The document outlines an introduction to WordPress administration and management, including resources for learning WordPress both online and in Philadelphia, how to update site settings and content using the WordPress backend, and exercises for practicing adding, editing, and organizing content and media. The goals are for students to gain familiarity with WordPress administrative tools and be able to update their site settings and content.

1. Administration and
Management

2. Today's Plan
● Resources for WordPress online ... and in Philly
● The WordPress "Backend"
○ Changing your site's settings
○ Content types in WordPress
○ Writing in WordPress
○ Changing the theme
Goals
● You will have added some resources to your toolbelt (or
bookmarks bar)
● You can update your site's settings
● You can update your site's content and themes in the backend

3. Resources Online ... and in Philly
● WordPress Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org
● GDI Philly's WordPress Group: http://www.facebook.
com/groups/gdiphillywordpress/
● Philly WordPress Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-
WordPress-Meetup-Group/
● Philadelphia WordPress website: http://phillywp.org/
● The GDI Intro to Programming has some more seats! Get on the
waitlist: http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Philadelphia/

4. More resources ...
● PANMA list: http://www.panma.org/community/listserv
● Girl Geek Dinners (social): http://www.ggdphl.com
● WordPress mailing lists: http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists
● WordPress Development Updates: http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/
● wptavern.com
● wpcandy.com

5. We have a website - now what?
What's your site's story?
Hooray.com is a site that posts awesome things. They also consult on
being awesome.
Now let's walk through setting up Hooray.com on the admin
side.

6. Exercise: Changing your site's settings
Complete/Answer the following:
● Change your site's "tagline"
● Update your permalink structure
● What tab would you go to to change the default image sizes?
● What version of WordPress are you using? Where did you find
out?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Disable comments by default
● Turn off pingbacks from your site
● Change your RSS feed to show 20 items. What
was the default number?

7. Activity: Content Types
Here are some examples of content that could appear on your site.
Should they be Posts or Pages?
● Contact us
● 10 reasons you should get a kitten
● An item for sale on an e-commerce site
● Privacy policy
● A job listing
● Meet my cat Luna
● Bio of an artist for a gallery with many artists

8. Exercise: Writing and Updating
Complete/Answer the following:
● Write a Post and a Page on edit screens in two different
windows. Note the differences.
● Make a category and add your post to it. Can you add pages to
categories?
● Add tags to your post. What are the benefits of tags?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Go to your Post edit screen and choose "Screen
Options." Add/remove areas and drag and drop for
your preferred layout
● Trash a post and restore it
● Schedule a post for 2 minutes in the future
● Add a "Featured Image" to a post. What happens?

9. Media, Links, Comments
● Links can help you organize links outside
your menu
● Approve and manage
comments in the Comments area

10. Exercises: Media, Links, Comments
Complete/Answer the following:
● Upload a picture to the Media area (from your computer or the
Web)
● Unapprove the default comment added by WordPress
● Add a link to the Links area
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Crop the image you uploaded to a new size and
save it
● Write a comment on a post on your site and see
what happens
● Make a new link category and organize the links
in a new way

11. Lessons Learned
Do you ...
● Remember what our main resources are?
Are you ...
● Able to update the name of your site and other settings?
Can you ...
● Write and update content on your site?
Are you ...
● Able to change your theme?

12. Homework!
● Join the Facebook group!
● Work on your site - updating the
settings, writing sample content ...
● Research themes and find one that relatively fits your site's
goals
And ...
● Find hosting if you want to launch next week