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WordPress For Nonprofits!
Sang-Min Yoon January 29th, 2014
Introductions
Sang-Min YoonWeb Designer & Front-End Developer
Who Are You Folks?
Agenda• Overview of WordPress
• Web Design Trends
• Live Demo
• Suggestions and Resources
• Build Your Website
Overview of WordPress
5 Minute Video
Video Credit: www.wp101.com
What Is WordPress?
A free publishing platform that allows you to easily create content for the web.
WordPressWebsiteContent
WordPress powers over 20% of the Web
Why?• Free (but….. you need a server to host your website)
• Easy to use
• Open Source
• Don’t need to know code
• Control your own content
• SEO friendly
• Easy to get help
Difference Between WordPress.Com and WordPress.Org
WordPress.Com Vs WordPress.Com
Picture Credit: https://blog.rooof.com
Questions?
Web Design Trends
Web Design Trends• Clean, Minimal and Simple
• Flat Design
• Responsive Design
• User Experience
• Content is King
Clean, Minimal and Simple
Goodwww.Yahoo.com
Betterwww.Google.com
Goodwww.Box.com
Betterwww.DropBox.com
Flat DesignNo More Skeuomorphism (Junks)
Everyone Is Going “Flat”
iPhone IOS 6 iPhone IOS 7
Previous Logo
Current Logo
Microsoftwww.Microsoft.com
Entertainment Weeklywww.EW.com
Responsive Design
Photo Credit: www.flickr.com/photos/lukew
Best Solution for Different Devices and Screen Sizes
Photo Credit: www.upstatement.com
Boston Globewww.BostonGlobe.com
Wentworth
User Experience
Goodwww.Craigslist.org
Badwww.Healthcare.gov
Craigslist.Org Always Works But Healthcare.Gov…
BadOld Blackboard Login Page
Content
The Main Reason Why Users Come To Your Website Is For
Content
Photo Credit: blog.websiteboston.com
Questions?
Live DemoWatch Me Build a Website
Live Demo List• The Dashboard
• Settings
• Post & Pages
• Posting Content
• Text, Links, Images, gallery and video
• Embedding Codes
• Widgets (Sidebar)
• Themes
• Plugins
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Questions?
Suggestions and Resources
Hosting
Hosting
ResourcesWordPress
• www.wpbeginner.com
• www.wp101.com
• http://codex.WordPress.org/WordPress_Lessons
• http://torquemag.io
• WordPress For Dummies byLisa Sabin-Wilson
Web Design/Development
• www.alistapart.com
• www.creativebloq.com
• www.smashingmagazine.com
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Where To Get Themes
http://WordPress.org/themes
Where To Get Themes
http://themeforest.net/category/WordPress/nonprofit
Where To Get Plugins
http://WordPress.org/plugins
Where To Get Help • Google
• Youtube
• WordPress Support Forum http://WordPress.org/support
• WordPress Answers http://WordPress.stackexchange.com
• Boston WordPresshttp://www.meetup.com/boston-WordPress-meetup
• WordCampshttp://central.wordcamp.org
• Me
If You Don’t Have Photoshop
Suggestions• WordPress is easy.
• Creating content for your website is hard.
• Don’t spend too much time on WordPress until you have determined your website structure (sitemap) and have all your content ready (including graphics, photos and videos).
• Utilize WordPress (themes and plugins) to best communicate your website content to your target audience.
• Don’t let design (theme) dictate the content of your website.
Hire A Designer/Developer
Questions?
Thank YouEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: @smyoon315