Showcase: Fangoria.com

Note: Fangoria is a horror film fan site, there is gore on the site.

Visit Fangoria.com

Project Needs:

  • Migrate from Python/Django to WordPress
  • Convert design to WordPress theme
  • Maintain exiting SEO
  • Render Podcast items as Posts
  • Make archive of embedded, animated magazines render in the proper order.
  • Make archive of embedded, animated magazines render in the proper order.
Screenshot of Fangoria.com
Screenshot of Fangoria's Crosswords page

Technology used:

  • Custom Post Types
  • Connected posts
  • Custom Taxonomies
  • RSS Importing
  • Custom theme templates

Challenges:

  • Migrating a custom database structure into WordPress.
  • Migrating a very large dataset into WordPress.
  • Creating custom templates to render imported embeds
  • Mirroring the design exactly in a new framework
  • Adding custom functionality to existing theme and block functions
Screenshot of the command line mysql client explaining the wp_posts table.