Tom Hermans is an independent web professional specializing in WordPress. He designs, develops, and speaks about WordPress. WordPress started as blog software in 2003 and is now open source with a large community. It is a content management system that allows users to control and manage content, media, comments, and more through posts, pages, themes, and plugins. The upcoming WordPress 3.1 update will include features like internal linking and a total AJAX dashboard. WordPress is used by many websites and is available on mobile platforms through open source apps.

1. MacBeurs 2010
WordPress
By Tom Hermans

2. I'm
Independent Web Professional
Designing / Developing / Speaking
WordPress Expert

3. Reach me
www.tomhermans.com
tom@tomhermans.com
@tomhermans

5. WordPress.com
get your free blog
WordPress.org
self-hosted

6. Started as Blog Soft 2003
Open Source
Big Community

7. CMS
Control Your Content

8. Posts & Pages

9. Pages
static content

10. Posts
chronological entries

11. Media Library

12. Media
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Manage
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Upload
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Edit (resize, rotate,..)
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Thumbnail generation
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Naming (seo)
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Jpg, Pdf, Flv, Doc, ...

13. Comments
Threaded, Gravatar, Akismet

14. RSS

15. Themes

16. Plugins
Hooks & API

17. WordPress 3.0

18. blog

19. blogX

20. site

21. Custom Post Types

22. MultiSite

23. CMS

24. New Default Theme

25. Screenshot
TwentyTen

26. Custom Menu's

27. Screenshot Menu's

28. Custom Backgrounds

29. Screenshot
Custom Backgrounds

30. Custom Headers

31. Screenshot
Custom Headers

32. Coming in 3.1
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Internal Linking
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Total AJAX Dashboard
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Custom Post Template
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Admin Bar
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UI & UX
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Manuals
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December 2010

34. Mobile
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iPhone
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Android
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BlackBerry
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Nokia
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Android
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BlackBerry
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iPhone
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Nokia

35. all apps are
Open Source

36. Philosophy
GNU GPL

37. Community
Take & give back

38. Pre-release version
of WP 3.0
downloaded 75.000 times

39. = Quality assurance

40. Examples

41. Blog

46. washington post
cnn
playstation
ebay
... many many more...

47. Magazine

51. Social/Edu

55. Broadcast

61. E-commerce

67. Business

74. ●
www.tomhermans.com
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@tomhermans
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tom@tomhermans.com
Thank you.