From Local to Live to Staging Using Version Control and Deployment Tools

Hints and tips on setting up your development and workflow environment specifically for WordPress sites.

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   Using Version Control & Deployment Tools
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   Local
   Staging
   Live
   

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3. mark wilkinson?
   

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   father
   

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   teacher
   

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   WordPress developer
   

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   this talk will cover
   current development setup
   developing locally
   version control
   staging/product sites
   deployment
   

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   this talk will cover
   current development setup
   developing locally
   version control
   staging/product sites
   deployment
   

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    this talk will cover
    current development setup
    developing locally
    version control
    staging/product sites
    deployment
    

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    this talk will cover
    current development setup
    developing locally
    version control
    staging/product sites
    deployment
    

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    this talk will cover
    current development setup
    developing locally
    version control
    staging/product sites
    deployment
    

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    FTP
    File Transfer Protocol
    

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21. Albert Einstein
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    Insanity: doing the same thing over
    and over again and expecting
    different results
    

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    setup
    Local Development
    

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    lamp
    linux / apache / mysql / php
    

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    mamp
    mac / apache / mysql / php
    

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    version control
    

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    track changes
    

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    repository
    local
    staging
    production/live
    

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    local
    github for mac
    

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    staging
    production/live
    deployment
    

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31. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
    File:Hurdles_(Scenes_from_a_Track_Meet).jpg
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    hurdles
    

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32. wp-config.php
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33. http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/wordpress-local-dev-tips/
    if ( file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/local-
    config.php' ) ) {
    include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/local-config.php' );
    define( 'WP_LOCAL_DEV', true );
    } else {
    // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from
    your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    }
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34. .gitignore
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    setup
    staging / production
    

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    staging
    live server / client access
    

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    database
    syncing? / import ~ export
    

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    recap
    

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    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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42. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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43. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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44. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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45. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
    recap
    develop locally
    under version control
    use deployment not ftp
    deploy to staging first
    deploy to production
    database not that important
    

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    Thank you!
    Questions: @wpmark (or now!)
    Slides: markwilkinson.me
    DeployHQ Discount Code: MARKWILKINSON
    

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