wordcamp charlotte: wordpress today and tomorrow
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My slides from my keynote talk at WordCamp Charlotte.TRANSCRIPT
WordPressToday and Tomorrow
Mark Jaquithmarkjaquith.com
What is WordPress?
“Content Management System”
“Content Management System”
WordPress=
Web Publishing
+ The Internet
+
+
+
Powerful web publishing
Flexibility
Community
4.7 million blogson WordPress.com
7.4 million blogson WordPress
(self-install)
Over 12 million blogson WordPress
Simplicity
Free andOpen Source
Philosophy
Small, capable core
Vibrant plugin market
Thousandsof plugins
Thousandsof themes
Options = bad
Why I do it
Glenda Watson Hyatt
The near-future:WordPress 2.7
Automatic core upgrade
Plugin installation from within the
admin
Redesigned admin interface
Threaded comments
Paged comments
Reply to comments from
the admin
Direct access to submenus
Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation
Customizable admin screens
QuickPress (quick posting from the
dashboard)
Sticky posts
WordPress 2.7
Preview
Maturation of process
Frickin’ users with frickin’ lasers
Massive development
effort
18,214 downloads of
2.7 Beta 2
What next?
Media
Different post types
Usability
Thanks!