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This is not your momma's blog~ an intro to Wordpress.com and self hosted Wordpress. Presented at Hartford Adobe - August 2014
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T H E R E ’ S N O C R Y I N G I N WORDPRESS
T H E R E ’ S N O C R Y I N G I N WORDPRESS
Squeeze Pages, OptimizePress Membership Site, Wishlist Member Review Site Video Blog Portfolio Forum, bbPress e-Commerce Store, WooCommerce Wiki, WordPress-Wiki Social Network, BuddyPress Business Directory Job Board Daily Deal Site, Group Buying Site Facebook Page
S O M U C H W E C A N D O !
L E T ’ S D O T H I S !
N O C R Y I N G , J U S T F I N D I N G S O L U T I O N S
wordpress.com vs
wordpress.org
FIR
ST
UP
1
• Free for Life option • Updated and Securely Maintained for you • Includes curated themes and plugins • Benefit of wordpress.com's social life • Jetpack stat goodies and subscriber ease • Instant access to start blogging.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
You can have multiple sites, and also add
Jetpack functionality to your .org sites.
• Free for Life- download any time • You Install, Maintain and Update • Huge repository of plugins (the good, the bad and the ugly)
• Find or purchase themes from all over the web • Edit as much or as little as you like • You are in Control of every detail.
.org
.com.org
.com.org
.com.org
.com.org
.com.org
.com.org
Since .com does not allow Plugins, they’ve chosen a select few features you’ll benefit from and built them in. !Further customizations are found in the Store
A L O N EY O U D O N ’ T H A V E T O G O I T
• Codex • Support Forums • Facebook Groups • Meetups • WordCamps • Books • Online Classes
I N S TA L L I N G S E L F H O S T E D
Q U I C K I N T E R M I S S I O N
You’ll need: • Hosting Space • Domain Name • Access to creating a database
& DB user • FTP or CPanel File Manager • Decision on where the
installation will be living. or
• A really great host that offers installation and updating of WP
(like Siteground / WpEngine)
Installing WP in a subfolder= http://mydomainname/wordpress/content
Installing WP in the root= http://mydomainname/content
Meanwhile Wordpress.com= http://yoursitename.wordpress.com
Meanwhile Wordpress.com= http://yoursitename.wordpress.com
What exactly did you just install?
What exactly did you just install?wp-content | wp-admin | wp-includes | wp-config.php | wp-settings.php …
What exactly did you just install?wp-content | wp-admin | wp-includes | wp-config.php | wp-settings.php …
At some point in your experiences you’ll need to be familiar with all the core files, well enough to
be able to spot any file that shouldn’t be there.
SE
CO
ND
2
USINGthe
DASHBOARDS
Posts vs Pages
Categories vs Tags
A P O S T
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
A P O S T
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
Author and Date
A P O S T
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
Author and Date
Featured Image
A P O S T
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
Author and Date
Featured Image
A P O S T
ContentAn excerpt will be created from your content, or you can craft your own.
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
Author and Date
Featured Image
Social Sharing
A P O S T
ContentAn excerpt will be created from your content, or you can craft your own.
Post TitlePost’s Permalink : http://poochie-pets.net/
live-in-dog-years-love-uncoditionally
Author and Date
Featured Image
Social Sharing
May also have author bio section
Category and Tags
A P O S T
ContentAn excerpt will be created from your content, or you can craft your own.
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
A PA G E
Installing WP Video
This video clip has been removed from public sharing of this presentation. It can be viewed
in the presentation recording on Meetup.com
3
TH
IRD
SECURE ITto
AVOID CRYING
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&DON’T
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
DON’T
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
DON’T
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
DON’T
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
DON’T
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
DON’T
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
DON’T
DO
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
• Limit the # of admins? (let authors be authors and editors)
DON’T
DO
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
• Limit the # of admins? (let authors be authors and editors)
DON’T
DO
DO
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
• Limit the # of admins? (let authors be authors and editors)
• Try out new plugins by Activating them on the live site?
DON’T
DO
DO
DO
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Use “Admin” as your ID?
&
• Keep /wp-admin as your dashboard access point?
• Backup (off server) religiously?
• Keep your core current / updated?
• Limit the # of admins? (let authors be authors and editors)
• Try out new plugins by Activating them on the live site?
DON’T
DO
DO
DO
DON’T
DON’T
wSecure Authentication Plugin
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&DO
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
DO
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
DO
DO
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
• Keep or delete the read me.html file?
DO
DO
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
• Keep or delete the read me.html file?
DO
DO
DELETE
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
• Keep or delete the read me.html file?
DO
DO
DELETE
• Ditch plugins that don’t update regularly?
D O ’ S D O N ’ T S
• Clean your folders like you’d clean your kitchen?
&
• Use the generated passwords?
• Keep or delete the read me.html file?
DO
DO
DELETE
• Ditch plugins that don’t update regularly? DO
FO
UR
TH
4
TIPS STICKY SITUATIONS
&
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted
T R O U B L E S H O O T:
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
OPEN wp-config.php
php_value memory_limit = 128M memory_limit = 64M
OR php.ini
White Screen of Death
T R O U B L E S H O O T:
Via FTP
Rename your Plugins folder (to anything)
Refresh your site’s dashboard
Then name your plugins folder “plugins” again
Activate your plugins one by one until you find the culprit.
OR via PHPmyAdmin In the Options tableFind the Active Plugins line Delete the entirety of that line.
T I P :
Setup a Gravatar gravatar.com
T I P :
Don’t forget Analytics
T I P :
Link to Jetpack for easy Blog Follow and Stats too!
T I P :
Use a Duplicate Post plugin to make routine blogs easy.
T I P :
Take advantage of Quick Edit
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