Learning Word Press

You will learn how to• Get your own www.yourname.com• Get hosting for your website• Get a design for your website• Learn how to create pages, upload

pictures, add blog posts• Add plugins to your website• Promote your website online

http://www.yourname.com/

Domain name

.com - commercial

.net - network

.org - organization

.edu - educational

.gov – governmental

.ru, .in, .ch, .jp – international

Where can I get own my domain name?

www.GoDaddy.com

http://www.godaddy.com/

Searching a Domain name

Searching a Domain name•

Hosting• Hosting is a place where all your

online files reside

Hosting• Types of files in Internet

Just HTML

Just HTML(lnside Look)

HTML & CSS

HTML+CSS+Images

Domain, Hosting & User

Hosting• Hostgator.com – why is it good?

– Fast– Cheap $4/month– Reliable– Unlimited Disk Space– Unlimited Bandwidth– Easy to manage websites– Easy to install any software

Hosting

Hosting• Check your email• Copy this part to you clipboard

Godaddy.com

Go to your email

• Login to Hostgator using your login and password

Login to Hostgator

• Login to Hostgator using your login and password

Hostgator

• login and password

Hostgator

Let’s take a break

Open your website in Browser

Setting up your website• Login to Hostgator Cpanel

Setting up your website• Install Wordpress

Setting up your website

Wordpress

Wordpress• What is Wordpress?• Why is it best blogging

platform?• Themes (Design)

• Free vs Premuim vs Custom• Plugins• What is RSS

– RSS readers

WordpressBuilding block of every blog is a Post.Every post has:• Title• Category• Date• Content(text, images, video etc)• Tags• Author• Comments

WordpressTo better understand a concept of apost let’s take a look at this page:

http://www.BeMoreThanYouAre.com

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Basic operations• Add a category• Create/Edit/Delete posts• Postponing a post• Inserting an image

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Add a category

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Manage your category

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Adding a post

Adding a post

Edit your content

Wordpress: Insert image

For the sake of experiment:• Go to Google.com• Search for anything

e.g. Grand Canyon• Click on image that you like• Click on Full Size Image (on

right)• Save it to your desktop

Wordpress: Insert image

Wordpress• Plugins: are small great scripts

that extend Wordpress capabilities.

Plugins• Post Views: Display number of

views

Post ViewsSidebarWidget

Post Views Stats

So how to install a plugin?

Configure your plugin

Wordpress• Integrating Share button• Integrating social media

– Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Flickr

Wordpress Social Plugins• Search for plugin:

– Trackable Social Share Icons• Install it• Test run it

Wordpress Feedback Plugin• Search for plugin:

– Tiny Contact Form• Install it• Configure it• Insert into any

page [TINY-CONTACT-FORM]

• Test run it

Wordpress AntiSpam Plugin

Wordpress Plugins• Integrating social media

– Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Flickr

• I think we should do this in our Social media Workshop

Wordpress• What is page?

Create a page “about us” and “contact us”.

Wordpress: Settings• General settings:

you can change blog name, your email and date/time view

• Discussion:You can control who can comment your blog and email notifications

• Permalinks (Custom Structure):/%category%/%postname%/

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Where to get images for your website?

• Google Images – NO!!

• Flickr –YES! Don’t forget to put a link to a source.

Wordpress• Where to get images for your

website?

• Stock Photos– www.123RF.com– $1 for a high quality photo

http://www.123rf.com/

Wordpress• Choosing a Theme for your

website

• Free: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

• Premium:www.woothemes.com/themes/

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

http://www.woothemes.com/themes/

Wordpress Themes• FREE vs Premium?

• Go Premium because:– Better designs and great images– Tons of options to tweak– No need to know programming– More secure

Wordpress: Choosing a Theme

Wordpress: Choosing a Theme

It is a same theme!

Buying a Theme

• http://www.woothemes.com/themes/personal-blog/

• View-> Demo

http://www.woothemes.com/themes/personal-blog/

http://www.woothemes.com/themes/personal-blog/

Buying a Theme• Choose from 3 to 5 themes

Buying a Theme• Fill out your information

Downloading a Theme

Installing a Wordpress Theme

Installing a Theme

Wordpress Widgets

Customizing Widgets• Small blocks of information

– Pages(Most viewed)– Categories– Calendar– Twitter stream– Ads– Subscribe form– Any text

Wordpress Widgets

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• Plugins• SEO plugins• Anti Spam• Feedback form• Subscribe form• Daily Website Backup• Security plugins• Social media plugins

Wordpress• Plugins• Page views• Analytics• Galleries• SlideDeck

Analytics• How people get to your website

– Search engines– From friend’s websites– Direct typing

• Keywords• Which content is popular• What is Bounce rate?

Get your own Email• Google.com/a/• How to add email address and

setup a redirect

Analytics• Google Analytics• Google Webmaster tools• Other paid analytics tools

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