1. Troubleshooting And Customizing:
Importing/Exporting, Bulk Posting, Customizing Themes

2. Myke Bates
myke@uptrending.com
@mykebates
http://uptrending.com/

3. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
So far you have…
• Purchased a domain and selected
hosting
• Installed and explored WordPress
• Learned about posts, pages, and
comments
• Learned basics of themes and plugins
In this session…
• Learn how to customize themes,
import/export content, and
troubleshoot common issues.

4. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
*Every need is different*

5. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
Premium/Configurable Themes
• Likely to get you 90% of what you need
• Great option for beginners
• Little to no code knowledge needed
• Not always a silver bullet

6. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Reading settings – SettingsReading

7. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Style tweaks
• CSS or something else?
• Plugins – Jetpack, Custom CSS Manager, CSS Plus
• Child Themes - http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

8. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Beyond styles
Learning HTML/CSS – Nettuts+ http://bit.ly/NviNfZ

9. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Beyond styles
AppearanceEditor

10. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Beyond styles
Theme structure
wp-content/themes/awesome-theme
Codex - Stepping Into Templates
http://bit.ly/9yaPmi

11. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Beyond styles
FTP
• Software - FileZilla, Transmit, Cyberduck

12. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Customizing
The remaining 10%
Beyond styles
Local testing
• The ultimate way test theme
customizations
• Not easy :(
• Bitnami - http://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress
• Code editors – Sublime
Text, Coda, Notepad++, Dreamweaver

13. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
*Oops*

14. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
Rule # 1, 2, 3, and 4
Stay Calm,
Seriously

15. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
Rule # 5, 6, and 7
Backups
• Backups from hosting
• Plugins – VaultPress, BackupBuddy, BackWPup
• Manual – FTP, phpMyAdmin

16. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
Different types of errors
• Non critical – css, html, php
warnings
• Critical – white screen php errors
• Super critical – locked out of
WordPress

17. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
Isolation
• What was the last action
performed before receiving the
error?
• Plugin or theme updates?

18. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Troubleshooting
Hands on
• Disable plugins – wp-admin or FTP
• Change theme – wp-admin or FTP
• /wp-content/plugins/
• /wp-content/themes/
• Google

19. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Importing
ToolsImport

20. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Importing/Exporting
Migrate – WPWP
• WordPress export
• Data vs. files(media)
• Manually
• Files & database
• BackupBuddy(Migration)

21. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Importing
Bulk Import
• CSV import plugins – CSV Importer, WP Ultimate
CSV Importer

22. WCMIA 2013 - Troubleshooting And Customizing Myke Bates
Takeaway
• Never give up
• Stay hungry
• Learn by breaking/Break by learning

23. Questions???
Myke Bates
myke@uptrending.com
@mykebates
http://uptrending.com/