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Developing WP Sites
On Your Local Machine
Patrick Rauland
Appleton WordPress
2013/02/08
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Introduction Question
If you could rebuild any website with
WordPress which site would it be?
And Why?
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Connect With Us
● Web - meetup.com/Appleton-WordPress/
● Twitter
○ @AppletonWP
○ Hashtag - #awp
● YouTube - http://www.youtube.
com/channel/UC_e4PGv9xxprYSgNqu-
PrwA
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Upcoming Meetups
● March - Responsive Themes for WordPress
/w David Kryzaniak
● April - How to Manage Multiple WordPress
Installs with Ease /w Rose Fields
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Upcoming Events
● June 8,9,10 - Milwaukee WordCamp
○ http://2013.milwaukee.wordcamp.org/
● July ?? - Chicago WordCamp
○ http://2013.chicago.wordcamp.org/
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Developing WP Sites On
Your Local Machine
by: Patrick Rauland
@bftrick
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About Me
● Work
○ BR
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About Me
● Play
○ Yoga!
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What is Local Development?
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Benefits of
Local Development
● Testing Environment
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Benefits of
Local Development
● Testing Environment
● Speed
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Benefits of
Local Development
● Testing Environment
● Speed
● Control of Server
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Complexities of
Local Development
● Permalinks
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Tools for
Local Development
● OS (duh!)
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Tools for
Local Development
● OS (duh!)
● Server
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Tools for
Local Development
● OS (duh!)
● Server
● Database
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Tools for
Local Development
● OS (duh!)
● Server
● Database
● Programming
Language