Session by Ahmed Masoud (http://twitter.com/ahmedeleven) in WordCamp Egypt 2009, discussing different ways to have a WordPress blog and the installation of a typical WordPress System.

1. Getting Started : The installation
Ahmed Mohamed Massoud
3rd year ­ Information Technology Dep.

2. Agenda
What is a blog ?
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Blog Content
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What is a CMS ?
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Wordpress as a blogging system
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Why wordpress ??!
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Blog Examples
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How to get wordpress blog ?
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Having an account on wordpress (video)
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Installing wordpress on your localhost
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Installing wordpress using cPanel (video)
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3. Blog Content
What's Blog ?
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Abbreviation for ” weblog ”
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Frequently updated websites
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Many blogs focus on a particular topic
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Featuring comments and links to another websites
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Blog Types
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Personal
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Technical
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Photoblog
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Vlog
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...etc
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4. Blog Content
Blog Content
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Posts
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➢ Comments
➢ Archives
➢ Categories
➢ Tags
➢ Blogrolls
➢ Feeds

5. Blog Content

6. Blog Content

7. CMS
CMS : Abbreviation for ”Content Management
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System”.
A system that allows users to manage their own
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website
CMS Examples :
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Forums
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Wikis
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Blogging Systems
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8. Word Press
Powerfull blogging system
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Developed by Matt Mullenweg
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Licensed under the GPL
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Developed using PHP and MySQL
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2001 : start of development
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2003 : used by fewer users than you count on your fingers
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2005 : +900,000 downloads
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2006 : 1,545,703 downloads
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2007 : 3,816,965 downloads
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9. why wordpress ?
Open Source
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Easy to use
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Easy to manage
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Availability to manage your theme
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Availability to add plugins
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It's not just a blogging system
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10. why wordpress ?

11. Blog Examples 1

12. Blog Examples 2

13. How to get WordPress Account
www.wordpress.com
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Click on “Sign Up Now !” link
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Fill the registration form
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Choose your blog domain
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Check your Email and click on the
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activation link
Congratulations !! You got your wordpress
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blog

14. Localhost Installation
Download the latest wordpress version
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Extract the downloaded file
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Copy the extracted file to your localhost
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Create an empty database
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Type your local domain on your browser
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Use the wizard and install easily
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15. Session MindMap

16. Questions ?

17. Thanks