not just another wordpress site design - phil peet - wordcamp sydney 2012
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Phil Peet gives some basic design principles to help you tweak your WordPress design and make it your ownTRANSCRIPT
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NOT ANOTHER
ORDINARY WORDPRESS SITE
Ten ways to customise your default blog or website
@philbossdesign
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Step One "
Format header, link and background colours, site name and tagline.
Reference http://www.kular.adobe.com
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Step TWO"
Insert a background image
Reference http://www.subtlepatterns.com
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Step THREE"
Change your permalinks
Permalink… what the..? "
A permalink is a URL that points to a specific blog page or post entry.
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Step FOUR"
Implement a transitional header slideshow
Plugin Reference "Header Image Slider
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Step FIVE "
Add your own custom fonts
Plugin Reference "WP Google Fonts
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Step SIX"
Change the default gravatar and create your own gravatar image.
Reference "http://www.gravatar.com
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Step SEVEN"
Integrate social media
Plugin Reference "Social Media Widget
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Step EIGHT"
Create some interesting graphics/content
References "http://www.makebetterwebsites.com"http://www.onepagelove.com
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Step Nine "
Design a footer [which doesn’t exist]
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Step TEN "
Personalise your login screen
Plugin Reference "Custom Login
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THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE Plugins
Duplicate Post !"Clone your posts and pages"
Secondary HTML Content"Add additional HTML blocks to a template
Tiny MCE Advanced"Add more tools to the WYSIWYG toolbar
THANKS http://www.philbossdesign.com.au/wordcamp-presentation.pdf