This document summarizes a talk about designing for WordPress. The talk will help web designers understand WordPress better, help WordPress developers understand designers better, and help clients understand what to ask for when hiring a WordPress designer. The talk will discuss learning what WordPress is capable of, empowering users with WordPress' control features, and adapting community-provided WordPress tools.

1. Designing for W
WordPress
Rethinking the Blank Canvas
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2. Kevin Conboy
Design & UI Engineer
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W WordPress.com J Jetpack V VaultPress K Akismet P Polldaddy
G Gravatar I Intense Debate
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3. This talk can:
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4. This talk can:
Help web designers understand WordPress better
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5. This talk can:
Help web designers understand WordPress better
Help WordPress developers understand designers better
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6. This talk can:
Help web designers understand WordPress better
Help WordPress developers understand designers better
Help clients understand what to ask for when hiring a WP designer
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7. This talk cannot:
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8. This talk cannot:
Teach you how to design or code
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9. This talk cannot:
Teach you how to design or code
Help you with SEO
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10. This talk cannot:
Teach you how to design or code
Help you with SEO
Magically fix your blog with blog magic
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11. What I’m talking about when I talk about design
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12. What I’m talking about when I talk about design
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15. Learn what WordPress is
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capable of
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16. Learn what WordPress is
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capable of
Empower users with the
control WordPress offers
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17. Learn what WordPress is
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capable of
Empower users with the
control WordPress offers
Adapt community-provided
tools as you see fit
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18. Learn what WordPress is
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capable of
Empower users with the
control WordPress offers
Adapt community-provided
tools as you see fit
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19. Show of hands.
Are you currently or have you ever been afflicted
with the condition known as being a web designer?
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20. Designers like to feel in control.
juanpg
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21. Designers like to feel in control.
juanpg
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22. Designers like to feel in control.
juanpg
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23. Designers like to feel in control.
juanpg
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24. alternatekev
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25. You’re building for WordPress,
which really means your users
are in control.
alternatekev
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26. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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27. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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28. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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29. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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30. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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31. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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32. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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33. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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34. What are we talking about
when we talk about control?
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35. W
brandoncwarren
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36. W
How I stopped worrying
and learned to love the API
brandoncwarren
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37. W
 Navigation & Custom Menus
brandoncwarren
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38. W
 Navigation & Custom Menus
 Widgets & Sidebars
brandoncwarren
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39. W
 Navigation & Custom Menus
 Widgets & Sidebars
 Posts & Pages
brandoncwarren
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40. W
 Navigation & Custom Menus
 Widgets & Sidebars
 Posts & Pages
 Custom Post Types
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64. Designing screens vs.
building design systems
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65. Designing screens vs.
building design systems
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66. Designing screens vs.
building design systems
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67. Gather the bits.
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68. Cultivate.
justusthane
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72. Starter Themes
chiotsrun
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73. Blank
Underscores ( _s )
Toolbox
Roots
Starter Themes
chiotsrun
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75. WordPress,
Open Source
& the GPL
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76. WordPress,
Open Source
& the GPL
Providing you the flexibility to adapt
existing tools to your own needs
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77. WordPress,
Open Source
& the GPL
Providing you the flexibility to adapt
existing tools to your own needs
& in turn, empower your users.
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79. Thanks!
@ alternatekev
W alternatekev.me
W amissingfra.me
W alternate.org
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