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An introduction to WordPress, plus some other projects which have evolved from the WordPress community. This version was presented at WordCamp Philippines, and expanded upon the version presented the week before at WordCamp LA ( http://www.slideshare.net/beaulebens/meet-the-family )
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Meet The FamilyAn introduction to WordPress andsome of the projects it has inspired
Who is this guy?
Beau Lebens
Automattician
@beaulebens
http://dentedreality.com.au/
Meet the Family
• WordPress
• WordPress MU
• bbPress
• BuddyPress
• BackPress
• GlotPress
WordPress• State-of-the-art Publishing
Platform
• Blog? CMS!
• Used by millions of users
• Easy to install and use
• Infinitely customizable through plugins & themes
• GPL licensed
Get WordPress
• http://wordpress.org/
• http://wordpress.org/forums/
• http://wordpress.org/download/
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/
• http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk
• http://codex.wordpress.org/
WordPress MU
• Multi-blog version of WordPress
• Host many blogs with shared user accounts
• Site Admins control everything
• GPL licensed
WPMU != WordPress
• Uses more server resources
• More complex to install & manage
• Blog Admins CANNOT install their own Themes or Plugins
• Not all plugins will work!
• Scales massively
Get WordPress MU
• http://mu.wordpress.org/
• http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/
• http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/
• http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/trunk
• http://ocaoimh.ie/
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs
bbPress
• Powerful, lightweight forum system
• Optionally integrates with WordPress user system
• Shares a lot of code & concepts with WP
• GPL licensed
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bbPress + WP =
• Shared user tables (profiles, options)
• Single Sign On (shared cookies)
• Shared themes (with some tinkering)
• Integrated one-to-many and many-to-many conversations (community)
• Power to host a large community
Get bbPress
• http://bbpress.org/
• http://bbpress.org/forums/
• http://trac.bbpress.org/
• http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/
BuddyPress
• Social network in a box
• WPMU + set of plugins + bbPress
• Make your own Facebook, BYOTOS
• Enable the features that work for you
• GPL licensed
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Get BuddyPress
• http://buddypress.org/
• http://buddypress.org/forums/
• http://trac.buddypress.org/
• http://buddypress.org/download/
BackPress
• Shared code library between WP + bbPress
• Provides common web app functionality
• Designed to be portable -- Use it in your project!
• Familiar for WordPress developers
• GPL licensed
Get BackPress
• http://backpress.automattic.com/
• http://svn.automattic.com/backpress/trunk
GlotPress
• Web-based, crowd-sourced translations of web applications
• Uses standard gettext tools
• Built on BackPress
• http://glotpress.org/
• GPL licensed
Beau Lebens
@beaulebens
http://dentedreality.com.au/