presented by Thom Allen – September 10th, 2011
Thom AllenI’ve been a Software Engineer for,
well, ever
Love Jazz
Love Rock
Love WordPress
Backup 4 things:1. Database2. Theme3. Uploads4. Full site
WP-DB-Backup,WP-DBManager, BackWPup, VaultPress, Locker
Increase you sites response immediately HTML CSS JavaScript Images CDN Pages/Posts
W3 Total Cache / WP Super Cache
Photos NextGEN, LightBox, smush.it
Video Viper’s Video Quicktags
Audio (Podcasting) PowerPress, podPress
Extend your website reach with social sharing Facebook Twitter StumbleUpon Digg Google+
ShareThis, Social Sharing Toolkit, Jetpack (lots more)
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
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
Give readers a way to engage with you and your content
DISQUS, Intense Debate, Livefyre, even Facebook
Everyone is annoyed with comment spam. And the killer plugin for this is:
Akismet
Over 41 million zapped today
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
Build your own Facebook type social network
BuddyPress
More and more people are consuming the web via a mobile device, please provide a mobile experience
Wptouch & Pro, WPtap, Mobius, WordPress Mobile Pack
Thank you for attending!Are there any questions?
Thom Allengplus.to/thomallen
@thomallenthomallen.com
I’m available for WordPress development
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