WORDPRESS 101

Vanessa Chu info@designfaire.com designfaire.comtwitter @vanessa_chu

WordPress for Beginners

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Matt Mullenweg released WordPress in 2003 as an Open Source Software

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200+ Million WordPress websites worldwide

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So who maintains WordPress? +Why is Free?

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Open Source?

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WP is Open SourceSource code is publicFreely use, modify, share the software Based on collaboration and community

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3 FocusesEasy to useUseability

Looks GoodAesthetics

Easy to ModifyWeb Standards

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I’m

.com

I’m

.org

WordPress.com vs.

WordPress.org

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Basic Functionality• Posts and Pages

• Comments + Trackbacks

• Categories and Tags

• Photos + Galleries

•Widgets

• Select Themes

•Multi-language

•Multiple Users

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• All basic functionality

• Unlimited Themes + Templates Customizations

• Plugins

• Custom Content Types

• Custom Taxonomy

• Custom Menus

• Domain Shortened URLs

• Multiple Blogs

• Access to all backend files

• and more...

WordPress.org Get More!

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When Do I Use What?

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.com .org

•Primarily a blog

•Up and running quickly

•Don’t need custom theme

•Want to be part of a community

•Stand alone site

•Unique themes + plugins

•More than a blog

•Want full control over site

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Installing WordPress

• A Web Server e.g. Dream Host, Blue Host

• A Text Editor e.g. Notepad, TextEdit, Dreamweaver, BBEdit

• FTP Client e.g. FileZilla, Cute FTP

• Web Browser

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Installing WordPress

• PHP 4.3+

• MYSQL 4.1.2+

• Apache

Server Must Have:

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Installing WordPress

1. Download WordPress

2. Create a Database on your web server

3. Configure wp-config.php file with database info

4. Copy WordPress files to your web server

5. Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php and fill in your site details.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Wordpress

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30 Second Install

Find a web hosts with an auto WordPress Install!e.g. Dream Host, Blue Host

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Using WordPress

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I’m a

pageI’m a

post

• Permanent Content

• Timely Content

Pages vs Posts

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Posts and pages can be categorized and subcategorized!Makes it easy for your readers to filter your content

Categorize your Content

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Themes provide the look of your site

• Change your Theme like you change clothes!

• 99 pre-set themes on WordPress.com

• 1000’s available on the web for self hosted sites

Change your Themes

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Small portable applications you can put on your side bar e.g. Flickr gallery, Twitter feed, latest comments, social bookmarks

Add Widgets!

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Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress

BEWARE: ONLY FOR SELF HOSTED SITES!e.g. Akismet - spam bot, social bookmarks, SEO, fancy galleries etc.

Add Plugins!

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Use Pages to build your site.

Set a Page as your Homepage instead of displaying your Blog!e.g. Pages can be a Bio, Services, Products etc.

WordPress as a Website

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WordPress.org http://wordpress.org/

WordPress Lessonshttp://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons

WPBeginners.comhttp://www.wpbeginner.com/

WordPress Tutorialshttp://www.wp-tutorials.org/

Resources

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Thanks!

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