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THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A THEME!

Lachlan MacPherson

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sennza | http://www.sennza.com.au/ | Twitter: @sennza

THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A THEME!

Lachlan MacPherson

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WHO AM I?Ø Co-Founder of SennzaØMain focus is Business DevelopmentØOrganiser of the WordPress Brisbane Meetup groupØCo-organiser of WordCamp Gold Coast

...I’m not a developer *Ducks for cover*

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http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic

RIGHT VS. PRAGMATIC?

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WWCD?Ø Plan out CTP’s and extra content areasØ Think about Content vs ContextØDon’t be scared of Menus/Widgets/Page TemplatesØBest Practice: (Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven themes)

What would core do?

http://10up.com/blog/2012/02/what-would-core-do/http://themergency.com/generators/wordpress-custom-post-types/

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How are you going to manage all this in WordPress?

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LEVERAGE WORDPRESS!

One click plugin, theme and core updates!

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Display attachments linked to a page: https://gist.github.com/1971133

CSS to add a PDF icon: https://gist.github.com/2848535

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CUSTOM POST TYPES!

Advanced Post Types Order: http://www.nsp-code.com/premium-plugins/wordpress-plugins/advanced-post-types-order/

Simple Page Ordering: http://10up.com/plugins/simple-page-ordering-wordpress/

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DEVELOP FOR ZERO SUPPORT?Ø Plan out CTP’s and extra content areas, Make it easy to editØWWCD - make the experience consistentØ Don’t be afraid to to pay for Quality PluginsØ Use quality hostingØ Have a professional backup solution.ØVideo User Manuals - Let the clients take the first steps.

https://gist.github.com/bronsonquickFor all code snippets:

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KEEP IT SIMPLE!

Don’t make things harder than they need to be

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THANKS!