She's Craft-y, and she's just my type

An intro to Craft CMS presented by Ryan Shrum at SyntaxCon in Charleston, SC.

Description:
In the age where open source is king, why use Craft, a commercial CMS? Craft was recently voted Best CMS for Developers in the CMS Critic’s People’s Choice Awards and I’m going to show you why! I’ll dive into some of Craft’s most powerful, and loved, features.

We’ll take a look at the ease of getting a Craft site off the ground and providing your clients the best possible author experience. I’ll highlight a few of the ever growing 3rd party plugin options and the ease of getting into plugin development.

Transcript

1. She’s Craft-y, and she’s just my type SYNTAXCON • CHARLESTON, SC • MAY 6, 2016 bit.ly/1NiHKhu
2. Hi, SyntaxCon!
3. I’m Ryan Shrum.
4. I’m a UI Engineer at boomtownroi.com
6. But…
10. bit.ly/1W8QWaH
11. Perfect! bit.ly/1SZHdzY
13. So Ryan, what is Craft?
14. So Ryan, what is Craft?
15. CRAFT IS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO DO ONE THING REALLY WELL: MANAGE CONTENT. “” craftcms.com
16. CRAFT IS LIKE WORDPRESS IF IT WAS STRIPPED NAKED AND THEN CLOTHED IN ADVANCED CUSTOM FIELDS. Megan Zlock Front-end Developer, Viget “” bit.ly/24sow0j
17. FOR ANYONE WHO HAS LONGED FOR LEAN MARKUP AND CLEAN OBJECT-ORIENTED PHP, OR FOR CLIENTS WHO LOVE EDITING THEIR SITE, I HAVE ONE WORD: CRAFT. Patrick Harrington Owner/Developer, Mildly Geeky “” bit.ly/21ytAv0
18. Why Craft?
19. Designers love it! • Complete design control • Built with modularity & RWD in mind • Designers can {{code}}
 (no PHP in templates) • Relatively intuitive
20. Authors love it! • Responsive control panel • Live preview • Drafts/version notes • Highly intuitive & flexible • Matrix
21. Developers love it! • Twig • Extendible with API • User permissions • Localization/multi-lingual • Cloud asset storage
23. bit.ly/1VDNVvn
24. I’ll show you!
25. Easy installation
26. Section types
27. Entry types
28. Matrix
29. Matrix
30. Live preview
31. bit.ly/1NXEuId
32. One-click updating
33. Plugins straightupcraft.com
34. Build your own!
35. Pricing
37. $299!?
38. Think about it. • $300 ≈ 3 hrs of work • Pay once per license/site • Free lifetime upgrades • Unparalleled support • Focused roadmap • Community input in features
39. TAKE A TEST DRIVE demo.craftcms.com github.com/pixelandtonic/HappyLager
40. Stack Exchange Slack Craft Community #CraftCMS
41. Thanks y’all! bit.ly/1SO2rSC @ryanshrum / @BoomtownROI