A Beginner's Guide to WordPress - WordCamp Montreal 2012

WordCamp Montréal 2012A Beginner’s Guideto WordPresswith Shannon Smith & Kathryn Presner August 2012

Kathryn PresnerAutomattic Happiness EngineerWeb Designer@zoonini

Shannon SmithCafé Noir Designwww.cafenoirdesign.com@cafenoirdesign

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://mygirlfriend.ca/

CMShttp://www.thewittyofﬁce.com

Magazine

Photo Portfoliohttp://www.silviaphotography.com/

Video Portfoliohttp://www.presner.com

Audio Portfolio

Interactive

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/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 SheetsWordPress 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-wcnyc/

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

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

Shannons RecommendedPluginsWP-DB-Backup WP Super CacheContact Form 7 WP MinifyJetpack WP-smushitphp-enkoder Limit Login Attempts or Login LockdownWordPress SEOSimple Image Widget (feedburner, google analytics, wufoo forms, microformats)

Closing

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