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From Wordpress.com to Self-hosted

The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group · March 27, 2014

Luiza Libardi · @luizalibardi

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Access public slides http://luizalibardi.com/slides/wordpress-self-hosted.pdf

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Roadmap

• Common questions• What is WordPress• WordPress.com• Self-hosting• Installing WordPress• Understanding your site• Migrating content• Customizing• Self-hosting: is it for me?

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Common questions

• How do I transition from wordpress.com?• Why should I do this?• Is it for me?• Can I handle my own WordPress site?• Do I have to code?

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What is WordPress?

Content Management System (CMS)

Top 3 Content Management Systems

a.k.a. publishing platform

50% 17% 6.4%

Source: http://visual.ly/most-popular-content-management-systems-2013

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What is WordPress?

Open Source

GPLv2

The GNU General Public License is the most widely used, free

software license, which guarantees individuals, organizations

or companies the freedom to use, study, share, and modify

the software. The GPL guarantees:

• the freedom to use the software for any purpose

• the freedom to change the software to suit your needs

• the freedom to share the software

• the freedom to share the changes you make

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• Create an account• Free hosting• Free subdomains name.wordpress.com• Abide to their Terms of Service• Restricted customization• No access to FTP files or database

WordPress.com

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Self-hosting: WordPress.org

• WordPress CMS repository (no login required)

• Themes and Plugins repository (no login required)

• Information about WordPress (no login required)

• Forums (login required)

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Self-hosting: choosing a hosting company

Minimum requirements to run WP:• PHP version 5.2.4 or greater

• MySQL version 5.0 or greater

• Memory usage 512MB

Also good to check:• Active 24/7 support

• Uptime

Useful resource: https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

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Self-hosting: Filesystem and Database

• Files have a name and path (folders)

• Files have metadata associated with them (last modification date, media type)

• Content is accessed through an FTP software (such as Filezilla or Fetch)

• Content is a series of entries in a table

• Content can be "connected" to other entries in the database system

• Content is accessed through an online management system

WordPress uses PHP (programming language) to store and retrieve data from a database.

DatabaseFILeSYSTeM

More about WP database: http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-wordpress-database-management-with-phpmyadmin/

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Installing WordPress

root wp-admin wp-content wp-includes index.php license.txt readme.html wp-activate.php wp-blog-header.php wp-comments-post.php wp-config-sample.php wp-cron.php wp-links-opml.php wp-load.php wp-login.php wp-mail.php wp-settings.php wp-signup.php wp-trackback.php xmlrpc.php

If your hosting company doesn't provide a

automatic installation:

1. Download and unzip the WordPress package.

2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.

3. (Optional) Find and rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, then edit the file and add your database information.

4. Upload the WordPress files to the desired directory on your web server.

5. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing the URL in a web browser. This should be the URL where you uploaded the WordPress files.

Detailed instructions: https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

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Understanding your siteHow do I access my Dashboard? Go to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin

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Understanding your siteWhere are my posts stored? Why aren't they in the FTP? Post contents are stored in the database along with comments, users, links and relationships.

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Understanding your siteWhere are my images and uploads?everything you upload via Media uploader, on your

Dashboard, goes to the uploads folder located under the

following structure: root/wp-content/uploads

The media is organized in subfolders named after the

year-month of the upload date.

root wp-admin wp-content index.php languages plugins themes uploads wp-includes index.php license.txt readme.html wp-activate.php wp-blog-header.php wp-comments-post.php wp-config.php wp-cron.php wp-links-opml.php wp-load.php wp-login.php wp-mail.php wp-settings.php wp-signup.php wp-trackback.php xmlrpc.php

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WordPress.com offers a Site Redirect service available at the Store.

Migrating: redirect the readers

Detailed instructions: http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

http://yoursite.wordpress.com

http://yoursite.com

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export your posts from WorPress.com

Migrating: bring your content

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Import the posts to your website

Migrating: bring your content

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Import the posts to your website

Migrating: bring your content

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Import the posts to your website

Migrating: bring your content

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Now, the fun part!

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Customizing WordPress: ThemesWhat are Themes?Get them at http://wordpress.org/themes/

Same content

Different views

More about Themes: http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes

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Customizing WordPress: Themes

WordPress.com Self-hosted

Always work with Child Themes!

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Customizing WordPress: Themes

Where to learn?

• w3schools CSS Tutorials

• w3schools HTML Tutorials

• A Beginner’s Guide to HTML & CSS

• An Advanced Guide to HTML & CSS

• WordPress Masterclass on Lynda.com

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Customizing WordPress: Plugins

Plugins are pieces of code to extend the

functionality of your site.

More about Plugins: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins

What are Plugins?Get them at http://wordpress.org/plugins/

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Customizing WordPress: Plugins

WordPress.com Self-hosted

Always check Ratings and Support!

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Jetpack is a WordPress plugin released in 2011 that enables you to use features previously

only available on WordPress.com on your self-hosted WordPress.

Customizing WordPress: Plugins

• Stats

• email subscriptions

• Social networking comment system

• The WP.me URL shortener

• embedded media

• Automatic posting to social networks

• Grammar checker

• embedded galleries

• CSS editor

• Mobile theme

• Sign in using your WordPress.com log-in credentials

• Alert you the moment that downtime is detected

• And more...

Download link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

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Self-hosting: is it for me?

$ Costs

• Domain (~$10/year)

• Hosting (~$20/month)

FYI: Worpress.com offers domain mapping for $13/year

TIMe

• Learning

• Developing

• Designing

• Creating content

• Promoting your site

GOALS

• What is your site for?

• Who is your audience?

• Comparative advantage: what do you do best?

Interesting article: http://on.mash.to/1jED6q6

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Thank you!

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