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WordPress as a
Collaboration Platform

Benjamin J. Balter

@BenBalter

Ben.Balter.com

#drupal4gov

About Me

Business Process Automation on White House
SoftWare Automation and Technology (SWAT) Team
Developed internal collaboration and data analysis tools for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Created WordPress-based Document Management System as part of Google Summer of Code 2012
Things I've most recently used WordPress for:
millions of URLs, thousands of documents (and domains), hundreds of Q&As, dozens of parcels of real property, and an undisclosed amount of wine.

* Views are my own

What We're Gonna Cover^*

Collaborate
Customize
Communicate
Organize
Extend

* Absolutely no code involved — Scout's honor!

0. Collaborate

Team Huddle

WP Document Revisions

A document management system (DMS), to track, store, and organize files of any format
A collaboration tool to empower teams to collaboratively draft, edit, and refine documents
A file hosting solution to publish and securely deliver files to a team, to clients, or to the public

1. Customize

Custom Ride

WorkFlow

Workflow States

Edit Flow

Edit Flow Notifications

Permissions (Members)

Members

2. Communicate

Blues Brothers Car

P2

P2 Resolved Posts

P2 Resolve Posts

Wikis

3. Organize

M&Ms sorted by color

Custom Taxonomies

(Custom Taxonomy Generator)

Custom Taxonomy Generator

Custom Fields

(Advanced Custom Fields)

Advanced Custom Fields

Custom Fields

(Display Custom Fields)

Display Custom Fields

Count Shortcode

Count Shortcode

4. Extend

USB plugged into Green Apple

XML

JSON

(JSON API)

json

Coming Soon

Beach ball about to impact face

Approval

json

Resources

WordPress as a
Collaboration Platform

Benjamin J. Balter

@BenBalter

Ben.Balter.com

#wpdc

Photo Credits

Collaborate — jiheffe
Customize — aferfate
Communicate — ricardo_ferreira
Wiki — nojhan
Organize — mr_t_in_dc
Extend — lori_greig
Coming Soon — revdancatt
Document Revisions — antphoto