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Introduction to WordPress
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I’m Sandy McFaddenHappiness Engineer at Automattic @ourvalley on Twitter
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What is WordPress?
• A Content Management System
• An Open Source Project
• PHP and MySQL
• Used by 26% of the web! (w3techs.com)
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What About Me?
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What can it do?• Mission: to democratize publishing through Open
Source, GPL software.
• Makes it easy to publish online
• Personal blog
• Business website
• Private diary
• Sell products
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Where do I start?
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Getting Started• Find a web hosting provider
• Choose your domain name
• Install WordPress
• Start setting up your site
• Add your content
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Web Hosting• WordPress.com
• BlueHost.com
• Siteground.com
• DigitalOcean.com
• Hostgator.com
• GoDaddy.com
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Domain Name
• Most hosting providers
• hover.com
• namecheap.com
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Install WordPress
• One click install
• Database
• Upload files
• Install
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WordPress Components• Posts
• Pages
• Menus
• Widgets
• Plugins
• Themes
• Settings
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Posts vs Pages• Posts are shown in a list in reverse chronological order
• Posts can have tags and categories to organize
• Posts are a classic blog
• Pages are more static
• Don’t have categories
• Examples are an About or Contact page
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ResourcesWordPress.org Links
• About WordPress
• Site Examples
• Install WordPress
• Security
• Support
• Get Involved
General
• Posts vs Pages
• WP.com vs WP.org
• Siteground Tutorials
• WordPress.tv
• GPL