WordPress 101Where do you start and how does it work?

Tracy Rhodes Sierra Web Solutions, LLC.

What is WordPress?

Short History

2003 - Mullenweg & Little fork b2/cafelog

2005 - Automattic formed

2010 - WordPress Foundation

What is a CMS?

http://plone.org/documentation/faq/what-is-a-

cms

WordPress.com

WordPress.org

WordPress Software

WordPress.com

Hosted Option

Capability

Restrictions

WordPress.com

WordPress.org

Self-Hosted Option

Complexity

Find your own hosting

Do your own maintenance

Restrictions

WordPress.orgDownload source for the latest version of WordPress

Location of the WordPress Codex

codex.wordpress.org

Location of the WordPress Theme Repository2400+ Free WordPress themes

Location of the WordPress Plugin Repository30,000 Free WordPress plugins

The Infamous 5-Minute InstallIt’s Easy ?

WordPress Database Tables

The WordPress File Structure

What is a Theme?

What is a Plugin?

Where do I find them?

How do I know which to use?

WordPress Themes

are files that work together to create the design

(and functionality) of a WordPress site. Each

Theme may be different, offering many choices

for site owners to instantly change their website

look.

--- codex.wordpress.org

WordPress Plugin:

A WordPress Plugin is a program, or a set of

one or more functions, written in the PHP

scripting language, that adds a specific set of

features or services to the WordPress [site],

which can be seamlessly integrated with the

[site] using access points and methods

provided by the WordPress Plugin Application

Program Interface (API). ---

codex.wordpress.org

WordPress Resources

codex.wordpress.org

wordpress.org

themes, plugins, forums

wordpress.tv

WordPress Trainingwpbeginner.com

code.tutsplus.com/categories/wordpress

premium.wpmudev.org/blog

wp101.com

ithemes.com

learnable.com

lynda.com

The Reno WordPress Meetup Group

2nd Thursday, 6 pm, Reno Collective

Tracy Rhodes

Tracy@SierraWebSolutions.com

775-852-9314

Questions?