wordpress as a cms
DESCRIPTION
WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) presented by Colin Loretz at OC WordCamp 2010 on April 24th, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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WordPress as aCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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WordPress is aCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Quick BackgroundWho the hell is this guy?
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MythsWP as a CMS
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What it looks like
• The creative is important
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Scalability
• Content Delivery Networks
• Batcache, WP-Super-Cache
• Minify files
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Security
• Benefit of large user base
• Problems get solved fast
• Tricks to lock down your install
• Move wp-config
• Use secret keys
• Don’t use ‘admin’ or ‘wp_'
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So whywould we use WP
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It’s not a silver bullet
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Assessment
• What kind of content?
• What needs to change?
• Can special functionality be covered with existing plugins?
• Is there anything out there that is built specifically to achieve what you’re building?
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WordPress 3.0
• Menu management
• Custom post types
• Custom taxonomies
• Multi-site
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The Design
• If you can write it in HTML/CSS, it can be built on WordPress
• The sky is the limit
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The Design
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The Design
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Custom Templates
• Category
• Page
• Single Post
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MVP
THE CODEX
codex.wordpress.org
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Functions.php
function ocwordcamp_feature()
{
....
}
<?php ocwordcamp_feature(); ?>
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Getting yourhands dirty
WordPress is a CMS
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Rebranding
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WP List Pages
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More WP List Pages
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Custom Page Templates
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Forms
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Multimedia
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Using Child Pages
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Custom Queries
Custom query & using custom fields
Custom page query
Custom post category queries
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Custom Widgets
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Existing Plugins
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Custom Functionality
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Custom Functionality
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Custom Functionality
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A few other thingsyou can do to get the most of WordPress
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A Few Plugins
• PageMash - Page management
• Magic Fields - custom post types (pre-3.0)
• BuddyPress - social networking
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This only scratchesthe surface
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Questions?