Building an MVP using Wordpress

Presentation giving to MSc Technology Entrepreneurship students at the University College of London.

Transcript

1. Building an MVP using Wordpress Workshop 1 of 2 linkedin.com/in/didgeroo Wednesday, 23 January 13
2. • Chris Skitch, CEO • Didgeroo is a fast growing web design agency located in the heart of London's "Silicon Roundabout". • Clients include SME’s, Design Agencies and startups. Wednesday, 23 January 13
3. Wordpress • Content Management System (CMS) • Open Sourced • 60m+ sites / 100K per day http://didge.ro/997257 • #1 CMS http://didge.ro/825529 • UI / Flexible / Support / Plugins / SEO • wpldn Meetup http://www.meetup.com/London-WordPress/ Wednesday, 23 January 13
4. Web Application Frameworks • Greater flexibility • More complex / requires developer = More time consuming = ££ Wednesday, 23 January 13
5. Website Overview ✓Domain Name Registrar ✓Domain Name Server (DNS) ✓Web Hosting Server - LAMP ✓Wordpress - PHP & MYSQL Wednesday, 23 January 13
6. Wordpress Overview • The Dashboard • The Editor • Media Manager • Pages vs Posts vs Custom Post Types • Menu Manger • Widgets & Plugins • Settings • Front end vs Back end editing Wednesday, 23 January 13
7. Demo Wednesday, 23 January 13
8. Types of Websites • Blog http://techcrunch.com/ • Brochure http://www.palazzodorottya.com/ • Portfolio http://www.lighteningproductions.com/ • Social http://news.ycombinator.com/ • E-commerce http://www.labourandwait.co.uk/ • Web 2.0 business http://www.housebites.com/ Wednesday, 23 January 13
9. Visual Assets • Brand and Identity http://didge.ro/852398 vs http://startupsthisishowdesignworks.com/ • Logo : ‣ £25 vs £1m http://didge.ro/535438 vs http://didge.ro/795337 ‣ Crowdsouring http://99designs.co.uk/ ‣ Powerpoint • Stock images : ‣ iStockphoto / StockVault ‣ Flickr / Google Image Search • Icons & buttons http://www.iconfinder.com/ Wednesday, 23 January 13
10. Exercise Wednesday, 23 January 13
11. Wordpress Themes Off-the-shelf ✓Cheap ✓Quick XRestrictive Bespoke XExpensive ✓Unique ✓Flexible Wednesday, 23 January 13
12. Off-the-shelf Themes • Sources : ‣ Free http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ ‣ Paid http://smthemes.com/ http://didge.ro/828264 http://didge.ro/844755 • Mobile options : ‣ Mobile App Plugin ‣ Responsive design http://didge.ro/rwd Wednesday, 23 January 13
13. Exercise Wednesday, 23 January 13
14. www.didgeroo.com linkedin.com/in/didgeroo Wednesday, 23 January 13