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Kevin Dees
November 03, 2012
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Pragmatic WordPress WorkFlow: Theming with Kevin Dees at WordCamp Raleigh
2012 Saturday, November 3, 12
Kevin Dees Developer at Robojuice in Greenville SC √ kevindees.cc
√ @kevindees X google+ X facebook Saturday, November 3, 12
Recourses • https://github.com/kevindees/pragTheme • https://speakerdeck.com/kevindees/ Saturday, November 3, 12
Pragmatic Approach • Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in
a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. • Avoiding our need, as developers, to over engineer WordPress themes by using best practices and preexisting code Saturday, November 3, 12
Getting Started DRY Saturday, November 3, 12
Don’t Repeat Yourself / Others Saturday, November 3, 12
DRY Toolbox • Plugins • Themes • GitHub • jQuery
Plugins • CSS Frameworks • WordPress Frameworks Don't Repeat Yourself Saturday, November 3, 12
Using Other Themes • Genesis Theme Framework • WordPress 2012
Theme • Bones WordPress Theme Don't Repeat Yourself Saturday, November 3, 12
http://themble.com/bones/ Saturday, November 3, 12
Using Plugins • SEO: Yoast • Backups: BackupBuddy • Forms:
Gravity Forms • Caching: W3 Total Cache Don't Repeat Yourself Saturday, November 3, 12
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/ Saturday, November 3, 12
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/ Saturday, November 3, 12
http://www.gravityforms.com/ Saturday, November 3, 12
http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/ Saturday, November 3, 12
As of October 31st 2012, both Sidebar Manager and WooSEO
will be removed from the WooFramework, in favour of WooSidebars and WordPress SEO by Yoast, respectively. “ ~ WooThemes Saturday, November 3, 12
Using Frameworks • CPTypes and Taxonomies: ACPT • Theme Options:
Options Framework • Meta Boxes and Fields: WP Alchemy • Require Plugins: TGM Plugin Activation Don't Repeat Yourself Saturday, November 3, 12
https://github.com/kevindees/advanced_custom_post_types Saturday, November 3, 12
https://github.com/devinsays/options-framework-plugin Saturday, November 3, 12
https://github.com/farinspace/wpalchemy Saturday, November 3, 12
https://github.com/thomasgriffin/TGM-Plugin-Activation/ Saturday, November 3, 12
The Code Saturday, November 3, 12
Saturday, November 3, 12
ACPT Saturday, November 3, 12
Saturday, November 3, 12
WP Alchemy Saturday, November 3, 12
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Saturday, November 3, 12
Saturday, November 3, 12
Theme Options Saturday, November 3, 12
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TGM Saturday, November 3, 12
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DEMO Saturday, November 3, 12
WordPress Docs • http://codex.wordpress.org/ Function_Reference/get_post_meta • http://codex.wordpress.org/ Function_Reference/get_option Saturday, November
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