Did WordPress Do That?

Did WordPress Do That? Prepared for Boston Tech Meetup on May, 02, 2012 Jon Bishop • Web Developer • 77 N. Washington St., 8th Floor, Boston MA 02114 • 617.837.8158

About AMP Agency• Independently-owned, integrated communications agency• Clients Include: Hasbro, Maybelline New York, Samsonite, Intel, Princess Cruises, NFL PLAYERS and Ansell Healthcare

What Is WordPress?WordPress is an open source content management system(CMS) based on PHP and MySQL • Great software should work with little configuration and setup • Provide features that 80% or more of end users will actually use • Avoid putting the weight of technical choices on our end users • Every version of WordPress should be easier and more enjoyable to use than the last • Three major versions a year

Some FactsWordPress.com is run using the Multisite version of WordPressand estimates are that more than 32 million sites are active on asingle installation of WordPress Multisite25% of all websites are published with WordPress63% of the top 10 million sites are using WordPress • Joomla = 11% • Drupal = 8%http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/wordpress-stats-and-numbers-breaking-their-own-records/http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

The Community19,000 plugins have been contributed to WordPress.org withover 292,000,000 downloads11,500 themes have been contributed to WordPress.org withover 47,000,000 downloads2http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

WordPress as a Multisite NetworkBest Buy uses WordPress MU to Best Buypower 1050 local store blogsBest Buy aggregates importantstore data and passed it back tokey enterprise applications viacustom web serviceshttp://wordpress.org/showcase/best-buy/

WordPress as a Shopping Cart• Seamless integration with existing WordPress sites• Lots of options• Variety of feature setstheClovers.net • Shopp plugin • Responsive storefront

WordPress as a Social Network Extended Profiles - Messaging - Friends Groups - Activity Streams - Personal BlogsKodingen.com • Cloud Development Environment • Buddypress

WordPress as a Job Board Sell job listings Accept resumes Tools for job seekers and employersjobs.woothemes.comUses JobRoller • appthemes.com/themes/jobroller

WordPress in School • Manage Courses • Submit HW Online • Use Blog For HWAdamBrown.info • Uses MU for courses • Built KB Gradebook plugin

WordPress to Managing Locations • Create a map with custom markers that link back to posts or display HTML • Create multiple maps • Includes APIFestObsessed.com • MapPress • BuddyPress http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress

WordPress Your WayTheme Development - The sky is the limitBruceSpringsteen.net • Parallax • Isotope • ScrollTo

WordPress as a Service • Using WordPress to develop applications • Built in user roles, custom post types and free pluginsHappyTables.com • WP MU • Yoast SEO • W3TC

WordPress as a ServiceRentablities.com

WordPress as an E-Book• Use content from within WordPress or external feeds• Outline, order, and edit your work• Export as PDF, EPUB, RTF and TEIhttp://anthologize.org

Front End Editing in WordPress• Log in and edit content from the front end• Compatible with any theme• Edit posts, pages, custom post types, comments, widgets• Uses Aloha Editor so you see what you get in real timehttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-editor

WordPress On The Go• Responsive Themes/Frameworks• Mobile Plugins• Native Apps o iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia and WebOS

ManageWPManage all of your sites from one dashboard• Upgrade WordPress, plugins and themes• Perform automatic backup• Clone and set up new sites in minutes• Edit content in bulkhttps://managewp.com

Boston WordPress Meetup• A community for WordPress enthusiasts• We are currently the 2nd largest WordPress meetup in the world with 1290+ members• We are looking for 1 or 2 very energetic, knowledgeable contributors to join our team • Please email Kurt (keng@bostonwp.org) and Jon (jbishop@bostonwp.org) if interested• http://bostonwp.org

Thanks!Jon BishopWeb Developer @ AMP AgencyWordPress Plugins:•Socialize•HubSpot for WordPressWebsite / JonBishop.comTwitter / @JonDBishop

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