Sherif S. MorganFriday, January 25, 2013

WordPressThe How To…

Two FlavorsWordPress.com and WordPress.org

Open Source / NPODeveloper Community

WordPress.com

o Free* Site and Hosting Visit http://www.wordpress.com to sign up

oMaintained for users (i.e. no updates)

o Full of features (but cannot add/modify)

o But… Somewhat limited to what you

control/customize upgrades

Your URLo mywebsitename.wordpress.com

o For business, at the very least: domain mapping ($13/year) recommend purchasing domain separately

e.g. from godaddy.com general recommendation (registrar and

host)

The Second Flavor

.ORG

[ complete control = my choice ]

Source: Wikipedia

http://wordpress.org/showcase/

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 16.7% of Alexa Internet’s “top 1 million” websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new websites.

Steps to Setup Self-hosted WordPress

1. Purchase domain name

2. Sign up for web hosting

3. Change nameservers for the domain this points the new domain to the hosting

4. Login to hosting & install WordPress cPanel > Fantastico > Install

WordPress a note about username and password

Login

Login (domain.com/wp-admin)

The WordPress Dashboard

Basic Setup

WP Dashboard > Settings > …oGeneral

title, tagline, timezone, etc.oPermalinks

change to “Post name”

Appearance

WP Dashboard > Appearance

Themes

Widgets

Menus

Header

Background

Editor

Widgets

WP Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets

o Text Widget add text html

e.g. YouTube code, Email Autoresponder

o Some plugins will add “widget” options calendar, form, social media buttons, etc.

Add content to widget areas of your theme

WordPress Plugins

Browse (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ or Google)

Install Plugins WordPress Dashboard > Plugins Upload zip file – or – FTP

Setting them up [where to find setup guide?]

own settings page, on a post/page, or a widget option

add functionality to your WordPress site (e.g. SEO options, image

gallery, etc.)

WordPress Most Popular Plugins

http://inspirationfeed.com/inspiration/infographics/30-most-popular-wordpress-plugins-infographic

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My Favorite Plugins

SEO All in One SEO Yoast Google XML

Sitemaps

Gravity Forms [$]

Sliders WP Cycle Easing Slider Nivo Slider [$]

Social Media Socialize (sharing) AddThis (sharing) Social Media Widget

Working with Content

oPosts and Pages Visual vs. Text editors words, pictures, and links

oMedia Uploader

The Codex

WordPress online manual, information, and documentation

http://codex.wordpress.org/

an overview of the two flavors of

.com vs .orgwhich is right for you?

http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph

http://diythemes.com/thesis/rtfm/differences-wordpress-com-org/

http://remarkablogger.com/2009/11/19/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org-the-definitive-overview-for-business/

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/03/04/wordpress-com-or-wordpress-org-which-ones-right-for-you/

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