There's more to life
than wordPress
twenty years of experience in ten minutes
#WCZRH
Mark Howells-Mead @howellsmead mark@sayhello.ch
a.k.a. «Opa ERzählt vom Krieg»
Where it all began
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Netscape Composer & Internet Explorer 3
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Visual Basic & Microsoft Excel (1999)
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Blogger.com 😍
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Macromedia Dreamweaver
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G-Os Editorial System (2001-2007)
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WordPress - 2004 & 2009
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Multisite & Multilingual (2008-)
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block insertion
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Typo3 since 1997
backend Content areas
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Typo3 since 2012
Advanced image management
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Typo3 since 2015
Rich content creation
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🧐
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DIVI
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Elementor
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Advanced custom fields
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Advanced custom fields
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Advanced custom fields
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Advanced custom fields
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Fasten your seatbelts
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Reusable components
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humanmade.com
NPMjs.org
stubbornella.org
Gutenberg post grid
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Biggest non-technical challenges
Communication
Documentation and planning
Design
Your client is (usually) not an expert in your field.
Explain the process and MAKE SURE THAT THE CLIENT UNDERSTANDS.
An hour spent planning is worth at least a day of coding.
Everyone's opinion is valid. Accept constructive criticism.
Saying no
You are not the perfect match for every client.
Not every client is the right match for you.
Forcing it will end badly.
Zwei
eis
drü
vier
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Take inspiration from established solutions
Communicate often
Plan and document
Say no if you have to