WordPress 101 wcmelb 2013

WordPress 101Getting You Up And Running - Fast!

Warren Denley . @WarrenDenley . diywebsitecoach.com

http://diywebsitecoach.com

Talk Overview

• Creating Your Site

• WordPress Dashboard Overview

• Recommended Settings

• Understanding User Roles

Creating Your Site


Creating Your Site

• WordPress.com

• Self-hosted

• One-click Install

• Manual Install

• Basic Security Tips


WordPress.com


One Click Install

• Differs by host

• Often older version

• Minimal security


Manual Install

• Create a database

• Create a user

• Load WordPress files

• Run installer


Basic Security Tips

• Strong usernames, passwords and database

• Keep site updated

• Hide and protect WordPress information

• Regular Backups

• Site monitoring

WordPress Dashboard Overview


WordPress Dashboard


Posts Menu

• What are posts?

• Draft vs Published

• Quick Edit

• Bulk Update

• Post Editor


Quick Edit


Bulk Edit


Post Editor


Media Menu

• What are “media”?

• Bulk Update


Pages Menu

• What are pages?

• Draft vs Published

• Quick Edit

• Bulk Update

• Post Editor

• Hierarchy


Comments Menu


Appearance Menu

• Manage themes

• Manage widgets

• Custom menus

• Header

• Background

• Theme editor


Widgets


Users Menu

• Manage users

• Update your profile


Tools Menu

• Data import and export


Settings Menu

• Site-wide options

• Most default settings are OK

• Can change most at any time

Recommended Settings


Settings -> General

• Site Title and Tagline

• Membership

• Timezone


Settings -> Reading

• Search engine visibility

• Front page


Settings -> Discussion

• Comment appearing

• Email notifications


Settings -> Permalinks

• Permalink structure


Users -> Your Profile

• Fill out bio

• Get a gravatar (gravatar.com)

• Display name

User Roles


User Roles

• Subscriber

• Can only manage their profile

• Generally only for membership sites

• Contributor

• Can write and manage their own posts

• Can’t publish posts

• Good for external/guest writers


User Roles

• Author

• Can write, manage and publish their own posts

• Good for staff writers

• Editor


• Can mange and publish other people’s posts

• Good for content managers


User Roles

• Administrator


• Has full control over a single site

• Network Administrator

• Has full control over all site in a network

• Only applicable in multi-site setups

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WordPress 101 wcmelb 2013