Maui WordPress 101 Workshop - June 18, 2010

WordPress Basics Getting Started with WordPress as your Website Publishing Tool Jeff Bennett www.DigitalSplashMedia.com Friday, June 18, 2010

WordPress Basics Objectives: Learn how to set up a basic business website using Wordpress Friday, June 18, 2010

Acvivation & Sign-up The Dashboard Themes Settings Creating Posts Creating Pages Pages vs Posts Editing Posts & Pages Categories & Tags Managing Comments Site Structure/Organization Static Home Page Links Media Library Widgets Topics Polls & Ratings Wordpress.org Installing Wordpress.org Plugins Users Contact Pages Custom Fields Page Templates eCommerce Backups Security Updating Importing Friday, June 18, 2010

Conceptual Overview Guided Tour, Live Demo & Site Building Agenda Exercise Friday, June 18, 2010

Every Business NEEDS a Website Friday, June 18, 2010

But historically, to build a website, you needed to know how to code Friday, June 18, 2010

... or hire someone who did Friday, June 18, 2010

But with the advent of free Internet publishing tools like Wordpress Friday, June 18, 2010

You don’t have to know how to code Geek-speak not required! Friday, June 18, 2010

Though it started as a blogging platform, Wordpress is now a very rich online publishing tool used for building entire websites Friday, June 18, 2010

For example... Friday, June 18, 2010

So, why is this good news for you? Friday, June 18, 2010

You can build without this... knowing this Friday, June 18, 2010

Create a website using only your browser for FREE $0 Friday, June 18, 2010

You just use a simple text editor to create and edit pages Friday, June 18, 2010

The Basic Process Sign- Choose Adjust Write a up/ Publish theme settings page Install Friday, June 18, 2010

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If you’re familiar with Microsoft Word or another word processor, you should be able to get the hang of Wordpress Friday, June 18, 2010

Before we jump in... Friday, June 18, 2010

Flavors Friday, June 18, 2010

vs. .com .org Friday, June 18, 2010

makes WordPress is a software product made by a company called Automattic Friday, June 18, 2010

Automattic offers free blogs & websites at wordpress.com Automattic: Provides free web hosting Sets up WordPress Handles backups Handles upgrades Stops spam This is the “.com” ﬂavor. Limited themes, options and ﬂexibility and no code hacking. Friday, June 18, 2010

Many people want more options or control than WordPress.com offers. Web Host They pay a monthly fee to a web host, and install the free WordPress software on the web host’s server Web servers display your website to people who visit it Friday, June 18, 2010

With greater control comes greater responsibilities Website owner responsibilities: Web Host Buy the web hosting Set up Wordpress Handle backups Handle upgrades Stop spam Upload new themes Upload plugins This is the “self-hosted” or “.org” ﬂavor. Complete control but comes with extra responsibility Friday, June 18, 2010

Which flavor is right for .org you .com depends on your needs and situation Friday, June 18, 2010

Both flavors are .org very .com similar in how you use them Friday, June 18, 2010

We’ll focus .com on .com to start Friday, June 18, 2010

Conceptual Overview Guided Tour, Live Demo & Site Building Agenda Exercise Friday, June 18, 2010

Wordpress Guided Tour Wordpress Guided Tour Friday, June 18, 2010

Let’s Build a Website Chateau Maui chateaumaui.wordpress.com Website about wine made from Maui's vineyards. Information pages about Maui's vineyards, growing region, terroir, history, etc., Blog, Categories for posts: Wine Types Change Theme Adjust Settings Create New Post Insert Media Create Pages Edit Posts & Pages Create Categories Add Widgets Static Home Page Export to .org Friday, June 18, 2010

The Dashboard Customize Layout Expand/Collapse Menu Friday, June 18, 2010

Themes Search Browse Preview Activate Appearance Options - not all themes created equal Friday, June 18, 2010

Settings General Writing Reading Discussion Friday, June 18, 2010

Creating Posts Title Insert images Formatting icons Click for all icons Type or paste content Publish options Categories Tags Friday, June 18, 2010

Creating Pages Similar layout as posts Attributes instead of Categories and Tags Friday, June 18, 2010

Posts vs Pages Posts Pages Time-based content Pseudo-static pages used to displayed in reverse create web pages for non- chronological order - changing information like more “bloggy” contact, about, events, products, services, etc. Not listed by date, and they don’t use categories and tags Friday, June 18, 2010

Editing Posts & Pages Select Edit under either Posts or Pages Select item to edit Friday, June 18, 2010

Categories & Tags Categories - helpful for organizing your posts by topic Tags like keywords Friday, June 18, 2010

Custom Menus Unapprove Approve Spam Friday, June 18, 2010

Managing Comments Unapprove Approve Spam Friday, June 18, 2010

Site Structure Organize your site’s pages according to your business needs Order pages using the order attribute in the Pages section Menu editor in Wordpress 3.0 will make this better and easier Friday, June 18, 2010

