An Overview of the WordPress Control Panel & Recommended Settings

Presentation from WordCamp Orlando.

The slides cover the following topics:
1) Admin area overview
2) Recommended Settings
3) Customize the admin area

Transcript

1. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon WP Admin Area An Overview with Recommendations follow along at speakerdeck.com/zgordon
2. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Zac Gordon WordPress Teacher at Treehouse 2
3. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Treehouse 3
4. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon WordPress at Treehouse 4 How to Build a WordPress Blog Getting Started Configuring WordPress Adding & Editing Content Managing Comments Customizing WordPress Next: Theme Development + Plugins
5. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Treehouse 5 http://teamtreehouse.com giveaway! http://trhou.se/orlando-wordcamp
6. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Web Educator 6 • College • High School • Middle School • Summer Camps • Meetups • Workshops • Conferences http://dabrook.org
7. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Business Owner 7 http://wideskydesigns.com
8. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Today’s Talk An Overview of the WordPress Control Panel & Recommended Settings
9. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon A Few Questions 9 How many people know all of the admin area pages and what each page in the admin area does? ?
10. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon A Few Questions 10 How many people know all of the WordPress settings and how to configure them? ?
11. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon A Few Questions 11 Are you using a customized WordPress admin area?
12. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Goals of the Talk 12 Recommended Settings 2 1 Admin area overview 3 Customize the admin area
13. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon The Admin Area
14. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Administration Screens 14 Dashboard Toolbar Posts Pages Links Comments Media Appearance Settings Tools Plugins
15. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Admin Area Overview 15
16. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Recommended Settings
17. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon At Treehouse 17 Configuring WordPress Series
18. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 18 Discussion Settings 3 1 Users Permalinks 2 Membership Privacy 5 4
19. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 19 1 Users • Fill out your author bio • Get a gravatar • GooglePlus Authorship Plugin
20. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 20 2 Membership • Settings > General > Membership • Default Role • Codex > Roles and Capabilities
21. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 21 Discussion Settings 3 • Require Name and Email • Require Registration • Require Moderation • Don’t Require Moderation Options
22. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 22 Privacy 4 • Used During Development • What Does it Do • Robots.txt Override
23. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Settings To Cover 23 Permalinks 5 • /%postname%/ • Category and Tag Base • No Category Base Plugin
24. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Admin Area Customization
25. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Simple Customization 25 Screen Options are unique to each page in the admin area. They can also be extended with plugins.
26. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Custom Dashboard Widget 26 Custom Dashboard Help Plugin
27. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Full Admin Customization 27 AG Custom Admin Plugin
28. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon Full Admin Customization 28 AG Custom Admin Plugin
29. WordCamp Orlando 2012 - Zac Gordon - speakerdeck.com/zgordon WP Admin Area Zac Gordon WordPress Teacher teamtreehouse.com @zgordon zac@teamtreehouse.com zacgordon.com