What knowledge level should an attendee have?
Intermediate – I will explain the concepts at a level that beginners can understand, there will be approx 10 mins worth of PHP talk and the rest will be in WordPress admin.
What knowledge should an attendee walk away with?
After this talk, you will be able to create a custom Event Management plugin and data structure without the fear of breaking things.
What is the talk about?
One of the most important elements of any musicians website are event listings, but they can also be one of the most frustrating. A massive amount of plugins out there but they’re often overkill or missing key information. Go custom and take control of your event listings and unleash the power to create amazing things.
Appropriate for anyone starting to dive into custom plugins or data structures, this talk will cover the basics of creating a custom events listing plugin including:
- The concepts behind custom post types & taxonomies
- Creating post types & taxonomies with a custom plugin
- Extending post meta data with Advanced Custom Fields
- Outputting custom meta data into your theme
- Inspiration for where to go next
Why are you passionate about this talk?
As a designer, I initially learnt to program to solve design problems. Along the way I realized that building simple custom plugins meant that I no longer had to “make it work” and settle for something the kind of solves the problem. The techniques in this talk taught me that I don’t need to be afraid of creating custom plugins, and unleashed whole new level of service for my clients.