WordPress Essentials for Beginners - YES Montreal December 2014
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This document provides an introduction to WordPress for beginners. It covers the basics of WordPress including what it is used for, the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, posts vs pages, themes, plugins, widgets, and resources for learning more. It also includes an outline of the topics that will be covered in the hands-on portion of the class, such as diving into WordPress, WordPress basics, introduction to themes, and managing plugins and widgets.
WordPress Essentials for Beginners - YES Montreal December 2014
- 1. WordPress Essentials for Beginners December 2, 2014 YES Montreal
- 2. Kathryn Presner Happiness Engineer Theme Division, Automattic @zoonini
- 3. What We’ll Cover Intro to WordPress Resources Hands-on WordPress
- 5. Blog
- 6. CMS+Blog
- 7. CMS
- 8. Magazine
- 10. Video Portfolio
- 11. Diving into WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org What is it used for? http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
- 12. WordPress Basics Database vs. files PHP vs. HTML Do I need to know PHP? Markup Language ➜ Scripting Language ➜ Database ➜ Structure Presentation Dynamic Functions Data
- 13. Posts vs. Pages Page
- 14. Posts vs. Pages Post
- 15. Posts vs. Pages Posts
- 16. Introduction to Themes A WP Theme is a collection of Template files - HTML + PHP + CSS + JS The CSS (aka stylesheet) usually controls the layout and design Only two template files are required: index.php, style.css Some are optional: sidebar.php, comments.php, etc. http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
- 19. Pre-made Themes WordPress.org Directory http://wordpress.org/themes/ WooThemes http://www.woothemes.com/ Elmastudio http://www.elmastudio.de/en/ Press75 http://www.press75.com/ The Theme Foundry https://thethemefoundry.com/
- 20. Starter Themes _s (Underscores) http://www.underscores.me Bones http://themble.com/bones/ Roots http://www.rootstheme.com/ Bluelime Media http://bluelimemedia.com/themes/basic-starter-theme/ HTML5 Boilerplate https://github.com/iamamused/wp-theme-html5-boilerplate Whiteboard http://whiteboardframework.com/
- 21. Introduction to Plugins What are they? Where do you get them? http://wordpress.org/plugins/
- 22. Managing Plugins
- 23. Introduction to Widgets What are they? What is a widget area? http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
- 24. Managing Widgets
- 25. Widgets in the Customizer
- 27. Official wordpress.org The Codex (.org) http://codex.wordpress.org/ Support Forum (.org) http://wordpress.org/support Support (.com) http://en.support.wordpress.com wordpress.tv http://wordpress.tv/
- 28. Development Resources Official Theme Development Checklist & Sample Data http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development_Checklist Book: Digging Into WordPress http://digwp.com/ ThemeShaper http://themeshaper.com/ Online Resources Compilation http://zoonini.wordpress.com/ In-Person Resources Compilation http://zoonini.wordpress.com/wordpress-in-person/
- 29. WordPress Inspiration WP Showcase http://wordpress.org/showcase/ We Love WP http://welovewp.com/ WPInspiration http://wpinspiration.com/
- 30. Questions? Get the presentation at Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/zoonini Connect with me Twitter: @zoonini Join the local community http://wpmtl.org Thanks to Shannon Smith at Café Noir Design for work on the original version of this presentation: http://www.cafenoirdesign.com