Mary Fran Wiley (@maryfran) gave a talk titled Information Architecture for Normal People (Growing beyond posts, pages, categories and tags) on Sunday, May 1 at 1:00 PM.
View presentation online
https://twitter.com/maryfran/status/726843668376735745
https://twitter.com/maryfran/status/726851684249440257
Social Recap
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/alt3red/status/726832688406093824
.@maryfran talking high-level answers (not code!) to where it is, what you found, what's around, etc. No actual architecture. #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
.@maryfran start w/ a "spreadsheet of doom" w/ columns for post types, broken down by fields – WYSIWG, author, date, tags, etc. #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
step 2 of @maryfran "spreadsheet of doom" – custom fields, sidebars, any content that needs to be included in wireframes for designs #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Vocab: taxonomy – "scheme of classification" like HS bio animal kingdoms or Netflix genres or shopping filters for shoes @maryfran #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
What's standard in WP? Posts: content w/ metadata, attributes, organized by date. Pages: content not by date @maryfran #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
2nd vocab tip: Post Type ≠ Post Format. Post formats usually by media (like @tumblr) whereas types are for products, customized #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Tip from @maryfran – try to use 1 category at a time. Tags are non-hierarchical, multiples make more sense #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Categories are like buckets. Content should only go into one at a time. @frannycakesblog #wcchi
— Ah So Designs (@ahsodesigns) May 1, 2016
Do you need structured data? Need it in a spreadsheet? Need custom layouts? WYSIWG text area posts won't help with this. @maryfran #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
#wcchi @maryfran CPT tools: @jetpack for portfolio post type if that's all you need. @GenerateWP creates code, or https://t.co/U4vy510Rdm
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Q&A:
Q: How to connect posts to post? A: Advanced Custom Fields or Posts 2 Posts if you don't use ACF and want a "lighter" solution #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Q: How do you get client to think about how to structure content? @maryfran A: research, how do you sort & how do customers want it? #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Tip for info architecture & structured data – aiming for Google? Read their docs: https://t.co/iAxw4wO2az #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Want to see more specifics wrt @maryfran's recipe examples? Google's rich snippets show specific properties: https://t.co/u0yryjzBk1 #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016
Do you use plugins for structured data? Pods, ACF, others? Let us know! We'll share your recommendations #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) May 1, 2016