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A TALK ABOUT PLUGINS. YEAH. PLUGINS!

There may be the occasional slip up of profanity. I apologize.

WARNING…SORRY JOHN and MOM



A plugin can be as simple as one file that does one specific thing.....

FIRST OFF, I just want to say…..


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Plugins have changed since 2009

Most plugins were one or two files that did something specific. Now plugins come with folders that include 5 or more files inside and do 7 to 8 specific things. Just like themes, plugins have advanced over time.

A Prediction…….

In a few years, themes will be just a few files, all ran on plugins.


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SUMMARY

E-CommerceShopping Carts and Selling Things

Selling things online is made easy with WP and E-Commerce Plugins. We are going to cover the plugins you should consider using.

Woo-Commerce

Contact FormsGetting Info From Users

These need no introduction.Contact forms are one of the most important parts of any website. Its how we get info and use it to market, learn and review.Gravity Forms

Custom Post TypesCustom Post Types Are Amazing.

This is something that a lot of new themes feature as a selling point. Once you understand these plugins, Premium Themes Seem Useless

TYPES Plugin



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E-commerceWhat is This? I’ve heard....Just a fancy way to say « SHOPPING CART»

It’s the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the internet and other computer networks.

With e-commerce plugins, your site can look just like ebay and other popular websites that sell items. Have a log in and log out feature on the front end of your site, hide the wp-admin area with out an extra plugin and most are multisite compatible. Even let users sign up with their email address instead of a user name. Very Handy!

What is Possible?The sky is the limit. Seriously.

Sell physical and digital products, allow other users to buy and sell on your site, and use plugins like Gravity Forms to enhance the user experience. Each product can have attributes like sizes, colors and additional pricing per item. Having options like Monthly Payments and User Subscriptions are possible, but require the purchase of add on’s from the plugins author.

Can My Theme Handle E-Commerce?The Short answer is Yes. Some themes need a kick in the side and a few css style updates. But all themes can handle E-COMMERCE if you need it to sell your work. That is where being creative really comes in. Lets GO!



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Woo CommerceNot just a Shop. Its a lifestyle!There is nothing that this plugin can not do!

This plugin is built by the creative minds over at WooThemes. If you Google Free WordPress Themes, chances are you have come across there works. If you have a blog on wordpress.com, you are probably using one of their themes. That’s how involved they are.

With this plugin, you can add and manage products, change your settings by state, buy several add on’s to enhance your shop and even use it just for registering new users to your site. You can even transfer some files from this plugin into your theme to customize each page. So update all you want, nothing gets changed. And that is just some of the things I felt like mentioning. This plugin does so much more!

Easy Set Up! SCORE!Activate and install pre made settings.

WordPress has an amazing feature where you can import dummy data into your site to look just like the demo of the theme you purchased. This plugin has its own import feature and if you select to do so, all of the shop pages are set up for you. All you have to do is add them to your navigation.

From inside the dashboard, every option has an info bubble that tells you what the setting is for. Talk about time saving.

Any theme Can Be Woo-Ified!Like I mentioned earlier. There is a folder inside of this plugin called templates. You can copy the folders inside of the templates folder and put them into a new folder in your theme called woocommerce. From there, you can create a truly unique looking site, shop for your users.



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WOO-COMMERCE

Out Of the boxQuick Install and Set Up. Easy To Understand

Activate the plugin, run through the settings with ease and start adding products. It can be as simple as that. Learning all of the In’s and Out’s of this plugin is very easy to do. Even install a shortcut plugin that leads you to all things WOO-COMMERCE!

Free Stuff Is Good!WOO NINJAS are here to help. HI-YAH!!!

WooThemes has really made it easy to learn their products, and have several free plugins that help you engage your users, track clicks and even introduce new features to your site.

Add On’s. YEAH!Plays nice With Other Plugins.

Add Gravity forms extensions, payment gateways and a subscription extension to make a truly unique e-commerce website. Everything is possible. If not, write them and they do the rest.

Options galore Sizes, colors and more!

We know that you can not just sell one item with one option. You need colors, sizes and add on features. Easy to create and attach. Not to mention organize and set up parent and child attributes.

Hooks & FiltersIt’s WordPress After All.

