word up brighton

How to do cool stuff with WordPress and make yourself more sexually

attractive, and smarter, and richer, and generally much

better at life. Kind of.

by John O’Nolan

John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan

Who?


Cure world hunger(approved by Jesus)


I’m a Designer


I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos


I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos& build Stuff on the web


I’m a DesignerWho likes to take Photos& build Stuff on the web

People tell me I swear at inappropriate moments


WordPressUI Team Deputy

I work for



I work for

I built a travel blog for over at



I work for

I built a travel blog for over at

I built a travelapp for the new

aircraft


and some other stuff

Behind The Scenes

Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead

Ryan BorenLead Developer

Mark JaquithLead Developer

Andrew OzzLead Developer

Peter WestwoodLead Developer

Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead

Andrew NacinCore Commit

Dion HulseCore Commit

Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status

Trusted Contributing Core Developers

Active Contributing Core Developers

Casual Contributing Core Developers

Matt ThomasStyle Lead

Specific Area Core Commit

John O’Nolan UI Deputy

UI Group Contributors

Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors

Docs Team

Plugin Authors

WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)

Testers

WordPress Users

Theme Reviewers

Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead

Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead

Codex Editors

Ben Dunkle Icon Designer

Forum Volunteers

WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS


















Docs Team

Plugin Authors


Testers

WordPress Users

Theme Reviewers



Codex Editors


Forum Volunteers

THE CIRCLE OF TRUSTAndrew NacinDonncha

O’Caoimh

Jon Cave(duck_)

Silviu Burca(Scribu)

Alex M(Viper007Bond)

Andy Skelton

Joseph ScottXML-RPC

Mike Adams

Matt ThomasUI/2010

Nikolay Bachiyskii18n

Dion Hulse

John O’Nolan(UI Group)

Samuel Wood (Otto42)

Daryl Koopersmith

Matt Mullenweg

Jane Wells

Peter Westwood

Andrew Ozz

Mark Jaquith

Ryan Boren


















Docs Team

Plugin Authors


Testers

WordPress Users

Theme Reviewers



Codex Editors


Forum Volunteers

WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS


















Docs Team

Plugin Authors


Testers

WordPress Users

Theme Reviewers



Codex Editors


Forum Volunteers

Let’s Go Back In Time

WordPress 0.71

WordPress 1.5

WordPress 2.3

WordPress 2.5

WordPress 2.7

WordPress 3.0

We’ve come a long way.

Who Are We Designing For?

100,000,000 Views Per Day

Just on WordPress.com100,000,000 Views Per Day

3,000,000,000 Views Per Month

A Report Last Year Suggested That

WordPress Powers 8.5% of The Internet

Over 26,000,000 Sites

Microsoft migrated an estimated

30,000,000 additional sites to WordPress.com

Total: 56,000,000 Sites*

How Many Sites Microsoft Said They MigratedHow Many They Really Migrated

*

Total: 30,000,000 Sites(ish)

It’s like selling out every seat at every match at every stadium at the World Cup

10 Times

The Best Part?

They Speak Over60 Different Languages

Who Are We Designing For?

Lots of people.

How Do We Do it?

UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers


Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy



UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead




REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it! #blamenacin




REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!

UI Group(markup+css)

UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease

#blamenacin


Some code stuff happens

here



Star Trek?




#blamenacin


Some code stuff happens

here



Star Trek?




USER TESTING(does it work?) NO!

YES!

Final Release

#blamenacin

Don’t Forget

Everything has to be flexible

It’s challenging

John. You’re supposed to be

giving them tips and stuff.

WordPressnot Wordpress

Some Basics(general shit)

Must Have PluginsDon’t leave home without them. Ever!

- Akismet (Automattic)

- After The Deadline (Raphael Mudge)

- WordPress Database Backup (Austin Matzko)

- Comment Reply Notification (Denishua)

- Google Analytics for WordPress (Joost)

- WordPress SEO (Joost)

Some Intermediate Stuff(design & pretty colours)

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

— Antoine De Saint-Exupery

“

Every designer’s dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.

— Aaron Russell

“

Some Advanced Stuff(performance and optimisation)

PerformanceWhy should you care?


For every 100ms delay in page load, Amazon measured a 1% drop in sales.



1% of $4.3billion a month = $43million



1% of $4.3billion a month = $43million

For every 500ms delay in page load, Google measured a 20% drop in traffic.

Install W3 Total Cache

Get rid of as many big images, social widgets, and fancy animations as possible.

Measure your speed with the YSlow plugin for Firefox

Myself, Qfamily, petesimon, gesika22, dailyinvention, James Cridland, xlibber, Ian Lamont, cheezburger.com

My Name is John O’NolanJOHN

twitter.com/JohnONolanfacebook.com/JohnONolanflickr.com/photos/JohnONolan

This talk is released under the Creative Commons 3.0 license.

All slides and content will be available on john.onolan.org

PHOTO CREDITS:

LICENSING:

My Book, Coming Soon:

DESIGNINGEMOTIONBY JOHN O’NOLANAND ADII PIENAARAUTUMN 2011http://amzn.to/DesigningEmotion

http://amzn.to/DesigningEmotion

http://amzn.to/DesigningEmotion

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