Hi! I’m excited to be in Phoenix this weekend to help lead WordPress 401 with Erick HItter on Friday, and to share on Sunday about the medical and human rights database we created for Free Burma Rangers.
Friday: WordPress 401
Slides
Sunday: How WordPress Saves Lives
Presentation Slides with Notes
- Large version (PDF – 23mb)
- Small version (PDF – 2mb)
Where Can I Find a Cause For Me?
catchafire.org is a match-making site that help people with talent find causes they care about. Thanks to Weston Ruter for the link!
Plugins & Code
- Pods Framework
- Pods 2 Beta
- CMS Press
- Custom Post Type UI
- Posts 2 Posts
- Admin Menu Editor
- CPT generator
Maps
Charts
Database Diagrams
Articles
- Free Burma Rangers (Warning: Human rights abuses. Graphic images in reports.)
- Fixing Wells in Africa
- Justin Tadlock: Post types and taxonomies: Linking terms to a specific post
Comments on Twitter
Wow, @pdclark just gave the best presentation I have seen at a WordCamp #wcphx
— Chris Lauzon (@squireX2) January 20, 2013
@kimparsell I got goose bumps, being there in person for @pdclark‘s talk. Amazing.
— Lance Willett (@simpledream) March 8, 2013
It is immediately obvious that @pdclark is passionate about #wordpress and freedom. “You are changing the world” #wcphx
— Betsy Cohen (@betsela) January 20, 2013
First user test for freeburmarangers.org in a Burmese jungle with medics who don’t speak English, never used computers @pdclark #wcphx
— Betsy Cohen (@betsela) January 20, 2013
Regarding your Develop, Stage, Deploy slide:
Do you have solutions for syncing database?
Scenario: Hotel website theme used
1. Production site is live, which means users are able to reserve, wherein theme saves reservation to database post table.
2. Development / Stage site doesn’t receive the reservations.
3. Stage site has update several content and is ready for deployment on production site.
Main question is: since production site has latest reservation and stage site has latest content, how do you sync database of sites?
Please note that the question is not limited to just content and reservation, it may be applied to comments, etc.
Hi KB,
For a situation like the one you’ve described, you may be best looking at solutions like the RAMP content deployment plugin. It will take into account what content exists on the live site vs. staging, and will migrate complex relationships, like taxonomies, gracefully.
If your reservations and posts are in different tables, you could also consider a MySQL database dump that includes only some tables, but I assume you’ve already considered that option. (It’s very limited in its ability to keep track of categories, etc.) One tool that can help streamline this process is WP Migrate DB Pro.
One final option is using the built-in WordPress import/export tool. I believe it does allow you to import or export just a single post type and its metadata.
Best of luck!
Paul