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- 1. Untapped Potential: Using WordPress as an Information Management Tool Daru Sharp @daylily_daru
- 2. About Me Gardener Daylilies Hybridizer Crazy!! Scientist Desktop App Dev Data Collection /Review Data Architect/Access
- 3. Today’s Talk Content vs Info management What I needed to model Frustrations driving Requirements WordPress to the rescue!
- 4. Content vs Information Content: Title Content Photos A little bit of other data (metadata) Information Title Content (optional) Photos More of the other data, defined in a specific way
- 6. Some Data Management Frustrations State of the art was a desktop (Windows based) application Data was entered and viewed 1 record at a time I had to be at my computer to see my data Limited associations between data entities I could only export some of what was entered
- 7. My Requirements See my data anywhere Manage information for a collection Customize the data variables Allow for many photos Track multiple Entity Types (with various data variables for each) Create and view associations between my data View the entire collection in one output with photos View the Heritage of any Daylily or Cross
- 8. The Project Create an application to manage my Daylily data Build it in WordPress Utilize Custom Post Types Create Fields to capture Post Type specific data Customize the data entry screens Create a very visual output
- 9. The Toolbox WordPress 3 Plugins Custom Post Type UI Advanced Custom Fields Pro Admin Columns Pro
- 10. Custom Post Type UI • Used to create new Post Types and Custom Taxonomy Terms • Nice interface for setting Post Type Attributes and Properties • Sets up Toolbar Menu, Admin List, Data Entry interface
- 11. Define Use
- 12. The Relationship Field Used to associate one post to another Associations can go across post types Returns a Post ID or Post Object Bidirectional Store data in serialized element a:2:{i:0;s:”23”;i:1;s:”56”;}
- 13. Admin Columns
- 14. Admin Columns Create Multiple Lists per Post Type Customize Columns Displayed Include Thumbnails Filter/Sort by any Column Inline Edit Export List to Excel
- 15. ACF Data Entry
- 16. ACF Data Entry
- 17. My Requirements See my data anywhere Manage information for a collection Customize the data variables Allow for many photos Track multiple Entity Types (with various data variables for each) Create and View associations in my data View the entire collection in one output with photos View the Heritage of any Daylily or Cross
- 18. The Front End Views WP Core Templates Single Post View Post Archive View Taxonomy Views Customized Pages Custom Page Templates (php)
- 22. Single Post View with ACF Data
- 23. Relationships
- 24. get_field() Advanced Custom Fields Function Lots of documentation and example code This function is a Chameleon What is returned depends on context Value or Array or Post Object Arguments needed depends on context Acf field name, post id, post type, etc (read the documentation carefully!)
- 26. Why Use WP for Data? There’s a need for better info management tools Can be customized for different types of information Great way to share data Great documentation and support Many developers with expertise on this platform Fabulous community!! WordCamps and Meetups
- 27. Resources gardentracker.com Demo Site LinkedIn Learning You Tube WP Developers Documentation ACF Documentation @daylily_daru daru@gardentracker.com