Add Some .ZIP to your WordPress site was presented at WordCamp Las Vegas, 2012 by Russell Aaron. This presentation covers 3 plugins that can enhance your site. But if you use them together, your site could become more than you ever dreamed. (@KrashKartMedia)

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WordCamp Las Vegas 2012
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A TALK ABOUT PLUGINS. YEAH. PLUGINS!
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FIRST OFF, I just want to say…..
A plugin can be as simple as one file that does one specific thing.....
Plugins have changed since 2009
Most plugins were one or two files that did something specific. Now
plugins come with folders that include 5 or more files inside and do 7 to
8 specific things. Just like themes, plugins have advanced over time.
A Prediction…….
In a few years, themes will be just a few files, all ran on plugins.
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SUMMARY
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E-Commerce Contact Forms Custom Post Types
Shopping Carts and Selling Things Getting Info From Users Custom Post Types Are Amazing.
Selling things online is made easy with WP and These need no introduction. This is something that a lot of new themes
E-Commerce Plugins. We are going to cover the Contact forms are one of the most feature as a selling point. Once you understand
plugins you should consider using. important parts of any website. Its how these plugins, Premium Themes Seem Useless
we get info and use it to market, learn
Woo-Commerce and review. TYPES Plugin
Gravity Forms
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E-commerce
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What is This? I’ve heard....
Just a fancy way to say « SHOPPING CART»
It’s the buying and selling of products or services over electronic
systems such as the internet and other computer networks.
With e-commerce plugins, your site can look just like ebay and other
popular websites that sell items. Have a log in and log out feature on the
front end of your site, hide the wp-admin area with out an extra plugin
and most are multisite compatible. Even let users sign up with their
email address instead of a user name. Very Handy!
What is Possible?
The sky is the limit. Seriously.
Sell physical and digital products, allow other users to buy and
sell on your site, and use plugins like Gravity Forms to Can My Theme Handle E-Commerce?
enhance the user experience. Each product can have
attributes like sizes, colors and additional pricing per item. The Short answer is Yes. Some themes need a kick in the side and a few css style updates.
Having options like Monthly Payments and User Subscriptions But all themes can handle E-COMMERCE if you need it to sell your work. That is where
being creative really comes in. Lets GO!
are possible, but require the purchase of add on’s from the
plugins author.
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Woo Commerce
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Not just a Shop. Its a lifestyle!
There is nothing that this plugin can not do!
This plugin is built by the creative minds over at WooThemes. If you Google Free WordPress
Themes, chances are you have come across there works. If you have a blog on
wordpress.com, you are probably using one of their themes. That’s how involved they are.
With this plugin, you can add and manage products, change your settings by state, buy
several add on’s to enhance your shop and even use it just for registering new users to your
site. You can even transfer some files from this plugin into your theme to customize each
page. So update all you want, nothing gets changed. And that is just some of the things I felt
like mentioning. This plugin does so much more!
Easy Set Up! SCORE!
Activate and install pre made settings.
WordPress has an amazing feature where you can import
dummy data into your site to look just like the demo of the
theme you purchased. This plugin has its own import feature
and if you select to do so, all of the shop pages are set up for Any theme Can Be Woo-Ified!
you. All you have to do is add them to your navigation. Like I mentioned earlier. There is a folder inside of this plugin called templates. You can
copy the folders inside of the templates folder and put them into a new folder in your
From inside the dashboard, every option has an info bubble theme called woocommerce. From there, you can create a truly unique looking site, shop
that tells you what the setting is for. Talk about time saving. for your users.
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WOO-COMMERCE
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Out Of the box Add On’s. YEAH! Hooks & Filters
Quick Install and Set Up. Easy To Understand Plays nice With Other Plugins. It’s WordPress After All.
Activate the plugin, run through the settings Add Gravity forms extensions, payment Tap into the functions file and arrange more
with ease and start adding products. It can be as gateways and a subscription extension features. No fancy trickery here. The creators
simple as that. Learning all of the In’s and Out’s to make a truly unique e-commerce of the plugin have even wrote several for you.
of this plugin is very easy to do. Even install a website. Everything is possible. If not, Because you are not the only one with idea’s!
shortcut plugin that leads you to all things write them and they do the rest.
WOO-COMMERCE!
Free Stuff Is Good! Options galore The beneFits
WOO NINJAS are here to help. HI-YAH!!! Sizes, colors and more! Every Plugin Has Them!
