A smackdown of popular content management systems. I listed the pros and cons For full details go here: http://www.web920.com/events/64398512/

1. WordPress
Smackdown
CMS Smackdown - Web 920 - 2012.06.18

2. Requirements
● User updatable slideshow
● Photo resizing
● Form submission /w upload and validation
● Blog
○ Comments
○ Spam protection

3. What WordPress Offers
By Default: With Extensions/
● Pages Plugins:
● Posts (blog) ● Slideshow
○ comments ● Contact form
○ categories
○ tags
○ spam protection
● Uploading media
● Custom menus
● Custom sidebars
(widgets)
● SEO friendly links
● Themes & Plugins

4. My Setup - Theme
Theme:
● Thematic
● For the production site I will create a
child theme

5. My Setup - Plugins
● Delete:
○ Hello Dolly (default)
● Keep:
○ Akismet (default)
● Added
○ Contact Form 7
○ Portfolio Slideshow

6. Advantages of WordPress
● Comes with 80% of everything you would
want right out of the box.
● You can build or extend themes and plugins
● Intuitive
● Literally so easy a designer can set it up

7. Disadvantages of
WordPress
In reverse order:
● Short codes aren't the most intuitive thing for
a user
● No dependencies on other libraries/plugins
● No modularity (custom post types)

8. End
● Link to this slideshow (recursion FTW!):
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● Link to Web 920 Meetup:
○ http://www.web920.com/
● Link to this Meetup:
○ http://www.web920.com/events/64398512/
● Link to my Twitter Account:
○ @BFTrick