Introduction to WordPress

Introduction to
WordPress
Introduction to WordPress Harshad Mane

About Us
Nashik WordPress Meetup Community began in September
2015 by WordPress enthusiasts in Nashik Area.
We are a group of
Developers/Bloggers/Designers/Entrepreneurs in Nashik
Area.
Harshad, Chinmay, Deepak and Sanjeev initially started this
meetup group which is now slowly growing.

Motive
Educate people in Nashik Area with WordPress.
Build WordPress Community in Nashik.
Help Students build a Career in WordPress as a WordPress
Developer/Designer/Blogger.
Host “WordCamp Nashik 2016”.

Please join us.
Nashik WordPress Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/Nashik-WordPress-Meetup/
@wpnashik

and licensed under the GPLv2

What is WordPress?
WordPress started in 2003 as an online, open source
website creation tool built on PHP and MySQL and
licensed under the GPLv2.
But in non-geek speak, it's probably the easiest and most
powerful blogging and website content management
system (or CMS) in existence today.

What does GPLv2 mean?
The General Public License is a free, copyleft
license for software and other kinds of works.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute
verbatim copies of this license document, but
changing it is not allowed.

What is a CMS?
A content management system (CMS) is a
computer application that allows publishing,
editing, modifying, organising, deleting, and
maintaining content from a central interface. Such
systems of content management provide
procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative
environment.

Available Open Source CMS

The Young Man Behind WordPress
and Automattic
Matt Mullenweg has been named one of World’s Top 50 People on the Web,
Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the
Web.
Matt is most associated with a tool that
powers more than 22% of the entire web:
“WordPress”.

WordPress by Numbers

Big Brands & Celebrities That Use WordPress
Yahoo!
Mercedes Benz
eBay Blog
Ford
Samsung
Coca Cola
Forbes
Mozilla Firefox
Mashable
NY Times
CNN
Novak Djokovic
Usain Bolt
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Beyoncé
Malala Yousafzai
Sylvester Stallone
MTV
Bloomberg
Sony
and many more..

1. It’s Easy To Use/Install
2. WordPress is Scalable
3. WordPress is Absolutely Free
4. WordPress Allows You to Launch Quickly
5. WordPress is Easy to Integrate With Social Media and Other Services
6. WordPress is 100% Responsive and Mobile Friendly
Reasons Why Big Brands Love
and Use WordPress

Flavours of WordPress

Difference

Enough of info, Isn’t it?
Now Lets Get Started!!

Installation of WordPress

Minimum Requirements
PHP 5.6 or greater
MySQL 5.6 or greater
The mod_rewrite Apache module

Download WordPress
https://wordpress.org/download/

Extract WordPress-<version>.zip to your local
xampp/wamp/mamp root/htdocs folder.

Create Database
 http://localhost:8888/phpmyadmin/

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Success!!

Login to wp-admin
http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-login.php

Dashboard WP-ADMIN

Congratulations!! You have
successfully installed your FIRST
WordPress Site!!
Isn’t that simple?

Extending WordPress functionalities

Themes
A WordPress theme is a set of files that determine the look and feel of your
WordPress-powered website. WordPress Themes create the general layout
of the site pages and different widgets (plugins) you can use. This means that
they contain page content such as graphics, headers, logos and footers.

Plugins
A plug-in is a small program, or combination of programs, that allow your
website to have more features.
For example, If you want to convert your WordPress site to eCommerce shop,
there’s a plugin available for that WooCommerce.
Installing WooCommerce plugin will convert your WordPress site to
eCommerce Store.
AND YES ITS FREE!!

Framework
A framework is a set of code that provides the backbone
of a Theme. It is a flexible foundation that is created to
speed up design.
Using the car analogy, a WordPress framework would be
like the internal structure or frame of a car. You don’t
see it, but it creates the overall structure, shape and
form of a vehicle.

