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WordPress Basics
Jeff Bennett
www.DigitalSplashMedia.com
An Introduction to the WordPress Publishing Platform and
WordPress.com
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Introductions
• Name & Company/Business
• WordPress Experience
• What do you hope to get from this workshop?
WordPress Basics
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WordPress BasicsLearning Objectives:•Signing up and activating a WordPress.com account•Basic settings•Defining the look of your site with themes•Creating posts and pages•Adding photos and videos •Menus•Adding additional functionality to your sidebars with widgets
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Agenda
Conceptual Overview
Guided Tour & Demo
Hands-on
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Agenda
Conceptual Overview
Guided Tour & Demo
Hands-on
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Every Business NEEDS a Website
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But historically, to build a website, you
needed to know how to code
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... or hire someone who did
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But with the advent of free Internet
publishing tools like Wordpress
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Geek-speaknot required!
You don’t have to know how to code
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Though it started as a blogging platform,
Wordpress is now a very rich online
publishing tool used for building entire websites
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So, why is this good news for you?
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You can build this...
without knowing this
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Create a website using only your browser for FREE
$0
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You just use a simple text editor to create
and edit pages
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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theme.wordpress.com
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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The Basic Process
Sign-up/
Install
Choose theme
Adjust settings
Write a page Publish
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If you’re familiar with Microsoft Word or another word processor,
you should be able to get the hang of Wordpress
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Before we jump in...
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.com .org
vs.
Flavors
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This workshop is focused on
WordPress.com
WordPress.org will be covered in a follow-up
workshop
.com
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Things to prepare before you get sign up
What’s your blog/site about?What kind of content will it have?What will it be called?Who is your audience?What kind of a look or feel should the site have to match its content and your audience?
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Agenda
Conceptual Overview
Guided Tour & Demo
Hands-on
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Wordpress Guided
Tour
Wordpress Guided Tour
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Wordpress Guided
Tour
Wordpress Guided Tour
For this part of the workshop, just watch rather than trying to
follow and create. We’ll do some hands-on later.
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WordPress Basics•Signing up and activating a WordPress.com account•Basic settings•Defining the look of your site with themes•Creating posts and pages•Adding photos and videos •Menus•Adding additional functionality to your sidebars with widgets
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Sign-up and Activation - A Brief Video
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/
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The Dashboard
Customize Layout
Expand/Collapse Menu
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http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/05/the-wordpresscom-dashboard-introduction/
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Settings
GeneralWritingReadingDiscussion
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/
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Themes
Search
Appearance
Browse
Preview
Activate
Options - not all themes created equal
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Hint: Use Your Browser’s TabsOne tab for viewing the public view of the site
One tab for the “back end” / admin section
Other tabs for documentation, reference, etc.
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Creating Posts
Title
Type or paste content
Insert imagesFormatting icons
Click for all icons
Publish options
Categories
Tags
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Creating PagesSimilar layout as posts
Attributes instead of Categories and Tags
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Posts vs Pages
Posts PagesTime-based content displayed in reverse chronological order - more “bloggy”
Pseudo-static pages used to create web pages for non-changing information like contact, about, products, services, etc. Not listed by date, and they don’t use categories and tags
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Editing Posts & PagesSelect Edit under either Posts or Pages
Select item to edit
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Categories & Tags
Categories - helpful for organizing your posts by topic
Tags like keywords
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Custom Menus
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Managing Comments
UnapproveApproveSpam
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Static Home Page
First create a page that will be your home page
Under Settings > Reading click on A static page in the Front page displays section & select the new home page for Front page and new blog page for posts page
Create another new page that will be for blog posts
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Links
Optional if you want to have a set of links in your sidebar
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Media Library
Upload and manage photos, video and other media
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WidgetsContent for your sidebar & footer
Drag-n-drop widgets with your mouse
Find it under Appearance menu
Useful Widgets:Recent PostsArchivesCategoriesRSS
Some themes include extra widgets
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Polls & Ratings
Ratings - people can rate posts
Polls - requires account with PollDaddy.com
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Wordpress.com Upgrades
Your own domain name - $9.97/year
Custom CSS (extra flexibility for changing your theme) - $14.97/year
Applies to .com, not .org
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Agenda
Conceptual Overview
Guided Tour & Demo
Hands-on
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Let’s Get You Signed Up & Started
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Wordpress.orgMuch the same as .com as far as interface goes
Lots more themes
Lots more options via plugins
Tons of flexibility
You have to sign up with a web host
BlueHost.com - very affordable ($6.95/month), good options, easy Wordpress installation
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WordPress Resourceshttp://learn.wordpress.com/
DigitalSplashMedia.comMauiWP.comWordPress.tv
codex.wordpress.orgTwitter.com/DigitalSplash
Twitter.com/MauiWordpress
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Wordpress 201WordPress.org
What is WordPress.org - self-hosted WordPressFinding a web hostSimple installation of WordPress with BlueHost Review of dashboard, posts, pages and menusThemes - lots more and their customizablePlugins - need some additional functionality? There's a plugin for that!SecurityBackupsMigrating from WordPress.com to WordPress.org Transferring from one WordPress.org site to another WordPress.org site
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