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Zac Gordon
February 03, 2020
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Highly Dynamic WordPress Sites with Gatsby and WordPress
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Transcript
Highly Dynamic Gatsby Sites With WordPress
Hi! I'M ZAC Static & Headless WordPress Community Builder at
Strattic Hosting Educator at JavaScript for WordPress, Frontend Masters, Udacity, Udemy, Treehouse @zgordon gatsbyWPthemes.com
GIVE THANKS @JASONBAHL @MARCYSUTTON @HUSSAIN_THAJ @MUHSINLK @KIDUNOT89 @ALEXADARK @PEHAA @JLENGSTORF
@SCOTTBOLINGER @CHRISBISCARDI @KELLENMACE @ALEXANDERBYOUNG @TYLBAR @THEJEFFMATSON
Dynamic Sites A portion of the content is queried from
WordPress on the client side after the build process is complete. Static Sites Content is queried and created during build time
COMMENTS FORMS MEMBERSHIPS ECOMMERCE LMS GUTENBERG Dynamic Components
CODE IT Write the GraphQL or REST API requests needed
to create the functionality you want. DYNAMIC APPROACHES SASS IT Use a 3rd party service to get the functionality you want.
EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT EXTENDABLE CODE IT + - SASS
IT DEVELOPMENT TIME & SKILL MAINTENANCE COSTS LITTLE / NO CUSTOM CODING MAINTAINED MAY NOT BE EXTENDABLE OR EVEN EXIST! COSTS
Comments
KEEP IT NATIVE COMMENTS CODE IT CUSTOM SASS IT
KEEP IT NATIVE COMMENTS 1 Code a custom comment form
2 Use Apollo and GraphQL to send comment to WP 3 Trigger rebuild after moderation * Check for new comments client side
COMMENTS tnorthstack.com/dynamic-comments-gatsby-wordpresst
COMMENTS
COMMENTS
COMMENTS github.com/zgordon/gatsby-wordpress-course
COMMENTS CODE IT CUSTOM 1 Code a comment form in
Gatsby 2 Save entries somewhere* 3 Setup moderation (and anti-spam)
COMMENTS jamstack-comments.netlify.com
COMMENTS css-tricks.com/jamstack-comments
COMMENTS
COMMENTS 1 Find the right one 2 Signup (Pay) 3
Embed / Install Pluing SASS IT
COMMENTS SASS IT
COMMENTS
KEEP IT NATIVE COMMENTS CODE IT CUSTOM SASS IT
Forms
FORMS WORDPRESS PLUGIN ROLL YOUR OWN SASS IT
COMMENTS
FORMS WORDPRESS PLUGIN 1 Find WP REST API or WP
GraphQL Compatible Plugin 2 Parse (or Custom Code) Form
FORMS gatsbyjs.org/packages/gatsby-source-gravityforms/
FORMS
FORMS github.com/harness-software/wp-graphql-gravity-forms
FORMS
FORMS GatsbyWPthemes.com
FORMS
FORMS ROLL YOUR OWN 1 Code Custom Form in Gatsby
2 Store Form Submissions 3 Validate(?) Send Emails Check for new comments client side
FORMS
FORMS
FORMS
FORMS SASS IT 1 Find the right one 2 Signup
(Pay) 3 Embed / Install Pluing
FORMS netlify.com/products/forms
FORMS
FORMS getform.io
FORMS
Memberships
Find plugin(s) with compatibility WORDPRESS PLUGIN 1 2 Setup Authentication
3 Login User & Check Permissions 4 Pull in Content Client Side MEMBERSHIPS
MEMBERSHIPS woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships
MEMBERSHIPS
MEMBERSHIPS
Ecommerce
ECOMMERCE WORDPRESS PLUGIN SASS IT
ECOMMERCE
ECOMMERCE anywherewc.com??? wcanywhere.com???
COMMENTS FORMS MEMBERSHIPS ECOMMERCE LMS GUTENBERG Dynamic Components
COME TALK TO ME! strattic.com // Static WP Hosting jsforwp.com
// Courses, Bootcamps GatsbyWPThemes.com // Themes! @zgordon