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WordPress Basics
The New York CityWordPress Meetup Group
October 21, 2008
Presented by Steve BrunerSlipFire Business Solutions
What is WP? .com vs .org Setting up WP Power of WP Plugins PHP & CSSBuilt with WP
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What is WordPress?
Traditionally thought of as blogging software Used by individuals Journalists
With the addition of Themes and Plugins, WordPress can be used for almost anything you can think of:
News site e-commerce Photo gallery Standard Website (with integrated blog) Contact Manager Forums Content Management System (CMS)
What is WP?
What is WP? .com vs .org Setting up WP Power of WP Plugins PHP & CSSBuilt with WP
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News: NYTimes.com
Built with WP
Sites Built With WordPress
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Sites Built With WordPress
e-commerce: CarriageCouture.com
Built with WP
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Sites Built With WordPressBuilt with WP
www.FiscalSanity.com
www.AllThingsD.com
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What is WordPress?Sites Built With WordPressBuilt with WP
www.HotGhettoMess.com
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What is WordPress?Sites Built With WordPressBuilt with WP
ShowInABox.tvwww.Wandermelon.com
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What is WordPress?Sites Built With WordPressBuilt with WP
Contact Manager
Add Posts from the front-end of WPwith “TDO-Mini Forms” Plugin
CRMdemo.Slipfire.compeople.theDesignCanopy.com
What is WP? .com vs .org Setting up WP Power of WP Plugins PHP & CSSBuilt with WP
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WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
WordPress.com
BenefitsIt’s free and easy to setupEverything is taken care of: setup, upgrades, security, etcBackups are automatic
ConsLimited themes (currently about 60)You can't add PluginsYou can't hack the code / edit themes
WordPress.org
BenefitsAbility to upload ThemesAbility to upload PluginsGreat communityComplete control to change code
ConsYou need a good web host, which generally costs $7-12 a monthRequires more technical knowledge to set up and runYou have to handle backupsYou must upgrade the software when a new version comes out
.com vs .org
What is WP? .com vs .org Setting up WP Power of WP Plugins PHP & CSSBuilt with WP
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Setting up WordPress.org
Register for a domain name Find a webhost that has one-click WordPress install
(ie Bluehost, Dreamhost, etc)http://wordpress.org/hosting/
Get an FTP application to upload Themes and Plugins
Easy FTP Application:
Use FireFox for your FTP Download FireFox at www.GetFireFox.com Click on TOOLS – ADD-ONS Search for “FireFTP”
Setting up WP
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Power of WordPress
Create Posts: Articles that get archived Can be categorized and tagged Insert media (images, audio, video) Example: “What I did today”, “My thoughts on the
Presidential Election”
Create Pages: Don't change often Insert Media (images, audio, video) Example: “About”, “Directions”, “Business Hours”
Why Build Your Website with WordPress?
Power of WP
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Archives Display a list of articles that have something in
common Examples: by category(s), tag, author, date
RSS Feeds Same as archives, but formatted for RSS Feed
readers Examples: by category(s), tag(s), author(s), date,
all posts
: Use Feedburner for your feeds
Power of WordPress
Why Build Your Website with WordPress?
Power of WP
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Themes Change the look of your website Thousands of free themes are available www.wordpress.org/extend/themes Search Google for: WordPress Theme
Plugins Add functionality to WordPress Examples: e-commerce, photo gallery, enhanced
SEO, advertising, spam protection, random posts, better search... almost anything you can think of!
www.wordpress.org/extend/plugins Search Google for: WordPress XX Plugins
Power of WordPress
Why Build Your Website with WordPress?
Power of WP
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Essential Plugins
Start with the most popular Plugins:
www.WordPress.org/extend/plugins
Plugins
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Steve's Essential Plugins
Comment Spam: Akismet (standard with WP)
SEO: All-In-One-SEO Pack
Contact Form: Cforms II (advanced) or Contact Form 7 (basic)
XML Sitemap: Google XML Sitemaps
Backups: WP-DB-Backup
Google Analytics: Google Analyticator
Add Video: Viper's Video Quicktags
Plugins
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PHP and CSS
PHP Defines the content and structure of the website Header, Footer, Sidebars and Body
header.php, footer.php, sidebar.php, index.php,home.php, single.php, page.php
Automatically fills in data: <?php the_title();?> :Post/Page title <?php the_content();?> :Post/Page content <?php the_excerpt();?> :Post excerpt <?php the_author();?> :Post/Page author <?php the_category();?> :Lists Post Categories <?php the_tags();?> :Lists Post Tags
PHP & CSS
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PHP and CSS
CSS Controls the presentation of the website Defines: colors, dimensions, typefaces, background File: Style.css
body {font-size: 14px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;background: #ffffff;color: #000000;text-align: left;}
PHP & CSS
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PHP and CSS
style.css
PHP & CSS
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PHP and CSSPHP & CSS
index.php
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