WordPress as a CMS
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WordPress as aCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WordPress is aCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Quick BackgroundWho the hell is this guy?
MythsWP as a CMS
What it looks like
• The creative is important
Scalability
• Content Delivery Networks
• Batcache, WP-Super-Cache
• Minify files
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_'
So whywould we use WP
It’s not a silver bullet
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?
WordPress 3.0
• Menu management
• Custom post types
• Custom taxonomies
• Multi-site
The Design
• If you can write it in HTML/CSS, it can be built on WordPress
• The sky is the limit
The Design
The Design
Custom Templates
• Category
• Page
• Single Post
MVP
THE CODEX
codex.wordpress.org
Functions.php
function ocwordcamp_feature()
{
....
}
<?php ocwordcamp_feature(); ?>
Getting yourhands dirty
WordPress is a CMS
Rebranding
WP List Pages
More WP List Pages
Custom Page Templates
Forms
Multimedia
Using Child Pages
Custom Queries
Custom query & using custom fields
Custom page query
Custom post category queries
Custom Widgets
Existing Plugins
Custom Functionality
Custom Functionality
Custom Functionality
A few other thingsyou can do to get the most of WordPress
A Few Plugins
• PageMash - Page management
• Magic Fields - custom post types (pre-3.0)
• BuddyPress - social networking
This only scratchesthe surface
Questions?