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presented by Thom Allen – September 10th, 2011
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Thom AllenI’ve been a Software Engineer for,
well, ever
Love Jazz
Love Rock
Love WordPress
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Backup 4 things:1. Database2. Theme3. Uploads4. Full site
WP-DB-Backup,WP-DBManager, BackWPup, VaultPress, Locker
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Increase you sites response immediately HTML CSS JavaScript Images CDN Pages/Posts
W3 Total Cache / WP Super Cache
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Photos NextGEN, LightBox, smush.it
Video Viper’s Video Quicktags
Audio (Podcasting) PowerPress, podPress
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Extend your website reach with social sharing Facebook Twitter StumbleUpon Digg Google+
ShareThis, Social Sharing Toolkit, Jetpack (lots more)
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SEO doesn’t happen over night, and good content is just as important as a plug-in
All In One SEO Pack, WordPress SEO by Yoast, Platinum SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemap
New one I’m trying is Headspace
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While knowing how many people are visiting your site is important, knowing what they are reading can be even more important
WordPress.com Stats, Google Analytics for WordPress, Woopra, Clicky
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Give readers a way to engage with you and your content
DISQUS, Intense Debate, Livefyre, even Facebook
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Everyone is annoyed with comment spam. And the killer plugin for this is:
Akismet
Over 41 million zapped today
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Not everyone has time to visit all the website they want to read, so give your readers options: RSS, Email, Newsletter
Feedburner (FD FeedBurner), MailChimp, Aweber, WP Autoresponder and Newsletter Plugin
GravitForms
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Build your own Facebook type social network
BuddyPress
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More and more people are consuming the web via a mobile device, please provide a mobile experience
Wptouch & Pro, WPtap, Mobius, WordPress Mobile Pack
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Thank you for attending!Are there any questions?
Thom Allengplus.to/thomallen
@thomallenthomallen.com
I’m available for WordPress development