What Is WordPress and Why Should I Use It? - Workshop April 2015
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The document provides an overview of WordPress, including the differences between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org sites, as well as features like themes, plugins, and security. It outlines the advantages of self-hosting, such as more control over customization and access to a wider range of themes and plugins. Additionally, it offers essential tips for securing a WordPress site and maintaining its performance.
What Is WordPress and Why Should I Use It? - Workshop April 2015
- 1. What Is WordPress and Why Should I Use It? sponsored by
- 2. Bob Dunn - WordPress Trainer & Coach bobwp.com | @bobwp @godaddy
- 3. I’m all about finding the easiest and best ways to use WordPress I do not do code
- 6. WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted free software setup space, domains and hosting updates, backups and security
- 7. themes WordPress.com 419 free and premium themes Self-Hosted 3,119 free themes on WordPress.org thousands more from other vendors WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted
- 8. widgets & plugins WordPress.com limited widgets - no plugins Self-Hosted 37,064 free on WordPress.org thousands more from other vendors WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted
- 10. hosting cost | space | accessibility uptime | support | WordPress friendly
- 20. How To Find a Good Host For You? Ask people you know and trust
- 22. A Peek Inside of WordPress The Dashboard
- 29. Categories and Tags the way to organize your content for yourself and your readers think of categories as a chapter in a book tags as the index
- 32. Navigation/Menus
- 36. Media
- 39. Do you need a blog?
- 41. What is a theme?
- 42. free vs. premium updates - support - security
- 45. themes, themes and more themes blog, magazine, portfolio, eCommerce, etc. mobile, parallex, one pagers, landing pages parent themes, child themes, frameworks, page builders
- 53. So what does it take to set up a theme?
- 66. Plugins and Widgets search engine optimization - event calendars donations - forms - eCommerce formatting - customizations galleries - slideshows - advertising and on and on and on
- 71. And now some widgets and plugins
- 72. Akismet WP Super Cache Regenerate Thumbnails Related Post for WordPress Jetpack
- 73. Connecting with you Simple Social Icons Sharing your content Shareaholic Mashshare Floating Social Icons
- 74. The Text Widget
- 76. SEO For WordPress by Yoast
- 77. Image Widget
- 78. WooDoJo Plugin
- 84. A Couple Plugin Examples for Customizing
- 85. CSS
- 86. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin
- 87. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin
- 88. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin
- 89. Controlling Your Layout - PHP Files
- 90. Conductor Plugin
- 91. Conductor Plugin
- 92. Conductor Plugin
- 93. Plugins to grow your site membership forums eCommerce
- 94. Security
- 95. WordPress Is Secure It’s everything else that isn’t. but my hosting says they have security
- 96. A few tips: 1. Do not use the default “admin” as your user name 2. Use a strong password and a unique password sb/9KDr_kH(8itqowC 3. Keep WordPress up-to-date 4. Keep your theme up-to-date 5. Keep all your plugins up-to-date 6. Delete any unused themes or plugins 7. Be careful of giving out your login info
- 97. Security Plugins
- 98. Lastly consider using a service to help.
- 99. thank you!