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