1. more than blogging

2. Who we are

3. BEC Media
BEC Media - Bucharest based web
development agency
8 people (5 PHP/WordPress developers)
Using WordPress as our main CMS for
more than 3 years now
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4. Wordpress (R)
evolution

5. WP 0.7 - May 2003
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6. WP 2.1 - January 2007
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7. WP 2.5 - March 2008
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8. WP 2.7 - December 2008
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9. WP 3.0 - May 2010
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10. WordPress Today
powering 12% of the top 1 million websites
13 million downloads (v. 3.0)
25 million installations
56% CMS market share
WHY?
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12. Accessories
deploy -> maintain -> develop
Plugins and themes for all your needs
Integrate most services that support APIs
Supports interactivity
Very search engine friendly
Focused on content
It's flexible :)
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14. Flexibility
Easy to install and maintain
Open source, no license fees
Low development costs
Based on PHP/SQL
A lot of available developers
A LOT of ways to use WordPress
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15. http://www.gadgetcage.com/wordpress-facts-and-figures-
infographic/7749/

16. WordPress
as a CMS

18. Showcase
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19. Key features
Content management
File management
User management
Sharing your content with everyone
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20. Resources
Visual editor
Powerful template system
Native users management
RSS
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21. WordPress
as a social
platform

23. Showcase
http://www.vcars.co.uk/wordpress-themes/themes/digg-like/digg-like-
instructions.php
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24. Showcase
http://www.freshpressthemes.com/twitter-wordpress-theme/
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25. WordPress
as an online
store

27. Showcase
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28. Key features
Customer registration
Product/category pages
Shopping cart
Payment processor
Order management
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29. Resources
Native user registration system
Post and category templates
Shopping cart plugins
Payment gateways
Custom post types
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30. WordPress
for SEO

32. Needs
content talks
links, titles, meta tags
optimized code (server side + client side)
easy to index
easy to deploy
short loading time
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33. Key features
visual editor (WYSIWYG)
great ways to organize your content
(categories, tags, pages, links)
Analytics integration
plugins... A LOT OF
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34. Resources
All In One SEO Pack
External Links plugin (icon, nofollow)
Google XML Sitemaps
Enforce www. preference
Keyword statistics
Tags to meta
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35. WordPress
as a CRM

37. Showcase
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38. Key features
Contact management
Company management
Notes and conversation management
Tasks management
Advanced searching
Social integration
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39. Resources
Custom post types and taxonomies
Threaded comments
Task management plugins
Powerful templates system
Advanced Search plugins
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40. Review
sites

42. Showcase
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43. Key features
user generated content
rating
photo gallery (products, places)
cache
search engine friendly
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44. Resources
GD Star Rating
MobilePress
W3 Total Cache
All in One SEO Pack
Enforce www. preference
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45. WordPress - Conclusions
Most used CMS out there. Let's keep it that
way
Suits all your needs
Anything from a simple blog, to an online
shopping site
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46. Thank you
Andrei Boghiu Andrei Diaconu
andrei.boghiu@becmedia.ro andrei@becmedia.ro
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