This past weekend, we held WordCamp Edmonton. It was the first time it came through our wintry city, and it went off swimmingly! On top of organizing it, I also spoke on a couple of subjects near and dear to my heart. One of these presentations was titled Designing a Client-Focused WordPress Site. Click the image below to view the presentation.
Feedback for the presentation was positive, so I thought it might be worthwhile to share the slides on this here blog. In the presentation below, I cover the following…
- What I mean by “client-focused WordPress sites”
- Why we should make them, and
- How to start – tips, tricks, and specific areas.
The main part you’re likely interested in is the “How”. In that section, I talk about customizing the Visual Editor CSS, adding a “Styles” drop-down to tinyMCE, and how to handle advanced page layouts (amongst other things). Feel free to check out the slides below, and if you have any questions, fire away in the comments. Thanks!
Man i do wish i was at WordCamp. Although I already do a number of the recommended practices in your presentation; there were a few giant light bulbs going off especially when it came to the “Advanced Page Layout”.
Hopefully we see you next year, Theron! Glad the slides could help out. Advanced layouts are one of the trickiest parts of WordPress.
Hey Jeff,
We just had our first WordCamp on the Gold Coast and by the sound of it, like Edmonton it was a massive hit with the attendees.
Thanks for sharing your slides, looked like it would have been a great presentation. Has given me a few ideas to work on for our clients. Cheers =)
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