How-To
Pods CMS: Basics
Description
This demonstration covers some of the basic capabilities of the Pods CMS plugin for WordPress. This lesson covers creating a new content type, adding items to it, and then displaying those items on the site via Pod Pages.
You can download the plugin from the WordPress.org directory here, and the official plugin web site is located here.
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Producer
Matt Gibbs
Speakers
Matt Gibbs
Date
October 30, 2009
October 30, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Good video Matt. Just wondering though, if this is the basics and you used all that PHP in this video alone, is that standard practice in the use of this plugin? I don’t know PHP from ABC so I’m wondering if I would grasp the concepts and flexibility that PODS provides.
October 30, 2009 at 9:26 pm
This isn’t so much a CMS as it is a wordpress application framework plugin. Impressive tool for developers but not for content managers.
October 31, 2009 at 2:08 pm
@Jeffro – Pods does require a modest amount of PHP knowledge, even when just getting started with Pods. The goal is for the developers to set up the content types and page structures, then pass it to clients to create and manage content from the content types you’ve created.
@kgraeme – Pods comes with full support for managing content within your new content types. It is a framework in the sense that it’s a “blank slate” for you to build from, but a CMS in that you can easily add content and manage the content you already have.
November 16, 2009 at 2:45 am
hi.matt.
congratulations for your creations. it’ll be usefull for all . it’s fine
so i am amateur webmaster, and by this pods cms app where i have found the solution for a couple projects of mine.
how you have notice , i still using the CMS plattform by wordpress.com,
i want to begin a new blog or website using wordpress, how could i use
PODS CMS ON IT, I NEED TO PAY or something like that? you offer any options for paid upgrades for enhanced functionality to wordpress.com.
thanks a lot
November 19, 2009 at 4:50 am
To use a system like Pods, you’re going to need to get started with a self-hosted WordPress install. Then you can install Pods and use it just like this.
December 20, 2009 at 11:01 am
Matt: Abso-freakin-awesome… I can’t wait to use this plugin.
December 28, 2009 at 12:34 am
Great video, very helpful for a quick first-run with pods. Thanks for putting that together.
January 28, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Superb video – such a good run through of what pods can do. Thank you.
May 12, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Excellent video. Thank you for this. Really impressed by the features of Pods.
June 4, 2010 at 2:41 am
Simply amazing!
This plugin is better than original WordPress 3.0 custom-types! Congratulations for the Pods team!
August 2, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Great great plugin – I believe this will change the world of WordPress. I have beening looking for this for a while and finally found it here. I will leave a feedback in the WordPress plugin directory after trying it – I’m sure it will be a five star
August 7, 2010 at 10:14 am
Approaches an ExpressionEngine light for WP. Very impressive and pretty amazing this isn’t included in WP as a default.
August 13, 2010 at 9:03 am
This plugin seems nice but for web agencies who are already familiar or adept to customizing a template would just make this plugin irrelevant for their clients. Clients or the end users would just like to see how the site looks after the design and use it instantly, in our experience its rare a client would know how to type in Classes or php scripts, this may become difficult on their part rather than just hiring a designer.
We normally crack the whole template and design a client’s site within a day only without compromising the looks/layout of the site.
Just balancing…but this plugins works well for some developers.