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WordPress 101Getting You Up And Running - Fast!
Warren Denley . @WarrenDenley . diywebsitecoach.com
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Talk Overview
• Creating Your Site
• WordPress Dashboard Overview
• Recommended Settings
• Understanding User Roles
Creating Your Site
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Creating Your Site
• WordPress.com
• Self-hosted
• One-click Install
• Manual Install
• Basic Security Tips
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WordPress.com
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One Click Install
• Differs by host
• Often older version
• Minimal security
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Manual Install
• Create a database
• Create a user
• Load WordPress files
• Run installer
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Basic Security Tips
• Strong usernames, passwords and database
• Keep site updated
• Hide and protect WordPress information
• Regular Backups
• Site monitoring
WordPress Dashboard Overview
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WordPress Dashboard
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Posts Menu
• What are posts?
• Draft vs Published
• Quick Edit
• Bulk Update
• Post Editor
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Quick Edit
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Bulk Edit
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Post Editor
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Media Menu
• What are “media”?
• Bulk Update
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Pages Menu
• What are pages?
• Draft vs Published
• Quick Edit
• Bulk Update
• Post Editor
• Hierarchy
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Comments Menu
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Appearance Menu
• Manage themes
• Manage widgets
• Custom menus
• Header
• Background
• Theme editor
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Widgets
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Users Menu
• Manage users
• Update your profile
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Tools Menu
• Data import and export
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Settings Menu
• Site-wide options
• Most default settings are OK
• Can change most at any time
Recommended Settings
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Settings -> General
• Site Title and Tagline
• Membership
• Timezone
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Settings -> Reading
• Search engine visibility
• Front page
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Settings -> Discussion
• Comment appearing
• Email notifications
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Settings -> Permalinks
• Permalink structure
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Users -> Your Profile
• Fill out bio
• Get a gravatar (gravatar.com)
• Display name
User Roles
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User Roles
• Subscriber
• Can only manage their profile
• Generally only for membership sites
• Contributor
• Can write and manage their own posts
• Can’t publish posts
• Good for external/guest writers
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User Roles
• Author
• Can write, manage and publish their own posts
• Good for staff writers
• Editor
• Can write, manage and publish their own posts
• Can mange and publish other people’s posts
• Good for content managers
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User Roles
• Administrator
• Can write, manage and publish their own posts
• Has full control over a single site
• Network Administrator
• Has full control over all site in a network
• Only applicable in multi-site setups
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