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We’re on a Mission: WordPress for Non-

ProfitsJohn Eckman (@jeckman)ISITE Design / CMS Myth

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We’re on a Mission

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http://www.isitedesign.com/

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http://delight.us/

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http://www.cmsmyth.com/

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HandsOn Tech

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http://www.handsontechboston.org/

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New England GiveCamp

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http://www.newenglandgivecamp.org/

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Free Hosting

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Free Hosting

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http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Non-profit_Discount

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Free Source Control

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https://github.com/nonprofit

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Free Email Solutions

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http://www.verticalresponse.com/non-profits

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Free Email Solutions

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Why WordPress?• Community• Content-centric • Ease of author experience• Backwards compatibility• Broad hosting support• Breadth of plugin and theme

ecosystem• No license fee

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Earthen Vessels

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http://www.evkids.org/

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Earthen Vessels

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Call and Response

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http://www.callandresponsefoundation.org/

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Call and Response• Subscribe:

– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/

• Teardrop Theme: – http://themeforest.net/item/

teardrop-flexible-photo-portfolio-wp-theme/510900

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Eplanade Association

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http://www.esplanadeassociation.org/

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Esplanade Association• Events Calendar:

– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/

• Map:– http://leafletjs.com/– http://wordpress.org/extend/

plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/ (not sure if they are using this or not)

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Food Empowerment Project

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http://www.foodispower.org/

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Responsive Theme:– Breakpoints for

tablet, mobile– Left nav becomes

top nav, becomes mobile nav

– Child theme• http://

wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsive

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Food Empowerment Project• Custom Post Type for Alerts• MailerMailer for email signup• Multilingual

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qtranslate/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qtranslate-slug/

• Google XML Sitemaps, GA• WP Super Cache• Better WP Security

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Generation Citizen

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Generation Citizen

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Generation Citizen Stories• Custom Post Type for Stories

– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secondary-html-content/

– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/attachments/

• Restricted Site Access– http://wordpress.org/extend/

plugins/restricted-site-access/

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Generation Citizen Stories• PDF Generation

– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-post-to-pdf/

• Search with custom meta data– http://wordpress.org/extend/

plugins/relevanssi/

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Potential Challenges• Security• Maintenance / Upkeep• Strategy• Cost of Donation Platforms• Cost of (non-free) Email

Service Providers• Expectation that “free”

includes all labor and sets unreasonably low budget

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Thank you.

John EckmanISITE Design | CMS Mythwww.isitedesign.com |

www.cmsmyth.com@jeckman|

jeckman@isitedesign.com