WordPress: Webmaster's Paradise Oleg Kreymer Systems Librarian, TJ Watson Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art CIL 2008 Cybertours

WordPress as a Web Platform? Content Management System: CMS (forget html!) User-friendly admin interface WYSIWYG editor (invites contribution) Presentation layer (XHTML + scripting) Simplicity: Clear functionality (it’s a blog!) Straightforward design: posts + categories + pages Open Source = always in development + ¢ Can be enhanced with plugins Familiarity (used it for other projects) CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS

Content Management System: CMS (forget html!)

User-friendly admin interface

WYSIWYG editor (invites contribution)

Presentation layer (XHTML + scripting)

Simplicity:

Clear functionality (it’s a blog!)

Straightforward design: posts + categories + pages

Open Source = always in development + ¢

Can be enhanced with plugins

Familiarity (used it for other projects)

Keeping It Simple Modify a WordPress Theme ONLY Preserve core WordPress functionality Protection from changes in future upgrades Theme of choice: Andreas09 (website look) Two types of files PHP: controls WHAT elements are displayed CSS: controls HOW elements are displayed Making changes Keep track of changes (annotate) Suppressing and rearranging elements CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS

Modify a WordPress Theme ONLY

Preserve core WordPress functionality

Protection from changes in future upgrades

Theme of choice: Andreas09 (website look)

Two types of files

PHP: controls WHAT elements are displayed

CSS: controls HOW elements are displayed

Making changes

Keep track of changes (annotate)

Suppressing and rearranging elements

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with PHP

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with PHP

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with PHP

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with CSS

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with CSS

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with CSS

CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS How to work with CSS

Widgets & Plugins Widgets: dynamic and static sidebar elements Plugins extend Wordpress functionality Select carefully (functionally useful plugins only) Test! Plugins can break WP WP upgrade? Test your plugins Plugins we’re using Forms: cforms II Calendar: Event Calendar & Widget User Role Manager CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS

Widgets: dynamic and static sidebar elements

Plugins extend Wordpress functionality

Select carefully (functionally useful plugins only)

Test! Plugins can break WP

WP upgrade? Test your plugins

Plugins we’re using

Forms: cforms II

Calendar: Event Calendar & Widget

User Role Manager

Thank you! DO try this at home: WordPress.com Questions? Oleg Kreymer Systems Librarian, TJ Watson Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESS

DO try this at home:

WordPress.com

Questions?

Oleg Kreymer

Systems Librarian, TJ Watson Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art