WordPress as a CMS
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WordPress as a CMS
- 1. WordPress as a CMS Stephanie Leary Texas A&M University
- 2. Why WordPress?
- 3. Blogging vs. Content Management
- 4. CMS Capabilities • posts vs. pages • scheduled publishing • basic workflow • easy media embedding • excellent SEO • ubiquitous feeds
- 5. Killer Feature
- 11. Posts • included in feeds • categories • tags • excerpts • comments and trackbacks • custom fields
- 12. Pages • not included in feeds • page parent • template • menu order • comments and trackbacks • custom fields
- 13. Pages * • included in feeds • categories • tags • excerpts
- 14. Dirty little secret: Posts are pages. Pages are posts.
- 16. Things that are posts • blogs • newsletters • news archives • magazines • press releases • journals • podcasts • ...
- 17. Things that are posts • anything you want in a feed • anything that should be organized by date
- 18. Things that are pages • About Us • Our Mission • Hours and Locations *
- 21. Things that are pages • anything that does not often change • anything that is not organized by date
- 22. Other things • Media uploads • Users • Links
- 23. Demo • installation • file import • basic options • Reading settings • permalinks
- 25. Less blog, more CMS • magazine-style home page • great URL structure • no “category” or “archives” • contextual navigation • breadcrumbs • subpage listings
- 26. Magazine layouts • multiple content areas • category sections • list of subpages • widgets
- 28. Required theme files 1. index.php 2. style.css
- 29. Recommended files 3. functions.php 4. screenshot.png
- 30. More files
- 31. How a theme file works • get_header • The Loop • get_sidebar • get_footer
- 33. Inside the Loop • title • content / excerpt • date • categories • tags • author • custom fields
- 34. Complicating matters • Custom loops • Multiple loops
- 35. Modifying the query • limit • parent • offset • categories & tags • sort order • include • exclude • type • author • status
- 36. Resetting the query $q = new WP_Query(); $q->query('showposts=5'); while ($q->have_posts()) : $q->the_post(); the_content(); endwhile;
- 37. Resetting the query wp_reset_query();
- 38. Outside the loop • header • footer • sidebar
- 39. Sidebars • one included by default • get_sidebar(); • can use more than one with PHP file include syntax • <?php include_once (TEMPLATEPATH . "/nav.php"); ?>
- 41. Theme/plugin hybrid can be defined in functions.php or installed as part of a plugin
- 42. Built-in widgets • Archives • Meta • Categories • log in/out • feed • Calendar • Recent posts • Links • Tag cloud • RSS* • Text • Pages
- 43. Creating your own
- 45. 6,735* official plugins * at last count
- 46. Plugins can... • add widgets • provide custom fields • create template tags • alter write screens • modify loops • add JS libraries • create shortcodes • ... • alter user roles
- 47. Useful plugins
- 48. Writing your own
- 50. We want... • pages • a blog • subscribe to comments • a podcast • a contact form w/spam guard • a private area • users to be redirected on login
- 51. Demo • activate plugins • set options • create private user
- 52. Users • username • IM info • name • Gravatar • email • bio • URL
- 53. Adding user fields
- 54. Roles • Admin • Editor • Author • Contributor • Subscriber
- 56. Publish settings • Public • Password-protected • Private
- 57. Problems with “private” • visibility: menus • granularity: groups • privileges: roles
- 58. Changing capabilities /* allow subscribers to view private posts and pages (functions.php) */ $subRole = get_role( 'subscriber' ); $subRole->add_cap( 'read_private_pages' ); $subRole->add_cap( 'read_private_posts' );
- 59. Role Manager
- 60. Hiding the admin area • Sidebar Login • Front-end Editor • P2 • Posthaste
- 62. Moving servers • Changing domains • edit database fields • use config file constants • Changing directories • maintaining permalinks
- 63. Caching • WP Cache • Super Cache • W3 Total Cache
- 65. 2.9 Features • image editor • easy changes to contact profile • trash fields • posts • included handbook • pages • printable • comments • category-slug.php • new excerpt filters http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.9
- 67. What’s different in MU? • Each user gets a blog • Each blog gets a set of db tables • Users can’t upload themes or plugins • Site-wide plugins installed for all* • Site Admin screen (and role)
- 69. Thank you. Stephanie Leary Texas A&M University @sleary uwc.tamu.edu sillybean.net wordpress-as-cms.com
Editor's Notes
- With plugins, pages can do all these things too.
- Sky is green, up is down, and we have always been at war with Eurasia. Posts and pages share the same database table; they have all the same fields.
- So what are all the things you can store in the WordPress database?
- * - unless you are a traveling circus or a Kogi taco truck
- ... about which, more later.
- About ten new plugins are added every day.
- This is Register Plus.
- If you just want to change one or two capabilities, you can dig into the Codex list of capabilities and make the changes in your functions.php file -- but you&#x2019;ll have to remember to copy these lines if you change themes.
- Among other things, you can choose which roles can edit or read private posts and pages -- or you can create a whole new role for that purpose.