Tap into the functions file and arrange more features. No fancy trickery here. The creators of the plugin have even wrote several for you. Because you are not the only one with idea’s!

The beneFitsEvery Plugin Has Them!

Multisite compatible, support like no other, always being updated for more features, custom payment gateways,

With this plugin, you get more than a few options and basic styling options.



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Contact FormsGet Some Info. End Of StoryContact forms get information, and then do something with the info. .

All contact forms have at least one field, a submit button and an action. Contact forms pass information off to the server, where the info is pulled in, sorted and returned to an email address, or stored into a database where the information can be used at your discretion.

You can even use contact forms to allow your users to submit information like an article post, and have that form create a custom post on your site.

What is the Diff?My theme already has one. Why have a plugin?

Your theme’s contact form is usually very generic. Meaning it only gets a name, email and some very basic details. That is great if you are just a one person operation and only need that specific information.

A contact form plugin allows you to make unlimited amounts of forms, display them on as many pages as you want, and then send the info to more than just one source. Lets, say you own a business. You have a developer and a marketing agent. Why would both get the information, if the information inside the email is just about marketing?

So if I am just collecting Info..Why are there more than one plugin for the job?

Like everything else, people like options. Contact Form 7 is just as good as the rest, but it does not have a drag and drop option. Gravity Forms adapts well with other plugins and has a ton of add ons. Formidable Forms is just like Gravity Froms, But has its own set of options and perameters.



Gravity FormsDefying Gravity. Its Easy. Gravity Forms will make all other plugins seem like they are behind.

Gravity forms is a paid plugins. Well documented and it comes with so many options, it should be illegal. But I am glad it is not. Gravity Forms is one of the most recommended plugins for WordPress and is probably one of the few plugins that could be endorsed by WordPress developers across the board.

More than forms.Gravity Forms has more features than you might need.

There are so many options. For example, the team behind the plugin has made a unique form that works like a madlib. Gravity comes with a bunch of preset css styles to align all of your fields, and even has multiple step forms like you would see on the top websites on the internet. With features like a progress bar, giving your entire form a class name for individual styling and using the plugin to replace the user registration and allowing your users to update their profiles makes this plugin a must have for the jack of all trades.

Making the switch to Gravity!I use something else. Why would I want to swtich to this plugin?

Did I forget to mention a one stop shop to learn, edit and enhance your forms. If you do a search for Gravity Forms Tutorials, you will find more than enough resources and video help. With support like that, it takes some of the tension off of you when trying to come up with new ideas for your website’s contact forms.



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Gravity forms!!!!!!

Out of the boxNo demo, but who needs them.

It’s pretty simple to learn how to use Gravity Forms. A couple of hundred dollars seems like a lot for a plugin. But information is king, and knowing what your users want more than pays for this plugin.

Built in. We Like. Styling and ShortCodes for CSS Styling.

Gravity forms has built in css class names to add style and or, align text fields so the form can seem smaller. Important if you actually want people to fill out your form. Not to mention MULTI STEP FORMS!!!!!

Click and Drop?Yeah, they take the fun out of competition.

Just click on the field you want have on your next form and it is inserted with ease. Even the other advanced features are in a neat and tidy tabbed layout.

Conditions.If this, then show that.

Conditions are great. If a user chooses web design, show then these 4 fields. Even on the back end, you can send the forms info to a specific email based on the answer selected, if a drop down or check box is selected. NICE!!!

Multi Step FormsGreat for the hiring process. Or Sales!

Multi step forms are great for adding that unique feature to your site. Smaller sized forms tend to get filled out more. So a multi step form is one form, with 2 or more steps.

We Like Options.Free ad ons with the purchase. Sweet.

When you buy the plugin, you get the mail chimp, paypal, user registration add on’s and a few more. So you can use Gravity to collect payment, sign up new users and collect more than the standard registration info and use the forms to add new sign ups to your newsletters.



When a new submission is submitted, the admin of your wordpress site can relpy right from the dashboard. Email notifications can be set up. When the user submits their info, they can recive an email stating specific instructions, a copy of their info for their own records, or an option to sign up for email notification on upcoming posts or events.

