Building an MVP using
Wordpress
Workshop 1 of 2
linkedin.com/in/didgeroo
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• 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.
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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/
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Web Application Frameworks
• Greater flexibility
• More complex / requires developer
= More time consuming = ££
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Website Overview
✓Domain Name Registrar
✓Domain Name Server (DNS)
✓Web Hosting Server - LAMP
✓Wordpress - PHP & MYSQL
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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
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Demo
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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/
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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/
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