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Presentation given at WordCamp Edinburgh UK, telling the story of my grandfather's experiences during WW1 and how WordPress supports telling this story.
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WordPress for a Family History Project
John Adams (@johnthegeo)
WordCamp UK, 14 July 2012
John Adams 1890-1971
but almost a century ago…
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
“I think this is the first Sunday that I have ever been away from home all day”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
“We had a big inspection by Lord Kitchener on Tuesday and he was very pleased with the Division.”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
“We are likely to take our Xmas dinner in the trenches this year. But we are as contented as well there as any place else. In fact I would rather be in them as out as the time passes more quickly in them.”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Paisley: “We are sick of rain now.”
“I often heard it said that Scotch people were hard with their money. But I will believe it no longer.”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Ypres: “I have gone up the line today”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
“What a lovely country to live in. I believe I could live here all my life.”
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Johnadams.org.uk/letters
How does WordPress help?
Core features
Pages Posts Categories Users
Custom features
Child Theme
Custom Post Types
Key plugins
Date order LocationsMultiple Authors
Timeline
Core features
Pages Posts Categories Users
Core features
Pages Posts Categories Users
Dates pre-1970 bug (fixed)http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10332
Core features
Pages Posts Categories Users
Core features
Pages Posts Categories Users
Author Widget pluginUser Photo plugin
Custom features
Child Theme
Custom Post Types
Custom features
Child Theme
Custom Post Types
Custom features
Child Theme
Custom Post Types
Custom features
Child Theme
Custom Post Types
Key plugins
Date order
Locations Timeline
WP Geo Plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-geo/
Key plugins
Date order
Locations Timeline
WP SIMILE Timeline pluginhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-simile-timeline/
Key plugins
Date order
Locations Timeline
What next?
50 Field PostcardsTimeline
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What next?
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Join the dots
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& THANK YOU
@johnthegeo
