WHAT IS WORDPRESS?
An open source content management system (CMS)
licensed under the GPL
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WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE?
“…promotes universal access via free license to a product’s
design or blueprint, and universal redistribution… including
subsequent improvements to it by anyone”
-Wikipedia
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WHAT IS A CMS?
“…a computer program that allows publishing,
editing and modifying content as well as maintenance
from a central interface.”
-Wikipedia
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WHAT IS THE GPL?
“…the most widely used free software license, which guarantees
end users (individuals, organizations, companies) the freedoms
to use, study, share (copy) and modify the software.”
-Wikipedia
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WORDPRESS.COM
vs .WORDPRESS.ORG
Which WordPress is which?
WORDPRESS.ORG
Home of the free WordPress software
Download and “self-hosted”
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THEMES & PLUGINS
Separation of content, layout, & functionality
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FREE & COMMERCIAL
Where can I get themes and plugins?
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WORDPRESS REPOSITORY
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COMMERCIAL
THEME/PLUGIN SHOPS
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WORDPRESS
ORGANIZATIONS
The businesses and organizations that keep the
WordPress ecosystem running
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Parent company of WordPress.com and other
commercial WordPress projects
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WordPress Foundation
“…a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to
further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to
democtratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software.”
-WordPressFoundation.org
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CONTRIBUTING
TO THE COMMUNITY
Getting involved with WordPress
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CONTRIBUTING TO THE
WORDPRESS PROJECT
“Everything… from the documentation to the code itself,
was created by and for the community… which means
there are hundreds of people all over the world working
on it.”
-WordPress.org
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MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG
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CONTRIBUTE TO CORE
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SUPPORT FORUMS
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WORDPRESS CODEX
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WORDPRESS MEETUPS
“Meet other local fans of WordPress, the internet’s classiest
and fastest dynamic content management system.”
-WordPress.meetup.com
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WORDCAMPS
“WordCamps are informal, community-organized
events that are put together by WordPress users like
you. Everyone from casual users to core developers
participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.”
-WordCamp Central