Warren Denley: WordPress 101

This beginners track talk is aimed at new users who are not yet familiar with how to navigate the WordPress admin area and what different areas do. We’ll walk though each section and point out some recommended settings that will be helpful to slightly more advanced site editors. By the end of the talk the audience should know what each major sections of the admin area does and how to set some important configurations.

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1. WordPress 101
   Getting You Up And Running - Fast!
   Warren Denley . @WarrenDenley . diywebsitecoach.com
   

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   Talk Overview
   • Creating Your Site
   • WordPress Dashboard Overview
   • Recommended Settings
   • Understanding User Roles
   

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3. Creating Your Site
   

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   Creating Your Site
   • WordPress.com
   • Self-hosted
   • One-click Install
   • Manual Install
   • Basic Security Tips
   

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   WordPress.com
   

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   One Click Install
   • Differs by host
   • Often older version
   • Minimal security
   

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   Manual Install
   • Create a database
   • Create a user
   • Load WordPress files
   • Run installer
   

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   Basic Security Tips
   • Strong usernames, passwords and database
   • Keep site updated
   • Hide and protect WordPress information
   • Regular Backups
   • Site monitoring
   

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9. WordPress Dashboard
   Overview
   

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    WordPress Dashboard
    

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    Posts Menu
    • What are posts?
    • Draft vs Published
    • Quick Edit
    • Bulk Update
    • Post Editor
    

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    Quick Edit
    

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    Bulk Edit
    

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    Post Editor
    

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    Media Menu
    • What are “media”?
    • Bulk Update
    

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    Pages Menu
    • What are pages?
    • Draft vs Published
    • Quick Edit
    • Bulk Update
    • Post Editor
    • Hierarchy
    

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    Comments Menu
    

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    Appearance Menu
    • Manage themes
    • Manage widgets
    • Custom menus
    • Header
    • Background
    • Theme editor
    

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    Widgets
    

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    Users Menu
    • Manage users
    • Update your profile
    

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    Tools Menu
    • Data import and export
    

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    Settings Menu
    • Site-wide options
    • Most default settings
    are OK
    • Can change most at
    any time
    

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23. Recommended
    Settings
    

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    Settings -> General
    • Site Title and Tagline
    • Membership
    • Timezone
    

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    Settings -> Reading
    • Search engine visibility
    • Front page
    

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    Settings -> Discussion
    • Comment appearing
    • Email notifications
    

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    Settings -> Permalinks
    • Permalink structure
    

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    Users -> Your Profile
    • Fill out bio
    • Get a gravatar (gravatar.com)
    • Display name
    

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29. User Roles
    

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    User Roles
    • Subscriber
    • Can only manage their profile
    • Generally only for membership sites
    • Contributor
    • Can write and manage their own posts
    • Can’t publish posts
    • Good for external/guest writers
    

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    User Roles
    • Author
    • Can write, manage and publish their own posts
    • Good for staff writers
    • Editor
    • Can write, manage and publish their own posts
    • Can mange and publish other people’s posts
    • Good for content managers
    

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    User Roles
    • Administrator
    • Can write, manage and publish their own posts
    • Has full control over a single site
    • Network Administrator
    • Has full control over all site in a network
    • Only applicable in multi-site setups
    

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