The 3Cs of WordPress

The 3Cs of WordPress A Custom Trifecta @davidscotttufts davidscotttufts.com

About Me• Born and raised in Brazil• Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan• 1 beautiful wife• 6 great kids (5 boys and 1 girl)• Co-founder at Rocketwood• Web Producer at RBC Ministries• Developing KickPress, a WordPress plugin

The Sweet Smell of SuccessAfter 2 years with WordPress on odb.org• From 2.1 million to 5 million page views per month• From 0 to 140,000 subscribers to daily email• Over 50% increase in web donations• Over 110,000 mobile app sales• Over 140,000 Facebook fans• 40% less hardware• 30% savings Graph by Francesco Schwarz

WordPress Powers16.7% of the Web

WordPress Evolution 1. Blog 2. Multi-User 3. CMS 4. What’s next? Illustration by Rob Green

State of the Word 2012Slide from Matt Mullenweg’s presentation

What’s Next for WordPress• Web App Engine?• Enterprise Grade Systems?• Public Facing APIs with OAuth Integration?Structured Data

The Building Blocks for Structured Data• Custom Post Types• Custom Taxonomies• Custom Fields

What about Post Formats?

Custom Post Type management• Maintain custom post types in the functions.php file?• Create a unique plugin for your site’s custom post types?• Use a third-party custom post type plugin?Custom Post Types Photo by Brad Coy

Advanced custom post type management

Post Terms Term Relationships• ID • term_id • object_id• post_author • name • term_taxonomy_id• post_date • slug • term_order• post_content • term_group• post_title• post_excerpt• post_status• post_content• post_type Term Taxonomy• Etc. • term_taxonomy_id • term_id • taxonomy • description Post Meta • parent • count• meta_id• post_id• meta_key• meta_value WordPress Database Structure

Custom CustomPost Type Taxonomy People People Hobbies Hobbies• ID • people_id • ID• first_name • hobbies_id • name• last_name • description• email_address• home_phone• cell_phone Custom Fields• birthday• Etc. The Illusion of Structure

Custom Post Type OptionsDo it yourself:http://codex.wordpress.org/custom_post_typeshttp://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpressGet a plugin:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/custom-post-types

Custom Fields - Good

Custom Fields - BetterHow to create Custom Meta Boxes• http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_meta_box• http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/04/create-custom-post-meta-boxes- wordpress/• http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/plugins/how-to-create-custom-wordpress- writemeta-boxes/

Custom Fields - Best

Advanced roles and capabilities for managing user permissions

Popular Web Apps

Features of Web Apps  Offer a service  Safe-keeping of your personal data  Access to your personal data through an API  Roles and permissions for controlled and/or restricted access

With no API, users are limited in how the can access their data Illustration by Eric Tufts

Separating contentfrom presentation Illustration by Eric Tufts

Illustration by Eric Tufts

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The 3Cs of WordPress

by David Tufts on Oct 06, 2012

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