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WordPress Essentials 
for Beginners 
December 2, 2014 
YES Montreal
Kathryn Presner 
Happiness Engineer 
Theme Division, Automattic 
@zoonini
What We’ll Cover 
Intro to WordPress 
Resources 
Hands-on WordPress
Intro to WordPress
Blog
CMS+Blog
CMS
Magazine
Photo Portfolio
Video Portfolio
Diving into WordPress 
What is WordPress? 
WordPress.com vs. 
WordPress.org 
What is it used for? 
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
WordPress Basics 
Database vs. files 
PHP vs. HTML 
Do I need to know 
PHP? 
Markup 
Language ➜ 
Scripting 
Language ➜ 
Database ➜ 
Structure Presentation 
Dynamic Functions 
Data
Posts vs. Pages 
Page
Posts vs. Pages 
Post
Posts vs. Pages 
Posts
Introduction to Themes 
A WP Theme is a collection of Template files - 
HTML + PHP + CSS + JS 
The CSS (aka stylesheet) usually controls the 
layout and design 
Only two template files are required: index.php, 
style.css 
Some are optional: sidebar.php, comments.php, 
etc. 
http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates 
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
WordPress Essentials for Beginners - YES Montreal December 2014
WordPress Essentials for Beginners - YES Montreal December 2014
Pre-made Themes 
WordPress.org Directory 
http://wordpress.org/themes/ 
WooThemes 
http://www.woothemes.com/ 
Elmastudio 
http://www.elmastudio.de/en/ 
Press75 
http://www.press75.com/ 
The Theme Foundry 
https://thethemefoundry.com/
Starter Themes 
_s (Underscores) 
http://www.underscores.me 
Bones 
http://themble.com/bones/ 
Roots 
http://www.rootstheme.com/ 
Bluelime Media 
http://bluelimemedia.com/themes/basic-starter-theme/ 
HTML5 Boilerplate 
https://github.com/iamamused/wp-theme-html5-boilerplate 
Whiteboard 
http://whiteboardframework.com/
Introduction to Plugins 
What are they? 
Where do you get them? 
http://wordpress.org/plugins/
Managing Plugins
Introduction to Widgets 
What are 
they? 
What is a 
widget 
area? 
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
Managing Widgets
Widgets in the Customizer
WordPress Resources
Official 
wordpress.org 
The Codex (.org) 
http://codex.wordpress.org/ 
Support Forum (.org) 
http://wordpress.org/support 
Support (.com) 
http://en.support.wordpress.com 
wordpress.tv 
http://wordpress.tv/
Development Resources 
Official Theme Development Checklist & Sample Data 
http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development_Checklist 
Book: Digging Into WordPress 
http://digwp.com/ 
ThemeShaper 
http://themeshaper.com/ 
Online Resources Compilation 
http://zoonini.wordpress.com/ 
In-Person Resources Compilation 
http://zoonini.wordpress.com/wordpress-in-person/
WordPress Inspiration 
WP Showcase 
http://wordpress.org/showcase/ 
We Love WP 
http://welovewp.com/ 
WPInspiration 
http://wpinspiration.com/
Questions? 
Get the presentation at Slideshare 
http://www.slideshare.net/zoonini 
Connect with me 
Twitter: @zoonini 
Join the local community 
http://wpmtl.org 
Thanks to Shannon Smith at Café Noir Design for work on the original 
version of this presentation: http://www.cafenoirdesign.com
Let’s go Spelunking!

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WordPress Essentials for Beginners - YES Montreal December 2014

  • 1. WordPress Essentials for Beginners December 2, 2014 YES Montreal
  • 2. Kathryn Presner Happiness Engineer Theme Division, Automattic @zoonini
  • 3. What We’ll Cover Intro to WordPress Resources Hands-on WordPress
  • 7. CMS
  • 11. Diving into WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org What is it used for? http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  • 12. WordPress Basics Database vs. files PHP vs. HTML Do I need to know PHP? Markup Language ➜ Scripting Language ➜ Database ➜ Structure Presentation Dynamic Functions Data
  • 16. Introduction to Themes A WP Theme is a collection of Template files - HTML + PHP + CSS + JS The CSS (aka stylesheet) usually controls the layout and design Only two template files are required: index.php, style.css Some are optional: sidebar.php, comments.php, etc. http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
  • 19. Pre-made Themes WordPress.org Directory http://wordpress.org/themes/ WooThemes http://www.woothemes.com/ Elmastudio http://www.elmastudio.de/en/ Press75 http://www.press75.com/ The Theme Foundry https://thethemefoundry.com/
  • 20. Starter Themes _s (Underscores) http://www.underscores.me Bones http://themble.com/bones/ Roots http://www.rootstheme.com/ Bluelime Media http://bluelimemedia.com/themes/basic-starter-theme/ HTML5 Boilerplate https://github.com/iamamused/wp-theme-html5-boilerplate Whiteboard http://whiteboardframework.com/
  • 21. Introduction to Plugins What are they? Where do you get them? http://wordpress.org/plugins/
  • 23. Introduction to Widgets What are they? What is a widget area? http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
  • 25. Widgets in the Customizer
  • 27. Official wordpress.org The Codex (.org) http://codex.wordpress.org/ Support Forum (.org) http://wordpress.org/support Support (.com) http://en.support.wordpress.com wordpress.tv http://wordpress.tv/
  • 28. Development Resources Official Theme Development Checklist & Sample Data http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development_Checklist Book: Digging Into WordPress http://digwp.com/ ThemeShaper http://themeshaper.com/ Online Resources Compilation http://zoonini.wordpress.com/ In-Person Resources Compilation http://zoonini.wordpress.com/wordpress-in-person/
  • 29. WordPress Inspiration WP Showcase http://wordpress.org/showcase/ We Love WP http://welovewp.com/ WPInspiration http://wpinspiration.com/
  • 30. Questions? Get the presentation at Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/zoonini Connect with me Twitter: @zoonini Join the local community http://wpmtl.org Thanks to Shannon Smith at Café Noir Design for work on the original version of this presentation: http://www.cafenoirdesign.com