Download - GDI WordPress 2 January 2012
Administration and Management
Today's Plan●Resources for WordPress online ... and in Philly● The WordPress "Backend"
○Changing your site's settings○Content types in WordPress○Writing in WordPress○Changing the theme
Goals●You will have added some resources to your toolbelt (or
bookmarks bar)●You can update your site's settings●You can update your site's content and themes in the backend
Resources Online ... and in Philly
●WordPress Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org
●GDI Philly's WordPress Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/gdiphillywordpress/
● Philly WordPress Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-WordPress-Meetup-Group/
● Philadelphia WordPress website: http://phillywp.org/
● The GDI Intro to Programming has some more seats! Get on the waitlist: http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Philadelphia/
More resources ...
● PANMA list: http://www.panma.org/community/listserv
●Girl Geek Dinners (social): http://www.ggdphl.com
●WordPress mailing lists: http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists
●WordPress Development Updates: http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/●wptavern.com● wpcandy.com
We have a website - now what?
What's your site's story?
Hooray.com is a site that posts awesome things. They also consult on being awesome.
Now let's walk through setting up Hooray.com on the admin side.
Exercise: Changing your site's settingsComplete/Answer the following:●Change your site's "tagline"●Update your permalink structure●What tab would you go to to change the default image sizes?●What version of WordPress are you using? Where did you find
out?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]●Disable comments by default● Turn off pingbacks from your site●Change your RSS feed to show 20 items. What
was the default number?
Activity: Content TypesHere are some examples of content that could appear on your site. Should they be Posts or Pages?
●Contact us● 10 reasons you should get a kitten●An item for sale on an e-commerce site● Privacy policy●A job listing●Meet my cat Luna●Bio of an artist for a gallery with many artists
Exercise: Writing and UpdatingComplete/Answer the following:●Write a Post and a Page on edit screens in two different
windows. Note the differences.●Make a category and add your post to it. Can you add pages to
categories?●Add tags to your post. What are the benefits of tags?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]●Go to your Post edit screen and choose "Screen
Options." Add/remove areas and drag and drop for your preferred layout
● Trash a post and restore it● Schedule a post for 2 minutes in the future●Add a "Featured Image" to a post. What happens?
Media, Links, Comments
●Links can help you organize links outside your menu
●Approve and manage comments in the Comments area
Exercises: Media, Links, CommentsComplete/Answer the following:●Upload a picture to the Media area (from your computer or the
Web)●Unapprove the default comment added by WordPress●Add a link to the Links area
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]●Crop the image you uploaded to a new size and
save it●Write a comment on a post on your site and see
what happens●Make a new link category and organize the links
in a new way
Lessons Learned
Do you ...●Remember what our main resources are?
Are you ...●Able to update the name of your site and other settings?
Can you ...●Write and update content on your site?
Are you ...●Able to change your theme?
Homework!
● Join the Facebook group!●Work on your site - updating the
settings, writing sample content ...●Research themes and find one that relatively fits your site's
goals
And ...●Find hosting if you want to launch next week