Meet The Family (Philippines Remix)

Meet The Family An introduction to WordPress and some of the projects it has inspired

Who is this guy? Beau Lebens Automattician @beaulebens beau@dentedreality.com.au http://dentedreality.com.au/

Meet the Family • WordPress • WordPress MU • bbPress • BuddyPress • BackPress • GlotPress

WordPress • State-of-the-art Publishing Platform • Blog? CMS! • Used by millions of users • Easy to install and use • Inﬁnitely customizable through plugins & themes • GPL licensed

Get WordPress • http://wordpress.org/ • http://wordpress.org/forums/ • http://wordpress.org/download/ • http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ • http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk • http://codex.wordpress.org/

WordPress MU • Multi-blog version of WordPress • Host many blogs with shared user accounts • Site Admins control everything • GPL licensed

WPMU != WordPress • Uses more server resources • More complex to install & manage • Blog Admins CANNOT install their own Themes or Plugins • Not all plugins will work! • Scales massively

Get WordPress MU • http://mu.wordpress.org/ • http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/ • http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ • http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/trunk • http://ocaoimh.ie/ • http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs

bbPress • Powerful, lightweight forum system • Optionally integrates with WordPress user system • Shares a lot of code & concepts with WP • GPL licensed Text

bbPress + WP = • Shared user tables (proﬁles, options) • Single Sign On (shared cookies) • Shared themes (with some tinkering) • Integrated one-to-many and many-to-many conversations (community) • Power to host a large community

Get bbPress • http://bbpress.org/ • http://bbpress.org/forums/ • http://trac.bbpress.org/ • http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/

BuddyPress • Social network in a box • WPMU + set of plugins + bbPress • Make your own Facebook, BYOTOS • Enable the features that work for you • GPL licensed Text

Get BuddyPress • http://buddypress.org/ • http://buddypress.org/forums/ • http://trac.buddypress.org/ • http://buddypress.org/download/

BackPress • Shared code library between WP + bbPress • Provides common web app functionality • Designed to be portable -- Use it in your project! • Familiar for WordPress developers • GPL licensed

Get BackPress • http://backpress.automattic.com/ • http://svn.automattic.com/backpress/trunk

GlotPress • Web-based, crowd-sourced translations of web applications • Uses standard gettext tools • Built on BackPress • http://glotpress.org/ • GPL licensed

Beau Lebens @beaulebens beau@dentedreality.com.au http://dentedreality.com.au/

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Meet The Family (Philippines Remix)

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