An Introduction to WordPress

Covers what WordPress is, the history and community behind it, plus installing WordPress, including the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com, selecting hosting, registering domains.

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1. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved an introduction to WordPress - - - sé reed @sereedmedia
2. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved MySQL
3. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved PHP PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor Programming language ! <?php ... do stuff ... ?>
4. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved HTML/CSS
6. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Sé Web developer Small business owner Small business advisor Teacher Singer (aliciamurphymusic.com)
7. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Site strategy & Content development Education WordCamps & WPwatercooler Sé WordPress since 2006 Custom theme development !
8. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved yes! you can ask questions! ( just not too many ;P )
9. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved WordPress is cool
10. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • FREE • Easy-to-use • Sustainable
11. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved WordPress is a CMS
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13. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Software that allows users to write, edit, update and organize website content. CMS
14. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Software installed on server • Little to no code required • FTP & WYSIWYG functionality CMS
15. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved is a website platform WordPress
16. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved
21. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved is a WordPress FDI
22. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 3 Key Components
 of a Website
23. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Design Content Functionality
24. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Content Posts & Pages
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31. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Functionality Plugins
32. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Backup mgmt • E-commerce • Social sharing • Related content • Email capture • SEO • Stats & Analytics • User engagement • Admin functions • Site mgmt
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34. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved The Tale of Social Media Widget
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 WordPress
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40. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Founded in 2003 Forked from B2 18.9% of top 10 million
41. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Matt Mullenweg Co-founder, WordPress Founder & CEO, Automattic ! @photomatt 

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 wordpress.org
45. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved The WordPress Ecosystem
46. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved open-source community-focused
47. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Developers • Designers • Web managers • IT • Educators • Writers/Bloggers • Marketers
48. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Small business • Big business • Non-profit • Educational • Government • Media/Entertainment • Professional • Personal
49. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 5 Steps to a WordPress Website
50. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Register domain 2. Select hosting 3. Install WordPress 4. Add content 5. Toast!
51. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Register domain 2. Select hosting 3. Install WordPress 4. Add content 5. Toast!
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63. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Self-hosting
64. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Free • Shared • VPS • Dedicated
65. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Register domain 2. Select hosting 3. Install WordPress 4. Add content 5. Toast!
66. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Managed hosting
67. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Register domain 2. Select hosting 3. Install WordPress 4. Add content 5. Toast!
68. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved Installing WordPress
69. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved codex.wordpress.org/ Installing_WordPress
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71. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Download and unzip WordPress
 2. Create a MySQL database and user
 3. Upload WordPress to your server
 4. Create the wp-config file a. automatically b. manually
 5. Run the installer
72. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved 1. Download and unzip
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83. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved • Database name • Username • Password • Hostname ( localhost / p50mysql123.secureserver.net)

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 ! wp-config.php
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 wp-admin/install.php
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108. Sé Reed sereedmedia.com • @sereedmedia An Introduction to WordPress WordCamp Phoenix • Jan 17-19, 2014 Copyright Sé Reed Media © 2014 • All Rights Reserved The Dashboard aka the admin the backend* *Not technically the backend
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