the kitchen sink talk (importing, exporting, customization & troubleshooting wordpress websites)

THE KITCHEN SINK TALK(IMPORTING, EXPORTING, CUSTOMIZATION & TROUBLESHOOTING)

Ernie Hsiung, WordCamp Beginner’s Workshop, Davie FL

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WHO AM I?

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WAIT, WHY THE KITCHEN

SINK?

It’s the kitchen sink because we’ll cover topics in this session that doesn’t really make any sense to fit into other sessions.

You can split this into two sections: Making your website unique (Importing your existing content and customization) and when bad things happen (Backing up and Troubleshooting)

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WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD

PEOPLE :(

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MAKING BACKUPS

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PERO, WHY?

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THIS IS WHYWE CREATEBACKUPS

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IT’S TOTALLY POSSIBLE TO DO

YOURSELF(If you go this route, you need to back-up your database,

your theme files, your plug-ins and your uploads.)

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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(THE DREADED WHITE PAGE) :(

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Isolate the issue!

Try deactivating all the plug-ins.

If you can’t get to the page to deactive the plug-ins, you can deactivate plug-ins through the FTP console.

As a sanity check, also try switching to a default theme.

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Rename your plugin folder to disable it!

“akismet-disabled”,for example!

Oh hey, it’s yourWordPress folder!

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MAKING YOUR WEBSITE UNIQUE

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IMPORTING AND EXPORTING

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CUSTOMIZATION

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FROM BLOG TO CMS

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MAKING IT LOOK PRETTY

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THEME OPTIONS

(Pre-purchased themes are like snowflakes; no two themes work the same way. Unfortunately.)

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DeepFocus (ElegantThemes.com)

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WP Next Magazine (ThemeForest.Net)

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LOOKING AT THE CODE

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Is the change cosmetic?

If so, it involves CSS.

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Is it related to layout?

You’ll probably want to change the HTML inside the theme files.

Doesn’t apply to WordPress.com.

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Do you need custom post types or modify the WordPress admin interface?

Then you’re looking to go into PHP.

Doesn’t apply to WordPress.com

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MY $0.02

Most of the people in this day session are new to WordPress, and new to technology.

It’s pretty simple to do basic cosmetic changes to make your website unique using CSS, but if you’re doing any intermediate to advanced customizations, I would recommend using a highly customizable theme or paying a developer.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

• My website: erniehsiung.com

• My e-mail: e@erniehsiung.com

• Twitter: @ErnieAtLYD

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