How to Build a Website on a Non-Profit Budget - WordPress 101

WordPress is the leading content management system and powers about 15% of the Web. As of 2011, over 100,000 new WordPress websites are created every day. WordPress is also a free-to-use, open source software project that relies on volunteers. Come learn about how you can use WordPress for your organization, to build a website, a blog, a store, or more and find out more about the Montreal WordPress Community (wpmtl.org).

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1. How to Build a Website on a Non-Profit Budget - WordPress 101 with Shannon Smith December 2012 Tech-Works 2012
2. Café Noir Design Shannon Smith www.cafenoirdesign.com @cafenoirdesign
3. A special thanks to Kathryn Presner Automattic Happiness Engineer Web Designer @zoonini
4. What We’ll Cover What is WordPress? Which WordPress Do I Need? What Can WordPress Do? Intro to WordPress Intro to the Admin Panel* Resources Closing Questions
5. What is WordPress?
6. Diving into WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org Content Management System vs Blog What is it used for? http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
7. What Can WordPress Do?
8. Blog http://julienchung.com/blog/
9. CMS+Blog http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/
10. CMS http://mygirlfriend.ca/
11. CMS http://www.thewittyoffice.com
12. Magazine
13. Photo Portfolio http://www.silviaphotography.com/
14. Video Portfolio http://www.presner.com
15. Audio Portfolio
16. Interactive
17. Which WordPress Do I Need?
18. WordPress for Every Budget Step 1: Hosted by WordPress.com Theme via WordPress.com Managed by WordPress.com (free or $25/year)
19. WordPress for Every Budget Step 2: Self-Hosted Ready-Made Theme Self-Managed
20. WordPress for Every Budget Step 3: Self-Hosted Custom Theme Managed by Freelancer/Small Agency
21. WordPress for Every Budget Step 4: Hosted by Large Agency/Self-Hosted Custom Theme Managed by Large Agency $20,000-100,000+
22. WordPress for Every Budget Step 5: VIP Cloud Hosting Custom Theme $50,000/year minimum
23. Intro to WordPress
24. Some WordPress Basics Database vs. files PHP vs. HTML Do I need to know PHP? Database ➜ Scripting Language ➜ Markup Language ➜ Structure Presentation Dynamic Functions Data
25. Posts vs. Pages Page
26. Posts vs. Pages Post
27. Posts vs. Pages Posts
28. Introduction to Themes A Theme is a collection of Template files - (X)HTML + PHP + CSS The CSS (aka stylesheets) usually control the layout and design Only two template files are required: index.php, style.css Some are optional: sidebar.php, comments.php, etc. http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
30. http://www.lonelythebook.com/emily-white-author/
31. Get Started with a Blank Theme _s (underscores) http://www.underscores.me Starkers http://viewportindustries.com/products/starkers/ DIW Blank Theme http://themeclubhouse.digwp.com/ Whiteboard http://whiteboardframework.com/ Roots http://www.rootstheme.com/ Bluelime Media http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2012/07/14/bluelime-media-stater-theme-now-in-3- flavours/ HTML5 Boilerplate https://github.com/iamamused/wp-theme-html5-boilerplate
32. Get Started with a Pre-made Theme WordPress.org Directory http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WooThemes http://www.woothemes.com/ elegantthemes http://www.elegantthemes.com/ Press75 http://www.press75.com/ WPswitch http://wpswitch.com/ Smashing Magazine - Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Edition http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/05/free-wordpress-themes-2011-edition/
33. Introduction to Plugins What is a plug-in? Where do you get plug-ins? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
34. Managing Plug-ins
35. Introduction to Widgets What is a widget? What is a widget-ready theme? http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
36. Intro to the Admin Panel
37. The Admin Panel Let’s go spelunking!
38. WordPress Resources
39. Official Resources wordpress.org (of course!) The Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/ Support Forum http://wordpress.org/support WordPress.tv http://wordpress.tv/
40. Cheat Sheets WordPress Template Tags Reference Guide http://www.dbswebsite.com/design/wordpress-reference/V3/ Optimization Cheat Sheet for WordPress http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Cheat_Sheet Various 3.0-Ready Cheat Sheets http://www.webanddesigners.com/11-extremely-helpful-wordpress-cheatsheets/ Remember: Cheat sheets need to be current
41. Theme Development Tools Official Theme Development Checklist & Sample Data http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development_Checklist Book: Digging Into WordPress http://digwp.com/ Online and In-Person Classes
42. WordPress Inspiration Official WordPress Showcase http://wordpress.org/showcase/ We Love WP http://welovewp.com/ WPInspiration http://wpinspiration.com/ WP Float http://wpfloat.com/
43. Recommended Plugins Backup WP-DB-Backup SEO WordPress SEO by Yoast Caching WP Super Cache Performance WP Minify, WP-smushit Security Limit Login Attempts Spam Protection Akismet, Bad Behaviour Email Obfuscator php-enkoder Contact Form Contact Form 7 Social Sharing Jetpack Analytics, RSS, Forms
44. Closing
45. Questions? What Next? Get the presentation http://speakerdeck.com/cafenoirdesign Find Shannon http://www.cafenoirdesign.com Twitter @cafenoirdesign Special thanks to Kathryn Presner, who helped prepare this presentation. http://www.zoonini.com