Beyond FTP - My WordPress Development Workflow

We have all used FTP as developers to move files from editing them locally to our production server. Developers know the problems this can cause and why alternatives are needed. In this talk I will introduce my WordPress development process and how you can move on from FTP to a more robust development and deployment system. The talk is suitable for developers and designers who build complete sites, or work in teams in which they are responsible for delivering part of a project, collaborating with others.

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1. BEYOND FTP My WordPress Dev Worflow Mark Wilkinson | markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
2. Freelance WordPress Developer Co-organiser of WordPress Cumbria Former secondary school teacher Plugin author
3. my old setup local development version control staging/production deployment
4. my old setup local development version control staging/production deployment
5. my old setup local development version control staging/production deployment
6. my old setup local development version control staging/production deployment
7. my old setup local development version control staging/production deployment
8. FTP File Transfer Protocol
16. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein “
17. Be Brave – Try Something New disney.com/brave
18. local development
19. mamp mac / apache / mysql / php
20. http://localhost
21. <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/Users/local-sites/wpmark" ServerName markwilkinson.dev </VirtualHost> /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts
22. 127.0.0.1 markwilkinson.dev
23. markwilkinson.dev
24. Version Control
26. git bitbucket github
27. http://xkcd.com/1597/
28. Staging / Production https://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisbossi/3796673513
29. Local Dev Staging Production
30. Local Dev Staging Production Local Dev C Local Dev B
31. DEPLOYMENT deployhq
33. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurdles_(Scenes_from_a_Track_Meet).jpg Hurdles
34. wp-config.php
35. http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/wordpress-local-dev-tips/ if ( file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/local- config.php' ) ) { include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/local-config.php' ); define( 'WP_LOCAL_DEV', true ); define( 'WP_STAGING_DEV', false ); } else { // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ }
36. Media Library
37. .gitignore wp-content/uploads/
38. DATABASE
39. WP Migrate DB Pro from $89 Search and Replace $free
40. RECAP
41. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
42. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
43. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
44. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
45. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
46. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
47. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
48. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
49. 1.  Create your repo 2.  Pull to local dev 3.  Build site local – commit as you go 4.  Setup Staging (migrate DB) 5.  Setup deployment (production & staging) 6.  Push to staging 7.  Setup Production (migrate DB) from staging 8.  Push to production
50. Thank you Questions? @wpmark markwilkinson.me github.com/wpmark profiles.wordpress.org/wpmarkuk P.S. I’m available for hire!