Getting Started with WordPress for Beginners

WordCamp St. Louis 2014

By Christoph Trappe

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Rules Questions: Ask ‘em, please!

Increases chances to get an answer.

You may Tweet, Blog, etc.!

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Hi Slides at:

AuthenticStorytelling.net/wcstl

About me

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WordPress .org vs .com

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Objectives Defining goals and objectives for

your sites

Finding and setting up your URL

Installing WordPress

Finding and using an initial design

Getting started

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Goals Every site should have at least one

goal.

What are you trying to accomplish?

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EasternIowaNews.com Shared community news, not shared

elsewhere.

Gave people a place to share news. (Facebook was still kind of new.)

Gave people a voice!

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AuthenticStorytelling.net Share knowledge around authentic

storytelling.

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UWECI.ORG Connect people to resources,

information and inform donors.

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So, what’s your goal?

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OK to start without one, but it helps.

Helps with determining URL.

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Hosts GoDaddy

Dreamhost

Laughing Squid

Bluehost

http://wordpress.org/hosting/

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Let’s get started

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/wp-admin

Log in!

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Potentially search for: responsive

Premium themes – a word of caution (Elsewhere)

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PostsPagesPlugins

Links Migrating sites to Bluehost:

https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/229

Existing WordPress sites:

https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/wp_migrate

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Questions?

Christoph Trappe

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319-804-9853

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