Sean Blakeley discovered WordPress in early 2006 and has never looked back. He loved the flexibility it gave him and the control it gave his clients. From those early, simple websites he’s grown to work with some household names and become tech lead on large, enterprise projects. Sean’s endlessly amazed at the depth of features and functions the WordPress community have created together – he’s still finding gems even now! He is currently Lead Producer & Product Owner at one of the largest WordPress agencies in the UK – Pragmatic. https://speakerdeck.com/seanblakeley 2018-01-14 11:48:58 -0500 Talk at Dublin WordCamp 2017 WordPress TV Link: https://wordpress.tv/2017/11/11/beatrice-whelan-and-sean-blakeley-building-partnerships-not-projects-with-wordpress/ Building a partnership takes an investment of time and energy for both the client & delivery agency. Earlier this year, Sage embarked on an ambitious programme to rebuild its entire online presence. Part of the plan was for a global WordPress multi-site. This will be a discussion, co-presented by Sage (the client) and Pragmatic (the agency), which will provide a 360 view of a large WordPress project, covering both the technical and non-technical aspects. We’ll talk about the steps you can take when facing a hugely challenging project – facing up to tight timelines and translating multiple desires into a deliverable programme of work. We’ll look at how you can maximise your efficiency during production, leveraging the core functionality that WordPress provides and building on top of it, and how planning the architecture with an eye on the future can be the key to building partnerships. We’ll hear about the project from the client’s perspective as Sage will talk about their experiences – and from an agency perspective, delivering the work. There were plenty of challenges along the journey on both sites – creating a custom WP API in a matter of days, training internal staff on new tools and migrating thousands of posts. But most of all, we’ll look at how we focused on building a partnership – creating trust and efficiency which benefited both sides. Talk at Dublin WordCamp 2017 WordPress TV Link: https://wordpress.tv/2017/11/11/beatrice-whelan-and-sean-blakeley-building-partnerships-not-projects-with-wordpress/ Building a partnership takes an investment of time and energy for both the client & delivery agency. Earlier this year, Sage embarked on an ambitious programme to rebuild its entire online presence. Part of the plan was for a global WordPress multi-site. This will be a discussion, co-presented by Sage (the client) and Pragmatic (the agency), which will provide a 360 view of a large WordPress project, covering both the technical and non-technical aspects. We’ll talk about the steps you can take when facing a hugely challenging project – facing up to tight timelines and translating multiple desires into a deliverable programme of work. We’ll look at how you can maximise your efficiency during production, leveraging the core functionality that WordPress provides and building on top of it, and how planning the architecture with an eye on the future can be the key to building partnerships. We’ll hear about the project from the client’s perspective as Sage will talk about their experiences – and from an agency perspective, delivering the work. There were plenty of challenges along the journey on both sites – creating a custom WP API in a matter of days, training internal staff on new tools and migrating thousands of posts. But most of all, we’ll look at how we focused on building a partnership – creating trust and efficiency which benefited both sides. Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/seanblakeley/building-partnerships-not-projects https://speakerdeck.com/seanblakeley/building-partnerships-not-projects Talk given at Brighton WordCamp 2017 We have a brief look at the WordPress API, before deep-diving into different examples where we've deployed the API. We'll look at alternative data models - including Elasticsearch - the impact of using transients and speculate about the future impact of the API on the direction of WordPress. Unedited video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsDOxq6Q5I&feature=youtu.be Talk given at Brighton WordCamp 2017 We have a brief look at the WordPress API, before deep-diving into different examples where we've deployed the API. We'll look at alternative data models - including Elasticsearch - the impact of using transients and speculate about the future impact of the API on the direction of WordPress. Unedited video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsDOxq6Q5I&feature=youtu.be Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/seanblakeley/using-the-api-in-large-and-small-projects https://speakerdeck.com/seanblakeley/using-the-api-in-large-and-small-projects