First steps in the web - Wordpress as a CMS

A small talk on the basics of using Wordpress as a CMS for a traditional site rather than a blog plus a high level workflow.

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1. Hi I’m Sam @samjbmason
2. Developer. I work at Benchmark Studios
3. Wordpress as a CMS
4. Why WP? Free Low Requirements Secure Great Community Easy to use
5. Static templates Header Main Footer Aside
6. Static templates HTML5 Boilerplate - html5boilerplate.com Hammer - hammerformac.com Mixture - mixture.io
7. Starter Themes Underscores - underscores.me Starkers - viewportindustries.com Roots - rootstheme.com
8. Starter Themes Sapling by Benchmark Studios All the best bits of Roots but stripped out Bootstrap
9. Plugins Avoid if you can but if you cant keep them lean. Advanced Custom Fields - advancedcustomfields.com
10. Plugins More Types - Search More Taxonomies - Search
11. Why? Plugins allow the preservation of data and separates it from the theme.
12. Deploy FTP - Acceptable if a small team Luxury of a dedicated server Local then deploy - DB migration Difficult to keep under Git Workflow to be slower
13. Questions?