Using For Internet Publishing Laura Solomon Library Services Manager OPLIN [email_address] www.oplin.org

The agenda today: What is WordPress & some stuff about it Why OPLIN chose it Comparison to Blogger How OPLIN uses WordPress Some examples of Wordpress installs Installing and working with WordPress

What is WordPress & some stuff about it

Why OPLIN chose it

Comparison to Blogger

How OPLIN uses WordPress

Some examples of Wordpress installs

Installing and working with WordPress

What is WordPress?

What constitutes a blog? Ongoing chronicle of information Frequently updated Pieces/parts: Main content area with posts Archive of older posts A way for people to leave posts Links to other sites One or more RSS feeds

Ongoing chronicle of information

Frequently updated

Pieces/parts:

Main content area with posts

Archive of older posts

A way for people to leave posts

Links to other sites

One or more RSS feeds

Wordpress is not… Content Management System (CMS)

Content Management System

(CMS)

What CAN’T Wordpress do (probably)? Replace your entire web site

Replace your entire web site

What can WordPress do? Act as a supplemental section or blog Provide additional functionality

Act as a supplemental section or blog

Provide additional functionality

Wordpress is…

A little background The largest self-hosting blogging tool in the world Open source Can download and customize it

The largest self-hosting blogging tool in the world

Open source

Can download and customize it

Why WordPress?

Different flavors of Wordpress Hosted Local Photo courtesty of iShot71 (Flickr)

Hosted: “No worries, mate!” www.wordpress. com

DIY: Calling Bob Vila..(Local) www.wordpress. org

How does this compare to Blogger?

What’s a widget?

Some example widgets Active Discussions - Display posts with currently active discussion threads Contact - Adds a contact form to the sidebar del.icio.us cached++ - Create a list of the latest bookmarks on a del.icio.us account, from its RSS feed Flickr Badge Widget - display your flickr photos in the sidebar Now Reading scroll down on that page to see the widget version WP Polls - a widget for WP Polls plugin

Active Discussions - Display posts with currently active discussion threads

Contact - Adds a contact form to the sidebar

del.icio.us cached++ - Create a list of the latest bookmarks on a del.icio.us account, from its RSS feed

Flickr Badge Widget - display your flickr photos in the sidebar

Now Reading scroll down on that page to see the widget version

WP Polls - a widget for WP Polls plugin

Plugins

WP-PDA

PodPress

Akismet

BRAND NEW!

Themes

Before

After

How OPLIN uses WordPress

How OPLIN uses WordPress

Other libraries Dartmouth Public Libraries West Palm Beach Public Library Phoenix Public Library Library Web Chic

Dartmouth Public Libraries

West Palm Beach Public Library

Phoenix Public Library

Library Web Chic

Actually installing WordPress

“Famous 5-Minute Install”

Your new best friend! http:// www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

What to do Install XAMPP Go to the XAMPP admin panel and open up the admin interface for Apache Click on phpMyAdmin on the left and create a new database Unzip WordPress. Put actual wordpress directory in the htdocs directory of Apache (most likely C:xampphtdocs) so that you end up with C:xampphtdocswordpress.

Install XAMPP

Go to the XAMPP admin panel and open up the admin interface for Apache

Click on phpMyAdmin on the left and create a new database

Unzip WordPress. Put actual wordpress directory in the htdocs directory of Apache (most likely C:xampphtdocs) so that you end up with C:xampphtdocswordpress.

Take a deep breath, the hard parts are over! You’re now ready to install WordPress! Go to http://your_domain_and_path_here/wordpress Follow the wizard Remember, if you have (properly!!) locked down MySQL, the username and password are not “root/no password”

You’re now ready to install WordPress!

Go to http://your_domain_and_path_here/wordpress

Follow the wizard

Remember, if you have (properly!!) locked down MySQL, the username and password are not “root/no password”

Something else to know…

WordPress Resources Full list of widgets ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets ) WordPress Lessons ( http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons ) “ Famous 5-Minute install” ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install )

Full list of widgets ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets )

WordPress Lessons ( http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons )

“ Famous 5-Minute install” ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install )

Video Tutorials WordPress.com - Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=MWYi4_COZMU ) WordPress Tutorial - How to Edit a WordPress Page ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=rnMnpt6u5uo ) Wordpress tutorial--installing on a local server ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=OD4nh5A5up4 ) Wordpress Tutorial ( http:// youtube.com/watch?v =H1ImndT0fC8 )

WordPress.com - Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=MWYi4_COZMU )

WordPress Tutorial - How to Edit a WordPress Page ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=rnMnpt6u5uo )

Wordpress tutorial--installing on a local server ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=OD4nh5A5up4 )

Wordpress Tutorial ( http:// youtube.com/watch?v =H1ImndT0fC8 )

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