How Not To Make A Mess Out Of WordPress

The presentation given by myself at the Travel Bloggers Unite conference in Umbria, Italy. Discussing the basics and how tos of getting setup with WordPress

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1. How Not To . . Make a Mess, Out Of WordPress Chris Richardson - The Aussie Nomad - RTWLabs.com Sunday, 22 April 12
2. who am i? Sunday, 22 April 12
3. www.theaussienomad.com - @theaussienomad Sunday, 22 April 12
4. www.rtwlabs.com Sunday, 22 April 12
5. • 8 Years being the “IT Guy” for business in Australia and the UK • 2 Years providing support to other travel bloggers with WordPress • Over12 Months as a freelance WordPress Developer • 2.5 years being a “Travel Bogger” like the rest of you Sunday, 22 April 12
6. why WordPress? Sunday, 22 April 12
7. “WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day” wordpress.org/about/ Sunday, 22 April 12
8. Posted 11/04/2012 Sunday, 22 April 12
9. Source : http://yoast.com/wordpress-stats/ Sunday, 22 April 12
10. my steps to doing WordPress right Sunday, 22 April 12
11. Breaking down WordPress Sunday, 22 April 12
12. Core Breaking down WordPress Sunday, 22 April 12
13. Themes Core Breaking down WordPress Sunday, 22 April 12
14. Plugins Themes Core Breaking down WordPress Sunday, 22 April 12
15. Core The Framework of Awesome Sunday, 22 April 12
16. The Dashboard Sunday, 22 April 12
17. Posts Sunday, 22 April 12
18. Categories Sunday, 22 April 12
19. Settings > Permalinks Sunday, 22 April 12
20. Dashboard > Updates Sunday, 22 April 12
21. Comments > Spam Sunday, 22 April 12
22. The Key to the Core • Setup your permalinks that make sense • Don’t go overboard with categories or tags • Get familiar with it • Remove Spam Comments • UPDATE, UPDATE UPDATE!!! Sunday, 22 April 12
23. Plugins Plugins Sunday, 22 April 12
24. Plugins Sunday, 22 April 12
25. My To Live By Plugins • WordPress SEO • After the Deadline (Also included in the Jetpack Plugin) • W3 Total Cache • Smush.It • WordPress Database Backup • Wp-Optimize Sunday, 22 April 12
26. WordPress SEO Sunday, 22 April 12
27. After The Deadline Sunday, 22 April 12
28. W3 Total Cache Sunday, 22 April 12
29. WP Smush.it Sunday, 22 April 12
30. WordPress Database Backup Sunday, 22 April 12
31. WP-Optimize Sunday, 22 April 12
32. Plugin Need To Know • Plugins are not like Pokemon, you do not need to collect them all • Delete inactive plugins • Take the time to learn how they work and set them up correctly • Be careful of plugins that are out of date • Research the plugins on the WordPress plugin directory Sunday, 22 April 12
33. Themes Themes Sunday, 22 April 12
34. HTML & CSS <a href="http://www.rtwlabs.com">RTW Labs</a> a { font-size: 60px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #777777; padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px; } a:hover { color: #ffffff; background: #777777; } Sunday, 22 April 12
35. PHP PHP is the little engine that could so ALWAYS be careful when working in your theme files Sunday, 22 April 12
36. Picking a Theme Sunday, 22 April 12
37. Picking a Theme Sunday, 22 April 12
38. Picking a Theme Sunday, 22 April 12
39. The Thing About Themes • Learn the basics of HTML and CSS • Be careful of PHP • Pick a theme with a good support base • Keep the theme simple and to the point Sunday, 22 April 12
40. you make time to be the writer, photographer, editor, promoter.... Sunday, 22 April 12
41. don’t forget to be the tech guy Sunday, 22 April 12
42. Questions? Sunday, 22 April 12
43. Contact Me theaussienomad.com chris@theaussienomad.com @theaussienomad facebook.com/theaussienomad rtwlabs.com chris@rtwlabs.com @rtwlabs facebook.com/rtwlabs Sunday, 22 April 12