WordPress is a CMS
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DAMMIT!
WordPress is a CMS
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WHO I AM
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What is a CMS?
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Allows end-users to easily manage content
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Separate content from structure
Manage content
Separate content from structure
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Versioning of past content
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Manage media (files/attachments)
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Manage content grouping
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Is EASY to use
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Manage any type of content (extensible)
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
Manage any type of content
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WORDPRESS
ISN’T A CMS
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WORDPRESS
ISN’T A CMS
WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T
HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
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WORDPRESS
ISN’T A CMS
ISNT THAT JUST
A BLOGGING
ENGINE?
WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T
HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
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WORDPRESS
ISN’T A CMS
But I thought WordPress
just did blog stu ?
ISNT THAT JUST
A BLOGGING
ENGINE?
WORDPRESS JUST CAN’T
HANDLE THE COMPLEXITY
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WORDPRESS IS
JUST A BLOG
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RIGHT?
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NO.
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NO.
Dammit
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at least not anymore!
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Let’s take a look back
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WORDPRESS HISTORY
March 27, 2003 - 0.70
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
Manage any type of content
✓
✓
✓
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WORDPRESS HISTORY
December 26, 2005 - 2.0
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
Manage any type of content
✓
✓
✓
✓
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WORDPRESS HISTORY
December 18, 2009 - 2.9
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
Manage any type of content
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
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WORDPRESS HISTORY
June 17, 2010 - 3.0
Manage content
Separate content from structure
Version past content
Manage media
Manage grouping of content
Easy to use
Manage any type of content
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
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And in fact...
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48% of the top 100 blogs are WordPress
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Top 100 blogs
WordPress
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And even cooler:
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WordPress makes up 17% of the internet
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Internet
WordPress
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Pac-Man
Power Pellet
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That’s a CMS
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SO W*F HAPPENED?
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THE PERFECT
STORM
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Post Types
Taxonomies
Metadata
Relationships
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INTRODUCING
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INTRODUCING
Post Types
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POST TYPES
Infinite potentiality of content types
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POST TYPES
Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine!
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POST TYPES
Create as many di erent types of content as you can imagine!
websites
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POST TYPES
Internally WordPress classifies di erent types of
content in a wp_posts table
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POST TYPES
They are di erentiated by a column called post_type
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POST TYPES (default)
Post
Page
Attachment
Revisions
Nav menus
(blog content)
(static content)
(media / files)
(past posts / pages)
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POST TYPES (make your own!)
Beer
Wine
Alcohol
Bars
Drunkards
People
Places
TV Shows
Guides
Movies
People
Dogs
Cats
Animals
Zebras
Lightsabers
Jedi
Spaceships
Sith
Bounty Hunters
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INTRODUCING
Taxonomies
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TAXONOMIES
Systematic division into ordered groups
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TAXONOMIES (default)
Category
Tag
(post categorization)
(like categories, more freeform)
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TAXONOMIES (make your own!)
Rank
Role
Rating
Classification
Lethality
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genres
Brands
Cuisines
Vibes
Prices
Lightsaber Model
Rank of Jedi
Make of Spaceship
Sith Caste
Guild
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INTRODUCING
Metadata
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METADATA
Data about data
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METADATA
Data about data
post types
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METADATA
Adjectives that describe content
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METADATA (make your own!)
Credit Card
Price
Exp. Date
Featured
Rating
Address
Phone number
Zip code
Designation
Name
Lightsaber Color
Force Strength
Specialization
Hyperdrive Rating
Shielding
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INTRODUCING
Relationships
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RELATIONSHIPS
Complex content management
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RELATIONSHIPS
Relate one POST TYPE to another
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RELATIONSHIPS
One-to-one
One-to-many
Many-to-many
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RELATIONSHIPS (example)
POST TYPES
Wine
Vineyard
Region
RELATIONSHIPS
Wine belongs to vineyard
Vineyard is in a region
(one-to-many)
(one-to-many)
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RELATIONSHIPS (example)
Show wines the vineyard makes on vineyard’s page
Show vineyards in region
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Wine -> Vineyard Vineyard -> Region
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INTRODUCING
Template Hierarchy
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TEMPLATE HIERARCHY
Utilizing built-in methods for customizing
displayed information
holb.cc/th
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CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
archive-$posttype.php
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CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
archive-$posttype.php
archive-wine.php
archive-$posttype.php
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CUSTOM POST TYPE ARCHIVE
archive-$posttype.php
archive-wine.php
archive.php
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CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
single-$posttype.php
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CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
single-$posttype.php
single-wine.php
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CUSTOM POST TYPE SINGLE
single-$posttype.php
single-wine.php
single.php
RESOURCES
ARTICLES
Complete guide to Custom Post Types
Add taxonomies to your CPT
Using WordPress for Application Development
Intro Posts 2 Posts Plugin
PLUGINS
Super CPT
Advanced Custom Fields
Posts 2 Posts
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holb.cc/cptguide
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