4. Agenda
• Introduction to Wordpress
– Wordpress.com Vs Wordpress.org
• Wordpress Case Studies and Examples
• Setting up Site on Wordpress.com
• Walk through of Wordpress Features
– Administration, Themes, Plugins, Post & Pages, Adding Images,
Audio & Video
– Embedding Content from Youtube and Flickr
5. Wordpress Overview
• Excellent low barrier to entry publishing platform
• Open source platform
• Easy to use CMS system to produce and distribute all forms of
digital media – text, Images, audio, video, RSS
• Easy to Connect Wordpress site with other social media sites
– Twitter, Facebook etc…
• Very extensible platform where further functionality can be
added
• Search Engine Friendly infrastructure along with SEO plugins
7. Wordpress.com
• Wordpress.com
– A managed environment to set up Websites and blogs
provided for free (basic set-up)
– Basic version will have wordpress in the url – e.g.
http://www.website.wordpress.com
– Can map an existing domain (www.website.com) to a
wordpress.com website
– Limited functionality on wordpress.com in comparison to
wordpress.org
• No plugin functionality
• Limited Theme Customisation
8. Wordpress.org
• Wordpress.org
– Open source version of wordpress
– Self-Managed system where users have to download the
software from wordpress.org
– Users have to have domain name registered and hosting
package
– Users have to upload wordpress on to webserver and set up
database
– Once deployed, users have complete control over the
customisation and functionality of the wordpress.org site
– Users respoonsible for security, back-ups, maintenance and
support of their own site
46. Plugins
• Plugins extend the functionality of wordpress
• Easy to deploy and configure
• E.g. plugins – SEO, Tweet Me, ShareThis, Podcast,
• For the most part, are Free to use
80. Bought Themes
• Provide Out of the Box Design and Functionality
• Enable easy cutomisation of Themes without having to
handcraft CSS code
• Provide in-built plugin functionality for SEO, Backups,
No-follows, Google Analytics, JQuery Sliders, Security
etc..
• Provide multiple theme templates to facilitate creation
of Content Management Systems