Why WordPress is the framework of the future!

My talk at FOWD London 2012.

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1. Why WordPress is the framework of the future! By Jack Lenox
2. WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web
3. Its behind 14.7% of Alexa’s top million sites
4. As of August 2011 it manages 22% of all new websites (in the US)
5. You’re in good company...
6. A few golden rules • Use as few plugins as possible • Always check through the WordPress function library when implementing something unprecedented http://codex.wordpress.org/ Function_Reference • Build advanced functionality into the theme rather than creating lots of extra custom plugins
8. Anatomy of a theme • header.php • sidebar.php • footer.php • index.php • archive.php • page.php • single.php • functions.php
10. Part 1 How to “deWordPressify” your site
11. 1. Externalise your /wp-content/ directory
12. Voila! (In wp-config.php)
13. 2. Properly customise your login, registration and forgotten password pages
17. Login Page (In login.php)
18. Login redirects (In functions.php)
19. 3. How to use custom post types, and make the most of them
23. Custom Post Types (In functions.php)
24. Part 2 Give users control over their own profiles and data
25. 1. Front end profile management for users
28. 2. Custom fields in user management
30. Part 3 Really cool stuff
31. 1. How to set up a highly customisable API for your site (really easily!)
34. 2. How to validate users and access user-specific data from a mobile app
38. I hope this proves useful, I’d love to know how you get on: @jacklenox jack@jottify.com