WordPress Settings
This Settings General Screen is the default Screen in the
Settings Administration Screen and controls some of the
most basic configuration settings for your site: your site's
title and location, who may register an account at your
site, and how dates and times are calculated and
displayed.

WordPress Menus
With WordPress, you can easily create a custom menu,
which usually serves as a navigation menu for your site.
The built-in WordPress Menu feature allows you to
create your own custom menus in place of your theme’s
default menus.

WordPress Widgets
A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a
specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars
also known as widget-ready areas on your web page.

Posts and Pages in WordPress

Posts
Posts can be assigned to categories and can be assigned tags.
Posts appear on the site in reverse chronological order
Posts can be found in the category Archives.
Posts are also displayed in the RSS feed of the blog.
You can make a sticky posts, those will appear before the other posts.

Pages
Pages are for static information. An About page is a classic
example of a static page
Pages are not listed by date.
Pages do not use tags or categories
Pages can be hierarchical.

Categories
Categories provide a helpful way to group related posts together, and
to quickly tell readers what a post is about.
Categories are a way to group Posts
(remember the difference between Posts and Pages right?)
For instance ‘News’ or ‘Events’ might be a category.
By default, WordPress will put Posts into the ‘Uncategorized’ category

Tags
Tags provide a useful way to group related posts together and to
quickly tell readers what a post is about.
Words to describe your content.
Used by Search engines for Indexing.
Can be used to generate ‘tag cloud’ - which is an alternative method
to allow users to navigate through your site.

Comments in WordPress
Comments allow your website's visitors to have a discussion with you
and each other. When you activate comments on a Page or post,
WordPress inserts several text boxes after your content where users
can submit their comments. Once you approve a comment, it appears
underneath your content.
You can enable/disable comments on posts or page.
You can see comments in WP-ADMIN in a queue, where you can
approve, unapprove, reply, mark as spam to comments

Users/Roles in WordPress
5 predefined user roles with unique capabilities
- Administrator
- Author
- Editor
- Contributor
- Subscriber
Posts can have multiple authors.
Can have Password Protected and private posts
With a little code you can add, edit and remove roles and capabilities.

Thats It with WordPress Intro!!

So what can you do with WordPress in your
career path?

LOTS OF THINGS!!

Web development and design and
freelancing
There are lots and lots of opportunities to be a freelancer developing and designing
WordPress sites. The jobs in this area abound. Where can you find them? Here are a few
places:
WordPress job board – posting specifically WordPress-related jobs with a myriad of
specialties under that umbrella.
Craigslist – you’ll need to find your own city’s job classifieds area and search using
“WordPress.” Not hard.
LinkedIn – type in “WordPress” as the keyword and your city of preference, and it will give
you your options!

Get a job as a WordPress developer or
content creator
You can get a job as a WordPress developer in big corporations (Time
Magazine, Washington Post, UBC) and development houses that
specialize in WordPress (10up) as well as other places. However for all
these jobs WordPress is just part of the skill set required. At this level
you are really a web developer that happens to also know WordPress.
If you want to build a career as a web developer specializing in
WordPress then you can make a career in a larger organization, agency,
or company.

Work on WordPress itself
Yes, WordPress has a company behind it. It’s called
“Automattic" and they look for great talent. They also
offer a lot of benefits. Word of the wise here: if you
want to work for “Automattic" be ready to show your
altruistic contribution to the WordPress community in a
significant way.

Teach WordPress
You’d be surprised how many people are eager to learn
how to use WordPress. Since many companies are now
using it for their websites, and new startups are finding
it to be their platform of choice when creating a
website, the need to ‘learn the ropes’ is a huge
opportunity as a career path in itself. In fact, one guy
even bartered his WordPress teaching skills for guitar
strings!

WordPress is changing our job market?
Was that a big statement to make? Maybe, but I think
it’s true, and my own story is a testament of that. When
I talk to others in this industry, I find that my story is not
unique.

Thank You!
QUESTIONS?
Harshad Mane
@harshadmane
http://bornforlogic.com
harshadmane@gmail.com

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