sweet ‘cache buster’ deployment trick for cloud servers: put your new release in a different directory and use a symlink to pick it up as your main code directory.
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Gabriel: “nobody is offering an out of the box solution for WordPress scaling.” business opportunity?
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Upstairs: Anatomy of a high volume, cloud-based WordPress architecture
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break your theme up and call get_template_part() as needed to assemble the theme. much easier to maintain.
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theme-check plugin — most important plugin ever!
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plugin to check out for site migration – advanced export for WP
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check out the new rev to backup buddy – now with multisite goodness
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Tricks
Use themes that have Theme Options so you can use one theme but customize for each site in the multisite install.
Use Sitewide Tags to roll up multisite content to a central area.
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What can you use multisite for?
Shopping Mall – create your own Etsy or Shopify.
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Multisite: network activating a plugin turns it on for all sites, but it doesn’t show up in the plugin list.
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Wes Chyrchel is starting his talk on WordPress Multisite… tips and tricks galore!
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Before releasing your theme (to the repository or to a client):
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Check out Justin’s blog post: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/05/02/dealing-with-shortcode-madness
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Don’t build features into your theme. That’s what plugins are for
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Brandon writes for http://wp.tutsplus.com/
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Contact Mike@kapost.com
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http://kapost.com/ does the complete writing funnel in one suite of tools.
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great ui: http://www.h-mag.com/
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http://zombiesvshippies.com/ – BP site
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buddypress 1.5 will come out any day now… you need to associate components with pages in the admin section
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Good to know.
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http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-mobile/ – phone skins. Ryan Fugate (the speaker) wrote this one
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I will be testing that out FOR SURE!
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album+ adds image handling
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http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/ – give out badges and achievements. Sweet!
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http://scholarpress.net/courseware/ – run a class through BuddyPress
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buddypress docs are like blog posts
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use the welcome-pack plugin to control the initial user experience!
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http://testbp.org/ is always running the latest BP
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Q (for the world): anybody know of a good link checker to scan for 404s on your migrated site?
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to route your traffic from WP.com to your new site, use the redirect service ($$) on WP.com
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Once you install WP on your host, install the plugin “Import WordPress” to parse and load the XML file exported from WP.com
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From WP.com you don’t have access to the DB, there are a few more steps. Start with an Export (which creates and lets you download an XML file.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ for details.
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finally, once everything is tested. update your name servers.
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you may need to flush the IP cache:
Windows
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To edit hosts file on a Windows box:
find notepad
right click and then click “run as administrator”click file, open
choose “show all files”open the file (location?)
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To edit hosts file on a Mac:
open terminal then run:
sudo nano /private/etc/hostsadd a line with your site host ip address and your domain name, like:
74.124.203.201 yourdomain.comsave that file
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Create an entry in your local hosts file to review your site before making it live.
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Andy, is there a way we can view the slide for upstairs if we’re downstairs? or is it being recorded?
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Test your new site before updating the DNS! Otherwise everyone will see any problems with the migration.
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after you move your files, immediately edit the wp-config.php file and update to your DB settings near the top of the file.
VegasGeek is discussing. 
Grant McMullin is discussing. 
Great talk Andy. Lots of good stuff there. Best of luck with Kapost.