WordPress is arguably the best-in-breed blogging platform available today, and is being used on campuses large and small. Thanks to its active development community, flexible architecture and ease-of-use, it is being adapted and morphed into many different types of tools, all the while remaining open source and free. More and more campuses (including ours) are turning to WordPress as a content management system, but its practically begging you to let it do more for your institution's website, some of which may surprise you -- think job postings, classifieds, alumni communities, heck even a learning management system. This session will highlight some of those uses and show you how WordPress could make your life (and your campus constituents' lives) much easier.

1. Hold Up!
WordPress Can
Do That?!?
GTFO!
Mike Richwalsky & Jesse Lavery
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2. #GTFO
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3. Mike Richwalsky
Director of Marketing Services,
John Carroll University
@mrichwalsky | www.highedwebtech.com
Jesse Lavery
Web Content Coordinator,
Allegheny College
@jesselavery | (blog coming soon. maybe.)
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4. WordPress ==
“just a blog”
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5. G T F O
WordPress ==
“just a blog”
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6. Find WordPress
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16. They’re all
WordPress.
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17. G T F O
They’re all
WordPress.
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18. Why WordPress?
Open Source, extendable, scalable and
hackable
Amazingly robust community of coders,
plugin developers, designers, themes, support
and more
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19. Many ways to
generate content
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20. Many ways to
generate content
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21. Many ways to
generate content
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22. Many ways to
generate content
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23. Blog.
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24. Figured we’d
get the obvious
one out of the
way.
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25. CMS
I’m not a playa,
I just crush a lot
User-friendly
Full control over design, layout, elements
Many free and premium themes, or make your
own.
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26. Blogs
All the cool kids are doing it.
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27. CMS
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28. CMS
Allegheny College
Running WordPress 3.0.1 network
(formerly WordPress MU)
151 WordPress sites with 104 users/
editors ...and growing.
Administrative offices, academic departments,
some committees, Student Involvement
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29. CMS
Allegheny College
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30. CMS
Allegheny College
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31. CMS
Allegheny College
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32. CMS
John Carroll University
Running WordPress 3.0.1 network
Launched August 2010
10/10/10: 27 sites, 35 authors
Sustainability, Magazine, Alumni, International
Admissions, Civic Engagement
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33. CMS
John Carroll University
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34. CMS
John Carroll University
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35. CMS
Must-Have Plugins
Amazon S3 for WordPress
http://tantannoodles.com/toolkit/wordpress-s3/
Breadcrumb NavXT
http://mtekk.us/code/breadcrumb-navxt/
User Role Editor
http://www.shinephp.com/user-role-editor-wordpress-plugin/
TS Custom Widgets
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slayers-custom-widgets/
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36. CMS
Must-Have Plugins
WP Super Cache
http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/
WPTouch
http://www.bravenewcode.com/products/wptouch-pro/
Automatic WordPress Backup
http://www.webdesigncompany.net/automatic-wordpress-backup/
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37. CMS
Amazon S3 for
WordPress
S3
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38. CMS
Amazon S3 for
WordPress
S3
Magic!
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39. CMS Breadcrumb NavXT
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40. CMS Breadcrumb NavXT
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41. CMS
User Role Editor
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42. CMS WPTouch
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43. CMS Automatic Backup
Automatically
Backup Your
WordPress
To The
Cloud
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44. CMS
Custom Post Types
Custom post type for
users to change rotating
banners
Add via function or
plugin
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45. Learning
Management
Software
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46. LMS
LMS
ScholarPress, BuddyPress
Features similar to Blackboard, Sakai, Moodle
Private courses, groups, forums & blogs
Classes can be archived, materials reused
More user friendly than [insert LMS here]
Seriously, have you ever tried to use, let alone manage Blackboard?
Extendable via plugins
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47. LMS
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48. LMS
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49. LMS
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50. Online
Magazine
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51. Magazine
John Carroll magazine
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52. Magazine
John Carroll magazine
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53. Portal
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54. Portal
My Allegheny
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55. Portal
My Allegheny
Set as browser home page on every computer
across campus
News items go through an approval process
Most used page at Allegheny (by far)
Daily summary via email (via MailChimp)
Pulls in content via RSS
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56. Portal
My Allegheny
Rotating banner: used to promote special
events, monthly “Wellness Focus”, etc.
Service buttons: many people don’t know any
other way to access their email than through
this button!
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57. Social Network
In a Box
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59. Job Board
Social Network
http://buddypress.org
BuddyPress Plugin Does All the Work
You control access, features, security
Esp. with services like Ning going pay only
Open source with a passionate developer/
support community
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60. Social Network
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61. Social Network
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62. Social Network
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63. I went from nothing
to social network in
seven minutes.
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64. I went from nothing
to social network in
G F O
seven minutes.
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65. I went from nothing
to social network in
G F O
seven minutes.
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It would have taken five,
but I made a custom logo.
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66. Feel free to try it out.
jcuconnect.highedwebtech.com
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67. Job Board
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68. Job Board
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69. Job Board
Career Opportunities
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70. Job Board
Alumni Opportunities
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71. Job Board
JobPress
http://www.dailywp.com/jobpress-wordpress-theme/
Premium Theme - $79
Heavy lifting = done
Features: Front end submissions, filter by
category, time stamps, paid submissions, etc.
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72. Classifieds
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74. Classifieds
Garage Sale
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75. Classifieds
Garage Sale
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76. Classifieds Garage Sale
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77. Classifieds Garage Sale
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78. Classifieds Garage Sale
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79. Event Calendar
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80. Event Calendar
Event Calendar
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81. Event Calendar
Event Calendar
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82. Event Calendar
GigPress
http://gigpress.com
Easily customized
RSS & iCal feeds
Good for general events; GREAT for “regular”
performers / groups
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83. Bug / Ticket
Tracking
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84. Ticket Tracking
Quality Control
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85. Ticket Tracking
Quality Control
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86. Ticket Tracking
Quality Control
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87. Ticket Tracking
Quality Control
http://getqualitycontrol.com/
Great for one-man shop
Currently can’t assign tickets
Tickets listed by creator
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88. Write a book.
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89. Books
Create a book
http://anthologize.org/
Create a book from your blog/CMS content
Publish in print and digital formats
Archive student & faculty blogs
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90. Books
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91. Books
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92. Books
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93. Books
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94. Other Resources
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95. Other Resources
WordPress: wordpress.org
Smashing Magazine
Six Revisions
WPMU Dev
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96. #GTFO
Thank You!
Questions? Comments?
Tweet it up!
#GTFO
http://bit.ly/hewebgtfo
@mrichwalsky @jesselavery
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