Here is another video from WordCamp NYC — BuddyPress Theming with John James Jacoby.

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Here is another session from WordCamp NYC.  The topic is WordPress-as-content management system, and the story of the transformation of the Harvard Gazette.  They took the paper’s static html site and transformed it to a WordPress powered site in just 3 months.  It is always interesting to see how adaptable WordPress is to fit various needs, and the Gazette implemention is very well done.  both video and audio versions of the session are presented below.  Watch for the discussion about their administrative interface — they have customized the edit-posts panel in a very nice way that divides the listing according to category.  Making it easier for editors to get right to their content.

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WordCamp NYC had so much good stuff going I missed plenty of interesting talks.  One thread I caught a whiff of, and made a note to explore further, is the use of child themes in WordPress site design.  The feature is quite new, just appearing in version 2.7.  The ideal is that the parent part of the theme handles the structural type elements, and the child handles the decorative stuff.  I missed the child-theme talk at WordCamp, but luckily the session is now posted on WordPress.tv – explore your inner child and get own WordPress child themes going!

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In a recent post and at a session at last weekend’s WordCamp NYC Jim Groom questions how much commercialization belongs in the WordPress community.  A post on the WPMU.ORG blog, holds that WordPress’ future is in premium, purchased plug-ins, a point Jim takes great exception to.  He points out that the strength and quality of WordPress is a direct result of the active, sharing community, and if increased commercialization displaced this shared ethos, then WordPress might well suffer.  And while I agree with Jim, I also wonder if this isn’t an inevitable phase in the growth of WordPress and other active open source projects.

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At WordCamp NYC 2009, Ramil Teodosio’s session on WP Intranets was just what I needed for an upcoming project.  In the session he walked us through a project management site he uses for software development in a group/team setting.  He uses categories in some really clever ways along with a couple of plug-ins to build a pretty powerful application.  In his words WordPress has become his “swiss army knife”, a flexible tool that can adapt to many different needs.

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The WordCamp NYC Educators Roundtable featured Matt Mullenweg, Joseph Ugoretz, Jim Groom, Luke Waltzer, Tom Woodward,  facilitated by Mikhail Gershovich.  I have the audio posted below, and with a crew like this you know the discussion is worth listening to.  So my apologies, as the audio is less than perfect.  I only post it here because I didn’t see anyone else recording it.  At least you know it is live and unedited!

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