Intro to Wordpress
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This document provides an introduction and overview of WordPress for personal site design. It discusses what WordPress is, who uses it, why it's a good option, and how to install, customize, and manage a WordPress site. Key points covered include that WordPress is an open-source content management system and blogging platform, it has a user-friendly interface, and comes with many plugins and themes to expand functionality.
![Books
ā¢ Leary, Stephanie. Beginning WordPress 3. 1st ed. Apress,
2010.
ā¢ Jones, Kyle M. L, and Polly-Alida Farrington. Learning
from libraries that use WordPressāÆ: content-management
system best practices and case studies. Chicago:
American Library Association, 2013.
ā¢ Tomasi, Chuck, and Kreg Steppe. Sams Teach Yourself
WordPress 3 in 10 Minutes. 1st ed. Sams, 2010.
ā¢ Beck, Jessica Neuman, and Matt Beck. 2009. WordPress:
Visual QuickStart Guide. [S.l.]: Peachpit Press.
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Intro to Wordpress
- 1. Introduction to WordPress for Personal Site Design Nicole C. Engard [email protected] Monday, December 17, 12
- 2. Outline ā¢ What is Wordpress? ā¢ Who is using Wordpress? ā¢ Why Wordpress? ā¢ Install and Set Up Wordpress ā¢ Customize Wordpress Monday, December 17, 12
- 3. What is Wordpress ā¢ Open Source ā¢ Free of Cost ā¢ A blogging platform ā¢ A content management system (CMS) ā¢ Easy to Learn Monday, December 17, 12
- 4. Who is Using Wordpress ā¢ Businesses ā¢ http://blogs.adobe.com ā¢ http://www.thefordstory.com ā¢ http://mozillalabs.com ā¢ http://kogibbq.com ā¢ Universities ā¢ http://med.ucf.edu ā¢ http://www.drew.edu ā¢ http://ualr.edu ā¢ More ā¢ http://wordpress.org/showcase/ Monday, December 17, 12
- 5. Who is Using WordPress Found on: http://trends.builtwith.com/cms Monday, December 17, 12
- 6. Why Wordpress? ā¢ Easy to navigate ā¢ Built in search engine ā¢ Thousands of plugins/extensions ā¢ Thousands of pre-made themes ā¢ Tons of online documentation & help Monday, December 17, 12
- 7. Why Wordpress as a CMS ā¢ Itās for more than just blogging ā¢ Allows for multiple users/permissions ā¢ No need for system admin - anyone can upgrade/edit ļ¬les ā¢ Named āHall of Fame CMSā in 2010 ā¢ packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/2010-wordpress ā¢ Easy, Easy, Easy! Monday, December 17, 12
- 8. Wordpress Varieties ā¢ Wordpress.com ā¢ Free hosted version of Wordpress ā¢ Wordpress.org ā¢ Free downloadable version of Wordpress ā¢ BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org) ā¢ Social networking site built on Wordpress Monday, December 17, 12
- 9. Doing it Yourself Monday, December 17, 12
- 10. Things to do ā¢ Install Wordpress ā¢ Alter settings ā¢ Choose a theme ā¢ Set Menus & Widgets ā¢ Add Content ā¢ Create a page ā¢ Create a blog ā¢ Add Plugins Monday, December 17, 12
- 11. Terms ā¢ Widget ā¢ Bits of content you can add to your sidebars and menus without knowing any coding ā¢ Menu ā¢ Navigational menus found at the top and/or side of your site ā¢ Plugin ā¢ A package of code that adds additional functionality to your site Monday, December 17, 12
- 12. Installing WordPress ā¢ Instructions: ā¢ codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress ā¢ wpsites.net/video/how-to-install-wordpress- manually/ ā¢ Famous Five Minute Install ā¢ Less if you have a server with one click installation of WordPress Monday, December 17, 12
- 13. Settings ā¢ Click āSettingsā (toward the bottom left) ā¢ General includes site title and general settings ā¢ Writing includes settings related to content creation ā¢ Reading includes settings related to how users read ā¢ Discussion includes settings related to commenting ā¢ Media includes settings related to images and ļ¬les ā¢ Privacy includes settings related to your site on search engines ā¢ Permalinks includes settings related to the style of your links Monday, December 17, 12
- 14. Choose a Theme ā¢ Click āThemesā under āAppearanceā ā¢ Under āManage Themesā you will see all of the installed themes and can preview them by clicking āPreviewā or apply them by clicking āActivateā ā¢ To install themes you click the āInstall Themesā tab and search the themes on WordPress ā¢ Important to look for themes that support widgets, custom menus and custom headers Monday, December 17, 12
- 15. Managing Menus ā¢ Click āAppearanceā ā¢ Click āMenusā ā¢ If your theme supports menus a note like āYour theme supports 2 menusā will appear in the top left ā¢ Click the ā+ā tab to add a new menu ā¢ Give the menu a name ā¢ Drag pages from the left to the menu ā¢ Add a URL to another page using āCustom Linksā ā¢ Save the menu ā¢ Assign the menu a location under āTheme Locationsā Monday, December 17, 12
