How We Converted an Entire State to
by Rosie & Nathan
from Hawaii Information Consortium
How We Converted an Entire State to
Rosie
Nathan
A look at how Hawaii State Government has been using WordPress to launch
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Cloud-based
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Open-source
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Mobile first
over 450 websites
since 2013.
Bringing Government to the People Since 2000!
Rosie Warfield
Manager of eGovernment Services & Customer Services (and CMS!)
Leader of all things WordPress (on the business side)
9+ years
Nathan Hutchinson
Web Coding & CMS Specialist
Leader of all things WordPress (on the tech side)
3+ years
Rika & Jenly (say hi if you see them!)
The State of Hawaii
A
bit of
history
As of 2015,
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We have over 80 WordPress installs,
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Hosting almost 450 sites,
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And all state agencies are now using WordPress.
And this is where our story begins...
RFP
In 2012, we responded to a proposal by our 1st CIO to build a common state template for all agency sites. We had < 6 months to build and implement EVERYTHING!!
As of Jan 1, 2013: 28 sites were launched.
So what is this state template?
Establish a consistent look & feel for all government sites.
Goal:
Styleguide
- 1 template
- 3 page layout
- 3 themes
See more at : styleguide.ehawaii.gov
- Home page layout
- Sidebar page layout
- Full-width layout
Before
After
Header
Footer
Body
Sharks
OIMT
Responsive
Fully Featured
ADA Friendly
Partnership
Enforcement
Styleguide + State Authority = Success!
Building the
State Template
v 1.0
v1.0 = Fast!
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Paid theme due to time constraints
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Layout modifications for a 12 col grid
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Broke ability to update the parent theme
Multisite
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Infinite WP
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NCloner
Git
3 devs in the same code?
NO problem!
Need to roll back an update?
NO problem!
Need to fork the repository?
(kind of a problem)
HIC Repo
Hosting
Instant test environments are a developers best friend.
Enter
v2.0
Now that we've caught our breath...it's time to go back and make some improvements...
Improvement #1
Lower the overhead
Improvement #2
Create a framework that has a separation of front end and back end
Improvement #3
Better integration with the Multisite search
Improvement #4
Better commenting
Sharing the Open Source
Giving back to the community
Hawaiʻi Diacritics
kāne (kaa-nay) = male
kane (ka-nay) = skin disease
Alt Text Checker
Tablepress + Custom Post Types
Pain Points Along the Way
Another Core Update?
(Time to test again)
Multisite Search
(Relevanssi & USA Search)
Font Awesome
version 3.2.1
<i class="icon-heart"></i>
version 4.3
<i class="fa fa-heart"></i>
Example: Icon Heart
Code Changed...
What's Next for Hawaii?
Fully Utilized AWS Hosting
Surprisingly Fast Development
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Focus on Content
Pau.
Rosie Warfield
(808) 695-4629
rosie@ehawaii.gov
Nathan Hutchinson
(808) 687-6140
nathan@ehawaii.gov
WordPress for Government!
By Rosie Warfield
WordPress for Government!
A look at how Hawaii State Government has been using WordPress to launch over 450 cloud-based, open-source, mobile first websites. In the fall of 2012, we responded to an RFP by our 1st CIO Sonny Bhagowalia to build a common template for all state agencies. We had <6 months to build and implement EVERYTHING! As of January, 2013, 28 sites were launched. As of 2014, we have over 80 WordPress installs hosting almost 450 sites and all state agencies are now using WordPress. Learn how we did it and hear about our custom solutions and unique updating process that allows the State to push out bug fixes and feature requests with ease.
