The document provides a detailed overview of WordPress, including its installation process, database schema, and dashboard functionalities. It covers the advantages and disadvantages of using WordPress, alongside key features like user and media management, and developing e-commerce websites using plugins like WooCommerce. Additionally, it outlines steps for hosting transfer and references various resources for further reading.

2. Today’s agenda
1 WordPress Overview
2 Wordpress Installation
3 Database Schema
4 Wordpress Dashboard

3. 5 Posts
6 Media
7 Developing E-Commerce
website
8 Host Transfer
Today’s agenda

4. OVERVIEW

5. WordPress is an open source Content Management
System (CMS), which allows the users to build
dynamic websites and blogs. Wordpress is the most
popular blogging system on the web and allows
updating, customizing and managing the website from
its back-end CMS and components.
The Content Management System (CMS) is a
software which stores all the data such as text,
photos, music, documents, etc. and is made available
on your website. It helps in editing, publishing and
modifying the content of the website.

6. History
WordPress was initially released on 27th May, 2003 by
Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. WordPress was
announced as open source in October 2009.
As with other systems written in PHP, it is self-contained
in the sense that installation, configuration, operation,
and administration tasks are all contained in PHP
modules. WordPress’s popularity has been driven in part
by its simplicity, with the phrase “five minute
installation” making appearances in nearly every
description or book about WordPress. Beyond getting to
a first post, WordPress was designed to be extended.

7. Features
User Management
Media Management
Theme System
Extend with Plugins
Search Engine Optimization
Multilingual
Importers

8. Advantages
It is an open source platform and available for free.
Media files can be uploaded easily and quickly
CSS files can be modified according to the design as per
users need.
There are many plugins and templates available for free.
Users can customize the various plugins as per their
need.
It is very easy to edit the content as it uses WYSIWYG
editor (What You See Is What You Get).

9. Disadvantages
Using several plugins can make the website heavy to load
and run.
PHP knowledge is required to make modifications or
changes in the WordPress website.
Updating WordPress version leads to loss of data, so it a
backup copy of the website is required.
Modifying and formatting the graphic images and tables is
difficult.

10. INSTALLATION

11. Download wordpress zip from wordpress.org

12. Step 1: in C:xampphtdocsarjun_test
Create a folder and extract the wordpress zip

13. Step 2 : Start xampp server

14. Step 3 open the browser and type
http://localhost/arjun_test

15. Now clicking on lets go , we get

16. Step 4 create the details Before filling :-
( 1 ) create database as shown

17. In the database click on privileges

18. And here click on add user

19. Check all privileges and click on go

20. This will add the user to the database

21. Edit and save the wp-config file as :-

24. Step 5 now fill the entries as :-

25. Clicking on submit we get

26. Step 6 run the install
And fill the details And click on install
wordpress

27. After installation the following window will
appear

28. step 7 :- simply click on login
now you have successfully installed wordpress

29. step 8 :- choose a theme

30. step 9 :- visit site

31. Database Schema

32. Introduction
The default installation of WordPress contains 12
database tables. WordPress prides itself on being very
lightweight and the database is the starting point for
this.
The database structure is designed to be very
minimal yet allow for endless flexibility when
developing and designing for WordPress. To start
understanding the database schema it helps to view a
database diagram.

33. Wordpress Database Structure

34. Wordpress Database In phpmyadmin

35. TABLE DETAILS
➤wp_comments: Contains all comments within
WordPress. Individual comments are linked back to
posts through a post ID.
➤wp_commentsmeta: Contains all metadata for
comments.
➤wp_links: Contains all links added via the Link
Manager section.
➤wp_options: Stores all web site options defined
under the Settings SubPanel. Also stores plugin
options, active plugins and themes, and more.

36. TABLE DETAILS
➤wp_postmeta: Contains all post metadata (custom
fields).
➤wp_posts: Contains all posts, pages, media records,
and revisions. Under most circumstances, this is the
largest table in the database.
➤ Currently seven different post statuses are defined
in WordPress:
➤publish
➤inherit
➤pending
➤private
➤future
➤draft
➤trash

37. TABLE DETAILS
➤wp_terms: Contains all taxonomy terms defined for
your web site.
➤wp_term_relationships: Joins taxonomy terms with
content (that is, posts, links, and so on).
➤wp_term_taxonomy: Defines what taxonomy each
term is assigned to.
➤wp_users: Contains all users created in your web
site (login, password, e-mail).
➤wp_usermeta: Contains metadata for users
(first/last name, nickname, user level, and so on).

