WordPress Ecosystems

One to many Started first blog 2 years ago

Started first blog 2 years ago

One to many 6 personal blogs, 3 org blogs, and my company’s blog Work on over a dozen friend and family blogs

6 personal blogs, 3 org blogs, and my company’s blog

Work on over a dozen friend and family blogs

Problems Maintenance - Upgrades, plugins, themes, etc. Deployment - Install, configuration, services, etc. Training - Skill development, focus, actualization, etc. Interoperability - Data portability, coordination, etc.

Maintenance - Upgrades, plugins, themes, etc.

Deployment - Install, configuration, services, etc.

Training - Skill development, focus, actualization, etc.

Interoperability - Data portability, coordination, etc.

Need Low-maintenance Quickly deployable Easy to learn and possible to develop training program Collaborative

Low-maintenance

Quickly deployable

Easy to learn and possible to develop training program

Collaborative

Need Low-maintenance Quickly deployable Easy to learn and possible to develop training program Collaborative Bottomline: Efficient system to focus on blogging

Low-maintenance

Quickly deployable

Easy to learn and possible to develop training program

Collaborative

Why WordPress? Ubiquitous Easy to learn Capable Free Actively developed

Ubiquitous

Easy to learn

Capable

Free

Actively developed

WordPress limitations Enterprise concerns Support Security Compliance More blogMS than CMS

Enterprise concerns

Support

Security

Compliance

More blogMS than CMS

WP as a social network BuddyPress Profiles Friends Groups Messaging BBPress Wire Activity Statuses Albums

BuddyPress

Profiles

Friends

Groups

Messaging

BBPress

Wire

Activity

Statuses

Albums

WP as a ticketing system Posts = Assignments Categories = People Custom field for tracking status

Posts = Assignments

Categories = People

Custom field for tracking status

WP as an Ecosystem

Roadmap Using the bookmarklet for portability WPMU home page aggregator Custom, ticketing style theme 4 column widget dashboard template Screencast help documentation

Using the bookmarklet for portability

WPMU home page aggregator

Custom, ticketing style theme

4 column widget dashboard template

Screencast help documentation

From here Play with WPMU, BuddyPress, and BBPress Share projects online Follow http://advancedoperators.com

Play with WPMU, BuddyPress, and BBPress

Share projects online

Follow http://advancedoperators.com

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