WordPress 101WordPress for beginners

What is WordPress?According to WordPress.org:

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

■ Content Management System (CMS)■ Most popular blogging system, 22% all new

sites are built on WordPress

What's great about WP?■ Lots of users, tutorials & support■ Lots of contributors & testing

○ easy to use■ Lots of themes

○ Themes determine how the content is displayed■ Lots of plugins

○ Plugins extend what WordPress can do● Contact forms● Social network buttons● Image galleries & popups

How websites workhttp://devgrow.com/complete-guide-to-creating-your-first-website/

What's needed to run WP?■ WordPress.org

○ Domain name (URL)○ Host server

i. Preferably Linux (rather than Windows)ii. PHPiii. mySQL

■ WordPress.com○ Ready to go, free to sign up, several restrictions

Installing WordPress■ When you have a host and domain...■ Automatic installers

○ Softaculous○ Fantastico de Luxe

■ Manual install○ Download files from WordPress.org○ Upload to host server using FTP or host's file

manager○ Create mySQL database via phpMyAdmin or host's

wizard○ Visit URL and follow the installation wizard

● Will need database name, server, username, password

Softaculous install

Manual Install

Hosting recommendationswphosting.com.auwww.anchor.com.au

bluehost.comhostgator.commediatemple.com

Free Plugin recommendations■ Akismet (spam)■ WP DB Backup (database backup)■ BackWPup (whole site backup)■ Shadowbox JS (image & video popups)■ WordPress SEO by Yoast■ WP Super Cache■ WP Minify

Paid Plugin Recommendations■ Gravity Forms■ Formidable (has a limited free version)■ BackupBuddy■ Slidedeck 2 (has limited free version)