I have been designing, building and running intranets and other web stuff since 1997. Currently I head the team responsible for OPSpedia, the Government of Ontario’s WordPress-based, employee-facing professional networking platform and intranet hosting solution.
Speaking Sessions
1000 sites: MultiSite as an intranet hosting platform in the Beginner Developer track
Your Presentation
Case study of OPSpedia, which uses WordPress MultiSite as a hosting platform for numerous Ministry and enterprise intranets, as well as a blogging platform and professional networking site for Government of Ontario employees.
What do you want people to learn from your presentation?
- How a large enterprise can use WordPress as a hosting platform for multiple intranets
- Techniques used to juggle the demands of multiple stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment
- Integrating open source and custom plug-ins into the WordPress MultiSite platform
- How our Scrum-based (agile) development methodology supports numerous theme developers across the enterprise
- Supporting multiple content contribution models among multiple stakeholder groups
Why did you decide to speak?
Speaking at a conference jump-starts networking opportunities. Also, I like to share my knowledge and experience.
What attracted you to WordPress in the first place?
- It’s open source
- It’s the platform used by ~20% of all web sites
- It has an immense ecosystem of themes and plug-ins
What is your favourite plugin or theme, and why?
We have built a plug-in that integrates the Lucene/Solr serch platform with WordPress, providing a search management console, real-time indexing of all published content, and a growing number of search functions that our community uses to solve a host of business challenges.
What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?
Networking with other WordPress users and fans.