Ten Things
You Should Know
About
WordPress             Sé Reed
                     @sereedmedia
          facebook.com/sereedmedia
01.
WordPress can
do way more
than blog.
Content Management System
          (CMS)
02.
wordpress.com
and
WordPress
are different.
WordPress   wordpress.com
03.
What's under the
hood matters.
▸ Open  source software
▸ Theme-based design
▸ Plugin functionality
▸ Based on MySQL
▸ Written in PHP
FDI
yourdomain.com/subfolder/wp-admin
04.
Posts and pages
are where the
magic happens.
Posts
▸ Dynamic
▸ Archived indefinitely
▸ Always in a category
    •   Blog topics
    •   Product types
    •   Photographs
Stuff
             Stuff Category
        S1
             S3

        S2   S2

             S1
        S3
Pages
▸ Static
▸ Not in categories
▸ Sub-pages
  • Hierarchal groupings
    parent>child>sibling
Posts
Posts
Pages
Pages
Pages
Posts   Pages
05.
Not all themes
are created
equal.
(Or equally.)
post_id
▪ Evaluating a theme
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▪ Free Themes
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▪ Premium Themes
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06.
Look for
options,
customize
your settings.
07.
Plugins are a
double-edged
sword.
Evaluating plugins
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▪ Recommended plugins
 ▸   Security/Spam
     •
     •

 ▸   SEO
     •
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 ▸   Backups
     •
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▪ Recommended plugins
 ▸   Social Media
     •
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 ▸   Forms
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08.
Documentation
is your friend.
codex.wordpress.org
wordpress.tv
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wpbeginner.com
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wordpress.stackexchange.com
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wordpresswings.com
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09.
Back-up
your entire
set-up.*
*no, really.
09b.
Where you
host matters.
09c.
Update.
▸ @wordpress   for security notices

▸ Check for hacks:
 sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner
10.
WordPress ONLY
works
if you do.
#3 Be patient
 ▸   Pace yourself.
     You don't have to be
     an expert on your first day.
#2 Don't load up
 ▸ Toomany plugins or theme
  features can break or slow down
  your site (and your motivation).
#1 Add content
 ▸ Contentis the ONLY reason
  people visit your site

 *AND the best way
   to help them find it.
9 Steps to a WordPress website
9 Steps to a WordPress website
9 Steps to a WordPress website




  9. KEEP ADDING CONTENT!!!
Questions!

                    Sé Reed
                   @sereedmedia
        facebook.com/sereedmedia

Ten Things You Should Know About WordPress