WordPress as a CMS

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(); ?>

An Examplewww.nevadasagebrush.com

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?

Thank You

@colinloretz

www.colinloretz.com