If you didn't know it, WordPress runs great as a full-fledged content management system. However, getting it all set up as a CMS can be a little daunting. This presentation will take away all that daunt by showing you how to configure your site as a CMS and giving you plugins and techniques you can use to get a business-class website up and running quickly on WordPress.
This presentation is intended for non-coders and doesn't touch your templates and functions.php file.
First presented at WordCamp Salt Lake City 2011 (http://2011.slc.wordcamp.org/)
29. for Happier Visitors and Stickier User Experiences
Adam Dunford
adam@steepleashton.com
Notas do Editor
WordPress as a Content Management System, as soon as possible.\n
A library is like a CMS. There are books and movies and music (types), genres & subjects (taxonomies), authors and publish dates\n
As has been demonstrated by the recent State of WordPress survey, despite its humble blogging beginning, many folks are using it as a content management system. And with the relatively recent addition of custom post types and custom taxonomies, it is even easier to extend WordPress in powerful ways.\n
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http://www.timberlinelodge.com/\n
http://www.spotify.com/us/new-user/\n
http://diesel-fragrance-factory.com/\n
http://mozillalabs.com/\n
http://www.flyasa.com/\n
http://yessbmx.com/\n
http://www.verio.com/\n
http://www.cogenra.com/\n
http://www.creativespaces.net.au/\n
http://armoryfoundation.org/\n
http://www.bedford-hotel.co.uk/\n
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1. Set Up Your Site - long password (http://xkcd.com/936/)\n2. Give Yourself a Clean Slate (delete posts, pages, links, comments)\n3. Add Your Theme Files & Activate \n
4. Add Your Plugins & Activate\n5. Add Pages - check your page order\n6. Set Up Your Menus\n7. Update Settings\n - General - tagline, timezone, date\n - Reading - set static page\n - Media - thumbnail size, folder path, uncheck date\n - Permalinks - /%post_id%/%postname%/ (not an issue after WP 3.3)\n8. Upload Media\n9. Edit Your Pages\n
For our users, these plugins transform the admin dashboard, simplifying the options and changing the order of functions for easier use by non-technical folks.\n- Web Editors CMS - Branding + Cleanup Dashboard\n- CMS Dashboard - Add Options to Dashboard\n- Admin Menu Editor - Menu Display + Order\n- WP-CMS Post Control - Post edit options\n- Adminimize - Go Crazy!!\n
These final plugins are for polishing the process in a large organization:\n- User Role Editor - granular access for each user level, including custom roles\n- Edit Flow - provides workflow when clients need an writer/editor/publisher approval process\n- After the Deadline - available as part of JetPack or stand-alone, offers spellcheck and grammar assistance\n
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Take a final moment to review how this can come together:\nhttp://www.bedford-hotel.co.uk/\n