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WordPress is one of the most widely used open-source content management systems for blogs and websites. The reason for this is due to its out of the box simplicity, usability and variety of plugins that can make a webmaster's life a whole lot easier. Need to enhance your SEO presence, try using the "All in One SEO Pack" plugin. Are you looking to add an ecommerce shopping cart to your site? There's a plugin for that too. The Formic team will walk you through the WordPress interface to show off its value and appeal, recommend specific plugins, review how to install it, and of course go over what you can actually do within it, plus much more.
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Agenda
Intro to WordPress
About WordPress
WordPress is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS).
It is a framework that is built in php and utilizes a mysql database.
It is used by over 12% of the 1,000,000 most trafficked websites.
WordPress has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world.
About WordPress
There are 2 ways to use WordPress:
Hosted version: www.wordpress.com
Less flexibility (blogs)
Self Hosted version: www.wordpress.org
Fully customizable (corporate or personal site).
Why Use WordPress
Uses Include:
Blogging
Business/Corporate Website
Personal Website
SEO Friendly
Plugins
Version Control
WordPress.org
WordPress.com
WordPress.com
Installation
Installation
2 ways to do it: Through your Hosting provider, if they provide it Manually with a mysql database and ftp access
Themes/Design
Themes: The skeleton of WordPress
header.php
index.php, page.php, etc. sidebar.php
footer.php
Themes: What are they? What do they do?
Change the design and layout of a site
Are great for specifying functionality of your site.(ie. Photo, video themes)
Give you a base to work off
Template multiple sites
Themes
Places to get Themes
Free themes at wordpress.org and all over the net. Smashing Magazine
Premium Themes (you generally get tech support with premium themes, as well as more out of box functionality then a free one)
Rocket Themes
Theme Forest
The WordPress Interface
The Interface
http://www.YOURSITEDOMAIN.com/wp-admin Leads you to your login
The Interface: Dashboard
The Interface: Creating a Page
The Interface: Creating a Page
Pages are very useful for more static like information on your WordPress site: About Us Resume or Portfolio Services
Pages can be made with a hierarchy: First make the “parent” page, Then create the sub pages, and
Choose that parent category.
The Interface: Creating a Post
The Interface: Creating a Post
Both post and pages can be written and scheduled to post in advanced:
Remember to include tags and categories on each post, which can help with usability and makes content SEO friendly.
The Interface: Enhancing Pages/Posts
Use the tool bar to change text formats, highlight, add links and media like photos, videos, etc.
The Interface: Media Library
Where all photos, videos, etc that are inserted into pages or posts are stored.
You can also add new media here first before you insert them into a post.
The Interface: Comments
WordPress gives you the option of controlling comments on your blog: Within the settings, you can allow all comments to be
automatically published or, You can control comment – approving, replying, editing,
or deleting each comment.
Plugins
What is a plugin? Tools to help make your life easier by helping to automate and reduce
the amount of time spent on programming/development
There are over 12,000 plugins specific to WordPress Utilize the WordPress Plugin Directory
Plugins
Plugins
Plugin Examples
Plugins
Plugin Examples
Plugins
Plugin Examples
Plugins
Plugin Examples
Plugins
Plugins
Best WordPress Plugins All in One SEO Pack – allows you to write custom title/meta tags
Broken Link Checker – identifies broken links in your site
AdRotator – helps manage banner ads (including stats) on your site/blog
WP Super Cache – generates static HTML pages in case of large amounts of traffic
Google Sitemap Generator – automatically generates an XML sitemap, which is important for search engine indexing
Share This – help give your content legs by allowing others to share your post/page via a number of social media sites
TubePress – Automatically pull your youtube channel into a nicely laid out video player embedded on your site.
WordPress On The Go
WordPress Apps
If you are creating a lot of content on your WordPress blog, you can utilize the power of smartphones and control your blog on the go.
