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
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2. DAMMIT!
   WordPress is a CMS
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3. WHO I AM
   

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6. What is a CMS?
   

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7. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
   Allows end-users to easily manage content
   

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8. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
   Separate content from structure
   Manage content
   Separate content from structure
   

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9. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
   Versioning of past content
   Manage content
   Separate content from structure
   Version past content
   

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10. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Manage media (files/attachments)
    Manage content
    Separate content from structure
    Version past content
    Manage media
    

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11. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Manage content grouping
    Manage content
    Separate content from structure
    Version past content
    Manage media
    Manage grouping of content
    

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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
    

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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
    

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14. WORDPRESS
    ISN’T A CMS
    

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15. WORDPRESS
    ISN’T A CMS
    WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T
    HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
    

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16. WORDPRESS
    ISN’T A CMS
    ISNT THAT JUST
    A BLOGGING
    ENGINE?
    WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T
    HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
    

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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
    

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18. WORDPRESS IS
    JUST A BLOG
    

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19. RIGHT?
    

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20. NO.
    

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21. NO.
    Dammit
    

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22. at least not anymore!
    

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23. Let’s take a look back
    

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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
    ✓
    ✓
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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
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    

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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
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    

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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
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    

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28. And in fact...
    

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29. 48% of the top 100 blogs are WordPress
    

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30. Top 100 blogs
    WordPress
    

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31. And even cooler:
    

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32. WordPress makes up 17% of the internet
    

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33. Internet
    WordPress
    

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34. Pac-Man
    Power Pellet
    

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35. That’s a CMS
    

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36. SO W*F HAPPENED?
    

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37. THE PERFECT
    STORM
    

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38. Post Types
    Taxonomies
    Metadata
    Relationships
    

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39. INTRODUCING
    

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40. INTRODUCING
    Post Types
    

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41. POST TYPES
    Infinite potentiality of content types
    

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42. POST TYPES
    Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine!
    

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43. POST TYPES
    Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine!
    websites
    

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44. POST TYPES
    Internally WordPress classifies di erent types of
    content in a wp_posts table
    

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45. POST TYPES
    They are di erentiated by a column called post_type
    

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46. POST TYPES (default)
    Post
    Page
    Attachment
    Revisions
    Nav menus
    (blog content)
    (static content)
    (media / files)
    (past posts / pages)
    

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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
    

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48. INTRODUCING
    Taxonomies
    

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49. TAXONOMIES
    Systematic division into ordered groups
    

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50. TAXONOMIES (default)
    Category
    Tag
    (post categorization)
    (like categories, more freeform)
    

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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
    

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52. INTRODUCING
    Metadata
    

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53. METADATA
    Data about data
    

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54. METADATA
    Data about data
    post types
    

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55. METADATA
    Adjectives that describe content
    

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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
    

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58. INTRODUCING
    Relationships
    

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59. RELATIONSHIPS
    Complex content management
    

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60. RELATIONSHIPS
    Relate one POST TYPE to another
    

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61. RELATIONSHIPS
    One-to-one
    One-to-many
    Many-to-many
    

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62. RELATIONSHIPS (example)
    POST TYPES
    Wine
    Vineyard
    Region
    RELATIONSHIPS
    Wine belongs to vineyard
    Vineyard is in a region
    (one-to-many)
    (one-to-many)
    

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63. RELATIONSHIPS (example)
    Show wines the vineyard makes on vineyard’s page
    Show vineyards in region
    

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64. Wine -> Vineyard Vineyard -> Region
    

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65. INTRODUCING
    Template Hierarchy
    

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66. TEMPLATE HIERARCHY
    Utilizing built-in methods for customizing
    displayed information
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71. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
    archive-$posttype.php
    

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72. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
    archive-$posttype.php
    archive-wine.php
    archive-$posttype.php
    

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73. CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
    archive-$posttype.php
    archive-wine.php
    archive.php
    

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77. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
    single-$posttype.php
    

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78. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
    single-$posttype.php
    single-wine.php
    

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79. CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
    single-$posttype.php
    single-wine.php
    single.php
    

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80. Examples
    

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81. http://boschdaredevil.com
    contests, announcements, entries, tips, news
    

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90. http://vinology.com.au
    wines, vineyards, social network, ecommerce
    

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95. http://sassyhongkong.com
    directory, restaurants, bars, shopping, search, sort
    

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100. Resources
     Make it hap’n, cap’n
     

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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
     

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102. Thusly
     

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103. WordPress IS a CMS
     

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104. WordPress IS a CMS
     Dammit!
     

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105. Aaron Holbrook
     THANKS!
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