WordPress Use Cases
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John Hawkins gives a presentation on various WordPress use cases including running personal and company blogs, paid memberships using plugins, migrating clients to a WordPress multisite installation, and building an online learning platform using WooCommerce and Sensei plugins. He discusses solutions implemented for clients including custom plugins and migrations that resulted in benefits like cost savings, simplified management, and user happiness.
WordPress Use Cases
- 1. WordPress Use Cases w/ John Hawkins Thursday, May 30, 13
- 2. Hi, I’m John and I ... • live in Las Vegas • run 9seeds.com • build fun stuff with WP • am a WordCamp Junkie (30+ so far) Personal Blog: vegasgeek.com Company Blog: 9seeds.com Thursday, May 30, 13
- 3. What Does It Mean to be a developer? Thursday, May 30, 13
- 4. It means spending your days writing code Thursday, May 30, 13
- 5. Ha! You wish! Thursday, May 30, 13
- 6. As A Developer I... Thursday, May 30, 13
- 7. As A Developer I... Answer emails Thursday, May 30, 13
- 8. As A Developer I... Explain the difference between wordpress.com and .org Thursday, May 30, 13
- 9. But Seriously... Thursday, May 30, 13
- 10. As A Developer I... Provide Solutions Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 12. Content And Engagement Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 15. Banner Blindness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness Thursday, May 30, 13
- 16. The Suggestion What if you offered readers a way to view the site without ads? Thursday, May 30, 13
- 17. The Solution Paid Memberships Thursday, May 30, 13
- 18. Restrict Content Pro Thursday, May 30, 13
- 19. Restrict Content Pro Thursday, May 30, 13
- 20. Front End Login Page Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 23. The Results • Happy members • A new revenue stream Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 25. Digital Royalty Clients Thursday, May 30, 13
- 26. 4 12 Thursday, May 30, 13
- 27. The Issues • Managing users was a nightmare • Dealing with site updates • Training staff on multiple platforms • Inconsistencies throughout Thursday, May 30, 13
- 28. The Solution Multisite Thursday, May 30, 13
- 29. What Is Multisite? WordPress Multisite is a feature that allows thousands of blogs (sites) to exist virtually within one, single WordPress install. Thursday, May 30, 13
- 30. Network Admin Thursday, May 30, 13
- 31. Data Conversions Thursday, May 30, 13
- 32. Data Conversions Thursday, May 30, 13
- 33. Data Conversions Thursday, May 30, 13
- 34. Data Conversions Copy / Paste Thursday, May 30, 13
- 35. Custom Theme Thursday, May 30, 13
- 36. Standardized Menus Thursday, May 30, 13
- 37. Header/Logo Support Thursday, May 30, 13
- 38. Header/Logo Support Thursday, May 30, 13
- 39. Megamenu Thursday, May 30, 13
- 44. 3rd Party Iframe Thursday, May 30, 13
- 46. The Results • Single point of user management • Simplified site management • Consistency across their sites • Flexible data capture forms • Easier training for staff Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 49. • Expired license for membership plugin • Some plugin features not working • Plugin upgrades were uncertain • Plugin had obfuscated code • Needed to switch payment processors Initial Issues Thursday, May 30, 13
- 50. Initial Plan • Use the following plugins • Groups • WooCommerce • Groups WooCommerce • WooCommerce Subscriptions http://www.itthinx.com/plugins/groups-woocommerce/ Thursday, May 30, 13
- 51. The Real Issue What to do with existing memberships Thursday, May 30, 13
- 52. Custom Plugin Thursday, May 30, 13
- 53. Plugin Logic • If user has active Woo account, show content • If user has active Suma account, remove the Woo content filter and show content • If Suma account has expired, show them a Woo signup link (88 lines of code) Thursday, May 30, 13
- 54. The Results • A membership setup built with confidence • A way to deal with membership upgrades on an as-needed basis, rather than all at once • Happy staff members Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 56. 3rd-Party Online Learning Platform • Minimal control of look/feel • Couldn’t add other content (pages/posts) • Giving up control • CRAZY expensive Thursday, May 30, 13
- 57. Timing Is Everything Thursday, May 30, 13
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- 60. Sensei Courses Thursday, May 30, 13
- 61. Sensei Lessons Thursday, May 30, 13
- 63. Sell Courses As Products Thursday, May 30, 13
- 64. The Results • Control of ALL THE THINGS • Savings. Lots of savings. Thursday, May 30, 13
- 65. Thank You! john@9seeds.com - @vegasgeek Thursday, May 30, 13