WordPress 101
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The document provides information about upcoming WordPress seminars offered by Formic Media, including topics like social media privacy and website clinics. It explains the basics of WordPress, including installation, themes, the interface, and plugins, highlighting its versatility for blogging and business websites. Additionally, it lists useful plugins and tools to enhance the WordPress experience, along with contact information for further inquiries.
WordPress 101
- 1. Seminar Sponsors Oregon Business Magazine Use code FORMIC for free subscription IT Assurance Network Services On-demand, on-site computer & network services
- 2. Formic Media Seminar Series: WordPress 101 Presented by: Formic Media, Inc. www.formicmedia.com/seminars 503-260-6700| kent@formicmedia.com
- 3. Upcoming Seminars January 12th – Social Media Privacy Policy February 9th – Website Clinic March 9th – Google Places
- 4. Agenda Intro to WordPress Design / Installation The Interface Plugins
- 6. About WordPress WordPress is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS). It is a framework that is built in php and utilizes a mysql database. It is used by over 12% of the 1,000,000 most trafficked websites. WordPress has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world.
- 7. About WordPress There are 2 ways to use WordPress: Hosted version: www.wordpress.com Less flexibility (blogs) Self Hosted version: www.wordpress.org Fully customizable (corporate or personal site).
- 8. Why Use WordPress Uses Include: Blogging Business/Corporate Website Personal Website SEO Friendly Plugins
- 10. WordPress.org
- 11. WordPress.com
- 12. WordPress.com
- 13. Installation
- 14. Installation 2 ways to do it: Through your Hosting provider, if they provide it Manually with a mysql database and ftp access
- 15. Themes/Design
- 16. Themes: The skeleton of WordPress header.php index.php, page.php, etc. sidebar.php footer.php
- 17. Themes: What are they? What do they do? Change the design and layout of a site Are great for specifying functionality of your site.(ie. Photo, video themes) Give you a base to work off Template multiple sites
- 18. Themes
- 19. Places to get Themes Free themes at wordpress.org and all over the net. Smashing Magazine Premium Themes (you generally get tech support with premium themes, as well as more out of box functionality then a free one) Rocket Themes Theme Forest
- 21. The Interface http://www.YOURSITEDOMAIN.com/wp-admin Leads you to your login
- 23. The Interface: Creating a Page
- 24. The Interface: Creating a Page Pages are very useful for more static like information on your WordPress site: About Us Resume or Portfolio Services Pages can be made with a hierarchy: First make the “parent” page, Then create the sub pages, and Choose that parent category.
- 25. The Interface: Creating a Post
- 26. The Interface: Creating a Post Both post and pages can be written and scheduled to post in advanced: Remember to include tags and categories on each post, which can help with usability and makes content SEO friendly.
- 27. The Interface: Enhancing Pages/Posts Use the tool bar to change text formats, highlight, add links and media like photos, videos, etc.
- 28. The Interface: Media Library Where all photos, videos, etc that are inserted into pages or posts are stored. You can also add new media here first before you insert them into a post.
- 29. The Interface: Comments WordPress gives you the option of controlling comments on your blog: Within the settings, you can allow all comments to be automatically published or, You can control comment – approving, replying, editing, or deleting each comment.
- 30. Plugins
- 31. Plugins What is a plugin? Tools to help make your life easier by helping to automate and reduce the amount of time spent on programming/development There are over 12,000 plugins specific to WordPress Utilize the WordPress Plugin Directory
- 32. Plugins Plugin Examples
- 33. Plugins Plugin Examples
- 34. Plugins Plugin Examples
- 35. Plugins Plugin Examples
- 36. Plugins
- 37. Plugins Best WordPress Plugins All in One SEO Pack – allows you to write custom title/meta tags Broken Link Checker – identifies broken links in your site AdRotator – helps manage banner ads (including stats) on your site/blog WP Super Cache – generates static HTML pages in case of large amounts of traffic Google Sitemap Generator – automatically generates an XML sitemap, which is important for search engine indexing Share This – help give your content legs by allowing others to share your post/page via a number of social media sites TubePress – Automatically pull your youtube channel into a nicely laid out video player embedded on your site.
- 38. WordPress On The Go
- 39. WordPress Apps If you are creating a lot of content on your WordPress blog, you can utilize the power of smartphones and control your blog on the go.
- 40. Questions? Contact: John McPhee www.formicmedia.com 503-517-9059 x122| johnm@formicmedia.com