38. Wordpress Dashboa

39. Wordpress Dashboard

40. DASHBOARD
Dashboard Menu
The WordPress Dashboard provides navigation menu
that contains some menu options such as posts,
media library, pages, comments, appearance options,
plugins, users, tools and settings on the left side.
Welcome
It includes the Customize Your Site button which
allows customizing your WordPress theme. The center
column provides some of the useful links such as
creating a blog post, creating a page and view the
front end of your website.

41. DASHBOARD
Quick Draft
The Quick Draft is a mini post editor which allows
writing, saving and publishing a post from admin
dashboard. It includes the title for the draft, some
notes about the draft and save it as a Draft.
WordPress News
The WordPress News widget displays the latest news
such as latest software version, updates, alerts, news
regarding the software etc. from the official
WordPress blog.

42. DASHBOARD
Activity
The Activity widget includes latest comments on your
blog, recent posts and recently published posts.
At a Glance
This section gives an overview of your blog's posts,
number of published posts and pages, and number of
comments. When you click on these links, you will be
taken to the respective screen. It displays the current
version of running WordPress along with the currently
running theme on the site.

43. POSTS

44. WYSIWYG Editor
Add Link: Adds a link to your content. When you click on this button, the following page gets
displayed.

45. Adding a new post ( visual )

46. text

47. The Published Post

48. MEDIA

49. Adding Media

50. Upload Preview

51. Click on attachment to get its details

52. Publiished attachment

53. PAGES

54. Adding a new page

55. The published page : - localhost/arjun_test/xyz

56. Developing
E-commerce website

57. The most important attribute for the success of an e-
commerce website is its appearance
Here we encounter the usage of themes and plugins.
Themes :-
.

58. DEFAULT THEMES
.

59. Customizing a theme
.

60. Some well known E-commerce themes are :-
Sydney
.

61. Some well known E-commerce themes are :-
Zerif Lite
.

62. Some well known E-commerce themes are :-
Shoppy Store
.

63. Shoppy Store uploaded on localhost
.

64. PLUGINS :-
.

65. INSTALL AND ACTIVATE THE FOLLOWING PLUGINS :-
.

66. WooCommerce – The Best eCommerce Platform for
Wordpress
WooCommerce is an open source e-commerce plugin for
WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online
merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27,
2011, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity
to install and customize and free base product..

67. WooCommerce – The Best eCommerce Platform for
Wordpress
.

68. WooCommerce – The Best eCommerce Platform for
Wordpress
.

69. WooCommerce – The Best eCommerce Platform for
Wordpress
.

70. Resulting e-commerce store
.

71. Sample e-commerce store
.

72. HOST
TRANSFER

73. Step (1): Keep the backup of WordPress files
and export the database.
WordPress Files Backup

74. fill the details from the host site and download

75. WordPress Database Backup

76. Step 2: Create a new database and MySQL
user as shown in the following screen.

77. Click on the + symbol

78. Select phpMyAdmin and import the database

79. Import will give all the database tables here

80. Step 3: Upload your WordPress files by using file transfer
protocol (FileZilla)

81. Step 4: Inside the Website section of hostinger, Click on Auto
Installer.
Step 5: You can view the login page of WordPress.

82. Some Websites
Developed On Worpress
http://demo.mediatrenz.com/citystyle
http://www.brazilianvirginhumanhair.com
http://demo3.mediatrenz.com/Thepariscloset

83. REFERENCES
1. WordPress: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
2. WordPress All-in-One for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
3. Professional WordPress Design and Development by Brad
Williams, David Damstra and Hal Stern
4. Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog by Thord Daniel
Hedengren
5. WordPress Websites Step-by-Step by Caiman Jones
6. How to Build a Website with WordPress…Fast by Kent
Mauresmo

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85. Questions