlando WordPress Meetup. Methods on Structuring and Organization in WordPress.TRANSCRIPT
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Structuring a Television Commentary Blog
ORGANIZATION METHODS IN WORDPRESS
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PAGES
Static Content
Infrequent changes, consistently relevant
Frequently navigated information
Do not utilize Categories and Tags
Good Example: A page with information about you and your TV blog
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POSTS
Regularly updated content
Archive for future use/indexing
Show in RSS Feeds
Consistently update with relevant content for users and search engines
Good Example: Regular blog posts about the current weeks’ viewing schedule
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CATEGORIES
Internal Structures
Useful for ordering via widgets and loops
Helpful for SEO with proper permalinks
Good Examples: “Episode Recaps”, “TV News”, “Actor Info”
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TAGS
SEO!
Internal Searching (Flickr, Youtube, Gmail)
Limit Tag Usage - Relevant, not repeated
Good Examples: “Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy, Angel, Joss Whedon”
Bad Examples: “Buffy, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, vampire slayer”
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CUSTOM POST TYPES
Custom theme building
Ease of use for end-user
Creates top-level dashboard navigation
Multiple levels of arguments for display
Examples: “TV Shows”, “Networks”, “
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TAXONOMIES
Grouping/Classification
Based on a single point of information within a Custom Post Type
Not useful for qualities that are similar/unrelated
Good Examples: “Actors”, “Titles”
Bad Examples: “Season Number”, “Episode Number”
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POSTMETA
More Finely Tuned Grouping
Useful for additional queries
Ability to further sort while searching
Not useful for baseline queries
Good Examples: “Episode Number”, “Season Number”, “Character”
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FURTHER NOTES
Hierarchical vs. Non Hierarchical
Not consistent for all sites
Not all organization necessary in all cases
A full site scope is needed to determine proper structure
Better to plan ahead accordingly than attempt to integrate later
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THANK YOU
David Laietta
WordPress Development and Consulting
@davidlaietta
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