WordPress Panel
Barcamp LA 7

Who we are?
• Shen DeShayne - @shennyg
– Just moved to LA from Honolulu
– Looking for gigs/work: shen.deshayne.net/
• Austin Passy - @thefrosty
– Designer @ wpcult.com/
• Michael Dorausch - @Chiropractic
– Site: michaeldorausch.com/
BarCamp LA 7
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May 2, 2009

Purple Tide
• Hawaii’s Glance & Go Surf Report
– www.PurpleTide.com
– Built on the WordPress Core
• Went from Idea
– Simple Surf Report
• To Conception
– Purple Tide Version 1: manually updated via WordPress admin
• To Acquisition
– Bought by Hawaii’s largest surf report media company SNN
• To Automation, Monetization & Scalability
– Connected to SNN’s web service for observation updates
– Advertisements added
– Highly scalable (tested upto 80 concurrent users using siege)
BarCamp LA 7
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May 2, 2009

Purple Tide - Before
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May 2, 2009

Purple Tide - After
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May 2, 2009

ersion 1
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May 2, 2009

WP_Query()
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May 2, 2009

CSS
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May 2, 2009

Version 2
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May 2, 2009

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Freebee
• One Year Free Hosting!!!
– http://dreamhost.com
– Use promo code: BARCAMPLA7
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May 2, 2009

Questions?
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May 2, 2009