Managing your web-first editorial workflow using Edit Flow, a plugin for WordPress.

1. Managing your Editorial
Workflow
WordCamp Toronto 2011 (Mo Jangda)

2. Managing your Editorial
Workflow
WordCamp Toronto 2011 (Mo Jangda)

3. Goal
Maximize our WordPress efficiency in our
journey to create great content.

4. Mo (That’s me!)
• Code Wrangler @
Automattic
• Edit Flow
• http://digitalize.ca
• @mjangda

5. Blogging Platform
➡
Publishing Platform

10. We rely a lot on our tools
And expect a lot from them

11. What do we want?
Visibility
Communication
Control

12. What do we really want?
We want to do it all within WordPress

13. Core Features

14. List Table: Filtering & Sorting

15. Dragability, Show/Hide

16. Screen Options

17. Statuses (pending, draft)
Scheduling
Revisions

18. The Problem
WordPress Core only goes so far...

19. The Problems
Coordinating things within WordPress is difficult

20. The Problems
Email overload

21. The Problems
Monolithic Spreadsheets

22. The Solution(s)
Plugins to the rescue

24. Edit Flow
History

25. Edit Flow
Features

26. Custom Statuses

27. Custom Statuses

28. Custom Statuses

29. Editorial Comments

30. Email Notifications

31. Email Notifications
User Groups

32. Editorial
Metadata

33. Calendar

34. Story Budget

35. Edit Flow
v0.7

38. Calendar (0.7)

39. Story Budget (0.7)

40. Edit Flow
Future

41. Other Plugins
If Edit Flow is a bit too much...

42. Editorial Calendar

43. Peter’s Post Notes

44. Peter’s Collaboration Emails

45. Email Post Changes

46. Editorial Guidelines WP Help

47. DIY Bend WordPress to your will
Tweak the interface with a few lines of code
Roll your own full-blown Authoring System
Assignment Desk
http://annotum.wordpress.com/

48. Things to keep in mind
One size does not fit all
Find something that works for you
Define, communicate and practice your processes
Overcommunicate
Make the tools work for you, or find tools that do

49. Thanks!
Mo Jangda
batmoo@gmail.com
mo@automattic.com
digitalize.ca | @mjangda