Introduction to WordPress

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1. Introduction to WordPress Natalie MacLees founder + principal, Purple Pen Productions
3. Meet WordPress Introduction to WordPress
4. What is WordPress? • Customizable website creation tool • Most popular blog publishing and content management system on the web today • Powers over 74 million websites Meet WordPress
5. CMS • Content Management System. • A computer application that allows publishing, editing, organizing, deleting, and maintaining content. Meet WordPress
6. Top 1 million websites 34% 7% 6% 53% WordPress Drupal Joomla Other
7. Why use WordPress? • Open source • User friendly • Flexible and extensible • Easy to find support • SEO friendly • Own your own content • Community Meet WordPress
8. What types of sites can you build? • blog • business • informative • review • personal • photo gallery • portfolio • community • ecommerce • membership • …and more! Meet WordPress
9. The WordPress Showcase http://wordpress.org/showcase
10. .com vs .org Introduction to WordPress
11. WordPress.com • Like renting an apartment • Limited with what you can do • Maintenance and backups included • Customer service available to handle issues .com vs .org
12. WordPress.org (self-hosted) • Like buying a house • Can do anything you’d like • You do maintenance and backups • You’re responsible for handling any issues that arise .com vs .org
13. Installing WordPress • WordPress.com: done for you • Managed WP Hosting: done for you • Other hosting: nearly all have easy installation .com vs .org
14. Help and Support Introduction to WordPress
15. Forums & Online Groups • WordPress.org • LinkedIn • Facebook • WordPress Stack Exchange Help and Support
16. Hiring Help • Classes and workshops • One-on-one tutoring • WordPress consultants, designers, and developers Help and Support
17. The ONE Best Thing • Get involved with the WordPress community • Nicest, smartest, most generous people you’ll ever meet • 19 WordPress meetup groups in Southern California • WordCamps - Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix Help and Support
18. Site Tour Introduction to WordPress
19. Admin Tour Introduction to WordPress
20. WordPress Basics Introduction to WordPress
21. User Accounts • Create • Edit • Delete WordPress Basics
22. Posts • Timely content • Social content • Categories: Table of contents • Tags: Index of keywords • Syndicated via RSS WordPress Basics
23. Pages • Permanent content • Nesting • Included as the site’s menu by default WordPress Basics
24. Sidebars or widget areas • Depends on theme • Add, edit, remove, and move widgets WordPress Basics
25. Menus • Available in most themes • Allow you to organize your content as you’d like WordPress Basics
26. Media uploader • Add photos, video, and audio to your site • Add media to posts and pages • Create galleries and playlists WordPress Basics
27. WordPress Themes Introduction to WordPress
28. What does a theme do? • Changes the way your site looks and works • Colors, layouts, typography, etc. • BEWARE: bloated ‘do it all’ themes. They’re often more trouble than they’re worth WordPress Themes
29. Where should you get themes? • Free themes ONLY from the WordPress Theme repository • Paid themes only from reputable sellers • How to find reputable sellers WordPress Themes
30. Installing and configuring themes • Install themes from the Dashboard • Using the Customizer • Theme options pages WordPress Themes
31. WordPress Plugins Introduction to WordPress
32. What does a plugin do? • Adds some bit of functionality to your site • Examples: • Social media sharing buttons • A new type of widget • Image sliders • Add new capabilities: ecommerce, membership, directory, etc. WordPress Plugins
33. Where should you get plugins? • Free plugins ONLY from the WordPress Plugin repository • Paid plugins only from reputable sellers • How to find reputable sellers WordPress Plugins
34. Installing and configuring plugins • Install plugins from the Dashboard • Plugin documentation • Finding plugin settings WordPress Plugins
35. Settings Introduction to WordPress
36. First things first • Settings > General • Site Title • Tagline • Timezone Settings
37. WP for a website • Settings > Reading • Set a static page as the home page • Depends on theme, may have a special home page template Settings
38. Media Settings • Settings > Media • Define default media sizes • NOTE: These do not apply to media that’s already been uploaded! Settings
39. Permalinks • What are they? • What’s the best setting? • Resetting permalinks - fix mysterious issues Settings
40. WordPress Site Care & Maintenance Introduction to WordPress
41. Back up back up back up back up!!!!! • Cannot over-emphasize how important regular backups are • A recent backup is the cure for nearly any ill • Not a question of if, but when the site will be hacked or corrupted • How often should you back up? • Two pieces to back up • How many backups to keep WordPress Site Care & Maintenance
42. Backup Plugins • BackUpWordpress (free) • WordPress Backup to Dropbox (free) • BackWPUp (free) • Backup Buddy (paid) WordPress Site Care & Maintenance
43. WordPress updates • WordPress tells you when there are updates available • Simple to do BUT • BACK UP FIRST!!! ALWAYS!! NO EXCEPTIONS WordPress Site Care & Maintenance
44. Keep your site secure • Use secure passwords • Use least privilege • Set up salts • Use a security plugin - I like WordFence • Themes and plugins from reputable sources only! • Back up regularly - move backups to another server WordPress Site Care & Maintenance
45. Resources Introduction to WordPress
46. Online • http://wordpress.org/support/ • http://codex.wordpress.org/ • http://wpbeginner.com/ • http://chrislema.com/ • http://problogger.net/ • http://www.copyblogger.com/ • http://www.wp101.com/ • http://www.wpuniversity.com/ • http://www.lynda.com/ • http:// wordpress.stackexchange.com/ • http://bobwp.com/ • http://wordpress.tv/ Resources
47. Offline • WordPress for Dummies by Lisa Sabin Wilson • Meetups: Find your local group(s) on meetup.com • WordCamps: Find upcoming camps on wordcamp.org Resources
48. Q&A Introduction to WordPress
49. Bonus Items Introduction to WordPress
50. Sticky Posts • Stick a post to the top of the front page Bonus Items
51. Scheduled Posts • Set a post to go live at a pre-determined time • WP Cron warning Bonus Items
52. Draft Posts • Posts only you can see • Not yet live on the site • Edit until you’re happy before you post • Can preview Bonus Items
53. Page Templates • Availability depends on theme • Set different layouts for different pages Bonus Items
54. Comments • Comment settings • Comment moderation • Handling spam Bonus Items
55. Thank you!! Introduction to WordPress