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andy
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andy
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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Ema-Byteofgreen
Considerations for efficient design:
Define the header area
Create an efficient content area
Feature Widgets
Equal spacing on grid
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Ema-Byteofgreen
Googledocs can be used for wireframing….with collaboration!
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andy
What can you use multisite for?
Shopping Mall – create your own Etsy or Shopify.
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Ema-Byteofgreen
Plan your design efficiently: Research –> Sitemap —> WireFrame
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andy
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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Ema-Byteofgreen
http://welovewp.com has very good examples of well designed WP sites.
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Ema-Byteofgreen
“Creativity is to think more efficiently” ~Pierre Reverdy
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Ema-Byteofgreen
raft.org <—– poster child for bad design (be afraid, be very afraid)
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Justin Dorfman
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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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Ema-Byteofgreen
What Makes a bad design:
Inability to connect and engage
No brand/logo
No way to convert customers
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andy
Wes Chyrchel is starting his talk on WordPress Multisite… tips and tricks galore!
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Ema-Byteofgreen
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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Ema-Byteofgreen
Lunch is ending…everyone’s coming back for the next awesome session. Quick, get your seats.
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andrewbehla
Mobile Theme Checklist | Jordon Acosta
http://www.elfornutawe/wordcamp-2011/presentation.htmlCheck out Jordon’s slides on your mobile device.
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Ema-Byteofgreen
WordPress does have $is_iphone for SOME inline mobile control. And look at goldengridsystem,com for information on responsive design.
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andrewbehla
Jordon Acosta’s Who/What to Follow for Mobile Aps list:
Quirksmode
Mobileboilerplate
Paul Irish
html5rocks -
Ema-Byteofgreen
HMTL5rocks.com is where all the cool Devs go.
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Ema-Byteofgreen
Quirksmode.org <—- know it, use it
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andrewbehla
Mobile Theme Checklist with Jordan Acosta
“If you are using http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ you are smart. Also checkout http://losttype.com/ pay as you go fonts.”
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VegasGeek
Three principles for building themes: 1) don’t lock down users, 2) Test your theme, 3) code is poetry
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andy
Before releasing your theme (to the repository or to a client):
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Ema-Byteofgreen
Rockin place to find fonts for on the cheap http://losttype.com/
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andy
Check out Justin’s blog post: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/05/02/dealing-with-shortcode-madness
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andy
Don’t build features into your theme. That’s what plugins are for
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VegasGeek
If your theme is so complex that I need to read a manual just to use it, you are missing the point.
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Frosty
Sign up for the developers day: http://wordcampladevday.eventbrite.com/
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andy
Brandon writes for http://wp.tutsplus.com/
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VegasGeek
“WordPress themes are an industry” – True Story
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VegasGeek
Follow @makedesign – He’ll be giving away goodies!
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VegasGeek
Next up, The Anarchist and the Patriot
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adam mclane
His slides are pretty.
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andrewbehla
Yup, that party bus might be more fun than the after event…is anyone planning to just ride that the whole night?
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Frosty
Yeah.
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andy
Contact Mike@kapost.com
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adam mclane
Great talk Andy. Lots of good stuff there. Best of luck with Kapost.
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VegasGeek
How to get writers: Use a content service.
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VegasGeek
How to get writers: recruit via craigslist, poach from other sites.
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andy
+1 poach
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andrewbehla
Tools used on a regular basis for speed tests
webpagetest.org – uses it everyday
firebug
catchpoint.com
yslow
google page speed
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andy
http://kapost.com/ does the complete writing funnel in one suite of tools.
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VegasGeek
Some other tools: Google docs, google cal, divvy, campfire, yammer, backtype, google analytics, facebook api
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VegasGeek
A plugin for managing the flow of multi-author content… http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/edit-flow/
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VegasGeek
The content funnel: The pitch, story idea, assignment, submission, published
Grant McMullin, and 
andy is discussing. 
OMFG lol