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We’re on a Mission: WordPress for Non-
ProfitsJohn Eckman (@jeckman)ISITE Design / CMS Myth
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We’re on a Mission
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http://www.isitedesign.com/
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http://delight.us/
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http://www.cmsmyth.com/
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HandsOn Tech
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http://www.handsontechboston.org/
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New England GiveCamp
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http://www.newenglandgivecamp.org/
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Free Hosting
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Free Hosting
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http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Non-profit_Discount
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Free Source Control
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https://github.com/nonprofit
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Free Email Solutions
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http://www.verticalresponse.com/non-profits
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Free Email Solutions
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Why WordPress?• Community• Content-centric • Ease of author experience• Backwards compatibility• Broad hosting support• Breadth of plugin and theme
ecosystem• No license fee
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Call and Response
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http://www.callandresponsefoundation.org/
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Call and Response• Subscribe:
– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/
• Teardrop Theme: – http://themeforest.net/item/
teardrop-flexible-photo-portfolio-wp-theme/510900
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Eplanade Association
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http://www.esplanadeassociation.org/
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Esplanade Association• Events Calendar:
– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/
• Map:– http://leafletjs.com/– http://wordpress.org/extend/
plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/ (not sure if they are using this or not)
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Food Empowerment Project
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http://www.foodispower.org/
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Responsive Theme:– Breakpoints for
tablet, mobile– Left nav becomes
top nav, becomes mobile nav
– Child theme• http://
wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsive
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Food Empowerment Project• Custom Post Type for Alerts• MailerMailer for email signup• Multilingual
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qtranslate/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qtranslate-slug/
• Google XML Sitemaps, GA• WP Super Cache• Better WP Security
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Generation Citizen
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Generation Citizen
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Generation Citizen Stories• Custom Post Type for Stories
– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secondary-html-content/
– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/attachments/
• Restricted Site Access– http://wordpress.org/extend/
plugins/restricted-site-access/
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Generation Citizen Stories• PDF Generation
– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-post-to-pdf/
• Search with custom meta data– http://wordpress.org/extend/
plugins/relevanssi/
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Potential Challenges• Security• Maintenance / Upkeep• Strategy• Cost of Donation Platforms• Cost of (non-free) Email
Service Providers• Expectation that “free”
includes all labor and sets unreasonably low budget
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Thank you.
John EckmanISITE Design | CMS Mythwww.isitedesign.com |
www.cmsmyth.com@jeckman|
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