Brad Williams gives a beginner introduction to WordPress covering what WordPress is, the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, content management in WordPress, installing plugins and themes, and WordPress administration. He also provides several resources for WordPress beginners including the WordPress codex, WordPress.tv, WPClassroom.com, and WPBeginner.com.

1. WordPress for Beginners
Brad Williams
@williamsba

2. Who Am I?
Brad Williams
Co-Founder of WebDevStudios.com
Co-Organizer Philly WordPress Meetup
& WordCamp Philly
Co-Author of Professional WordPress
(http://bit.ly/pro-wp)
& Professional WordPress Plugin Development
(http://amzn.to/plugindevbook)
Founder of WPClassroom.com
Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/williamsba

3. Topics
ž What is WordPress?
ž WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
ž Content Management in WordPress
ž Installing Plugins and Themes
ž WordPress Administration

4. What is WordPress?
WordPress is a Publishing Platform
03/22/11

5. WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
WordPress.com
• Hosted version
• Less flexible
WordPress.org
• Self hosted
• Very flexible
03/22/11

6. WordPress Beginner Resources
ž Official Resources
› http://codex.wordpress.org/
› http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress
› http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start
› http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress
› http://learn.wordpress.com/
› http://wordpress.tv/
› Other Resources
› http://wpclassroom.com/
› http://www.wpbeginner.com/

7. Contact
Brad Williams
brad@webdevstudios.com
Blog: strangework.com
Twitter: @williamsba
IRC: WDS-Brad
http://www.slideshare.net/williamsba