What The Heck Is Wordpress

What The Heck Is Wordpress? Wordcamp Atlanta 2010 Adria Richards Twitter @adriarichards http://butyoureagirl.com

What is it? • Wordpress is an application • It’s open source • It powers blogs and websites Twitter @adriarichards

3 Reasons People Love Wordpress Twitter @adriarichards

Unique

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Wordpress Twitter @adriarichards

Why use it? • Save time • Great SEO • Ongoing development • Great community support • Free Twitter @adriarichards

5 Reasons People Surf The Internet • Find answer their question • Research a speciﬁc product or service • Research your company • Buy • Entertainment Twitter @adriarichards

Getting Started With Wordpress Twitter @adriarichards

Services • Domain name • Hosting account Twitter @adriarichards

Tools • FTP Client, Filezilla • Text Editor, Text Wrangler or Edit Pad Twitter @adriarichards

Strategy • State your goal • Identify your market • Plan content for your audience • Track your trafﬁc Twitter @adriarichards

Design Twitter @adriarichards

Create Visually Appealing Sites • In the main study, 588 participants asked to judge the expected information quality of 12 websites. • A positive judgment of the visual appeal was consistently transferred to a positive expectation of the information quality of the site Twitter @adriarichards

Ready, Set, Build • Download Wordpress • Transfer ﬁles via FTP • Run setup Twitter @adriarichards

** LUNCH BREAK ** Twitter @adriarichards

How To Upgrade Wordpress • Use a host that supports cPanel • Backup ﬁles • Backup database • Run automatic update Twitter @adriarichards

Wordpress Installation • Copy ﬁles via FTP • Create database • Create user • Connect database to user • Run setup Twitter @adriarichards

Tour of Dashboard Twitter @adriarichards

Customize Settings • Settings > General Permalinks Clock • Settings >Writing XML-RPC Twitter @adriarichards

Ofﬁcial Resources • Wordpress Forums • Wordpress.tv • Wordpress Documentation Twitter @adriarichards

Unofﬁcial Resources • Lorelle • WPBeginner • Smashing Magazine Twitter @adriarichards

Plugins • All-In-One SEO Pack • Audit Trail • Page Links To • My Link Order • My Page Order • WP iPhone Touch Twitter @adriarichards

Citations • What is beautiful is useful http://www.computer.org/portal/web/ csdl/doi/10.1109/IPCC. 2009.5208678 Twitter @adriarichards

Wordcamp Atlanta • Attendees save 50% off Live Wordpress Training • Next Training, February 2010 • http://freshworkshops.com/wcatl Questions? adria.richards@butyoureagirl.com Twitter @adriarichards

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What The Heck Is Wordpress

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