Troubleshooting and Customizing - WordCamp Miami 2013

Troubleshooting And Customizing:Importing/Exporting, Bulk Posting, Customizing

Themes

Myke Batesmyke@uptrending.com@mykebateshttp://uptrending.com/

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

So far you have…• Purchased a domain and selected

hosting• Installed and explored WordPress• Learned about posts, pages, and

comments• Learned basics of themes and

plugins

In this session…• Learn how to customize

themes, import/export content, and troubleshoot common issues.

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Customizing*Every need is different*

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingPremium/Configurable Themes

• Likely to get you 90% of what you need

• Great option for beginners• Little to no code knowledge needed• Not always a silver bullet

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Reading settings – SettingsReading

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Style tweaks

• CSS or something else?• Plugins – Jetpack, Custom CSS Manager, CSS Plus

• Child Themes - http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

Learning HTML/CSS – Nettuts+ http://bit.ly/NviNfZ

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

AppearanceEditor

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

Theme structurewp-content/themes/awesome-theme

Codex - Stepping Into Templateshttp://bit.ly/9yaPmi

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

FTP• Software - FileZilla, Transmit,

Cyberduck

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

Local testing• The ultimate way test theme

customizations• Not easy :(• Bitnami - http://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress

• Code editors – Sublime Text, Coda, Notepad++, Dreamweaver

• Browser testing – Web inspector, Firebug

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Troubleshooting*Oops*

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Troubleshooting

Rule # 1, 2, 3, and 4

Stay Calm,Seriously

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Troubleshooting

Rule # 5, 6, and 7

Backups

• Backups from hosting• Plugins – VaultPress, BackupBuddy, BackWPup

• Manual – FTP, phpMyAdmin

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

TroubleshootingDifferent types of errors

•Non critical – css, html, php warnings• Critical – white screen php errors• Super critical – locked out of WordPress

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Troubleshooting

Isolation• What was the last action

performed before receiving the error?

• Plugin or theme updates?

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

TroubleshootingHands on

•Disable plugins – wp-admin or FTP• Change theme – wp-admin or FTP• /wp-content/plugins/• /wp-content/themes/•Google

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

ImportingToolsImport

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Importing/ExportingMigrate – WPWP

•WordPress export•Data vs. files(media)

•Manually• Files & database

• BackupBuddy(Migration)

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

ImportingBulk Import

• CSV import plugins – CSV Importer, WP Ultimate CSV Importer

Myke BatesWCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing

Takeaway

•Never give up• Stay hungry• Learn by breaking/Break by learning

Questions???

Myke Bates

myke@uptrending.com@mykebateshttp://uptrending.com/