Building a WordPress Sandbox
Download as PPTX, PDF•1 like•517 views
Joe Querin discusses the concept of a WordPress sandbox, outlining its definition as a protected environment separate from production. The document highlights benefits such as testing themes and plugins, while also presenting options like WAMP, MAMP, Desktop Server, and VVV, along with their pros and cons. Querin also provides links to resources for setting up these tools.
Building a WordPress Sandbox
- 1. Building a WordPress Sandbox Joe Querin @joequerin http://www.joequerin.com
- 2. About Me • Graphic Design major • Self taught Web Developer for 19+ years • Current work full-time at Lorain County Community College for 17+ years. • WordPress experience last 5 years • Built 8+ themes • Migrated 4 complete sites to WordPress, built from scratch many more.
- 3. Why Build a Sandbox? • What is a WordPress Sandbox? • What are the benefits of a sandbox? • What options are there for a sandbox?
- 4. What is a WordPress Sandbox? • Protected environment • Separated from your production environment. • Possibly a shared space, generally just for you.
- 5. Benefits of a WordPress Sandbox • Test themes • Test plugins • Test updates • Try functionality
- 6. WordPress Sandbox • Local Web Server – (Windows IIS) • WAMP or MAMP • Desktop Server from ServerPress WP Site Sync – Content Transfer • VVV – Varying Vagrant Vagrants
- 7. Cons • WAMP/MAMP – Resource Intensive, Cost • Desktop Server – Minor Cost • VVV – Can be intimidating, confusing. This past spring, we taught 3 art students, VVV Two MBPs, one Surface Book
- 8. Pros • WAMP/MAMP – Easy for a non-technical person to install, use. • Desktop Server – Easy to use, optimized for WordPress. • VVV – Closest dev environment to a production environment.
- 9. Where to find the tools • WAMP – http://www.wampserver.com/en/ • MAMP – https://www.mamp.info/en/ • Desktop Server - https://serverpress.com/ • VVV - https://github.com/Varying-Vagrant- Vagrants/VVV
- 10. Questions Joe Querin Twitter: @joequerin Web: http://www.joequerin.com