Tips for monetization of content:
Tease the content right
ask for registration first
make it easy
don’t make them leave the page
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Hey Newspapers, NEWS FLASH: Metered model for paid online content typically generates about 1/3 the revenue of other models.
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Don’t undervalue your content! People WILL pay, especially if paying is easy.
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The Third WordPress went a little long, so Digital Subscriptions to Your Content is just starting now upstairs.
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WordPress as a Service… BRILLIANT!
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http://videousermanuals.com <—-paid, but can imbed training videos in your wordpress backend for users. NICE!
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Ema-Byteofgreen
remember way back when you first looked at the WP dashboard? (I know…I don’t either) but it really is daunting for a new user!
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Coming up on the DevTrack : The Third WordPress
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http://codex.wordpress.org/HyperDB <—-gives you more WP database control
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Wp_filesystem <—- gives you a way to proxy filesystem commands
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S3 is designed to provide 99.999999999% durability and 99.99% availability over a given year. <—that's epic
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toan
wtf
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Ema-Byteofgreen
“I’m a cowboy themer, and you won’t get me to change my wild ways” RIGHT ON!
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Frosty
Awesome.
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Cody L’s slides from his talk on “Designing Success for WordPress” http://t.co/PgwBpsJ
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http://codex.wordpress.org/theme_unit_test <—- dumps data into your theme to essentially try to break it. Good stuff!
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-check <—-best wordpress plugin ever. Checks your theme coding. If you are a programmer you can fix it, if you are not…you can either get a new, better theme, or have someone help you fix it.
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Ema-Byteofgreen
right now….open your wp-config.php file and change wp_debug to ‘true’
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and http://fontsquirrel.com gets yet another shout-out. SQUIRREL!
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Responsive design resource: http://tinyfluidgrid.com
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Facebook and YouTube don’t support IE6…so really, do you need to?
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Justin Dorfman
Even MSFT want’s everyone to stop using IE 6 http://www.ie6countdown.com/
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Considerations for efficient design:
Define the header area
Create an efficient content area
Feature Widgets
Equal spacing on grid
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Googledocs can be used for wireframing….with collaboration!
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Plan your design efficiently: Research –> Sitemap —> WireFrame
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http://welovewp.com has very good examples of well designed WP sites.
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“Creativity is to think more efficiently” ~Pierre Reverdy
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raft.org <—– poster child for bad design (be afraid, be very afraid)
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Justin Dorfman
OMFG lol
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Ema-Byteofgreen
I know, right?
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Grant McMullin
Probably wondering why they have such increased traffic today…
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Justin Dorfman
Not only a design fail, but performance… http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110910_T1_6de3825902d4476c5fd9d43e28fd96dc/
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What Makes a bad design:
Inability to connect and engage
No brand/logo
No way to convert customers
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The raffle will happen in the downstairs room right after the sessions today. You are automatically entered if you prepurchased a ticket. Walkups, talk to Austin about getting your number for the raffle.
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Lunch is ending…everyone’s coming back for the next awesome session. Quick, get your seats.
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WordPress does have $is_iphone for SOME inline mobile control. And look at goldengridsystem,com for information on responsive design.
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HMTL5rocks.com is where all the cool Devs go.
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Quirksmode.org <—- know it, use it
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Rockin place to find fonts for on the cheap http://losttype.com/
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CDN is not as expensive as it used to be. Check into it.
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Next up on the Dev Track: Justin Dorfman / @jdorfman talks about Information Architecture…starting now.
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BuddyPress is more than being the next ‘Facebook-Killer’
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http://beercredits.com buddypress site…and useful for the afterparty too.
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andy
now we’re talking!
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VegasGeek
This post makes me think that the live blog needs a “LIKE” button!
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Brian Thornton
LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE!!!!
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emagreen
*like*!
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Frosty
plugin? I’m on it.
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Brian Thornton
Much love!
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Ema-Byteofgreen
USE a dev site to setup BuddyPress. Don’t dump it right on your site before you know what’s up. There’s a lot there.
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you don’t have to use a BuddyPress theme, you can add BuddyPress to your own theme with a plugin.
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BuddyPress Mobile looks pretty good on an iPhone
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Ema-Byteofgreen
BuddyPress adds social components to WordPress…and pizza apparently.
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Frosty
Yay!
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toan is discussing. 
Grant McMullin, and 
Super awesome!