Web Apps for the Masses

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We are the 16.7%

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WordPress Evolution1. Blog2. Multi-User3. Custom Post Types4. CMS5. What’s next?

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State of the Word 2012

Slide from Matt Mullenweg’s presentation

Popular Web Apps

Features of Web Apps Offer a service Safe-keeping of your

personal data Access to your personal

data through an API Roles and permissions

for controlled and/or restricted access

WordPress Web Apps

Building a WordPress Web Application

Framework• Use the existing plugin framework• Build the plugin to be extendable• Build in a robust public facing API

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WordPress App Stack1. WordPress Core2. Plugins, Themes, Actions, Filters & APIs.3. Custom: Post Types, Fields & Taxonomies4. Build a Web Application Framework Plugin5. Make Products—Bundled plugins and themes6. Build Web Apps—Registration, profiles,

friending, subscriptions, public facing API, in-app social features, sharing, etc.

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No WordPress core files or database tables should be harmed in the production of a plugin

#1 Rule:

KickPress Features

• Module based App Engine• Public facing API• Custom post type & taxonomy

manager• Custom roles & capabilities• Custom “related posts”• Custom workflows• Front end editing

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Why APIs matter when building

web apps,and why you should care.

With no API, users are limited in how the can access their data

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Separating contentfrom presentation

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Sample User Interfaces

Advanced custom post type management

Advanced roles and capabilities for managing user permissions

API Requests

1. // Request for a full page from the themekickpress_is_fullpage();

2. // Request for a page fragment via Ajaxkickpress_is_ajax();

3. // Remote app request or actionkickpress_is_remote_app();

3 kinds of requests to the server

1. Full Page Requests

Triggering the KickPress API

{site}.com/how-to/ {Archive page for custom post type called “How To”}{site}.com/how-to/api/add/{site}.com/how-to/api/save/{site}.com/how-to/using-powerpoint/api/edit/More Examples:{site}.com/2012/08/18/wordcamp/api/edit/{site}.com/2012/08/18/wordcamp/api/save/{site}.com/2012/08/18/wordcamp/api/delete/{site}.com/2012/08/18/wordcamp/api/bookmark/{site}.com/2012/08/18/wordcamp/api/add_term[category]/featured/

API Parameters are appended to the end of the standard WordPress permalinks:

2. Ajax Requests

Theme ModificationsAdd an extra conditional comment to the top of these theme files:

header.phpfooter.phpsidebar.php

<?php if ( kickpress_is_ajax() ) { return; }

?>

Theme ModificationsAdd a conditional blocks for any code that should be ignored on AJAX requests:

<?php get_header(); ?> <?php if ( kickpress_is_fullpage() ) : ?>

<div id="content-wrapper"> <?php endif; ?>

<?php $post_type = get_post_type(); ?> <?php get_template_part( 'loop', $post_type ); ?>

<?php $args = array( 'post_type', $post_type ); <?php kickpress_ajax_reload( $args, 'content-wrapper‘ ); ?> <?php kickpress_is_fullpage( '</div>‘ ); ?> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?>

3. Remote API Requests

Authentication

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Two levels of remote authentication.• Remote apps• Registered users

interacting with your site’s content remotely through authenticated web or mobile apps.

Remote Application Authentication

API Serialized Response{

"status":"success","messages":{

"note":"Term Added"},"data":{

"terms":[{"term_id":"7","name":"Featured","slug":"featured","taxonomy":"category","count":"26"}]

}}

Use KickPress to Build your next Web App in WordPress

http://kickpress.org/getting-started/