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San Antonio Online Marketing Group&
The San Antonio WordPress Meetup Group
WordPress For Beginners 101
@VenturePointSA
@yusufchowdhury
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#WordPressTips
Lets Start with the Basics!
• Domain • Web Hosting • Website
Domain Name• Domain name is your web address or URL,
such as meetup.com• Business Name• Keywords• Short • Easy to remember • Uncomplicated
Web Hosting • Home for your website files - not the same
as Domain Registration or Domain Name• Both can be provided from the same
company• Domain Name and Web Hosting can be
from two separate places• Change the DNS• Support team will help you
Types of Web Hosting Services
Type CostShared Hosting $4 - $10Dedicated Hosting $100 - $350Cloud Hosting $90 - $1,200VPS (virtual private server) $16 - $250WordPress Hosting $25 to $300
Domain & Web Hosting
Follow the checklistRegister Domain Name
Purchase Web Hosting Service
Install WordPress
Choose a Theme
Install responsive WordPress theme (Free or Premium)
Activate Theme
Plugins
Plugin:
A piece of code that gives you certain functionality that your site did not have before it was installed.
FREE PAID & Self Hosted
Free hosting Monthly/Annual Fees
Limited to 3GB only Limits?
Automatic backup & upgrades Backups, maintenance and updates – your responsibility
Technical maintenance taken care of for you
Some technical knowledge required
Limited Themes – no premium or plugins
Customize your themes & add plugins
No ownership: WordPress advertises on your site
Full Ownership with complete control of your site
No option to monetize Monetize your site
No custom analytics Customize Analytics
WordPress.COM vs. WordPress.ORG
Types of WordPress ThemesFree
Twenty Eleven - This is a free theme and the default theme when you install WordPress. You can search for more free themes within the WordPress Dashboard.
Paid
Theme Forest, Elegant Theme, Studio Press, Woo Themes and many more – These are also called Premium Themes
Before Building your Website
• Plan your contents• Blogs• Videos• Newsletter
• Services • Capture leads• Create a map of
your website
Add Essential WP Plugins - Shareaholic | email,
bookmark, share buttons- WordPress SEO- CommentLuv- Online Backup for WP- W3 Total Cache- - Google Analytics for WordPress
- Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in- Dean's FCKEditor For Wordpress- Social Metrics- WP optimizer- Sucuri SiteChec Malware Scanner
Resources
wordpress.tvsmashingmagazine.com
wpbeginner.comithemes.com/tutorials/