WordCamp Whistler – Morten Rand-Hendriksen on WP in alternative configurations

Morten changed his title – how to emancipate yourself frmo the shackles of “the blog”. The information gets put on the table (MySQL database) – the template talks to the MySQL database, then to HTML, then to CSS – the final outcome of what the page looks like is the template and the Cascading Style Sheets (you have control of the content and the appearance).

WordPress – a blogging platform? Is it really? Depends on how you define blog. Morten showcases The Huffington Post and the Anti-Benjamin Button Club blog as not complying with the definition of blog as widely admitted. What defines a blog is the way in which the content is presented.

blog – a web site or part of a web site that features articles published and offered in a reverse chronological order (Morten’s Encyclopaedia). Morten is quite funny.

WordPress should be thought of as a publishing platform that allows you to create content that can be published as a blog. [Raul's notes - this is exactly what I am doing with my research blog - changing the landing pages and show the website as a site with a blog page]

UPDATE 12:48 pm - I am NOT feeling well so I have missed part of Morten’s very detailed descriptions on how you can edit the template page (Custom Template Page)

Morten is really describing the process of editing the CSS and the Custom Page template in detail, but sadly, I can’t really think straight because my body is not feeling well so what I’ll do is send him an interview email with questions about his talk and update this liveblog. Sorry everyone. Also, sorry for the momentary crash on my site.

UPDATE 12:51 - Morten describes how to adjust the Custom Fields so that you get the fields you want on your Custom Page.

Step 5 – Think outside the box – you can create ANY kind of website with it (I agree, Morten!). Go to the Template Tags website every time you have a question.

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