Presentation for 2011 AIPA high school convention.

1. WordPress101 PERRI COLLINS http://perricollins.com/aipa

2. What is WordPress? It’s a content management system It makes websites easy

3. .com vs. .org WordPress comes in two flavors: WordPress.com WordPress.org

4. WordPress.com Pros: They host it No installation required Free Cons: Very little customization allowed No ads allowed Your URL is http://username.wordpress.com

5. WordPress.org Pros: Free You have complete control over the theme and plugins You can sell ads Cons: You need to have a host You need to be a little more technical savvy You are the one in charge of upgrades, security and backup

6. Themes

7. Where to find themes WordPress.org ThemeForest.net WooThemes.com ElegantThemes.com OrganicThemes.com

8. Plugins Help manage WordPress Security Backup Spam Add functionality Social share buttons Analytics Collect money

9. Plugins Make your site hip Sliders and photo galleries Import information from social networks Set up a store/sell stuff Make your site mobile-friendly Other neat things Add star ratings and reviews Setup registration forms Add a calendar

10. WARNING Only download plugins from WordPress.org

11. What WordPress looks like

12. WordPress Dashboard

13. WordPress Posts Updating information News Events Blog posts Saves your updates in chronological order in an “archive”

14. Categories & Tags Information hierarchy Helps organize your posts Categories Like a table of contents Broad terms: sports, music, books, football games Tags Like keywords Specific words: homeroom, Halloween, mystery meats, hip-hop, senior prom

15. WordPress Posts

16. WordPress Pages Static info that doesn’t change often Contact information About us School information List of faculty & staff

17. Media Library It’s where all the extra stuff you uploaded (photos, videos and documents) is stored

18. Media Library

19. Comments You choose when you allow comments You can screen comments Comment plugins Akismet Facebook Disqus

20. Appearance Switch your theme Switch around your menus Change your header/logo Change your background picture/color Add CSS

21. WordPress Users Keep track of who is working on what Everyone is assigned roles

22. WordPress Users

23. Settings Edit the name of your blog Change the admin email address Turn on/off comments Make your blog private Change your time zone Set up your site to receive email posts

24. Examples

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29. Questions? Now is the time to ask.