This is the presentation given by David Coveney at WordCamp UK 2009 in Cardiff. It covers the advantages, problems and implementations of WordPress as used by the News & Media sectors.
If you need to view the slide notes (primarily for me, to be honest, but you may see some points that got cut during the presentation) you’ll have to visit the Slideshare site.
Often, it’s forgotten that WordPress can be used on very busy, dynamic sites with lots of contributors. Although it has relatively humble blogging origins, there’s no reason why it can’t be made to scale
A few highlights from the BigSWIG event we held. Thank you to all those who spoke and all those who attended, for what was a fantastic evening of great talks.
When designing for small screens every pixel counts. One of the common difficulties we face as web designers is how to reduce the amount of pixels some large constructs like menus take up.
