The 3Cs of WordPress
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The document discusses the evolution and future of WordPress, highlighting its significant growth and capabilities as a content management system. It covers the implementation of custom post types and fields, as well as management strategies for advanced features and user permissions. The author shares insights from their experience with WordPress, demonstrating its impact on web traffic and user engagement.
The 3Cs of WordPress
- 1. The 3Cs of WordPress A Custom Trifecta @davidscotttufts davidscotttufts.com
- 2. About Me • Born and raised in Brazil • Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan • 1 beautiful wife • 6 great kids (5 boys and 1 girl) • Co-founder at Rocketwood • Web Producer at RBC Ministries • Developing KickPress, a WordPress plugin
- 3. The Sweet Smell of Success After 2 years with WordPress on odb.org • From 2.1 million to 5 million page views per month • From 0 to 140,000 subscribers to daily email • Over 50% increase in web donations • Over 110,000 mobile app sales • Over 140,000 Facebook fans • 40% less hardware • 30% savings Graph by Francesco Schwarz
- 4. WordPress Powers 16.7% of the Web
- 5. WordPress Evolution 1. Blog 2. Multi-User 3. CMS 4. What’s next? Illustration by Rob Green
- 6. State of the Word 2012 Slide from Matt Mullenweg’s presentation
- 7. What’s Next for WordPress • Web App Engine? • Enterprise Grade Systems? • Public Facing APIs with OAuth Integration? Structured Data
- 8. The Building Blocks for Structured Data • Custom Post Types • Custom Taxonomies • Custom Fields
- 9. What about Post Formats?
- 10. Custom Post Type management • Maintain custom post types in the functions.php file? • Create a unique plugin for your site’s custom post types? • Use a third-party custom post type plugin? Custom Post Types Photo by Brad Coy
- 11. Advanced custom post type management
- 12. Post Terms Term Relationships • ID • term_id • object_id • post_author • name • term_taxonomy_id • post_date • slug • term_order • post_content • term_group • post_title • post_excerpt • post_status • post_content • post_type Term Taxonomy • Etc. • term_taxonomy_id • term_id • taxonomy • description Post Meta • parent • count • meta_id • post_id • meta_key • meta_value WordPress Database Structure
- 13. Custom Custom Post Type Taxonomy People People Hobbies Hobbies • ID • people_id • ID • first_name • hobbies_id • name • last_name • description • email_address • home_phone • cell_phone Custom Fields • birthday • Etc. The Illusion of Structure
- 14. Custom Post Type Options Do it yourself: http://codex.wordpress.org/custom_post_types http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom- post-types-in-wordpress Get a plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/custom- post-types
- 15. Custom Fields - Good
- 16. Custom Fields - Better How to create Custom Meta Boxes • http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_meta_box • http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/04/create-custom-post-meta-boxes- wordpress/ • http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/plugins/how-to-create-custom-wordpress- writemeta-boxes/
- 17. Custom Fields - Best
- 18. Advanced roles and capabilities for managing user permissions
- 19. Popular Web Apps
- 20. Features of Web Apps Offer a service Safe-keeping of your personal data Access to your personal data through an API Roles and permissions for controlled and/or restricted access
- 21. With no API, users are limited in how the can access their data Illustration by Eric Tufts
- 22. Separating content from presentation Illustration by Eric Tufts
- 23. Illustration by Eric Tufts