Building an Intranet with WordPress

Building an Intranetwith WordPress

Jeff Hester

WordCamp OCMay 14, 2011

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I am passionate

about WordPress

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#intrawc#ocwc

@jeffhester

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What the heck is an intranet?

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An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization.

Wikipedia

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So what exactly

is an intranetgood for?

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Intranets by the

Numbers

THE SIX STEPS

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STEP ONE Know what you want to accomplish

STEP TWO Setup your development environment

STEP THREEDefine security and use policies

STEP FOURBuild, Test & Deploy

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STEP FIVECommunicate,Educate & Repeat

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STEP SIXMeasure the results(see step #1)

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Your WordPress-powered Intranet Toolkit #1 of 3

• Restricted Site Access– Restrict access to named users or Ips

• White Label CMS– Simplify the admin console and brand

with your organization identity• Avatars

– Allows users to upload an avatar

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Your WordPress-powered Intranet Toolkit #2 of 3

• Calendar– Provide an event calendar on any page,

post or in a sidebar• Gravity Forms

– Replace offline forms with online versions and rudimentary workflow

• Image Widget– Simple way for non-techies to add

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Your WordPress-powered Intranet Toolkit #3 of 3

• Stray Random Quotes– Not just for quotes, but just about any

rotating content• WP-prettyPhoto

– Turn the built-in WordPress gallery into something better (among other things)

• BackupBuddy– Automate the backup process

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It’s HAMMER

time!

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Hike your own hike(aka YMMV)

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Jeff Hester

jeff.hester@gmail.comwww.jeffhester.net

@jeffhester