- 16. Widgets Deļ¬ned ā¢ Search widgets let people search your site ā¢ RSS widgets pull in RSS feeds and publish them on your site ā¢ Text widgets are handy for any custom text or code youād like to include ā¢ Recent posts and recent comments will show recently added content to your site Monday, December 17, 12
- 17. Managing Widgets ā¢ Add a Search widget ā¢ Click āAppearanceā ā¢ Click āWidgetsā ā¢ Drag āSearchā from the list of widgets to an area on the right Monday, December 17, 12
- 18. Create a Page ā¢ Click āAdd Newā under āPagesā on the left hand side menu ā¢ Choose a āTitleā ā¢ Enter your body text ā¢ On the right choose the āPage Parentā and āOrderā ā¢ Below the content decide if you want to allow comments ā¢ Click āPublishā Monday, December 17, 12
- 19. Create a Blog Post ā¢ Click āAdd Newā under āPostsā ā¢ Choose a āTitleā ā¢ Enter your body text ā¢ Insert an image or link to a ļ¬le ā¢ Below the content decide if you want to allow comments ā¢ Click āPublishā Monday, December 17, 12
- 20. Plugins ā¢ Click āAdd newā under āPluginsā ā¢ Search the plugin database for the tool you need ā¢ Click āInstallā under the right plugin ā¢ Set up plugin if necessary Monday, December 17, 12
- 21. Must Have Plugins ā¢ Events Calendar ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/ ā¢ Contact Form ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/ ā¢ Google Sitemaps ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/ ā¢ Anti-Spam ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/ Monday, December 17, 12
- 22. Must Have Plugins ā¢ WP Backup ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/ ā¢ Exploit Scanner ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/ ā¢ Maintenance Mode ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/ Monday, December 17, 12
- 23. Must Have Plugins ā¢ No Self Pings ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/no-self-ping/ ā¢ Google Analyticator ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analyticator/ ā¢ Google Analytics for WordPress ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/ ā¢ Broken Link Checker ā¢ wordpress.org/extend/plugins/broken-link-checker/ Monday, December 17, 12
- 24. On Your Own Monday, December 17, 12
- 25. Additional Tools ā¢ Web server with MySQL and PHP installed & a domain name ā¢ I use Hostgator.com (hosting) and GoDaddy.com (domain) ā¢ Dreamhost offers free hosting to non proļ¬ts ā¢ Access to (or someone who can) alter the MySQL database interface or a host with single click install of Wordpress ā¢ FTP Software ā¢ I use Filezilla (http://ļ¬lezilla-project.org/) Monday, December 17, 12
- 26. WordPress Presentations ā¢ People to follow on SlideShare: ā¢ Stephanie Leary www.slideshare.net/stephanieleary ā¢ Syed Balkhi www.slideshare.net/wpbeginner ā¢ Andrea Rennick www.slideshare.net/AndreaRennick Monday, December 17, 12
- 27. WordPress Tutorials ā¢ YouTube Playlists ā¢ www.youtube.com/view_play_list? p=3660E1BF38351F4D ā¢ www.youtube.com/view_play_list? p=2B44F91BD836E499 ā¢ www.youtube.com/view_play_list? p=928D6604C81A7D0B Monday, December 17, 12
- 28. Premium Themes ā¢ WooThemes: www.woothemes.com ā¢ StudioPress: www.studiopress.com ā¢ ElegantThemes: www.elegantthemes.com ā¢ Ofļ¬cial Listing: wordpress.org/extend/ themes/commercial/ ā¢ Comparison: www.smashingmagazine.com/ 2011/04/20/detailed-comparison-of- premium-wordpress-theme-clubs/ Monday, December 17, 12
- 29. Blogs ā¢ WordPress News ā¢ http://wordpress.org/news/ ā¢ WPMU ā¢ http://wpmu.org ā¢ WP Sites ā¢ http://wpsites.net Monday, December 17, 12
- 30. Links ā¢ Beginnerās Guide to Tricking out Wordpress ā¢ http://lifehacker.com/5365600/the-beginners-guide-to-tricking-out-your- wordpress-blog ā¢ Wordpress Quick Start Guide ā¢ http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Quick_Start_Guide ā¢ Secure your WordPress blog ā¢ http://mashable.com/2010/04/28/wordpress-security-tips/ ā¢ WordPress Bibliography ā¢ https://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collectionKey/48SH2WJI Monday, December 17, 12
- 31. Books ā¢ Leary, Stephanie. Beginning WordPress 3. 1st ed. Apress, 2010. ā¢ Jones, Kyle M. L, and Polly-Alida Farrington. Learning from libraries that use WordPressāÆ: content-management system best practices and case studies. Chicago: American Library Association, 2013. ā¢ Tomasi, Chuck, and Kreg Steppe. Sams Teach Yourself WordPress 3 in 10 Minutes. 1st ed. Sams, 2010. ā¢ Beck, Jessica Neuman, and Matt Beck. 2009. WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide. [S.l.]: Peachpit Press. Monday, December 17, 12
- 32. Thank You Nicole C. Engard [email protected] Slides: web2learning.net > Publications & Presentations Monday, December 17, 12