Jetpack 2.2.5 - Inland Empire Meetup

Back in the day, there were great features available to WordPress.com users that were not available on self-hosted sites. Jetpack is a plugin that connects to WordPress.com and enables awesome features, powered by the WordPress.com cloud infrastructure.

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1. Jetpack 2.2.5 Suzette Franck Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Group May 7, 2013 Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple
2. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Who Am I?
3. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Suzette Franck with a “ck” ★(mt) Media Temple WordPress Evangelist ★18+ Years Coding & Web Development ★Regular Speaker: WordCamps & Meetups ★Reg. Contributor on WPwatercooler.com ★Blogs frequently at: suzettefranck.com ★Twitter: @mt_Suzette ★Slides: speakerdeck.com/suzettefranck
4. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple What We Will Cover
5. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★What is Jetpack & Why You Should Use It ★Overview of Jetpack Modules ★How to use some of my Favorite Modules What We Will Cover
6. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple What is ???
7. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Powerful suite of add-on modules ★Previously only available to WordPress.com Users ★Plugin for self-hosted sites ★Uses WordPress.com Cloud Infrastructure for some features ★Made and developed by Automattic ★It’s pretty awesome! What is Jetpack?
8. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Enable features you want, disable those you don’t ★Performance Enhancements: Services such as Stats and Photon are run in the WordPress.com cloud, not your server ★Won’t load features that are disabled ★Reliable and constantly updated ★Benefits far outweigh any negatives Is Jetpack is Bloated?
9. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple http://halfelf.org/2013/jetpack-koolaid/ ★Why connect to WordPress.com ★VaultPress and marketplace plugins ★Why Auto-activate? ★Why is it not one big plugin? ★Enabling dev mode Jetpack Koolaid by Mika “Ipstenu” Epstein
10. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Updated and improved upon continuously ★Does not add load to your server and improves performance ★Some modules can be run in dev mode on local & hidden sites ★Centrally view Stats for all of your blogs ★Great for beginners, has everything 5 Reasons to Use Jetpack
11. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Installing and Connecting There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. -Buddha
12. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Go to Plugins > Add New Installing Jetpack 1) 2) 3)
13. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Activating Jetpack
14. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★You will need to create a WordPress.com Account ★Consider if you will need to hand off to a client Connecting to Wordpress.com
15. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Jetpack Modules http://jetpack.me/support/
16. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Accessing Jetpack Modules
17. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★WordPress.com Stats ★Contact Form ★Shortcode Embeds ★Custom CSS ★Tiled Galleries ★Carousel ★Spelling and Grammar ★Infinite Scroll Jetpack Tools Modules
18. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Jetpack Performance & Misc Modules ★VaultPress ★Photon ★Mobile Theme ★Beautiful Math ★JSON API ★Mobile Push Notifications ★Notifications
19. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Jetpack Social Media Modules ★Enhanced Distribution ★wp.me Shortlinks ★Likes ★Sharing ★Grover Hovercards ★Publicize ★Publicize ★Jetpack Comments ★Extra Sidebar Widgets ★Subscriptions ★Post By Email
20. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple My Favorite Modules “Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.” ― Dalai Lama XIV
21. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★WordPress.com Stats ★Publicize ★Sharing ★Contact Form ★Custom CSS 5 Modules For Every Site
22. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple WordPress.com Stats
23. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Does not add load to your server ★Uses fast WordPress.com cloud infrastructure ★Does require a WordPress.com account ★Powers Top Posts & Pages Widget ★Powers 48 hour stats bar graph on admin toolbar ★Displays Dashboard widget ★Stats graph can be filtered by day, week, month ★Powers Annual Report: http://jetpack.me/annual-report/29769557/2012/ WordPress.com Stats
24. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Shortcut to Jetpack > Site Stats ★Only appears when you are logged in ★Can be hidden in Jetpack Config 48 Hour Stats Graph
25. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Configure or Disable Modules
26. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Configure WordPress.com Stats
27. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★View All button links to Jetpack > Site Stats Dashboard Sites Stats Graph 1) 2) 3) 4)
28. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★View by Day, Week, or Month Jetpack Stats Graph Displays as Can be changed w/CSS
29. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★View stats for all of your sites on WordPress.com Centrally Managed WordPress.com Stats
30. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Does not add load to your server Top Posts and Pages Widget Displays as Can be changed w/CSS
31. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Publicize
32. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Gives you the ability to publish posts to other networks ★Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr ★Do need to be connected to a WordPress.com account ★Setup instructions: http://jetpack.me/support/publicize/ ★Google+ may be added later: http://wpdaily.co/..../jetpack-google-plus/ by John Saddington of WPDaily.co Publicize
33. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Publicize: Sharing Settings
34. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Publishing To External Networks ★Appears on Edit Post Screen ★Connect to Social Media Accounts ★Edit Title ★Pub
35. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Blog Subscriptions
36. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Available as a widget in your sidebar ★Available in default comments form to subscribe to blog and/ or comments ★Subscriptions centrally managed through your WordPress.com account ★Set frequency of when and how often to receive emails ★Always used on WordCamp sites ★Sends a nicely formatted email with link to full article Blog Subscriptions
37. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Must have WordPress.com stats activated ★Go To Jetpack > Site Stats ★Scroll to bottom of page to “Subscriptions” meta box ★Under the Followers: heading, you will see number of Blog and Comments subscriptions with a link ★List of names, emails, and when subscribed will be shown ★Link to Download all as CSV Viewing Your Blog’s Subscriptions
38. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Viewing Blog Subscriptions ★On left menu, go to Jetpack > Site Stats ★List of names, emails, & when subscribed Scroll to bottom of page Click that!
39. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Sharing
40. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Access by going to Settings > Sharing Buttons ★Enable sharing buttons for networks you choose ★Customize the display of text and/or icons ★Use official network button or simplified versions ★Select which areas sharing buttons are to show up on ★Reliable, secure, easy to set up Sharing
41. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Sharing
42. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Contact Form
43. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★If Akismet is installed, uses that to filter spam messages ★Insert a new form via a button on the edit post/page screens ★Responses saved to Feedbacks on left menu ★Responses are emailed to blog author unless you set differently ★Works in both Visual and Text view but don’t switch between the two! Contact Form
44. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Contact Form: Form Builder
45. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Contact Form: Email Notifications
46. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Contact Form: Displayed
47. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Contact Form: Feedbacks
48. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Custom CSS
49. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Add your own CSS without a Child Theme! ★Loaded last, after style.css ★Good for quick edits Custom CSS
50. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Custom CSS ★Go to Appearance > Edit CSS
51. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple In Summary...
52. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple ★Jetpack is awesome! ★Many useful features, especially for beginners ★Not for every project ★Can disable modules you don’t want ★WordPress.com Stats are worth it alone! ★Actively developed, so keep it updated! Takeaways
53. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. -Winston Churchill
54. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Questions? Suzette Franck sfranck@mediatemple.net https://speakerdeck.com/suzettefranck @mt_Suzette