WordPress is a CMS, DAMMIT!

If you think that WordPress is still just a blogging engine or you're trying to convince your boss or a stakeholder otherwise you need to hear this talk!

WordPress isn't just a blogging engine anymore, it's an extremely capable application framework. If you love posts, categories, and tags, picture a custom post type for your products or services. WordPress is capable of running a website with different types of content, objects, taxonomies, meta-data and relationships between objects.

Aaron Holbrook (@aaronjholbrook) will demonstrate why WordPress is a great solution to handle any type of content management you can dream up... dammit.

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1. WordPress is a CMS aaronjholbrook.com aaronjholbrook 
2. DAMMIT! WordPress is a CMS aaronjholbrook.com aaronjholbrook 
3. WHO I AM
6. What is a CMS?
7. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Allows end-users to easily manage content
8. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Separate content from structure Manage content Separate content from structure
9. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Versioning of past content Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content
10. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Manage media (files/attachments) Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media
11. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Manage content grouping Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content
12. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Is EASY to use Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use
13. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Manage any type of content (extensible) Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use Manage any type of content
14. WORDPRESS ISN’T A CMS
15. WORDPRESS ISN’T A CMS WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
16. WORDPRESS ISN’T A CMS ISNT THAT JUST A BLOGGING ENGINE? WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
17. WORDPRESS ISN’T A CMS But I thought WordPress just did blog stu ? ISNT THAT JUST A BLOGGING ENGINE? WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
18. WORDPRESS IS JUST A BLOG
19. RIGHT?
20. NO.
21. NO. Dammit
22. at least not anymore!
23. Let’s take a look back
24. WORDPRESS HISTORY March 27, 2003 - 0.70 Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use Manage any type of content ✓ ✓ ✓
25. WORDPRESS HISTORY December 26, 2005 - 2.0 Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use Manage any type of content ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
26. WORDPRESS HISTORY December 18, 2009 - 2.9 Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use Manage any type of content ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
27. WORDPRESS HISTORY June 17, 2010 - 3.0 Manage content Separate content from structure Version past content Manage media Manage grouping of content Easy to use Manage any type of content ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
28. And in fact...
29. 48% of the top 100 blogs are WordPress
30. Top 100 blogs WordPress
31. And even cooler:
32. WordPress makes up 17% of the internet
33. Internet WordPress
34. Pac-Man Power Pellet
35. That’s a CMS
36. SO W*F HAPPENED?
37. THE PERFECT STORM
38. Post Types Taxonomies Metadata Relationships
39. INTRODUCING
40. INTRODUCING Post Types
41. POST TYPES Infinite potentiality of content types
42. POST TYPES Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine!
43. POST TYPES Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine! websites
44. POST TYPES Internally WordPress classifies di erent types of content in a wp_posts table
45. POST TYPES They are di erentiated by a column called post_type
46. POST TYPES (default) Post Page Attachment Revisions Nav menus (blog content) (static content) (media / files) (past posts / pages)
47. POST TYPES (make your own!) Beer Wine Alcohol Bars Drunkards People Places TV Shows Guides Movies People Dogs Cats Animals Zebras Lightsabers Jedi Spaceships Sith Bounty Hunters
48. INTRODUCING Taxonomies
49. TAXONOMIES Systematic division into ordered groups
50. TAXONOMIES (default) Category Tag (post categorization) (like categories, more freeform)
51. TAXONOMIES (make your own!) Rank Role Rating Classification Lethality Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genres Brands Cuisines Vibes Prices Lightsaber Model Rank of Jedi Make of Spaceship Sith Caste Guild
52. INTRODUCING Metadata
53. METADATA Data about data
54. METADATA Data about data post types
55. METADATA Adjectives that describe content
56. METADATA (make your own!) Credit Card Price Exp. Date Featured Rating Address Phone number Zip code Designation Name Lightsaber Color Force Strength Specialization Hyperdrive Rating Shielding
58. INTRODUCING Relationships
59. RELATIONSHIPS Complex content management
60. RELATIONSHIPS Relate one POST TYPE to another
61. RELATIONSHIPS One-to-one One-to-many Many-to-many
62. RELATIONSHIPS (example) POST TYPES Wine Vineyard Region RELATIONSHIPS Wine belongs to vineyard Vineyard is in a region (one-to-many) (one-to-many)
63. RELATIONSHIPS (example) Show wines the vineyard makes on vineyard’s page Show vineyards in region
64. Wine -> Vineyard Vineyard -> Region
65. INTRODUCING Template Hierarchy
66. TEMPLATE HIERARCHY Utilizing built-in methods for customizing displayed information holb.cc/th
71. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE archive-$posttype.php
72. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE archive-$posttype.php archive-wine.php archive-$posttype.php
73. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE archive-$posttype.php archive-wine.php archive.php
77. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE single-$posttype.php
78. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE single-$posttype.php single-wine.php
79. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE single-$posttype.php single-wine.php single.php
80. Examples
81. http://boschdaredevil.com contests, announcements, entries, tips, news
90. http://vinology.com.au wines, vineyards, social network, ecommerce
95. http://sassyhongkong.com directory, restaurants, bars, shopping, search, sort
100. Resources Make it hap’n, cap’n
101. RESOURCES ARTICLES Complete guide to Custom Post Types Add taxonomies to your CPT Using WordPress for Application Development Intro Posts 2 Posts Plugin PLUGINS Super CPT Advanced Custom Fields Posts 2 Posts holb.cc/supercpt holb.cc/acf holb.cc/taxonomies holb.cc/p2p holb.cc/cptguide holb.cc/appdev holb.cc/introp2p
102. Thusly
103. WordPress IS a CMS
104. WordPress IS a CMS Dammit!
105. Aaron Holbrook THANKS! aaronjholbrook aaronjholbrook.com holb.cc/cmsslides   