WCEU recap and version control for content creators

Slides for my WordPress User Group meetup talk. For an excerpt of the original talk: http://www.1stfloorgraphics.nl/2013/10/06/working-towards-great-version-control-for-content-creators-talk-excerpt-wceu-2013/

Transcript

1. summarizing #wceu or: working towards great version control for content creators
2. Ghent > Leiden
3. Boone Georges‘ Herding Cats with the BuddyPress Activity Component
4. Nikolay Bachiyski‘s To OOP or not to OOP
5. Brad Williams’ Writing secure WordPress code
8. My problem challenge with WordPress and version control
9. I use private repo’s on GitHub to store my WP-files. I wish I could do the same for my posts.
10. ... despite how crucial GitHub is to the developer toolbox, I’m constantly wondering why the platform is limited to just code. Loren Burton on how he’s building GitHub for Writers
11. I don’t want to build a GitHub ‘for everyone else’. I’m lazy.
12. ... there can be multiple pull requests and multiple versions of the code floating around simultaneously, but everything eventually ends up in single place (master branch). Loren Burton on how he’s building GitHub for Writers
13. The limitations of GitHub for writers
14. GitHub for teachers
15. I want a GitHub of science
16. From Collaborative Coding to Wedding Invitations: GitHub Is Going Mainstream THE Wired article
17. The open, collaborative workflow we have created for software develop- ment is so appealing that it’s gaining traction for non-software projects that require significant collaboration. GitHub cofounder and CEO Tom Preston-Werner
18. GitHub wants to change the way people work (together). GitHub cofounder and CEO Tom Preston-Werner
19. But GitHub’s tech terms are certainly not ‘for everyone’ just yet.
20. WordPress 3.6 “Oscar”
21. Revisions, Post Locking & Augmented Autosave
24. Version Control the way I like it
26. Forking
27. Branches & pull requests
28. Commenting on changes
29. Committing (naming changes)
30. Task lists (issues) with assigning possibilities
31. All in the termina-NATIVE app
32. Notifications?
33. Attributing updates*
34. Searchable meta-data*
35. So... What’s out there?
36. WP Document Revisions
37. Requires: 3.2 or higher Compatible up to: 3.6 Last Updated: 2013-7-3 Downloads: 48,387 ***** ... for 40 users
38. Teams can collaboratively edit files of any format all the while, seamlessly tracking the document’s progress as it moves through your organization’s existing workflow.
40. But... mainly for ‘documents’
41. Post Forking
42. Requires: 3.5 or higher Compatible up to: 3.6.1 Last Updated: 2013-9-26 Downloads: 1,413 ***** ... for 13 users
43. (...) allows users to “fork” or create an alternate version of content to foster a more collaborative approach to WordPress.
44. edit and submit changes as a non-user collaborative editing Saving draft changes of published content Scheduling pending changes
45. editor is presented with diff schedule changes to posts integrates with notifications plugins commit messages
46. But... DAT lingo
47. Edit Flow
48. Requires: 3.4 or higher Compatible up to: 3.5.2 Last Updated: 2013-1-31 Downloads: 61,388 ***** ... for 72 users
49. (...) empowers you to collaborate with your editorial team inside WordPress.
50. But... really an editorial tool
51. Revisionary
52. Requires: 3.0 or higher Compatible up to: 3.6.1 Last Updated: 2013-8-19 Downloads: 18,741 ***** 4.7 out of 5 stars for 18 users
53. (...) enables qualified users to submit changes to currently published posts or pages. Contributors also gain the ability to submit revisions to their own published content.
54. pending revisions scheduled revisions enchanced revision management form front-end preview display new WordPress role: revisor
55. But... no merging like I’m used to
56. Settings Revisions*
57. Requires: 3.5 or higher Compatible up to: 3.6.1 Last Updated: 2013-10-13 Downloads: 123 ***** No ratings yet (version 0.2)
58. But... mainly focussed on themes
59. Duplicate Post
60. Requires: 3.0 or higher Compatible up to: 3.3.2 Last Updated: 2012-5-4 Downloads: 386,875 ***** 4.8 out of 5 stars for 154 users
61. (...) allows to clone a post or page, or edit it as a new draft.
62. But... no longer maintained
63. Monday was hackathon day, right?
65. Thank you.