Learning WordPress Sucks
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This document outlines a multi-year plan to become a WordPress expert. It recommends focusing on themes, plugins and WordPress development over the first three years, getting involved in the community, and collaborating with others in year four. It acknowledges that learning WordPress takes time and provides many resources for learning such as books, videos, courses, mentors, conferences and podcasts. The key message is that mastering WordPress is a long-term commitment that is best approached gradually over time with support from others.
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Learning WordPress Sucks
- 2. Is this you?
- 9. Do what?
- 11. You're not a coder
- 12. You need to know HTML DNS CSS Git JavaScript Local install PHP Deployment JSON Photoshop AJAX ALL THE THINGS! JQuery
- 14. OK. Here's the plan. Chrislema.com Become a WordPress Ninja in 1400 Days
- 15. Year One Book: Professional WordPress: Design & Development
- 16. Year One Play with WordPress.org on a host Explore themes and plugins Check out theme frameworks Learn to write child themes Focus on things like Metaboxes Actions and filters Theme templates
- 17. Year Two Year of the plugin Single-function ones Read the codex like the Bible Read everything Pippin writes
- 18. Year Three Get involved in the community Write some posts Speak at a WordCamp Contribute to core Create an extension for an existing plugin Write a plugin for a theme framework
- 19. Year Four Find a group or team to collaborate with
- 21. But I'm not interested in learning all of that My site doesn't need all that stuff I don't have a site to work on
- 22. Three approaches 1. Find a sad, sorry website and build a good one 2. Find a great site and copy it 3. Make it up
- 24. Now to begin…
- 26. Books WordPress for Dummies WordPress for Web Designers Professional WordPress Design and Development
- 28. Courses Your Website Engineer WebDesign (iThemes) Boulder Digital Arts
- 31. Mentor Worth every penny beer
- 32. Networking WordPress.org forum WordPress meetups WordCamps Twitter Google+ Co-working spaces Coffee shops
- 33. Podcasts Dradcast WP Plugins A to Z WP Watercooler Apply Filters Your Website Engineer WP Elevation Shop Talk
- 34. You can't learn WordPress from a… Book Video Tutorial
- 35. You gotta...
- 38. And when you’re feeling stupid and overwhelmed (because you will)
- 39. Just remember how far you’ve come
- 40. And know that the people you respect and admire…
- 41. Feel the same way too
- 43. You can do it
- 44. But you can’t do it overnight
- 45. You don’t have to do it alone
- 46. Ride Your Own Ride
- 47. Julie Kuehl @juliekuehl www.juliekuehl.com (it’s pronounced “keel” but I’m good with “cool” too ) http://www.slideshare.net/JulieKuehl
Editor's Notes
- Learning WordPress SucksHave you been using WordPress long enough that you want to look under the hood? Make some tweaks? Own your site like a boss?Good luck!While there are a ton of resources out there that provide tutorials, examples, and other great information, wading through it all can be like a space battle. They come at you from all directions, each with it's own path, and each gunning for you (and perhaps your money).In this talk, I'll share a selection of resources that are available. And I'll suggest a plan to maximize your results and minimize your running around in circles. Because the best strategy in a space battle is to stay on target!This session is intended for those WordPress users without formal developer education but are curious about development and not afraid of code. Or something like that. :-)P.S. for the organizers… I'm not going to endorse any specific training or vendor. I would like to share my experience with the one's I've used though.
- adding blog posts on someone else's websitedeciding you should have your own blogsetting up a WordPress.com sitequickly getting frustrated with the limitations of WordPress.comsetting up your own WordPress.org siteswapping out themesinstalling plugins
- Code – ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!(find a gif with the Wilhelm scream)
- Picky aren’t you?
- The codex
- Well, okay, I confess. I'm not a coder either. I'm a wannbe coder.
- Amalgamator
- http://chrislema.com/wordpress-ninja-1400-days/I’m on day 257 myself
- Law of the harvest