A presentation created for introducing WordPress and outlining what will be covered in my WordPress Super Survival Skills Course - http://www.the-colab.com/wordpress-survival-skills-course/

1. WordPress
Super Survival Skills!

2. Web technologies
• Networks • PHP
• Web Hosting • Database
• Web Server • HTML
• CMS • Wordpress

3. computer networks
• A Collection of
computers or other
devices connected to
each other via
communications means
to share digital
resources

4. inter networks
• Collections of Networks
connected to each
other via shared
Protocols to exchange
resources

5. The internet
• The Internet is a global
system
• of interconnected
computer networks
• that use the standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg
Internet protocol suite
• to serve billions of users
worldwide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

6. the blogosphere
in action
http://www.twingly.com/screensaver

7. wordpress is a big player
http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/web-trend-map-4-final-beta/

8. wordpress usage
http://en.wordpress.com/stats/

9. Powers almost 17%
of all websites
total usage
http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all

10. compared to others
google search trends
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=blogger,+drupal,+sharepoint,+wordpress&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

11. compared to others
cms usage trends
http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

12. changing sides
cms usage trends
http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

13. wp.com or .org
mysite.wordpress.com
www.mysite.com

14. eeH os ted wordpress.com
Fr

15. lf H os ted wordpress.org
Se

16. How Does WP Work
It ain’t Rocket Science
• Site on Server
• MySQL Database
• PHP Code - Theme & Plugins
• Generate HTML
• Results in Front end in Browser
•

17. How Does WP Work
really now
web server

18. What is WordPress
Made of
Theme MySQL
Plugin
PHP HTML
• PHP web based software
• PHP & HTML based themes & plugins
• MySQL Database
• Generates HTML site in browser

19. What Makes A Theme
HTML Structure PHP Function CSS Style

20. What can I do with WP
• Blog • Wiki
• CMS • Video Channel
• Online Store • Review, Rating Site
• Collaborative Site • Event Site
• Corporate • Online School
• Online Social Hub • Resume
• Helpdesk • Job Board

21. THEME Plugins
Visual Template Functional Add-on
• Change Look • Add Functionality
• Easy to Install • Easy to Install
• Separate from
Content
• Tons available
• Free or Paid
• Editable • Low Cost
• Free or Paid • Extend your site in
• Low Cost a million ways
theme directory Plugins directory
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

22. build anything you want
http://wordpress.org/showcase/

23. themes
Where to find them
• Free Themes - WordPress Directory
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
• Premium Themes - Theme Companies
http://www.myinkblog.com/top-25-wordpress-commercial-theme-
companies/
• Build your Own
http://www.the-colab.com/wordpress-course-survival-skills/

24. wordpress admin
All The Basics
• The Dashboard
• Create a New Post
• Using Categories and Tags
• How to Create and Edit Pages
• Changing Theme
• Adding Plugins
• Widgets

25. time to login