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Git, Capistrano, SSH, and WordPress

Update: This tutorial has been updated! Several bugs have been fixed, please be sure to read all of the updates (especially if you’ve referenced this tutorial before).

Also, there is now a gem to help with the deployment script. Please visit the new tutorial after reading this one for more information.

I’m not going to lie: lately I’ve been on quite the WordPress-kick. I love being able to create a design, cut it up into HTML-ready chunks, and then use a standard WordPress template to get it into production and on the web ASAP! Generally, my workflow looks like this:

  1. Create the design
  2. Cut it up for a web layout
  3. Create a sample web layout and test across browsers
  4. Cut the HTML up into a standard WordPress template
  5. FTP the design to a WordPress install (into the wp-content/themes directory)

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