WooThemes has really made it easy to learn We know that you can not just sell one item Multisite compatible, support like no
their products, and have several free plugins with one option. You need colors, sizes and other, always being updated for more
that help you engage your users, track clicks add on features. Easy to create and attach. features, custom payment gateways,
and even introduce new features to your Not to mention organize and set up parent
site. and child attributes. With this plugin, you get more than a
few options and basic styling options.
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8. 06 WP Plugins
Contact Forms
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Get Some Info. End Of Story
Contact forms get information, and then do something with the info. .
All contact forms have at least one field, a submit button and an action.
Contact forms pass information off to the server, where the info is
pulled in, sorted and returned to an email address, or stored into a
database where the information can be used at your discretion.
You can even use contact forms to allow your users to submit information
like an article post, and have that form create a custom post on your site.
What is the Diff?
My theme already has one. Why have a plugin?
Your theme’s contact form is usually very generic. Meaning it
only gets a name, email and some very basic details. That is
great if you are just a one person operation and only need
that specific information.
So if I am just collecting Info..
Why are there more than one plugin for the job?
A contact form plugin allows you to make unlimited amounts Like everything else, people like options. Contact Form 7 is just as good as the rest, but it does not
of forms, display them on as many pages as you want, and have a drag and drop option. Gravity Forms adapts well with other plugins and has a ton of add
then send the info to more than just one source. Lets, say you ons. Formidable Forms is just like Gravity Froms, But has its own set of options and perameters.
own a business. You have a developer and a marketing agent.
Why would both get the information, if the information inside
the email is just about marketing?
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Gravity Forms
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Defying Gravity. Its Easy.
Gravity Forms will make all other plugins seem like they are behind.
Gravity forms is a paid plugins. Well documented and it comes with so
many options, it should be illegal. But I am glad it is not. Gravity Forms is
one of the most recommended plugins for WordPress and is probably
one of the few plugins that could be endorsed by WordPress developers
across the board.
More than forms.
Gravity Forms has more features than you might need.
There are so many options. For example, the team behind the
plugin has made a unique form that works like a madlib.
Gravity comes with a bunch of preset css styles to align all of
your fields, and even has multiple step forms like you would
see on the top websites on the internet. With features like a
progress bar, giving your entire form a class name for
individual styling and using the plugin to replace the user Making the switch to Gravity!
registration and allowing your users to update their profiles I use something else. Why would I want to swtich to this plugin?
makes this plugin a must have for the jack of all trades.
Did I forget to mention a one stop shop to learn, edit and enhance your forms. If you do a search
for Gravity Forms Tutorials, you will find more than enough resources and video help. With
support like that, it takes some of the tension off of you when trying to come up with new ideas for
your website’s contact forms.
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Gravity forms!!!!!!
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Out of the box Click and Drop? Multi Step Forms
No demo, but who needs them. Yeah, they take the fun out of competition. Great for the hiring process. Or Sales!
It’s pretty simple to learn how to use Gravity Just click on the field you want have on your Multi step forms are great for adding that
Forms. A couple of hundred dollars seems like a next form and it is inserted with ease. Even the unique feature to your site. Smaller sized
lot for a plugin. But information is king, and other advanced features are in a neat and tidy forms tend to get filled out more. So a multi
knowing what your users want more than pays tabbed layout. step form is one form, with 2 or more steps.
for this plugin.
Built in. We Like. Conditions. We Like Options.
Styling and ShortCodes for CSS Styling. If this, then show that. Free ad ons with the purchase. Sweet.
Gravity forms has built in css class names to Conditions are great. If a user chooses When you buy the plugin, you get the mail
add style and or, align text fields so the form web design, show then these 4 fields. chimp, paypal, user registration add on’s
can seem smaller. Important if you actually Even on the back end, you can send the and a few more. So you can use Gravity to
want people to fill out your form. Not to forms info to a specific email based on collect payment, sign up new users and
mention MULTI STEP FORMS!!!!! the answer selected, if a drop down or collect more than the standard registration
check box is selected. NICE!!! info and use the forms to add new sign ups
to your newsletters.
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The Best Part Of This Plugin…To Me is…
When a new submission is submitted, the admin of your wordpress site
can relpy right from the dashboard. Email notifications can be set up.
