Slides from the WordPress 3.0 & Parent-child themes presentation by Tris Hussey and Catherine Winters for WordCamp Vancouver 2010

1. WordPress 3 @ WordCamp Vancouver
It’s not all that scary different

2. What Isn't New
This is an evolutionary update, not revolutionary
Dashboard
Admin screens the same
Image editor
Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies (they are just better now)
When you update to 3.0...things will work the same, but improved

3. What Is New
WP and WPMU merged
WordPress Menus for themes (and sidebar widgets!)
Custom header & custom backgrounds are built into core so themes can tap into them more easily
Front-end access to Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies
New template files: authors, front page, custom post types, taxonomies
Importers are installed only if you need them
Easier bulk updating of plugins and themes
New theme: Twenty Ten

4. WordPress Menus
Based on code from Woo Themes
Very, very easy drag-and-drop editing menus
Mix Pages, Categories, & static links together—including parent-child
menus!
More themes will support it post-launch of 3.0
Even if your theme doesn't support Menus you can use them as sidebar
widgets!

5. Twenty Ten
New default theme
Intended that there will be a new default every year
Uses:
Custom header
Custom background
Menus
Designed to be a parent theme
It’s a solid, basic theme

6. Custom Taxonomies & Custom
Post Types
Both were introduced in previous versions
Now they have more useful applications and interfaces within WordPress
Recommendation: Wait for themes and plugins to help you use them.

8. Multisite Mode
Not turned on by magic
Not made easier, just one codebase
Still essentially WordPress MU, so still not for the code-shy
Have to edit wp-config.php to allow multisite to be turned on
Add define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); to wp-config.php to reveal
the menu option under tools

9. KUBRICK

10. KUBRICK
TWENTY TEN

11. KUBRICK
TWENTY TEN DOT FIVE TWENTY TEN

12. Twenty Ten Parent-child Theme
Demo
You start with Twenty Ten
Create a new style sheet
And you have a new child theme!

13. Twenty Ten Parent-child Theme
Demo
You start with Twenty Ten
Create a new style sheet
And you have a new child theme!

14. Twenty Ten Parent-child Theme
Demo
You start with Twenty Ten
Create a new style sheet
And you have a new child theme!

15. Questions?

16. Our Coordinates
Tris
tris@trishussey.com
http://trishussey.com
Twitter: trishussey
Catherine
catherine@catherinewinters.com
http://catherineomega.com
Twitter: CatherineOmega