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How to do cool stuff with WordPress and make yourself more sexually
attractive, and smarter, and richer, and generally much
better at life. Kind of.
by John O’Nolan
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
Who?
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
Cure world hunger(approved by Jesus)
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
I’m a Designer
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos
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I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos& build Stuff on the web
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos& build Stuff on the web
People tell me I swear at inappropriate moments
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
WordPressUI Team Deputy
I work for
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
WordPressUI Team Deputy
I work for
I built a travel blog for over at
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WordPressUI Team Deputy
I work for
I built a travel blog for over at
I built a travelapp for the new
aircraft
John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
and some other stuff
Behind The Scenes
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
THE CIRCLE OF TRUSTAndrew NacinDonncha
O’Caoimh
Jon Cave(duck_)
Silviu Burca(Scribu)
Alex M(Viper007Bond)
Andy Skelton
Joseph ScottXML-RPC
Mike Adams
Matt ThomasUI/2010
Nikolay Bachiyskii18n
Dion Hulse
John O’Nolan(UI Group)
Samuel Wood (Otto42)
Daryl Koopersmith
Matt Mullenweg
Jane Wells
Peter Westwood
Andrew Ozz
Mark Jaquith
Ryan Boren
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
Let’s Go Back In Time
WordPress 0.71
WordPress 1.5
WordPress 2.3
WordPress 2.5
WordPress 2.7
WordPress 3.0
We’ve come a long way.
Who Are We Designing For?
100,000,000 Views Per Day
Just on WordPress.com100,000,000 Views Per Day
3,000,000,000 Views Per Month
A Report Last Year Suggested That
WordPress Powers 8.5% of The Internet
Over 26,000,000 Sites
BUT
Microsoft migrated an estimated
30,000,000 additional sites to WordPress.com
Total: 56,000,000 Sites*
How Many Sites Microsoft Said They MigratedHow Many They Really Migrated
*
Total: 30,000,000 Sites(ish)
It’s like selling out every seat at every match at every stadium at the World Cup
10 Times
The Best Part?
They Speak Over60 Different Languages
Who Are We Designing For?
Lots of people.
How Do We Do it?
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it! #blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
#blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
#blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
USER TESTING(does it work?) NO!
YES!
Final Release
#blamenacin
Don’t Forget
&
Everything has to be flexible
It’s challenging
John. You’re supposed to be
giving them tips and stuff.
WordPressnot Wordpress
Some Basics(general shit)
Must Have PluginsDon’t leave home without them. Ever!
- Akismet (Automattic)
- After The Deadline (Raphael Mudge)
- WordPress Database Backup (Austin Matzko)
- Comment Reply Notification (Denishua)
- Google Analytics for WordPress (Joost)
- WordPress SEO (Joost)
Some Intermediate Stuff(design & pretty colours)
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
— Antoine De Saint-Exupery
“
Every designer’s dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.
— Aaron Russell
“
Some Advanced Stuff(performance and optimisation)
PerformanceWhy should you care?
PerformanceWhy should you care?
For every 100ms delay in page load, Amazon measured a 1% drop in sales.
PerformanceWhy should you care?
For every 100ms delay in page load, Amazon measured a 1% drop in sales.
1% of $4.3billion a month = $43million
PerformanceWhy should you care?
For every 100ms delay in page load, Amazon measured a 1% drop in sales.
1% of $4.3billion a month = $43million
For every 500ms delay in page load, Google measured a 20% drop in traffic.
Install W3 Total Cache
Get rid of as many big images, social widgets, and fancy animations as possible.
Measure your speed with the YSlow plugin for Firefox
Myself, Qfamily, petesimon, gesika22, dailyinvention, James Cridland, xlibber, Ian Lamont, cheezburger.com
My Name is John O’NolanJOHN
twitter.com/JohnONolanfacebook.com/JohnONolanflickr.com/photos/JohnONolan
This talk is released under the Creative Commons 3.0 license.
All slides and content will be available on john.onolan.org
PHOTO CREDITS:
LICENSING:
My Book, Coming Soon:
DESIGNINGEMOTIONBY JOHN O’NOLANAND ADII PIENAARAUTUMN 2011http://amzn.to/DesigningEmotion