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Introduction to WordPress
This document is an introduction to WordPress presented by Craig Bailey. It discusses WordPress as a content management system that allows users to easily create and manage website content using templates. It highlights WordPress' simplicity, the many scenarios it can be used for including business sites and blogs, and its popularity due to being easy to set up, use, extend with plugins and themes, and host. The document also provides examples of WordPress sites and tips for configuration, hosting, and when WordPress is recommended.
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- 1. Introduction to WordPressCraigBaileywww.craigbailey.net@craigbailey
- 2. WordPress for BusinessAgendaIntroduction to WordPressWordPress as a CMSSimplicityCase StudyPluginsThemesHostingToolswww.craigbailey.net
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- 4. Wordpress.org vs Wordpress.comWordpress.com– hosted blogs eghttp://craigbailey.wordpress.com/http://jodiem.com.au/WordPress MU – multi-user Wordpress.org – self hostedWe are only discussing wordpress.orgwww.craigbailey.net
- 5. HostingWordPress is:PHPOpen sourceRunson Apache (Unix) or IIS (Windows)Uses MySQL (usually)Famous 5 minute installSee also Microsoft Web PI and Windows Azurewww.craigbailey.net
- 6. Excel is myWord processor...Most things can be twisted and mangled into doing something they aren’t supposed to...There’s a plugin for that... So, what are the realistic scenarios for WPwww.craigbailey.net
- 7. ScenariosBusiness sites withstandard content typesBusiness blogs & News sites *Popular*Micro-sites (marketing sites)Small business online storesMembership sitesMost simple web CMS scenarios...www.craigbailey.net
- 8. What is aCMS?Web Content Management SystemCreate/manage HTML & imagesAuthoring toolsTemplates for presentation“The software provides authoring (and other) tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of programming languages or markup languages to create and manage content with relative ease.” (Wikipedia)www.craigbailey.net
- 9. WordPress as aCMSCreate content simplyHTML (pages and blog posts)ImagesVideowww.craigbailey.net | www.xenseo.net
- 10. Example siteswww.craigbailey.netMore onthe WordPress Showcase
- 11. Why is itso popular?Simple to get startedSimple to useSimple to extendSimple to style using themesSimple to backupSimple to hostModerately simple to integrate with www.craigbailey.net
- 12. What’s missingWorkflowDocument managementCollaborationUsergroups managementAtomic control of page elements/permissionsDecent Mobile switching (requires a plugin)www.craigbailey.net | www.xensystems.net
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- 31. Great for SEOPrettyURLsTitle tagsMETA descriptionsSitemapswww.craigbailey.net
- 32. ToolsWindows Live Writerwww.craigbailey.net| www.xensystems.net
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- 34. ThemesThesisGenesisWoo ThemesElegant ThemesRemixThemeForestOther themes/frameworks:SandboxCarringtonHeadwayArtisteerTheme Hybrid www.craigbailey.net
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- 36. PluginspageMashW3 Total CacheWPSecurity ScanBackup WordPressDrainHoleTopsyWishlist Memberwww.craigbailey.net
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- 38. WidgetsAdd to sidebarsAddto footerSocial networking integrationwww.craigbailey.net
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- 40. HostingDreamHost VPS –Virtual Private ServersMedia Temple – (dv) Dedicated VirtualWordPressHosting.com.auAnd hundreds of otherswww.craigbailey.net
- 41. TipsChoose good hosting( with decent support)Be careful doing upgradesCore WordPressPlugin upgradesWatch out for Plugin conflictsCaching lockupswww.craigbailey.net | www.xensystems.net
- 42. WordPressForInexpensive1-click install onmany hosting companiesSimple to customiseThousands of pluginsAgainstRudimentary content managementBasic functionalityFiddly to program/stylewww.craigbailey.net | www.xenseo.net
- 43. Recommended For…WordPress isideal for:Small companiesSimple needsEasy customisationEasy-peasy blog setupwww.craigbailey.net
- 44. SummaryWordPress is greatfor managing contentSimple, fast, well supportedSEO is simple1000s of plugins, themes and widgetsUse for blogs, micro-sites and business siteswww.craigbailey.net
- 45. QuestionsAny questionscraig@craigbailey.net0413 489388More resourceswww.craigbailey.net/resourceswww.craigbailey.net/bloggerswww.craigbailey.net