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LEARNING
WORDPRESS
SUCKS
So what’s a person to do?
Is this you?
AND IT STILL DOESN'T DO
WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.
WORDPRESS IS PAC-MAN
FOR THE WEB: EASY TO
LEARN BUT NOTORIOUSLY
DIFFICULT TO MASTER.
John James Jacoby
SO WHAT'S NEXT?
Do what?
You're not a
coder
You need to know
• HTML

• MySQL

• CSS

• DNS

• SASS

• Git

• JavaScript

• Local install

• PHP

• Deployment

• JSON

• Photoshop

• AJAX

• ALL THE THINGS!

• JQuery
Four levels of knowledge
• Know nothing
• Know enough to be dangerous
• Know enough to be afraid
• Know enough to be confident

You can stop at any level. It’s up to you.
IF YOU KNOW NOTHING…
Where to begin
Learn

How / Where

• WordPress.com vs.

• WordPress.org

WordPress.org
• Set up a self-hosted
WordPress site
• Explore themes and
plugins

• YouTube.com
• Lynda.com

• WordPress for Dummies
• BobWP.com
IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH
TO BE DANGEROUS…
Learning more
Learn

How / Where

• Judge a good

• WordPress for Web

theme/plugin
• The template hierarchy
• Backup a website

Designers
• WPbeginner.com
• WPmayor.com
• TeamTreehouse.com
IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH
TO BE AFRAID…
The gauntlet
Learn

How / Where

• Check out frameworks

• Read the codex

• Write a child theme

• Professional WordPress

• Write a single-function

plugin
• Migrate a website
• Version control
• Explore managed hosting

•
•
•
•

Design and Development
Boulder Digital Arts
YourWebsiteEngineer.com
WebDesign.com
WPengine.com
IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH
TO BE CONFIDENT…
Rock star
Do

Keep Learning

• Write some posts

• Post_status.com

• Speak at a WordCamp

• Torque.com

• Contribute to core

• ChrisLema.com

• Write an extension for an

existing plugin
• Write a plugin for a theme
framework
OTHER RESOURCES
Podcasts
• Dradcast

• Matt Report

• WP Watercooler

• Week in WordPress

• Your Website Engineer

• PressThis

• Shop Talk

• WordPress Weekly

• WP Plugins A to Z

• WP Bacon

• Apply Filters

• PleaseAdvise.fm

• WP Elevation

• WordPress Chick
Networking
• WordPress.org forum

• WordPress meetups
• WordCamps
• Twitter

• Google+
• Co-working spaces
• Coffee shops
Mentor
• Worth every penny
Mentor
• Worth every penny beer
Now that you’re a WP ninja
• Find a group or team

to collaborate with
Job Titles
• Implementer

• Content Strategist

• Front End Developer
• Web Designer

• UI / UX Designer

• Web Developer

• Marketing

• SEO Specialist
• Copywriter
• Graphic Artist
But
• I'm not interested in learning all of that

• My site doesn't need all that stuff
• I don't have a site to work on
Three approaches
1. Find a sad, sorry website and build a good one

2. Find a great site and copy it
3. Make it up
You can't learn WordPress from …
Books ❖ Videos ❖ Tutorials
You gotta...
And when you’re feeling
stupid and overwhelmed
(because you will)
Just remember
how far you’ve come
And know that the people
you respect and
admire…
Feel the same way too
You can do it
But you can’t do it
overnight
You don’t have to
do it alone
Julie Kuehl
• @juliekuehl

• www.juliekuehl.com
• (it’s pronounced “keel” but I’m good with “cool” too  )
• http://www.slideshare.net/JulieKuehl

• http://chrislema.com/wordpress-ninja-1400-days/
• http://winningwp.com/six-superb-books-learning-wordpress/
• http://www.bobwp.com/wordpress-podcasts/

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Learning WordPress Sucks 2.0

