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Zero To WordPress Plubish
This document provides an overview of the steps to publish a website using WordPress from start to finish. It discusses choosing a domain name and hosting provider, installing WordPress files, configuring the database, and completing the installation process. The WordPress dashboard is then introduced along with common elements like posts, pages, themes, plugins, and media. Comments are also briefly covered. The document aims to guide new users through the entire process of getting a basic WordPress site online.
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- 1. From Zero To WordPresspublish Michele Butcher @michele_butcher http://cantspeakgeek.com
- 2. MICHELE BUTCHER • WordPress Specialistat WP Security Lock • Instructor at John A Logan College • WordPress Evangelist for InMotion Hosting • Lead Organizer of Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup • Crazy woman behind Can’t Speak Geek • Hostess of Safe WP Weekly Security Webinar • Photographer • Mother to the next gen WordPress user
- 3. Get ready forthe ride to WordPress
- 4. The most importantstep is the first step What will your website be about? Once you have this figured out the rest is a cake walk
- 5. Now lets picka domain name You have lots of choices here!
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- 7. Plus the placesto buy a domain are endless
- 8. Once you haveyour name picked out and what you want to do for your site, it is now time to talk hosting
- 9. Hosting is likea hard drive for you website. It is where all the files live. It is typically called a server. There re different types of hosting and many different hosting companies.
- 10. Types of Hosting ✦Shared ✦ Cloud ✦ VPS ✦ Dedicated Server
- 11. Hosting Companies (There aremany and some are here!) ✦ InMotion Hosting ✦ SiteGround ✦ GoDaddy ✦ WP Engine ✦ FlyWheel
- 12. Your hosting companywill give you an IP address and nameservers for your domain. You will enter the IP or the nameservers where you purchased your domain. Example taken from
- 13. So now youhave purchased your domain and your site hosting, plus you have the domain pointed in the right direction… Time to build you a website!!!!
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- 15. First you will needto make a database for your website. You will got to the “MySQL Database Wizard”.
- 16. Once there followthe directions on how to make the database. Remember to write down or copy/paste your database name, database user name, and the passwords. You will need these later! Give the user full admin roles. If not the site will not work
- 17. Once the WordPressfiles are downloaded to your computer, you now need to go into your file manager that lives in your server’s cPanel.
- 18. Once in thefile manager, upload your WordPress zip file to your server. Your upload screen will look like this. Do not navigate off this screen until the gray box in the bottom right states the upload is complete.
- 19. Once uploaded youwill extract the zip file. Then click the reload button. If your file manager now looks like this, you may delete the zip file.
- 20. This step isthe trickiest step of them all. We must move all the files from the WordPress folder into the .public_html folder 1. Highlight all of the folders within the WordPress folder 2. Click the move file button 3. Delete out the “wordpress”in the box 4. Click “move files” 5. Click the “Up One Level” button 6. Delete the “wordpress” folder since it is now empty 7. Click the reload button
- 21. The 5 MinuteInstall 1. Go to you site 2. Pick you language 3. Click “Let’s go” The first time you go to your new website, this is what you should see.
- 22. Remember when Isaid to keep your database information close? We now will use it! Leave localhost unless instructed by your hosting company to change. Change your Table Prefix to anything but wp_ but make sure there is a “_” at the end.
- 23. Next step Sparkyis to run that install!
- 24. The important information. Sitename, login, password, and email. Remember to save your login information and use a strong password. Uncheck the “allow search engines to index this site until you have your site built.
- 25. Congratulations! You now havea website!
- 26. To log into your dashboard you will use the login http://yourdomain.com/wp-login.php
- 27. Now to lookaround the dashboard
- 28. Posts VS Pages Postsare entries listed in reverse chronological order on the blog home pages or the page set for the posts. Pages are static and are not listed by date.
- 29. Themes ✦ It isthe “pretty” of your site ✦ It is what gives it color and layout ✦ It is NOT the functions of your site Favorites include getting from StudioPress, and the WordPress repository
- 30. Plugins ✦ Gives yoursite functionality ✦ Does a specific job ✦ Thousands on the WordPress.org/plugins repository Typical plugins include security, performance, and functions
- 31. Media ✦ Images ✦ PDF’s ✦Videos
- 32. Comments ✦ Gives yourreaders a chance to interact ✦ Can be spam if not using a spam blocker ✦ Set up a spam blocker like Akismet
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