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THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A THEME!
Lachlan MacPherson
sennza | http://www.sennza.com.au/ | Twitter: @sennza
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A THEME!
Lachlan MacPherson
WHO AM I?Ø Co-Founder of SennzaØMain focus is Business DevelopmentØOrganiser of the WordPress Brisbane Meetup groupØCo-organiser of WordCamp Gold Coast
...I’m not a developer *Ducks for cover*
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
RIGHT VS. PRAGMATIC?
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic
WWCD?Ø Plan out CTP’s and extra content areasØ Think about Content vs ContextØDon’t be scared of Menus/Widgets/Page TemplatesØBest Practice: (Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven themes)
What would core do?
http://10up.com/blog/2012/02/what-would-core-do/http://themergency.com/generators/wordpress-custom-post-types/
How are you going to manage all this in WordPress?
LEVERAGE WORDPRESS!
One click plugin, theme and core updates!
Display attachments linked to a page: https://gist.github.com/1971133
CSS to add a PDF icon: https://gist.github.com/2848535
CUSTOM POST TYPES!
Advanced Post Types Order: http://www.nsp-code.com/premium-plugins/wordpress-plugins/advanced-post-types-order/
Simple Page Ordering: http://10up.com/plugins/simple-page-ordering-wordpress/
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DEVELOP FOR ZERO SUPPORT?Ø Plan out CTP’s and extra content areas, Make it easy to editØWWCD - make the experience consistentØ Don’t be afraid to to pay for Quality PluginsØ Use quality hostingØ Have a professional backup solution.ØVideo User Manuals - Let the clients take the first steps.
https://gist.github.com/bronsonquickFor all code snippets:
KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Don’t make things harder than they need to be
THANKS!