developers meetup wordpress presentation
TRANSCRIPT
OUTLINE:
• A Bit About Me
• Benefits of WordPress vs. Other Content Mgt. Systems
• Why Thesis Makes Sense as a Framework
• Thesis: Under The Hood 1.85 and 2.0
ABOUT ME
• Past Life: Magazine Editor, Self-Help Book Author, Marketing Writer (BA/Comparative Lit; MA/Communications
• Re-Invented: Cabrillo College for Dreamweaver, HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Quit My Day Job: 8 years ago. 100+ sites developed.
•Clients Can Actually Learn To Use It
• I’m a Convert from Joomla: Cultural Council never learned to use Joomla successfully (Ask me to mail you the 138-page document explaining in detail.)
• It’s Free/Open Source: Written in PHP
•Excellent Documentation At WordPress.org
•Easy To Extend (22,000+ plugins)
• Number of Columns
• Column Order
• Fonts
• Background Colors
• Multimedia Boxes
• Static Home or Latest Post
• Width of Website
• Easy Customization
• New Header Image
• Javascript Libraries
• Excellent Documentation/Forums
LIFE/NEEDS CHANGE