Cole Geissinger's presentation on WordPress Multi-site on a Large Scale. How to optimize for performance, and some techniques to optimize development time using a few plugins and centralizing the websites into one install.

1. WordPress Multi-site
On a Large Scale
Cole Geissinger
http://www.colegeissinger.com
http://www.facebook.com/cole.geissinger
@colegeissinger
https://plus.google.com/102852350563292774452/

3. .htaccess tricks
GZIP
Caching with mod_expires

4. .htaccess tricks
(not really performance related, but generally good practice anyway :P)
Increase security on files

5. Plugins

6. Performance Plugins
Better WordPress Minify
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bwp-minify/
WP Super Cache
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/
Wordfence Security
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/

7. Speed Up Development

8. Plugins (again?)
Site Template
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/site-template/
WordPress MU Domain Mapping
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/

9. Use a Robust Framework
Make Your Own! Or....Find One
Platform Pro
http://www.pagelines.com/demos/platformpro/
Thesis
http://diythemes.com/
Genesis
http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis

11. Create a Starter Site
Create pages, navigation, blog categories, default
theme settings.. etc etc

12. Duplicate the start site with
Site Template plugin

13. Map the Domain!

14. Fin.
Get a copy of the files!
http://bit.ly/cg-ebwp-mu
Cole Geissinger
http://www.colegeissinger.com
http://www.facebook.com/cole.geissinger
@colegeissinger
https://plus.google.com/102852350563292774452/