Ten Things You Should Know About WordPress

Ten ThingsYou Should KnowAboutWordPress Sé Reed @sereedmedia facebook.com/sereedmedia

01.WordPress cando way morethan blog.

Content Management System (CMS)

02.wordpress.comandWordPressare different.

WordPress wordpress.com

03.Whats under thehood matters.

▸ Open source software▸ Theme-based design▸ Plugin functionality▸ Based on MySQL▸ Written in PHP

yourdomain.com/subfolder/wp-admin

04.Posts and pagesare where themagic happens.

Posts▸ Dynamic▸ Archived indefinitely▸ Always in a category • Blog topics • Product types • Photographs

Stuff Stuff Category S1 S3 S2 S2 S1 S3

Pages▸ Static▸ Not in categories▸ Sub-pages • Hierarchal groupings parent>child>sibling

Posts Pages

05.Not all themesare createdequal.(Or equally.)

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▪ Evaluating a theme ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ • • ▸

▪ Free Themes ▸ ▸ ▸ • ▸

▪ Premium Themes ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

06.Look foroptions,customizeyour settings.

07.Plugins are adouble-edgedsword.

Evaluating plugins ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

▪ Recommended plugins ▸ Security/Spam • • ▸ SEO • • ▸ Backups • •

▪ Recommended plugins ▸ Social Media • • • ▸ Forms • •

08.Documentationis your friend.

codex.wordpress.org

wordpress.tvwpbeginner.comwordpress.stackexchange.comwordpresswings.com

09.Back-upyour entireset-up.**no, really.

09b.Where youhost matters.

09c.Update.

▸ @wordpress for security notices▸ Check for hacks: sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner

10.WordPress ONLYworksif you do.

#3 Be patient ▸ Pace yourself. You dont have to be an expert on your first day.

#2 Dont load up ▸ Toomany plugins or theme features can break or slow down your site (and your motivation).

#1 Add content ▸ Contentis the ONLY reason people visit your site *AND the best way to help them find it.

9 Steps to a WordPress website

9 Steps to a WordPress website 9. KEEP ADDING CONTENT!!!

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by sereedmedia on Jun 02, 2012