Munir Mandviwalla

• Temple University was once the largest user of Blackboard
• Now trying to use WordPress as a way to engage professors and students in a democratic and social environment
• Students have permanent accounts with ability to make online e-portfolios
• Are encouraging open source development on the higher education front

Taking Over the World With Custom Taxonomies

Sean Blanda

• Co-founder of TechnicallyPhilly.com
• Why use taxonomy? SEO, $$$, organization
• Three types: tags, links, categories
• Now have people and company taxonomies
• Simple Taxonomies plug-in allows you to create a custom taxonomy (no crazy hand-coding as previously needed)
• Can make custom page templates for different types of taxonomies
• Justin Tadlock website has great posts about custom taxonomies
• Taxonomy templates: more information on WordPress Codex site
• WordPress.tv has videos on WordPress

Making WordPress Work AT Work

Doug Stewart

• Making WordPress work behind the firewall
• There are a number of plug-ins available to replace all types of systems within companies

Twenty Things a New WordPress User Should Know

Jim Doran

• Speaker Site
• Speaker Twitter
• Presentation Link
• oEmbed
  • Built in to WordPress
  • Can directly paste a YouTube link in to the post and WordPress automatically embeds it
  • Works for Vimeo, DailyMotion, blip.tv, Flickr, Viddler, Hulu, etc.
• Slug is the URL part of the category
• Don’t duplicate tag names and categories
• Can compare two revisions
• Don’t want to ever mess with the WordPress core
• Themes: monotone is cool, as is p2
• 2010 theme replaces the Kubrick theme in WordPress 3.0
  • Well-commented code to learn from
• Child themes: use “Template: twentyten” as a line in the header of the CSS file
• Good plugins to use
  • BuddyPress
  • SEO-All-In-One_Pack
  • Akismet (free for non-profits)
  • bbPress (in the works)
  • Custom-Post-Type-UI
  • WP Super Cache
  • Anthologize
• Use as few plugins as possible
• Custom menus
• Always upgrade when WordPress asks – keeps you up to date with security

WP E-Commerce

Justin Sainton

• Speaker Site
• Speaker Twitter
• First version came out in 2006
• Originally was a very very buggy plugin that is recently becoming more stable and useful
• Alternatives: Shopp, osCommerce, magento, YAK, eShop, e-commerce themes, etc.
• Example sites: Brooklyn Slate Co., International Fleeces, CitySurf
• New version coming out: 3.8
  • Custom post types & taxonomies
  • Uses less custom tables so it takes less of a hit on your server
  • Tax system completely overhauled
  • UI overhaul (products, categories, variations)
  • Almost 200 filters/actions
  • WP themes
• More info? Getshopped.org
• Remember that this is a platform with hooks (actions/filters)
• Chances are, if you can conceive it, you can build it in WP and WPeC
• Integrates with Authorize.net
• Questions? http://slidesha.re/bzj19L

Spooky WordPress: Disturbingly Brilliant Uses of WP

Brad Williams & Brian Messenlehner

• Co-founders of WebDev Studios
• Think outside the box
• WordPress can be used for anything!
• apps.facebook.com/autophotobook/
• http://collabpress.org – task management plugin
• http://rolopress.com – contact manager theme
• http://getqualitycontrol.com – simple ticketing system theme

Productivity 101: Making a Easily Redeployable Dev Environment with Subversion

Ryan Duff

• No good clients for Mac supposedly; I will have to investigate myself

What’s Next for WordPress 3.1

Andrew Nacin

• andrewnacin.com
• 3.0
  • No longer just about making blogs but more about making sites
  • Custom post types
  • Multisite
  • CMS
  • Twenty-Ten
  • Custom menus
  • Custom backgrounds
  • Custom headers
• Turn WordPress.org in to 3.org
  • Handbooks: split the codex in to two parts
    • 1. 5 curated handbooks; move away from a wiki and more towards a curated resource
    • 2. API reference
  • Plugin directory improvements: how do you know it works, how do you pick a plugin, ratings system, etc
  • Theme reviews: themes are now being audited for proper code
• 3.1
  • Refinement release
  • Internal linking: link from one post to another
  • Admin bar (especially for multisite version)
  • Post formats: a way for themes to build on top of WordPress similarly to custom backgrounds and custom headers; themes can specify what they support
  • Theme search: make it easier for you to find exactly what you want
  • Incremental improvements
  • AJAX goodness: going to the next post etc doesn’t require a page refresh
  • Network admin: make multisite easier to use
  • Custom post types: custom post type archives, where they show up in the menu, etc.
  • Taxonomy queries: can make multiple taxonomy queries
  • UI & UX always
  • Coming in December 2010
• 3.2
  • Moving to PHP 5.2 (developers rejoice)
  • Plugin: Healthcheck will check your php version and inspect your server
  • bbPress as a plugin: forums on WordPress by WordPress that’s being reachitected; forums in a box
  • BuddyPress: social networking in a box; bbPress can plug right in to BuddyPress
  • WordPress.tv: view all different videos from WordCamps and other help videos
  • Mobile
    • WordPress for BlackBerry
    • WordPress for iOS
    • WordPress for Android
    • All of the mobile apps are open source
• The WordPress Family
  • BYOTOS: Bring your own terms of service
  • You own your content
  • Open source
  • GPL: general public license
• Freedom is guaranteed
• The freedom to run the program for any purpose
• The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish
• The freedom to redistribute
• The freedom to resdistribute
• The Bill of Rights
  • All WordPress people should be loyal to this
• The WordPress Founadation
  • Always be free!
• Have fun breaking WordPress
• That’s what I call quality assurance
• Support and documentation
• UI team (meets on Tuesdays)
• Core development
• Evangelism: go back and talk to your friend about WordPress

• WordCampPhilly Oct. 30
• Splat Productions -> David Hilt
• Categorize and tag things properly for SEO
• brinsterinc.com
• Thesis platform
• Autahulapa
• Child themes = framework themes
• Thematic theme
• @lewg / goettner.net
• WordPress 3.0 new!
  • Custom content types -> added to side bar
  • Custom Post Type UI
  • GD plugin
• Woo themes
• justintadlock.com
• Enhanced taxonomoies
• Everything is a custom post type -> no more pages
• New menu system
  • Based on pages, categories, taxonomies, external links for multi-level menus
• front-page.php for front page of site
• Custom post type templates, custom author templates, taxonomy template support
• New default theme 2010 is a great start for customization
• bit.ly/bPy1mj
• TechnicallyPhilly -> Sean Blanda
  • 3 guys from Temple ’08
  • Happy Cog & Catholic Online
  • Backup plug-in
• BuddyPress
• @FlipperPA