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

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

Themes

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Myke [email protected]@mykebateshttp://uptrending.com/

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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.

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Customizing*Every need is different*

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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

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Reading settings – SettingsReading

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Style tweaks

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

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

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

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

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

AppearanceEditor

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

Theme structurewp-content/themes/awesome-theme

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

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CustomizingThe remaining 10%

Beyond styles

FTP• Software - FileZilla, Transmit,

Cyberduck

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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

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Troubleshooting*Oops*

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Troubleshooting

Rule # 1, 2, 3, and 4

Stay Calm,Seriously

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Troubleshooting

Rule # 5, 6, and 7

Backups

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

• Manual – FTP, phpMyAdmin

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TroubleshootingDifferent types of errors

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

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Troubleshooting

Isolation• What was the last action

performed before receiving the error?

• Plugin or theme updates?

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TroubleshootingHands on

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

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ImportingToolsImport

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Importing/ExportingMigrate – WPWP

•WordPress export•Data vs. files(media)

•Manually• Files & database

• BackupBuddy(Migration)

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ImportingBulk Import

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

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Takeaway

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

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Questions???

Myke Bates

[email protected]@mykebateshttp://uptrending.com/