This document provides instructions for starting a WordPress site in 30 minutes. It covers choosing between WordPress.com or self-hosting, selecting a domain name and hosting provider, installing WordPress, choosing a theme, and creating basic content like pages, posts, and menus. Resources for themes, plugins, and WordPress training are also listed.

1. How to Start WordPressing in 30 minutes
Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Dawson College - Montreal
WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2018
August 11-12, 2018

3. • Where do I start?
• Do I need to host it?
• Website or Blog? Or Both?
• Choosing a template
• Adding a Menu
Content
• Adding Multimedia
• Questions

4. Where do I start?
I want to use WordPress for free
I want to host my WordPress website
Go to Wordpress.com and create a free account
Buy a domain name and choose a hosting provider

5. Where do I start?
I want to use WordPress for free
yourname.wordpress.com
Cons
• Limited theme support
• You cannot install plugins
• Limited Monetization (cannot sell adds)
• Limited SEO control
• Limites Analytics

6. Where do I start?
I want to host my WordPress website
• Need a domain name (yourname.com) $
• Need a hosting provider $
Pros
• Full Theme support
• All plugins allowed
• Monetization freedom
• All SEO features
• Powerful analytics

7. www.example.com
Domain Name
Domain Extension
Most used: .com, .net, .org (no reference to country)
Canada: only .ca, on.ca, .qc.ca, ...
Specific: .info, .mobi, .tv, .fm, .asia, .jobs, .xxx,
Buying a Domain Name

8. Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/25/website-domain-names-in-canada-to-go-officially-bilingual/
Bilingual Domain Names
Çava.ca - Cava.ca
Montréal.ca - Montreal.ca

9. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/economie/2014/08/20/005-suffixe-quebec-web.shtml
Started on November 13, 2014
Buying a Domain Name

10. New Domain Extensions

11. Buying a Domain Name

12. Choosing a Hosting Provider

13. Choosing a Hosting Provider
Start with a Shared Hosting Plan

14. Choosing a Hosting Provider
Shared Hosting Plan
https://whc.ca/canadian-web-hosting

15. Installing WordPress
Hosting Provider’s cPanel

16. Installing WordPress
Or select a directory

17. Website or Blog? Or both
Login to WP Dashboard
xyz.ca/wp-admin

18. Website or Blog? Or both
Login to WP Dashboard

19. Choose a Theme

20. Choose a Theme
https://wordpress.org/themes/

21. Free vs Paid
Choose a Theme
http://themeforest.net https://www.mojomarketplace.com
https://colorlib.com/wp/

22. https://wordpress.org/plugins/under-construction-page/
Install an “Under Construction” Plugin

23. Creating Content

24. Try Gutenberg, the new WP Editor
https://testgutenberg.com/

25. Create a Navigation Menu

26. Create a Navigation Menu

27. Adding Image, Audio and Video

28. Resources
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wpmtl/
https://www.wpbeginner.com/
https://www.meetup.com/wp-mtl/

29. Courses
Dawson College’s CTD offers the following courses:
HTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP, WordPress, SQL
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/ctd/eq

30. Questions

31. Rafael Scapin
rafael@scapin.org
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