A Beginner's Guide to WordPress - Podcamp Toronto 2012

Podcamp Toronto 2012A Beginner’s Guideto WordPresswith Kathryn Presner February 25, 2012 #pcto2012

Kathryn PresnerZoonini Web Services www.zoonini.com@zoonini

What We’ll CoverWelcomeIntro to WordPressIntro to the Admin PanelResourcesClosingQuestions

Intro to WordPress

Diving into WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org What is it used for?http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

Bloghttp://julienchung.com/blog/

CMS+Bloghttp://www.boxofcrayons.biz/

CMShttp://www.thewittyofﬁce.com

Photo Portfoliohttp://www.silviaphotography.com/

Video Portfoliohttp://www.presner.com

Interactivehttp://passups.ca/

Some WordPress Basics Structure Presentation Markup Language ➜Database vs. ﬁlesPHP vs. HTML Dynamic Functions ScriptingDo I need to know Language ➜PHP? Data Database ➜

Posts vs. PagesPage

Posts vs. PagesPost

Posts vs. PagesPosts

Introduction to Themes A WP Theme is a collection of Template ﬁles - (X)HTML + PHP + CSS The CSS (aka stylesheet) usually controls the layout and design Only two template ﬁles are required: index.php, style.css Some are optional: sidebar.php, comments.php, etc.http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templateshttp://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

http://www.lonelythebook.com/emily-white-author/

Get Started WithBlank ThemesStarkershttp://starkerstheme.com/DIW Blank Themehttp://themeclubhouse.digwp.com/Whiteboardhttp://whiteboardframework.com/Basehttp://fresh01.co.za/2008/07/14/base/Rootshttp://www.rootstheme.com/HTML5 Boilerplatehttps://github.com/iamamused/wp-theme-html5-boilerplate

Get Started WithA Pre-made ThemeWordPress.org Directoryhttp://wordpress.org/extend/themes/WooThemeshttp://www.woothemes.com/elegantthemeshttp://www.elegantthemes.com/Press75http://www.press75.com/WPswitchhttp://wpswitch.com/Smashing Magazine - Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Editionhttp://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/05/free-wordpress-themes-2011-edition/

Introduction to Plugins What is a plug-in? Where do you get plug-ins?http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

Managing Plug-ins

Introduction to Widgets What is a widget? What is a widget-ready theme?http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets

Intro to the Admin Panel

The Admin Panel Let’s go spelunking!

WordPress Resources

Ofﬁcialwordpress.org (of course!)The Codexhttp://codex.wordpress.org/Support Forumhttp://wordpress.org/supportwordpress.tvhttp://wordpress.tv/

Cheat SheetsWP Candy Cheat Sheet - Basic and Advancedhttp://wpcandy.com/teaches/the-advanced-wordpress-help-sheetWordPress Template Tags Reference Guidehttp://www.dbswebsite.com/design/wordpress-reference/V3/Optimization Cheat Sheet for WordPresshttp://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Cheat_SheetVarious 3.0-Ready Cheat Sheetshttp://www.webanddesigners.com/11-extremely-helpful-wordpress-cheatsheets/Remember: Cheat sheets need to be current

Theme Development ToolsTheme Test Drive Pluginhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-test-drive/Ofﬁcial Theme Development Checklist & Sample Datahttp://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development_ChecklistBook: Digging Into WordPresshttp://digwp.com/Online and In-Person Classeshttp://zoonini.wordpress.com/wordpress-resources-wcto/

WordPress InspirationWe Love WPhttp://welovewp.com/WPInspirationhttp://wpinspiration.com/WP Floathttp://wpﬂoat.com/WP Showcasehttp://wordpress.org/showcase/

Recommended Plugins All in One SEO Pack or DirtySuds - Embed WordPress SEO by YouTube Yoast Bad Behavior FeedBurner WordPress Database FeedSmith Extend Backup Subscribe to Secure WordPress Comments Reloaded WordPress File Obfuscate Email Monitor Plus Contact Form 7 WP-DB-Backup

Closing

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