Word Press How To by Sherif Morgan

1. WordPress
The How To…
Sherif S. Morgan
Friday, January 25, 2013

2. Two Flavors
WordPress.com and WordPress.org

3. Open Source / NPO
Developer Community

4. WordPress.com
o Free* Site and Hosting
 Visit http://www.wordpress.com to sign up
o Maintained for users (i.e. no updates)
o Full of features (but cannot add/modify)
o But…
 Somewhat limited to what you control/customize
 upgrades

5. Your URL
o mywebsitename.wordpress.com
o For business, at the very least:
 domain mapping ($13/year)
 recommend purchasing domain separately
 e.g. from godaddy.com
 general recommendation (registrar and host)

6. The Second Flavor
.ORG
[ complete control = my choice ]

7. WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool
and a content management system (CMS) based on
PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a
plug-in architecture and a template system.
WordPress is used by over 16.7% of Alexa Internet’s
“top 1 million” websites and as of August 2011
manages 22% of all new websites.
Source: Wikipedia
http://wordpress.org/showcase/

8. Steps to Setup Self-hosted WordPress
1. Purchase domain name
2. Sign up for web hosting
3. Change nameservers for the domain
this points the new domain to the hosting
4. Login to hosting & install WordPress
 cPanel > Fantastico > Install WordPress
 a note about username and password

9. Login
Login (domain.com/wp-admin)
The WordPress Dashboard

10. Basic Setup
WP Dashboard > Settings > …
o General
title, tagline, timezone, etc.
o Permalinks
change to “Post name”

11. Appearance
WP Dashboard > Appearance
Themes
Widgets
Menus
Header
Background
Editor

12. Widgets
Add content to widget areas of your theme
WP Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets
o Text Widget
 add text
 html
 e.g. YouTube code, Email Autoresponder
o Some plugins will add “widget” options
 calendar, form, social media buttons, etc.

13. WordPress Plugins
add functionality to your WordPress site (e.g.
SEO options, image gallery, etc.)
Browse (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ or Google)
Install Plugins
 WordPress Dashboard > Plugins
 Upload zip file – or – FTP
Setting them up [where to find setup guide?]
own settings page, on a post/page, or a widget option

14. WordPress Most Popular Plugins
http://inspirationfeed.com/inspiration/infographics/30-most-
popular-wordpress-plugins-infographic/

15. My Favorite Plugins
 SEO  Sliders
 All in One SEO  WP Cycle
 Yoast  Easing Slider
 Google XML Sitemaps  Nivo Slider [$]
 Gravity Forms [$]  Social Media
 Socialize (sharing)
 AddThis (sharing)
 Social Media Widget

16. Working with Content
o Posts and Pages
 Visual vs. Text editors
 words, pictures, and links
o Media Uploader

17. The Codex
WordPress online manual, information, and documentation
http://codex.wordpress.org/

18. an overview of the two flavors of

19. .com vs .org
which is right for you?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-
free-wordpress-com-infograph
http://diythemes.com/thesis/rtfm/differences-wordpress-com-org/
http://remarkablogger.com/2009/11/19/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org-the-
definitive-overview-for-business/
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/03/04/wordpress-com-or-wordpress-
org-which-ones-right-for-you/

20. Dale Dillon and Michael Gray
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Sherif Morgan Deborah Munoz-Chacon
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