WordPress as a CMS - The Plugin Approach
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This is the original presentation I'm giving at the WordPress Houston Meetup on 6/27/2011 about using WordPress as a CMS with help from select plugins. We've been using WordPress at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston since 2009 for various projects and will begin to migrate the main UT Medical School website over to WordPress Multisite in late summer 2011.
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WordPress as a CMS - The Plugin Approach
- 1. WORDPRESS AS A CMS: THE PLUGIN APPROACH
- 2. ABOUT EricRasch ERIC RASCH since 2003 My Office of This presentation Lifestream Communications @ SlideShare EricRasch.com bit.ly/utooc bit.ly/m9VQZG
- 3. PLUGINS... BY top 5 most popular... probably: All in One SEO Pack THE NUMBERS 8,081,370 downloads; seo Google XML Sitemaps 14,949 total plugins in the 5,338,513 downloads; seo repository @ WordPress.org Akismet 6,974,351 downloads; security Contact Form 7 4,131,953 downloads; form NextGEN Gallery 3,415,754 times; media
- 4. SPEAKING OF NUMBERS... WORDPRESS SITES IN THE WORLD.
- 5. STARTING WITH A PLUGIN CORE SET (most of these make it into each site I develop) Akismet More Fields Analytics360 More Taxonomies for Multisite Broken Link Checker More Types Google XML Sitemaps BulletProof Security Scissors Continued with Multisite support DBC Backup Search Everything Remove /blog slug Duplicate Post Search Meter plugin for WPMU Enable Media Replace Secure WordPress Google Analytics (Yoast) SEO Ultimate for Theme Development Google XML Sitemaps W3 Total Cache AskApache What Is This Gravity Forms WordPress SEO (Yoast) Convert Post Types + MailChimp Add-On WordPress Ultimate Security Simply Show IDs + User Registration WP-Optimize Theme-Check Jetpack WP Smush.it
- 6. SO WHAT MAKES THESE WEBSITES TICK?
- 7. 98.6 DEGREES top 3 plugins that made a difference: Broken Link Checker BLOG Google Analytics (Yoast) 14 plugins 19 Posts 8 Pages SEO Ultimate A blog? You lied! I know but it’s a great site. The killer thing about this site is it only took 30 minutes to train Dr. King (2 years ago) on how to keep it updated.
- 8. DIAGNOSTIC top 3 plugins that made a difference: AZIndex IMAGING Duplicate Post 16 plugins 68 Posts 31 Pages Import HTML This site redesign needed a good scrubbing. Import HTML did the heavy lifting, WP handled the pretty permalinks (and a whole lot more), and AZIndex made the faculty list easy-peasy.
- 9. DII ONLINE top 3 plugins that made a difference: Gravity Forms CONSULT + User Registration Add-On 16 plugins 2 Posts 26 Pages + FreshBooks Add-On Gravity Forms really made this site pull together. With the User Registration and FreshBooks add-ons, GF provided a round-trip ordering experience for the user.
- 10. IBP RESERVATION top 3 plugins that made a difference: Booking Calendar SYSTEM BuddyPress 30 plugins 1 Posts 9 Pages Gravity Forms The Department of Integrative Biology needed a way to register users, verify credentials, and reserve equipment rentals.
- 11. ORL / ENT top 3 plugins that made a difference: Gravity Forms NEWSLETTERS MailChimp Add-On Analytics360 38 202 4 plugins Posts Pages More Types Dr. Citardi publishes 2 email newsletters. He wanted an easy way to maintain the content types and signup users. MailChimp’s Analytics360 helped keep a close watch on the action.
- 12. ARC top 3 plugins that made a difference: Gravity Forms PayPal Add-On COURSE Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On 24 0 11 plugins Posts Pages WordPress HTTPS A simple site for giving potential attendees a way to get information, signup for newsletter updates, and register for upcoming courses. Gravity Forms to the rescue.
- 13. ORL FRONTIERS top 3 plugins that made a difference: CMS Tree Page View COURSE MapPress Easy Google Maps 24 0 8 plugins Posts Pages W3 Total Cache Dr. Citardi wanted to keep his course registrations websites separate, but still have the capabilities with a slightly different look. Child Themes made it a quick & easy turnaround.
- 14. UT top 3 plugins that made a difference: Magic Fields PHYSICIANS WP Custom Search 41 plugins 930 Posts 35 Pages Redirection Long before Custom Post Types, Magic Fields gave us a way customize profiles for our physicians. WP Custom Search gave us a way for them to be found.
- 15. UT top 3 plugins that made a difference: Import HTML MIST WordPress SEO (Yoast) 27 plugins 12 Posts 36 Pages Viper's Video Quicktags Another static site needing a cleanup with a strong way to maintain and enhance their current SEO efforts. WordPress provided a built- in way for multiple parties to keep the site rolling.
- 16. JOHN RITTER top 3 plugins that made a difference: Search Meter RESEARCH Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On 26 21 15 plugins Posts Pages WP No Category Base Quick build, rapid turnaround, lasting results. Within 9 days we had this site launched and ready to spread-the-word.
- 17. WHAT’S TO COME?
- 18. REBUILDING A Types of sites... Departments/Offices/Centers MEDICAL SCHOOL Campaigns Newsletters Faculty profiles 2011 will reveal big changes Labs with the UT Med School’s websites, as we convert from Plugins to help... static sites to Multisite. Duplicator Networks for WordPress Add Clone Sites for WPMU (batch) Site Creation Wizard Social Metrics Content Scheduler Post Revision Workflow
- 19. This presentation @ SlideShare THANK YOU! bit.ly/m9VQZG