My Website is Old Enough to Vote - My Website Can Vote - Building Sites That Last
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This talk was given at the Wordpress Melbourne meet up on June 14, 2017.
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My Website is Old Enough to Vote - My Website Can Vote - Building Sites That Last
- 1. My Website is Old Enough to Vote Building sites that last Kris Howard aka @web_goddess
- 5. ⚠ 😵
- 8. 6 months
- 9. 2 years
- 10. 3 years
- 11. 3 years
- 12. 3 years
- 13. 3 years
- 14. 4 years
- 15. 4.5 years
- 16. Meanwhile…
- 18. 5 years
- 19. 5 years
- 20. 5 years
- 21. Fast forward 14 years…
- 22. 19 years
- 23. So what to do?
- 25. Wordpress?
- 26. Pros • Security - better than what I had • PHP-based • Responsive themes • Plugins! • Better admin UX - including ACL & versioning • Less friction to update
- 27. Cons • Security - WordPress is a big target • Learning curve • Migration effort • Ego - would using WordPress make me look like a n00b?
- 28. Concerns • How to organise the site? How much of the cross-referencing to automate? “This has to be a solved problem, right?” • 20 years of inbound links and PageRank to preserve • Hard-coded HTML styles in the DB to clean up
- 29. The Plan • Set up site on new host • Create basic site structure • Read up on security • VaultPress & Wordfence • Auto-updates • Set up child theme and create nav menu • Start migrating content
- 30. Migration • Start with simplest pages and sections first • Write functions where needed • Required some plugins: • Advanced Custom Fields • Add Categories to Pages • WP Gallery Custom Links…
- 37. More Plugins • Breadcrumbs -> Breadcrumb NavXT plugin • Calendar -> My Calendar plugin • Trivia Quizzes -> Riddle Quiz And Survey Master • Polls -> WP-Polls plugin • Search -> Relevanssi plugin • Timeline -> ???
- 38. Final Steps • Migrate all old news/blog posts • Set up Adsense and Analytics • Update the theme • Set up .htaccess redirects • Change DNS to point to the new site!
- 40. Stats
- 41. Money Stuff
- 43. What’s Next • Set up SSL • Mop up broken links • Add new content • Update design once illustrations are finished • Keep an eye on stats & revenue
- 44. Building Sites that Last • Own your stuff - but syndicate where needed • Don’t change your URLs • Avoid proprietary enhancements - stick with standards • PROVIDE GOOD CONTENT