When the user submits their info, they can recive an email stating
specific instructions, a copy of their info for their own records, or an
option to sign up for email notification on upcoming posts or events.
How does it get better than a plugin that does so much? Well it works
great with other plugins that you might be using already on your site.
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IM not done talking about it.
Gravity forms really opened my eyes with what is possible.
Gravity forms is out of this world.
This year I have used gravity forms more than I ever have. Becuase I
actually bought the developers liscence. I have built more sites that
require a contact form for hiring employees and even made a fun madlib
type form for a children’s website. Even the mortgage company I worked
for took advatnage of the Multi-step form option for their users to apply
for a loan in minutes.
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13. 08 WP Plugins
Custom Posts Types
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WHOA Man. This is the User Track.
Don’t be afraid. You probably already uses these in your theme. You just don’t know it.
Custom Post Types are a way of distinguishing different types of content on your
WordPress website. When you install WordPress you have two default content types:
1. Posts
2. Pages
Posts are the default content type that is used for blog posts. They are for dynamic
content, with the first blog post displayed changing as a new one is added.
Pages are the default WordPress content type that is used for static content. Unlike posts
these are not time-specific. But Posts and Pages are not always enough.
What if you want to create your own type of content?
Welcome All!
These plugins will save you the headache.
Wait, Are you Saying they are easy?
Yeah. I am.
By installing a custom post type plugin, you will be able to add
new content, and manage them easier than just creating Like you, when I heard of Custom Post Types, I found out that you had to open the functions.php
categories or pages with child pages. You probably already file, add a function and then do some more things that just sounded like rocket science. So I found
a plugin that make life so much easier. And they save time. Everybody Wins Here.
use them, you just do not realize it. I’ll make you understand.
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TYPES – CPT PLUGIN
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This plugin save time! I like.
Time and money is on everyone’s mind.
This plugin has a lot of options. Some are more than advanced than other.
1. Custom Fields.
2. Custom Post Types and Taxonomies
3. Import / Export
4. Custom Field Control
5. Settings
6. Access
7. Help
With this plugin, you can create the post type, make custom fields that are assigned a short
code for you to place anywhere on your post or page. Design your own templates with out
the coding skills one might need to accomplish the job manually.
This seems like Work.
At first it might be. But that is the fun of creating wp sites.
The way of the future. The Way!
All of the Premium themes that you might buy from a vendor, contain at least one custom post
After a few short reads, and a couple test runs, you will be up to speed type. The difference is that you have very little control of the page templates layouts because the
in no time. Once you master this free plugin, you can use any theme, templates are pre built. But what if you want the layout to change and you know nothing about
and create unique looking posts and pages in no time. You can use code.
your theme Short Codes to place in the plugin Short Codes to style
pages. Well once you create one layout in the post editor, you can simply copy and paste, then replace
the info. That is the whole point of WordPress after all. Update and Save!
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TYPES PLUGIN. Awesome!
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Out of the box Shortcodes!!! Support Me?
AMAZING FEATURES! Your theme has them. So does this plugin. You need the help, they got it.
On each page of the plugin, there is a When you create a custom field, say an image of Not only are there the basic forums to get
description of what each field or selection does. a house, or the price of a house, the plugin will help, there are user guides, and ways you can
Just like Yoast SEO, you can learn while you are give you a short code that you can use in the contribute to helping this plugin.
making changes with out navigating away from Editor to reference the item. So there is no need
your site. TIME SAVER! to build your own templates. WOW!
Just Learning? CPT API Hero! Downfall
Dont stress my pet. It’s got you covered. Learn how to insert Types fields to PHP Every Plugin has one or two.
templates
This plugin has everything written down and This plugin has a lot of options and
. you know a thing or two about making
Say
covered. Even if you have no idea what you fields. So just using the default settings
are doing, you can use this plugin to learn. templates. Well there is a help sheet that can cause things to look different at
Many plugins direct you to their site for explains what you need to do in order to get times. Other than that, We’re Good!
tutorials and extra’s. This plugins gives you your template done with out wasting time.
that option, but all of the learning can be Speed up your design with this plugin.
done in the dashboard.
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IM not done talking about it.
Custom Post Types Are Almost Needed Daily!
I have a theme, Why cant I just add to already made cpt’s?
You could. But then you have to learn how post types work, then add to
each template and so on. So this plugin is going to save you a ton of
time. It’s always good to learn how to do something. But plugins just
make everything so much easier.
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