A Beginner's Guide to Wordpress - WordCamp Montreal 2011

A Beginner’s Guideto WordPresswith Shannon Smith & Kathryn Presner July 9, 2011

Kathryn Presnerof Zoonini Web Serviceswww.zoonini.com@zoonini

Shannon Smithof Café Noir Design Inc.www.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/

Photo Portfoliohttp://www.silviaphotography.com/

Multimedia Portfoliohttp://www.presner.com

Examples of Interactionhttp://passups.ca/

http://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. Pages Pagehttp://www.domoregreatwork.com/about/

Posts vs. PagesPost

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 ThemeWooThemeshttp://www.woothemes.com/elegantthemeshttp://www.elegantthemes.com/Press75http://www.press75.com/WPswitchhttp://wpswitch.com/Theme Madness on WP Candyhttp://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011/

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_Widgetshttp://automattic.com/code/widgets/

Intro to the Admin Panel

The Admin Panel Let’s go spelunking!

WordPress Resources

Linkswordpress.org (of course!)The Codex:http://codex.wordpress.org/wordpress.tvhttp://wordpress.tv/wcmtl.org/wpmtl.orgMontreal WordPressCommunity on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=199180685044WordPress on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=154024&trk=anet_ug_hm

Cheat SheetsWP Candy Cheat Sheet - Basic and Advancedhttp://wpcandy.com/teaches/the-wordpress-help-sheethttp://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 Classes

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

Kathryns Must-HavePluginsAll in One SEO Pack 3 security plugins:WP-DB-Backup WordPress File MonitorMaintenance Mode Secure WordPressFeedsmith WordPress ExploitObfuscate Email ScannerSubscribe to CommentsExtremely helpful ifneeded: Widget Logic

Shannons Must-HavePluginsWP-DB-Backup WP Super CacheContact Form 7 WP MinifyJetpack WP-smushitphp-enkoderWordPress SEO (feedburner, google analytics, wufoo forms,Google XML Sitemaps microformats)Simple Image Widget

Closing

What Next? Questions?Get the presentation at Slidesharehttp://www.slideshare.net/cafenoirdesignCompany links http://www.zoonini.com http://www.cafenoirdesign.comTwitter links @zoonini @cafenoirdesign

Thank You

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