Wordpress Basics

WordPress Crash Course:What is it and how can your libraryuse it?June 14, 2012Polly-Alida FarringtonAmanda Goodman flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/2986187518

Big thanks to:• Kyle Jones• Amanda Goodman• Dan Freeman alatechsource.org/

Today’s topics• What is WordPress• What’s a Content Management System• Sites that use WordPress• Why WordPress is a great choice for libraries• Flavors of WordPress • Nuts and Bolts of WordPress• Menus and navigation options• Security and site administration• Getting help: the WordPress community

“…having a web presence, no–that having a really good andreally useful web presence–is[no longer] optional. Joyce Valenza, “Things I think teacher librarians should unlearn (20 & counting)”, August 24th, 2010

Photo CC by Caveman http://flic.kr/p/66Q4Xo

WordCamp 2006!

What is WordPress?http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2913018697_ccbb33e993_b.jpg

Open Source is Unlocked www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147/

Open Source is Community www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/170691672

Content Management System http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/4578260998/

Header Feature Slider Sidebar News Post

HeaderNews Post Sidebar

Who uses WordPress?

http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ (as of 2012 May 27)

http://trends.builtwith.com/cms (as of 2012 May 27)

http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/

http://www.qcrg.net/

Why WordPress?

Web Based Admin

Spread the work around

Easy to add contributors

Simpler admin for contributors

Easy to add external content

Invite & control commenting

Users access content their way

Mobile-friendlyhttp://hacklibschool.wordpress.com http://android.wordpress.org/

Creativity & Flexibility www.flickr.com/photos/nattu/895220635/

Before WordPress www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/4375175725/

After WordPress www.flickr.com/photos/glaciertim/4380929192/

Flavors of WordPress

Hosted for Free

WordPress.com -- Hosted

Premium Themes

Self-Hosted

Self-Hosted In House• Cost of server• Maintenance• IT support• Unlimited possibilities

Self-Hosted Commercial Service• Around $10-20/month• Easy install• Tech supportFor more hosts: http://wordpress.org/hosting/

Technical Requirements• Current WordPress Version 3.3.2• Linux & Apache (preferred)• MySQL version 5.0 or greater• PHP version 5.2.4 or greater

MultiSite Install

BuddyPress.orgInterview with Michael Stephens & Kenley Neufeld about BuddyPress in the classroom:

Let’s Build a Site

Basic Types of ContentPosts News articles, timely, up-to-date, frequently changing.Pages Static pages, timeless info, about, contact, policies, services, etc.Comments Notes from your readers

3 Party Content rd

More about: Plugins

Add functionality & features

WordPress.com Stats Requires API code from WordPress.comhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/

AkismetRequires API code from WordPress.comhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/

OpenBook Book Data johnmiedema.ca/portfolio/openbook-wordpress-plugin/

WP Contact Form Plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-contact-form/

Events & Calendarshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/ http://eventespresso.com/

More about: Themes

Themeshttp://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Modify a theme

Change color & size

Inspect Element

Child Themeshttp://wpcharity.com/

More about: Security & Site Administration

Don’t leave the door unlocked Run the latest version

Keep it Safe www.flickr.com/photos/maistora/3237164755

Back it up!Backup your database: Via web host control panel Or wp-db-backup plugin (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/)FTP to server & make a copy of this directory: /wp-content

WordPress in Libraries Examples (http://lib20.pbworks.com/classes-wordpress-websites)

http://friendsofspl.wordpress.

http://cheshirelibrary.org/

http://library-online.org.uk/

http://library.sbcc.edu/

http://libraries.umw.edu/

http://library.arlingtonva.us/

http://library.castilleja.org/

http://tscpl.org/

More about: Getting Started

Start Playing!• WordPress.com Great place to play, test and maybe host your live site• InstantWP.com Download to your PC and run self-hosted WordPress server locally• WebEnabled.com 30-day free trial of hosting• Bitnami.org Download to your PC or Mac and run self-hosted WordPress server locally

Getting Help• WordPress Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/• WordPress Forums http://wordpress.org/support/• WordPress FAQ’s http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ• New to WordPress? http:// codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_New_To_WordPress

Selected WP Books• Digging into WordPress by Jeff Starr & Chris Coyier (digwp.com)• Beginning WordPress 3 by Stephanie Leary• Smashing WordPress by Thord Hedengren

Thank you! More information & resources athttp://lib20.pbworks.com/classes-wordpress-websites Amanda Goodnman amanda@godaisies.com http://www.godaisies.com Polly-Alida Farrington polly@pafa.net http://www.pafa.net

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