2. Introduction
• Introducing Craig Deveson
– Software Dev & Web Dev - last 10 years
Google Apps - Cloud Practice
– Serial Entrepreneur & Evangelist
cloudsafe365 brings my cloud and software experience together
Email : craig@cloudsafe365.com
Twitter : @craigdeveson
@cloudsafe365
Brisbane & San Francisco
3. Why Cloud?
• A great tool for...
– DEVELOPERS
• Reduced costs
• Shorten delivery
• Increased flexibility
• Toolbox of low cost Tools
• Easy management of Resources
4. WordPress Self Hosted - Why?
• A great tool for...
– CONSUMERS
• Flexible
• Affordable
• Widely used
• Easy to get going
• Community focused
5. Bring both together
• Removes the issues often associated with
wordpress.com, google.sites etc
Flexibility & choice
• Powerful
• Design & developer friendly
• Scalable
Best back AND front end experience
6. What makes a great cloud plug-in?
• Solves a problem - Gravity Forms
• Good user journey – Akismet
• Affordable - Enterprise functionality
at a consumer price.
Security plug-ins - cloudsafe365
• Reputation - community feedback
7. Amazon Cloud - AWS
• Scary or Great - first time?
• Lots of dials and buttons - like
flying a plane
• About to get a whole lot easier
• AWS Marketplace - makes cloud
& WP self hosted much easier
8. Usability & Design
• Think USER JOURNEY
– Social Sign on
– Familiar with WP UI
– Is the cloud UI familiar?
Repo has lots of choice
You need to stand out with familiar good
design
9. Eco System
• It's about contributing
– The community wants to assist with product development
• Users are conscious about security
– Are you real? Can we trust you
• Users like convenience but won't pay too much for it
10. Best in Class - Plugin
1. Great features
2. Does more than one thing well
3. Community support
4. Industry support
5. Continuous updates
6. Developer commitment