  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. AND IT STILL DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.
  • 6.
  • 7. WORDPRESS IS PAC-MAN FOR THE WEB: EASY TO LEARN BUT NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO MASTER. John James Jacoby
  • 9.
  • 12. You need to know • HTML • MySQL • CSS • DNS • SASS • Git • JavaScript • Local install • PHP • Deployment • JSON • Photoshop • AJAX • ALL THE THINGS! • JQuery
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15. Four levels of knowledge • Know nothing • Know enough to be dangerous • Know enough to be afraid • Know enough to be confident You can stop at any level. It’s up to you.
  • 16. IF YOU KNOW NOTHING…
  • 17. Where to begin Learn How / Where • WordPress.com vs. • WordPress.org WordPress.org • Set up a self-hosted WordPress site • Explore themes and plugins • YouTube.com • Lynda.com • WordPress for Dummies • BobWP.com
  • 18. IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS…
  • 19. Learning more Learn How / Where • Judge a good • WordPress for Web theme/plugin • The template hierarchy • Backup a website Designers • WPbeginner.com • WPmayor.com • TeamTreehouse.com
  • 20. IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID…
  • 21. The gauntlet Learn How / Where • Check out frameworks • Read the codex • Write a child theme • Professional WordPress • Write a single-function plugin • Migrate a website • Version control • Explore managed hosting • • • • Design and Development Boulder Digital Arts YourWebsiteEngineer.com WebDesign.com WPengine.com
  • 22. IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO BE CONFIDENT…
  • 23. Rock star Do Keep Learning • Write some posts • Post_status.com • Speak at a WordCamp • Torque.com • Contribute to core • ChrisLema.com • Write an extension for an existing plugin • Write a plugin for a theme framework
  • 24.
  • 26. Podcasts • Dradcast • Matt Report • WP Watercooler • Week in WordPress • Your Website Engineer • PressThis • Shop Talk • WordPress Weekly • WP Plugins A to Z • WP Bacon • Apply Filters • PleaseAdvise.fm • WP Elevation • WordPress Chick
  • 27. Networking • WordPress.org forum • WordPress meetups • WordCamps • Twitter • Google+ • Co-working spaces • Coffee shops
  • 30. Now that you’re a WP ninja • Find a group or team to collaborate with
  • 31. Job Titles • Implementer • Content Strategist • Front End Developer • Web Designer • UI / UX Designer • Web Developer • Marketing • SEO Specialist • Copywriter • Graphic Artist
  • 32. But • I'm not interested in learning all of that • My site doesn't need all that stuff • I don't have a site to work on
  • 33.
  • 34. Three approaches 1. Find a sad, sorry website and build a good one 2. Find a great site and copy it 3. Make it up
  • 35. You can't learn WordPress from … Books ❖ Videos ❖ Tutorials
  • 37.
  • 38.
  • 39. And when you’re feeling stupid and overwhelmed (because you will)
  • 40. Just remember how far you’ve come
  • 41. And know that the people you respect and admire…
  • 42. Feel the same way too
  • 43.
  • 45. But you can’t do it overnight
  • 46. You don’t have to do it alone
  • 47.
  • 48.
  • 49. Julie Kuehl • @juliekuehl • www.juliekuehl.com • (it’s pronounced “keel” but I’m good with “cool” too  ) • http://www.slideshare.net/JulieKuehl • http://chrislema.com/wordpress-ninja-1400-days/ • http://winningwp.com/six-superb-books-learning-wordpress/ • http://www.bobwp.com/wordpress-podcasts/

Notas del editor

  1. Also see: https://managewp.com/learning-wordpress
  2. adding blog posts on someone else's websitedeciding you should have your own blogsetting up a WordPress.com sitequickly getting frustrated with the limitations of WordPress.comsetting up your own WordPress.org siteswapping out themesinstalling plugins
  3. Code – ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!(find a gif with the Wilhelm scream)
  4. Picky aren’t you?
  5. Well, okay, I confess. I'm not a coder either. I'm a wannbe coder.
  6. The codex
  7. Law of the harvest
  8. Amalgamator