Refresh WordPress Beginner Workshop
- 1. WordPress Workshop For Beginners David Bisset Refresh Workshop - April 9, 2011
- 2. Who Is This Idiot? Freelance web developer for over 8 years. I do front-end and backend-development. HTML, CSS, PHP, MySql, Worked with WordPress for over 3 yrs (since version 1.5) Organizer of WordCamp Miami 2010, 2011
- 3. Here is where i pimp myself. Twitter: @dimensionmedia davidbisset.com linkedin.com/in/davidbisset about.me/davidbisset
- 4. What We Will Be Covering Installing WordPress Installing Themes & Plugins The WordPress Backend Publishing Pages & Posts Working With Media Comments & Moderation Other Cool Stuff
- 6. WordPress is an open-source blog tool and publishing platform. WordPress started off as blogging software, but now can serve as a Content Management System (CMS) WordPress 3.1 downloaded 5 million times. WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org Used by over 13% of the top 1,000,000 websites. www.wordpress.org/showcase
- 7. Why Use WordPress? Free. Easy to Use. Big Community. Free. Lots of add-ons. And did i mention it’s free?
- 8. Starting Your Own WordPress Site
- 9. Step One: Domain Name namecheap.com mediatemple.com yahoo domains 1and1.com 99% of the time you’ll want .com, .net, .org, .me
- 10. Step Two: Hosting Shared Hosting: mediatemple.com bluehost.com (1 click) hostgater.com serverbeach.com page.ly Serious/Dedicated: rackspace.com peer1.com
- 11. This Is Where The Fun Begins
- 13. Step Four: Upload WordPress - Get an FTP client. - Login into your hosting environment via FTP - Upload All WordPress Files http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/internet- roundup/10-mac-ftp-apps-for-every-budget/
- 15. Step Five: Creating Your MySql Database
- 17. Step Six: Completing Your WordPress Install
- 20. Wouldn’t It Be Nice If This Was Already Done And We Could Jump Right In?
- 21. Surprise!
- 22. Your Blog Is Waiting For You http://mywpblog.net/blog02 http://mywpblog.net/blog03 http://mywpblog.net/blog04 etc.
- 23. The WordPress Dashboard And Admin Bar
- 29. Posts vs. Pages
- 30. Posts vs. Pages Posts are entries listed in reverse chronological order on the blog home page. Posts can be found in the Archives, Categories, Recent Posts, and other widgets. The URL for a post includes the date the post was published like this: http://blogname.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/post-title/ Pages are static and are not listed by date. Pages do not use tags or categories. The URL for a page looks like this: http://blogname.wordpress.com/page- title/
- 36. Create Your Own Menus
- 38. Adding List of Links To Your Blog
- 40. Blog Comments & Discussion
- 42. Changing The Header Image
- 44. Users & Profiles
- 46. Theme Management
- 48. Pre-Made Themes - Free Themes - Professional Themes ($20-$100 each)
- 50. Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing - Beware Of Poorly Coded Themes - Beware of Malware - Warning signs: they have ‘wordpress’ in their url.
- 51. Who Can You Trust? http://www.woothemes.com/ http://www.elegantthemes.com/ http://themeforest.net/ * http://www.press75.com/ http://wpswitch.com/ http://wpcandy.com/theme-madness http://wpzoom.com
- 54. What Is A Plugin? Plugins extend what WordPress can do for it’s users and/or people visiting your site.
- 56. Finding Plugins
- 58. WP Backup Allows you to easily backup your WordPress Database. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
- 59. All-In-One SEO http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ WordPress SEO By Yoast http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/
- 61. WP-Stats Simple, concise stats for your WordPress blog. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/
- 62. Gravity Forms Easy To Use And Create Custom Forms http://www.gravityforms.com
- 63. Contact 7 Easy To Use And Create Custom Forms http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/
- 65. Simple URLs Complete URL Management that allows you to create, manage, and track outbound links from your site. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-urls/
- 66. Simple URLs Complete URL Management that allows you to create, manage, and track outbound links from your site. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-urls/
- 69. Top Ten Plugins
- 70. Free vs. Paid Plugins - Beware of Free Plugins Not Available Via Wordpress.org - Paid plugins should have a clear support channel (when you need help) - If unsure, backup your site before installing plugins. - http://premium.wpmudev.org/ - http://www.gravityforms.com/ - http://wpplugins.com/
- 71. Backing Up Your Site - ALWAYS BACKUP! - WPBackup Plugin - VaultPress - Backup Buddy
- 74. Great WordPress Books WordPress For Dummies WordPress Bible Beginning WordPress 3 Teach Yourself Visually WordPress wp101.com
- 75. Here is where i pimp myself... again. Twitter: @dimensionmedia davidbisset.com linkedin.com/in/davidbisset about.me/davidbisset
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