Getting Started withWordPress

Paul HolmesPresidentIdeaZone.ca

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What is WordPress?Who uses it?

Why Blog?• Information• Authority• Communications Hub

SubscriptionsSEOOwnership

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?

.COM – inter-linking .ORG – self-hosted

Two Passwords

Dashboard Login: To login to the dashboard, add posts, approve comments, modify pages, add users, edit themes, etc.

FTP: To install new plugins, themes and run updates.

The Guts of WordPress

• Dashboard (Menu System, Updates)• Posts (WYSIWYG vs HTML, Embedding)

•RSS Feed• Media• Links• Pages• Comments (Disqus and Intense Debate)

• Appearance (Themes, Widgets, Editor)• Plugins• Users (Security)• Tools• Settings

Recommended Plugins

• Akismet (Automattic) – Spam Filter• All in One SEO Pack (Michael Torbert)• Google XML Sitemaps (Arne Brachhold)• Ultimate Google Analytics (W. van der Deijl)• RSS Footer (Joost de Valk)

• Contact Form 7 (Takayuki Miyoshi)• FormBuilder (TruthMedia)• TinyMCE Advanced (Andrew Ozz)• NextGEN Gallery (Alex Rabe)

Sharing and Social Media Plugins

• Sociable (Blogplay)• SexyBookmarks (Shareaholic)• Facebook Like Button Plugin (Martin Jonsson)• WP Tweet Button (Tanin Ehrami)• TweetMeme Retweet Button (TweetMeme)

• FD Feedburner (John Watson)

Integrating Facebook

• NetworkedBlogs Application• Notes Application

• Self-Posting

Integrating LinkedIn

• WordPress Application• Posting Status to Profile• Submitting “Stories” to Groups

Integrating Twitter

• Twitterfeed.com

• Self-Posting• Bit.ly and other URL Shorteners• Hash-Tagging

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