Presented at UCDA Conference, October 2010

1. UCDA 2010DESIGNING FORWORDPRESS Mike RichwalskyJohn Carroll Universitywww.highedwebtech.com@mrichwalsky

2. Director of Marketing Services / JCUhighedwebtech.com/ blog@mrichwalsky/ TWITTERWEB DEV,CLOUD,SM,VIDEO/ specialities 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

3. I <3WORDPRESS 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

4. BLOGGING TOOLCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSOCIAL NETWORKSUPER FLEXIBLE PLATFORMWORDPRESS 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

5. WHY WORDPRESS? OPEN SOURCE Hack it into whatever you’d like it to be. Share your changes and updates for the good of everyone. COMMUNITY Amazingly robust community of coders, plugin developers, designers, themes, support and more. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

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9. WORDPRESS THEMES Collection of HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript that serves as the foundation of all WordPress sites. TEMPLATES Pages inside a theme that allow you to build any type of page or blog post you’d like. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

10. BUT I DON’t KNOW__________.Can I DO THIS?YES. PHP / JAVASCRIPT / JQUERY / CSS 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

11. You CAN TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT

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13. THOUSANDS OF FREE AND PREMIUM THEMES The hard work has been done for you You can focus on content Tweak, hack, customize as necessary. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

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16. HOW TO BUILD A THEME Photoshop Slice it up Build your WP elements Test and Deploy Share? 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

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18. GENERATE A STATIC HTML FILE 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE Make sure everything looks and behaves correctly. Get your CSS, Javascript, layout and test across browsers and platforms. Web standards and accessibility testing

19. Install Wordpress One click install on many web hosts 5 minute easy installation Download files Create database Copy over and install files Configure. Done. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

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22. At the very least, You’ll need a filecalledindex.php 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

23. Index.phpheader.phpsidebar.phpfooter.php

24. Index.phpheader.phpsidebar.phpfooter.phpsingle.phpcomments.phpfunctions.phptag.phpcategory.php404.php

25. TEMPLATE HIERARCHY 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

26. START BREAKING UP YOUR STATIC FILE Find logical breaks for headers, footers, etc. Code in the calls for elements as needed. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

27. HEADER Page title and other meta tags Call CSS, Javascripts as needed Header (name/logo) and Navigation 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

28. SIDEBAR Call in widgets Search boxes Secondary Navigation Recent posts, categories, tag clouds, RSS 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

29. FOOTER Navigation Copyright Call in scripts such as Google Analytics Close up the container DIVs, etc. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

30. CONTENT Home page Single blog post, page, or category Comments Built using “the loop” 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

31. THE LOOP This is where WordPress grabs whatever content you’ve asked for Blog posts Media Pages Query specific posts, categories, tags, keywords, etc. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

32. THE LOOP <?php if(have_posts() ): while ( have_posts() ): the_post(); // DO STUFF ?> 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

33. LET WP DO THE WORK Use WordPress specific tags Let WP enter in data specific to your site If you are sharing this theme, this is important. <?phpbloginfo('name'); ?> 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

34. DEMO & LIVE STUFF 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

35. PLUGINS Plugins extend WordPress to do new and different things. Make life a little easier: jQuery sliders Backups Contact Forms eCommerce And so, so, so, so, so, so many more. 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

36. SHARE YOUR WORK Share themes and plugins to WORDPRESS itself Accessible to millions of users Install & deploy from inside WP 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

37. KEEP UP TO DATE Plugins and WP itself are always being upgraded, so keep software up to date. Older versions may be vulnerable 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

38. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SixRevisions.com SmashingMagazine.com www.binarymoon.co.uk WORDPRESS.ORG HIGHEr ED EXPERTS WEBINAR - 2011 10/3/10 MY PRESENTATION TITLE

39. KEEPINTOUCH mrichwalsky@gmail.comwww.highedwebtech.com@mrichwalsky