Static Home Page First create a page that will be your home page Create another new page that will be for blog posts Under Settings > Reading click on A static page in the Front page displays section & select the new home page for Front page and new blog page for posts page Friday, June 18, 2010

Links Optional if you want to have a set of links in your sidebar Friday, June 18, 2010

Media Library Upload and manage photos, video and other media Friday, June 18, 2010

Widgets Content for your sidebar & footer Find it under Appearance menu Drag-n-drop widgets with your mouse Useful Widgets: Recent Posts Archives Categories RSS Some themes include extra widgets Friday, June 18, 2010

Polls & Ratings Ratings - people can rate posts Polls - requires account with PollDaddy.com Included with .com, need plugins for .org Friday, June 18, 2010

Wordpress.com Upgrades Applies to .com, not .org Your own domain name - $9.97/year Custom CSS (extra ﬂexibility for changing your theme) - $14.97/ year Friday, June 18, 2010

Wordpress.org Much the same as .com as far as interface goes Lots more themes Lots more options via plugins Tons of ﬂexibility You have to sign up with a web host BlueHost.com - very affordable ($6.95/ month), good options, easy Wordpress installation Friday, June 18, 2010

Installing Wordpress.org Pick a version Where to install it Name can be changed later Pick a non-default username and a good password (and remember that password!) Friday, June 18, 2010

Plugins There’s a plugin for that! Add functionality to your site Hundreds, maybe thousands of plugins available Plugin menu item Add new plugins via Add New Friday, June 18, 2010

Essential Plugins Akismet - stop spam WP Table Reloaded - easy tables NextGen Gallery - nice photo gallery PHPMyAdmin - Backups CformsII - Contact and other forms Featured Content Slider - HeadSpace2 - SEO SEO Friendly Images - SEO SEO Smart Links - SEO Yet Another Related Posts Plugin - SEO Tiny MCE - more formatting options for posts and pages Sociable - social media Google Analytics - Friday, June 18, 2010

Users Add many other users with varying levels of permission Available in .com & .org Friday, June 18, 2010

Contact Forms Shortcode: [contact-form to="mom@wordpress.com,dad@wordpr ess.com,billy@wordpress.com" show_subject="yes" subject="Contact WordPress Family"] Contact Form Plugins: -Fast and Secure Contact Form -cforms Friday, June 18, 2010

Custom Fields Powerful feature in posts that provides ability to add extra information to posts Requires a theme that supports it or extra coding Don’t worry about it for now. Topic of a more advanced workshop. Friday, June 18, 2010

Page Templates Ability to create pages using different templates Some themes have multiple templates deﬁned. Many do not. Addressed in more detail in a subsequent workshop Friday, June 18, 2010

eCommerce Lots of options: Text links to 3rd party stores (cafepress) PayPal buttons using PayPal as both shopping cart and payment gateway 3rd Party shopping cart buttons Plugins More detail in a subsequent workshop Friday, June 18, 2010

Backups Very Important! Minimum backup of core Wordpress data using Tools > Export Full Wordpress database backup using phpMyAdmin plugin Service: Online Backup for Wordpress wordpress.backup- technology.com/ Friday, June 18, 2010

Security Hackers are out there! Delete default admin username Choose good password Keep up to date with latest version of Wordpress and Plugins Security Scan Plugin Friday, June 18, 2010

Upgrading Back up ﬁrst! Database and Files Disable Plugins Automatic Update Friday, June 18, 2010

Importing Import content from other Wordpress site, Blogger and more Friday, June 18, 2010

Wordpress 3.0 New in 3.0 Menu Manager New default theme Custom background & headers Custom post types and much, much more www.mauiwordpress.com/?p=15 Friday, June 18, 2010

Analytics & Site Stats Google Analytics Webserver stats .com stats in dashboard Friday, June 18, 2010

Themes Revisited All themes are NOT created equal Different themes - different options and customization Free themes and premium ($) themes Some Themes with good customization options: Suffusion (free) Twenty Ten (free, Wordpress 3.0 for .org, available now in .com) Indy Premium Simple Indy Under the Inﬂuence Arthemia Thesis ($) Friday, June 18, 2010

Which flavor is right for you? Friday, June 18, 2010

WordPress 3.0 http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/ thelonious/ Friday, June 18, 2010

WordPress Resources DigitalSplashMedia.com MauiWordPress.com WordPress.tv codex.wordpress.org Twitter.com/DigitalSplash Twitter.com/MauiWordpress Maui WordPress User Group??? Friday, June 18, 2010

WordPress 201 A new WordPress workshop coming soon. http://www.digitalsplashmedia.net/2010/06/customizing- wordpress-themes-maui-wordpress-201-workshop/ Friday, June 18, 2010

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