Using WordPress Beyond a Blog

WordCamp Denver 2013Slides at ChristophsBlog.com

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WordPress Static Page Function to Publish Topical Homepages

Denver 2013

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Hi

Hi! Quick intro!

ChristophTrappe.comUWECI.ORG/MARKETING

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Communications Team

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Channels

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One site goal

Community connector around topics of impact.

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Homepages

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Workflow

• Identify topics based on what’s going on.• Make a plan!– Outline important topics – What can you say about those?– Visuals! – How long will it take to produce?– Can it be done?– Is it too timely? Backup plan (Flood example!)

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Example

• Identify topic• Identify content! Map out homepage • Collect content (Visuals are important!!!)• Buzzword alert: Call to action?• “Design” homepage (Basically build a new

page)

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One more thing: Visuals

• Design yourself (More difficult: Adobe Edge)• Ask somebody to help! (Map by researcher

example)• Take pictures – use them (Front door example)• Creative commons images• Ask others for images

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Tech stuff (kind of)

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Plugin: Custom Sidebarshttp://marquex.es/698/custom-sidebars-1-0

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Delete cache if applicable!

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Did it work?

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What did we do with “old” homepages?

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Questions?

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