2. Who is Al Davis?
FORMER ORGANIZER:
• WORDCAMP TORONTO
• WORDCAMP TORONTO DEVELOPERS
• TORONTO WORDPRESS MEETUP GROUP
PROFESSOR GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
INTRO TO WORDPRESS
PROGRAM MANAGER: HOSTOPIA
WORDPRESS STRATEGY FOR PARTNER TELCO’S
GLOBALLY
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WPUNIVERSITY.COM
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4. Managing Multiple Authors
Who
is
this
presentation
for?
• People
who
have
a
site
where
there
are
multiple
authors
(obviously).
• People
with
only
a
single
author
(couple
of
good
tips
in
here
for
you
as
well).
Who
isn’t
this
presentation
for?
• People
with
cat
blogs.....
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5. Managing Multiple Authors
Why
have
more
than
1
author?
•
Having
more
than
a
single
author
offers
a
wealth
of
possibilities.
• Additional
trafAic
• Greater
authority
on
your
topic
• How a multi-author blog helps to create community
• Share the workload across your whole company
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6. Managing Multiple Authors
So
lets
look
at
some
tools
and
ideas
to
make
that
work
and
work
well...
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7. Managing Multiple Authors
First
tip-‐
Create
a
private/
internal
team
blog
Why?
• You
want
your
team
to
feel
like
they
are
actually
a
team
and
giving
them
a
place
to
come
together
and
collaborate
is
a
great
way
to
do
that.
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8. Managing Multiple Authors
First
tip-‐
Create
a
private/
internal
team
blog
How?
• Set
up
a
subdomain
site
like
authors.yourcompany.com
and
use
a
theme
(
P2
is
the
recommended
theme).
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10. Managing Multiple Authors
User
Roles
and
Capabilities
It
is
important
to
make
sure
your
authors
are
aware
of
their
roles
and
what
they
are
or
aren’t
allowed
to
do
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11. Managing Multiple Authors
Default
user
roles
within
WordPress
• Administrator
–
somebody
who
has
access
to
all
the
administration
features
within
a
single
site.
• Editor
–
somebody
who
can
publish
and
manage
posts
including
the
posts
of
other
users.
• Author
–
somebody
who
can
publish
and
manage
their
own
posts.
• Contributor
–
somebody
who
can
write
and
manage
their
own
posts
but
cannot
publish
them.
• Subscriber
–
somebody
who
can
only
manage
their
proAile.
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12. Managing Multiple Authors
What
about
custom
roles?
Justin
Tadlock’s
Member’s
plugin
allows
you
to
create
custom
user
roles
with
very
granular
permissions
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16. Managing Multiple Authors
Time
for
the
heavy
duty
tools...
• Editorial
Calendar
• The
editorial
calendar
gives
you
an
overview
of
your
blog
and
when
each
post
will
be
published.
• Great
for
single
author
blogs
(told
you
there
would
be
something
in
here
for
you
single
authors).
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19. Managing Multiple Authors
And
then
there
is
Edit
Flow....
IMO,
this
is
the
benchmark
for
editorial
workAlow
in
WordPress.
Built
by
local
Automattician
Mo
Jangda
as
well
as
others.
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20. Managing Multiple Authors
Edit
Flow
Highlights
You
can
create
custom
statuses
for
you
own
particular
workAlow
Out
of
the
box,
WP
only
offers
‘Draft’
and
‘Pending
Review’,
which
might
not
address
everything
..Edit
Flow
adds
‘In
Progress’,
‘Pitch’,
‘Waiting
for
Edit’
You
can
create
your
own
Custom
Statuses
just
like
you
were
adding
a
new
Category.
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22. Managing Multiple Authors
Edit
Flow
Highlights
Editorial
Comments-‐
Allows
you
to
see
threaded
comments
from
within
the
dashboard
for
private
conversation
regarding
the
piece.
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23. Managing Multiple Authors
Edit
Flow
Highlights
User
groups-‐
allows
you
to
add
users
to
speciAic
groups
based
on
their
roles
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24. Managing Multiple Authors
Edit
Flow
Highlights
NotiAications-‐
People
assigned
to
speciAic
groups
get
notiAied
of
appropriate
actions
and
when
editorial
comments
are
made.
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25. Managing Multiple Authors
Overall,
a
very
powerful
tool
for
managing
multiple
authors
and
creating
a
workAlow...but
there
is
something
missing
still
from
this
process
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26. Managing Multiple Authors
You
need
a
style
guide....
How
do
I
make
sure
everyone
is
following
my
format?
Using
consistent
terminology?
Using
the
right
fonts?
This
is
WordPress,
so
there
must
be
a
plugin
for
that
right?
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31. Managing Multiple Authors
Lets
take
a
plugin
called
WP
Help
,
six
rubber
bands
and
an
empty
coke
can
and
turn
it
into
something
we
can
use
as
a
style
guide.
(Actually,
we
just
need
to
use
the
plugin
and
change
it’s
purpose
to
suit
our
needs,
but
the
rest
just
sounded
cool)
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