WordPress As A Blogging Tool

WordPress as a Blogging Tool Lester Chan WordPress Plugin Developer

Agenda
About Myself
Introduction to WordPress
Why use WordPress
WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
WordPress Demo
WordPress as a Blogging Tool [ ]

About Myself
WordPress Plugins developer
Developed 17 WordPress Plugins
Ranked top 3
Undergraduate in NUS
Majoring in Computing (Information Systems)
Graduating end of this year
lesterchan.net
My WordPress Plugins
Blog

WordPress is an open source blog publishing application
Started by Matt Mullenweg in 2003
3.9 million downloads
As of 2007
WordPress powered blog sites
Eg: Sony, NASA, CNN, Yahoo, Coca Cola, Ford
yesterday.sg

Why Use WordPress
For Starters
Installation is simple
Sufficient out of the box features
Media library, l ink management, clean permalink structure, s earch engine friendly URLs, nested/multiple categories, multiple authors, tags
Example of clean permalink:
http://domain.com/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/
WordPress is secured
User friendly graphical user interface (GUI)

Why Use WordPress
For Mid-Level Users
WordPress is infinitely extensible
Plugins
4,200+ plugins available
Eg: Caching, Podcast, Twitter, Polls, Anti-Spam, Statistics
Themes
620+ themes available
Eg: 2/3 Columns, left/right Sidebars, fluid/fixed width
Customizing plugins and themes
Source code is available

Why Use WordPress
For Advanced Users
Rich plugin architecture
Filters
Modify almost every output given by WordPress
Hooks
Execute function calls at specific locations
Fully customizable themes
Easy to understand template tags
<?php the_title(); ?>

2 flavors of WordPress
WordPress.org aka WordPress
Self installation software
Requires own hosting (PHP + MYSQL)
Domain: SGD$16/year
Hosting: SGD$10/month
Requires some knowledge
PHP
HTML/CSS
Fully customizable and extensible

2 flavors of WordPress
WordPress.com
Think of Blogspot using WordPress
No installation needed
Does not require hosting aka free
Hosted on WordPress.com
Limitations
Ads, 3GB storage, 35 authors
Not totally customizable and extensible
Plugins or themes depends on WordPress.com

WordPress.org vs WordPress.com WordPress as a Blogging Tool [ ] WordPress.org WordPress.com Installation of WP Yes No Fees SGD$136/year Free/paid upgrades Require Hosting Yes No Requires Knowledge PHP/HTML/CSS HTML URL http://yoursite.com http://yoursite.wordpress.com Limitations N/A Ads, 3GB storage, 35 authors Plugins/Themes Fully Customizable & extensible Depends on WordPress.com

WordPress Demo
WordPress Demo

Summary
Blogging software started by Matt in 2003
Why use WordPress
Starters
Simple, sufficient core features, friendly GUI
Mid-Level Users
Tons of plugins and themes
Advanced Users
Rich plugin architecture and fully customizable themes

Summary
WordPress
Requires hosting
SGD$136/year
No limitation
Requires minimal knowledge on PHP
WordPress.com
Does not require hosting
Free
Paid upgrades
Limitations
Requires no knowledge of PHP

Useful Links
WordPress
http://wordpress.org
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
WordPress.com
http://wordpress.com
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
http://lesterchan.net
http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/

Thank You
Questions & Answers

WordPress As A Blogging Tool

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