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WordPress:Webmaster's Paradise
Oleg KreymerSystems Librarian, TJ Watson Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
CIL 2008 CybertoursCIL 2008 Cybertours
WordPress as a Web Platform?• Content Management System: CMS (forget html!)
• User-friendly admin interface• WYSIWYG editor (invites contribution)• Presentation layer (XHTML + scripting)
• Simplicity:• Clear functionality (it’s a blog!)• Straightforward design: posts + categories + pages
• Open Source = always in development + ¢• Can be enhanced with plugins• Familiarity (used it for other projects)
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
Keeping It Simple• Modify a WordPress Theme ONLY
• Preserve core WordPress functionality• Protection from changes in future upgrades• Theme of choice: Andreas09 (website look)
• Two types of files• PHP: controls WHAT elements are displayed• CSS: controls HOW elements are displayed
• Making changes• Keep track of changes (annotate)• Suppressing and rearranging elements
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with PHP
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with PHP
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with PHP
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with CSS
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with CSS
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with CSS
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
How to work with CSS
Widgets & Plugins• Widgets: dynamic and static sidebar elements
• Plugins extend Wordpress functionality• Select carefully (functionally useful plugins only)• Test! Plugins can break WP• WP upgrade? Test your plugins
• Plugins we’re using• Forms: cforms II• Calendar: Event Calendar & Widget • User Role Manager
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS
Thank you!
• DO try this at home: • WordPress.com
• Questions?
Oleg KreymerSystems Librarian, TJ Watson Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
CIL 2008 Cybertours: CIL 2008 Cybertours: WORDPRESSWORDPRESS