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WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners. Presented at the 2011 WordCamp Louisville. #wclou
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- 1. WordPressOverviewandBest PracticesforBeginners 2011 WordCamp Louisville Presented by: Bill M. Rice WebMedley.com #wclou
- 2. Introduction Hello World! Bill M. Rice WordPress Enthusiast Production Director WebMedley.com twitter.com/creativebill linkedin.com/in/creativebill facebook.com/creativeBill.RiceDesign Opinions are my own. No paid endorsements. WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 4. There are NO stupid questions
- 5. Don’t try to keep up taking notes, I talk way too fast
- 6. Slides available at slideshare.net/creativebillWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 9. Plugins
- 10. Tips & Tricks
- 11. Question & AnswerWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 14. 16,463+ available plugins (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/)
- 15. 8,645,393+ WP 3.2 downloads (http://wordpress.org/download/counter/)
- 16. Outstanding Visual Editor
- 17. It’s a CMS and a Blog
- 18. Scalable
- 19. Secure WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 21. Joomla
- 22. MODx
- 24. Kobe Bryant, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Arcade Fire
- 25. Spotify, Ford, Herman Miller
- 27. http://www.computercourage.com/2011/09/15/popular-sites-that-use-wordpress/WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 30. Sortable by one or more category
- 33. Paste from MS Word
- 35. Widgets
- 37. Did I mention free?WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 38. Paste from MS Word WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 39. Adding and Ordering Menus like a Pro WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 40. http://yoast.com/wordpress-theme-anatomy/ WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 42. Self-Hosted WordPress install (wordpress.org)
- 43. Host on a Unix / Apache server
- 44. Shared Hosting – Nominal monthly fee
- 45. BlueHost.com
- 46. HostGator.com
- 47. Dedicated Hosting (advanced)WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 49. Use secure passwords (random generated are best)
- 50. Keep your WordPress core updated
- 51. Keep Plugins updated
- 52. Remove WordPress version from <head>
- 53. Salt your database links
- 54. Security Plugins – Bulletproof SecurityWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 56. Don’t steal images from Google searches (copyright)
- 57. Verify copy from clients - copyscape.com/
- 58. Give back to plugin developers
- 59. Stay Current (WP Core, Plugins, jQuery etc.)
- 60. Back up your files (if not in 3 places, it doesn’t exist)
- 62. Theme filesWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 64. CSS frameworks (if building from scratch)
- 65. Blueprint or 960.gs
- 67. Genesis by StudioPress
- 68. DIY: Headway or iThemes
- 69. Themes – purchase premium themes
- 70. Google the name of them, check codex.wordpress.org
- 71. Don’t use FREE themes (malware, causes warts)WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 73. Photo / Video Galleries
- 74. Social Media Sharing
- 75. Facebook Social Tools
- 76. Contact Forms
- 77. Search Engine Optimization
- 78. Backup Plugins
- 79. Print / Mobile
- 80. RSS IntegrationWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 82. Simple RSS Feeds
- 83. WPTouch
- 84. Display Widgets
- 85. MailChimp Widget
- 87. Facebook Photo Gallery
- 89. Google Analytics Dashboard
- 90. Contact Form 7
- 91. Gravity Forms (premium)
- 92. White Label CMS
- 93. WP Database Backup
- 94. Backup Buddy (premium)
- 95. Vault Press (ultimate)
- 96. SHOPP ecommerce pluginWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 98. Typekit
- 99. Google Webfonts
- 100. @font-face
- 101. Integrate the latest social media plugins
- 102. Google +1 – Facebook Social Tools etc.
- 103. WordPress SEO (yoast.com)
- 104. Use caching pluginsWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 106. automattic.com
- 108. wpbeginner.com
- 109. wpcandy.com
- 110. ottopress.com
- 111. andrewnacin.com
- 112. twitter.com – search #wordpressWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 113. Question & Answer WordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville
- 115. Scott Hack & Erik Blackwell for organizing #wclou
- 116. Background - http://sajja.deviantart.com/art/6-Paper-Textures-85728689
- 117. WPBeginner.com – Syed Balhki
- 118. Ottodestruct.com – Samuel Wood @otto42
- 119. Andrew Nacin - @nacin
- 120. ma.tt - Matt Mullenweg - @photomattWordPress Overview and Best Practices for Beginners | 2011 WordCamp Louisville