WordPress for a Family History Archive

John Adams (@johnthegeo)WordUp Glasgow, 4 Feb 2012

John Adams 1890-1971

but almost a century ago…

The Story

johnadams.org.uk/letters

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

“I think this is the first Sunday that I have ever been away from home all day”

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

“We are likely to take our Xmas dinner in the trenches this year.”

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

“I suppose by this time you will think me dead.”

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Paisley: “We are sick of rain now.”

“I often heard it said that Scotch people were hard with their money. But I will believe it no longer.”

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

Ypres: “I have gone up the line today”

Rouen: “What a lovely country to live in. I believe I could live here all my life.”

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918

How does WordPress help?

Features PluginsCore Features:• Posts/pages/images• Categories• Menus• 2010 Child Theme

Category Custom FieldsDefault Sort AscendWidget Logic

Custom Post Types Custom Post Types UIPost Type ConverterPost Type Convertr

Multiple authors Authors WidgetUser Photo

Geocoding WP Geo

Timeline WP SIMILE Timeline

Pages and menus

Categories run everything else

Category Custom FieldsDefault Sort AscendAuthors Widget

Custom Post Types: Letter

Custom Post Types UIPost Type ConvertrPost Type Converter

Multiple Authors

User PhotoAuthors Widget

Location information

Location

WP Geo http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-geo/

When? SIMILIE Timeline

WP SIMILE Timeline pluginhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-simile-timeline/

Dates pre-1970 bug (fixed)http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10332

What Next?

What Next?

…and the story continues

THANK YOUQuestions?