How does it get better than a plugin that does so much? Well it works great with other plugins that you might be using already on your site.

The Best Part Of This Plugin…To Me is…



Gravity forms really opened my eyes with what is possible.

IM not done talking about it.


Gravity forms is out of this world.

This year I have used gravity forms more than I ever have. Becuase I actually bought the developers liscence. I have built more sites that require a contact form for hiring employees and even made a fun madlib type form for a children’s website. Even the mortgage company I worked for took advatnage of the Multi-step form option for their users to apply for a loan in minutes.


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Custom Posts TypesWHOA Man. This is the User Track.Don’t be afraid. You probably already uses these in your theme. You just don’t know it.

Custom Post Types are a way of distinguishing different types of content on your WordPress website. When you install WordPress you have two default content types:

1. Posts2. Pages

Posts are the default content type that is used for blog posts. They are for dynamic content, with the first blog post displayed changing as a new one is added.Pages are the default WordPress content type that is used for static content. Unlike posts these are not time-specific. But Posts and Pages are not always enough. What if you want to create your own type of content?

Welcome All!These plugins will save you the headache.

By installing a custom post type plugin, you will be able to add new content, and manage them easier than just creating categories or pages with child pages. You probably already use them, you just do not realize it. I’ll make you understand.

Wait, Are you Saying they are easy?Yeah. I am.

Like you, when I heard of Custom Post Types, I found out that you had to open the functions.php file, add a function and then do some more things that just sounded like rocket science. So I found a plugin that make life so much easier. And they save time. Everybody Wins Here.



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TYPES – CPT PLUGINThis plugin save time! I like.Time and money is on everyone’s mind.

This plugin has a lot of options. Some are more than advanced than other.

1. Custom Fields.2. Custom Post Types and Taxonomies3. Import / Export4. Custom Field Control5. Settings6. Access7. Help

With this plugin, you can create the post type, make custom fields that are assigned a short code for you to place anywhere on your post or page. Design your own templates with out the coding skills one might need to accomplish the job manually.

This seems like Work.At first it might be. But that is the fun of creating wp sites.

After a few short reads, and a couple test runs, you will be up to speed in no time. Once you master this free plugin, you can use any theme, and create unique looking posts and pages in no time. You can use your theme Short Codes to place in the plugin Short Codes to style pages.

The way of the future. The Way! All of the Premium themes that you might buy from a vendor, contain at least one custom post type. The difference is that you have very little control of the page templates layouts because the templates are pre built. But what if you want the layout to change and you know nothing about code.

Well once you create one layout in the post editor, you can simply copy and paste, then replace the info. That is the whole point of WordPress after all. Update and Save!



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TYPES PLUGIN. Awesome!

Out of the boxAMAZING FEATURES!

On each page of the plugin, there is a description of what each field or selection does. Just like Yoast SEO, you can learn while you are making changes with out navigating away from your site. TIME SAVER!

Just Learning?Dont stress my pet. It’s got you covered.

This plugin has everything written down and covered. Even if you have no idea what you are doing, you can use this plugin to learn. Many plugins direct you to their site for tutorials and extra’s. This plugins gives you that option, but all of the learning can be done in the dashboard.

Shortcodes!!!Your theme has them. So does this plugin.

When you create a custom field, say an image of a house, or the price of a house, the plugin will give you a short code that you can use in the Editor to reference the item. So there is no need to build your own templates. WOW!

CPT API Hero!Learn how to insert Types fields to PHP templates. Say you know a thing or two about making templates. Well there is a help sheet that explains what you need to do in order to get your template done with out wasting time. Speed up your design with this plugin.

Support Me?You need the help, they got it.

Not only are there the basic forums to get help, there are user guides, and ways you can contribute to helping this plugin.

DownfallEvery Plugin has one or two.

This plugin has a lot of options and fields. So just using the default settings can cause things to look different at times. Other than that, We’re Good!



Custom Post Types Are Almost Needed Daily!

IM not done talking about it.


I have a theme, Why cant I just add to already made cpt’s?

You could. But then you have to learn how post types work, then add to each template and so on. So this plugin is going to save you a ton of time. It’s always good to learn how to do something. But plugins just make everything so much easier.


Any Questions?

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