This document summarizes John Adams' presentation on using WordPress to build a family history project documenting his grandfather John Adams' letters from 1914-1918. Key features of WordPress that helped include pages, posts, categories, users, and plugins like WP Geo and WP Simile Timeline to organize locations and present a timeline. Next steps discussed include adding 50 field postcards and expanding the timeline. Building such projects takes long-term involvement, collaboration, and incremental innovation.
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“I think this is the first Sunday that I have
ever been away from home all day”
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“We had a big inspection by
Lord Kitchener on Tuesday and
he was very pleased with the
Division.”
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“We are likely to take our Xmas
dinner in the trenches this year. But
we are as contented as well there as
any place else. In fact I would rather
be in them as out as the time passes
more quickly in them.”
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“I often heard it said that Scotch
people were hard with their money.
But I will believe it no longer.”
Paisley: “We are sick of rain now.”
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Ypres: “I have gone up the line today”
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“What a lovely country to live in. I
believe I could live here all my life.”
14. How does WordPress help?
Core Pages Posts Categories Users
features
Custom Child Custom
features Theme Post Types
Key Date order Locations
Multiple
Timeline
plugins Authors