Slides from my presentation at WordCamp Orange County 2016

1. AUTONOMOUS WEBSITE
BUILDING AN

2. BUILD A SITE THAT
RUNS BY ITSELF
THE GOAL

3. EMAIL USERS A DAILY
WORKOUT BASED ON THE
EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE AND THE
MOVEMENTS THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF DOING.
THE PLAN:

4. THE REQUIREMENTS
▸ Have all user interaction take place
on the front end of the site
▸ Update data daily automatically
▸ Send daily emails automatically
▸ Send weekly emails automatically

5. THE REQUIREMENTS
▸ Have all user interaction take place
on the front end of the site
▸ Update data daily automatically
▸ Send daily emails automatically
▸ Send weekly emails automatically
▸ Build it all in 2 weeks

6. “THERE’S A PLUGIN FOR THAT,
RIGHT?”
Me

7. “YOU BET THERE IS!”
The WP Community

8. 1) LIMIT SPAM USER SIGNUPS
▸ Any time you have a site that allows for registrations, you
need a way to block user spam.

10. 1) LIMIT SPAM USER SIGNUPS
PLUGIN: GRAVITY FORMS USER REGISTRATION ADD-ON

11. 2) KEEP USERS OFF THE ADMIN PAGE
▸ Main objective, control the user experience

12. 2) KEEP USERS OFF THE ADMIN PAGE
PLUGIN: REMOVE DASHBOARD ACCESS

13. 3) REDIRECT USERS AT LOGIN
▸ When a user logs in, send them to the most important page.
In this case, the user settings page.
▸ If an admin logs in, redirect them to the dashboard.

14. 3) REDIRECT USERS AT LOGIN
PLUGIN: PETER'S LOGIN REDIRECT

15. 4) CUSTOMIZED LOGIN PAGE
▸ Again, it’s all about controlling the user experience.

16. 4) CUSTOMIZED LOGIN PAGE
PLUGIN: CUSTOM LOGIN PAGE CUSTOMIZER

17. 5) CUSTOM MENUS BASED ON USER TYPE
▸ The site will have 3 types of users
▸ Site visitor / logged out users
▸ Logged in users
▸ Admins
▸ Did I mention controlling the user experience?

18. 5) CUSTOM MENUS BASED ON USER TYPE
PLUGIN: NAV MENU ROLES

19. CUSTOM CODE
ADD USERS

20. 5) CUSTOM MENUS BASED ON USER TYPE
PLUGIN: NAV MENU ROLES
Admin
Logged In User
Site Visitor

21. 6) LOG IN/OUT MENU ITEM
▸ Logged in users don’t need a “log in” link
▸ Visa versa for logged out users

22. 6) LOG IN/OUT MENU ITEM
PLUGIN: BAW LOGIN/LOGOUT MENU

23. FULL MENU

24. 7) HIDE CONTENT PAGES FROM NON-MEMBERS
▸ If a user is not logged in, the system doesn’t know which
user’s data to display. Therefore, if a visitor isn’t logged in, we
hide the content and display a login link.
▸ For admins, I wanted to control that experience as well.

25. 7) HIDE CONTENT PAGES FROM NON-MEMBERS

26. 7) HIDE CONTENT PAGES FROM NON-MEMBERS

27. 7) HIDE CONTENT PAGES FROM NON-MEMBERS
PLUGIN: MEMBERS

28. 8) RUN FUNCTIONS AUTOMATICALLY
▸ Send daily emails automatically each night
▸ Send weekly emails automatically each Sunday
▸ Update system data automatically each night

29. “THE SOFTWARE UTILITY CRON IS A TIME-BASED JOB SCHEDULER
IN UNIX-LIKE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS. PEOPLE WHO SET
UP AND MAINTAIN SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS USE CRON TO
SCHEDULE JOBS (COMMANDS OR SHELL SCRIPTS) TO RUN
PERIODICALLY AT FIXED TIMES, DATES, OR INTERVALS.”
wikipedia
WHAT IS A CRON JOB?

30. CUSTOM CODE
DAILY FUNCTIONS

31. 8) RUN FUNCTIONS AUTOMATICALLY
PLUGIN: WP-CRONTROL

32. UPTIMEROBOT.COM

33. 9) SEND EMAILS WITH HIGH DELIVERABILITY
▸ Sending emails from shared hosting has a lower chance of
making it to your users
▸ Services like Mailchimp, Constant Contact, SendGrid work
with providers like yahoo & gmail to ensure higher
deliverability

34. 9) SEND EMAILS WITH HIGH DELIVERABILITY
PLUGIN: SENDGRID

35. 9) SEND EMAILS WITH HIGH DELIVERABILITY
PLUGIN: SENDGRID

36. CUSTOM CODE
BUILD THE EMAIL TEMPLATE

37. 9) SEND EMAILS WITH HIGH DELIVERABILITY
PLUGIN: SENDGRID

38. “WAIT, SO THAT’S ALL THERE
IS TO IT?”
You

39. “NOPE”
Me

40. RESOURCES WE COVERED
▸ Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On
http://www.gravityforms.com/add-ons/user-registration/
▸ Remove Dashboard Access
https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-dashboard-access-for-non-admins/
▸ Peter's Login Redirect
https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-login-redirect/
▸ Custom Login Page Customizer
https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-customizer/
▸ Nav Menu Roles
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nav-menu-roles/
▸ BAW Login/Logout menu
https://wordpress.org/plugins/baw-login-logout-menu/
▸ Members
https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/
▸ WP Crontrol
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/
▸ Sendgrid
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sendgrid-email-delivery-simplified/

41. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
▸ Akismet
▸ CMB2
▸ FacetWP
▸ Google Analytics by Yoast
▸ Gravity Forms
▸ Jetpack
▸ Pretty Link Pro
▸ Yoast SEO
▸ uptimerobot.com

42. THANK YOU
JOHN HAWKINS
▸ john@vegasgeek.com
▸ Blog: VegasGeek.com
▸ All the social medias: vegasgeek
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