alternative uses of wordpresspresented by adii @ wordpress meetup cape town 3

what is wordPress?

๏ Blog Platform? Content Management System? No...

๏ At the core? It’s a database with content...

๏ WordPress Admin Interface = Database Manager

๏ You the WordPress user? The Database Controller

๏ WordPress Front-end = Database Aggregator / Display

a default wordpress entry

๏ A default WordPress (database) entry consists of...

๏ Unique ID (Computer Identifier)

๏ Title (Human Identifier)

๏ Content & Excerpt

๏ Timestamp (Date & Time)

๏ Category / Tag

๏ Author Details

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if wordpress was a spreadsheet

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But what happens if we add something to this sheet??

wordpress custom fields

๏ Every WP entry has the ability to add unlimited custom fields

๏ What is a custom field? It is just an identifier (key) with a

value... Eg. Author Image = adii.jpg

๏ Uses unique functions to “call” custom values in WordPress

front-end (theme); needs to be coded initially

๏ What if I had to add 10 custom fields to every entry? Sounds

like hard work... Custom Write Panel Plugin

before we get there... what about an example...

๏ So how about an alternative use for WordPress?

๏ Turning WP into a Contact Manager...

๏ What do we need to make it work? Data?

๏ First Name, Last Name, Title

๏ E-mail, Phone, Mobile, Fax

๏ Address

๏ Company

๏ Notes

time for a live demo...

unique / alternative uses for wordpress

๏ Standard Blog

๏ Tumblelog

๏ Magazine / News Website

๏ Photoblog / Image Gallery

๏ Portfolio

๏ Video Blog

๏ Podcasting

๏ Web Chat / Twitter Clone

๏ Corporate CMS

๏ eCommerce / Shop

๏ Contact Manager

๏ Project Management

๏ Real Estate Directory

๏ Events Directory / Calendar

๏ Job Listings

๏ Newsroom / Public Relations

inspiration: http://performancing.com/blogging-tools/48-unique-ways-use-wordpress

some examples...

wordpress as a cms

๏ CMS!? Huh!? ... Content Management System

๏ What are the characteristics of a CMS?

๏ Can WordPress function as a fully-fledged CMS?

๏ If not WordPress, what are the alternatives?

alternative cms options

๏ Alternative CMS Options

๏ Joomla - http://www.joomla.com - Old School

๏ Drupal - http://www.drupal.org - Improved, perhaps bloated?

๏ Movable Type - http://movabletype.com - Not WP

๏ ExpressionEngine - http://www.expressionengine.com

wordpress has cms features

๏ Custom Fields

๏ Page Templates

๏ Multiple Users / Responsibility Levels

๏ Plugins

๏ But these need to be coded...

this is why you’will use wordpress instead...

๏ Open Source = Free = Great dev & support community

๏ Regularly updated / upgraded / improved

๏ Latest round of funding of $30m earlier this year, shows

ambition (widespread adoption of corporates shows respect)

๏ bbPress - Integrated discussion forum software

๏ BuddyPress - Distributed Social Network

๏ And... WordPress is nothing other than a CMS!

the end.

๏ Image Credits: http://iunewind.deviantart.com

๏ WP-Contact Manager: http://designintellection.com/

๏ Demo: http://people.thedesigncanopy.com/

๏ Custom Write Panel: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-write-panel/

๏ Blog: http://www.adii.co.za

๏ Company: http://www.radiiate.com

๏ Premium News Themes: http://www.premiumnewstheme.com/

๏ E-mail: adii@adii.co.za