2. Content Management
User-friendly content management
– Formatting
– Media
– Drafts and Reviewing
– Page Preview
– Category and Tag labeling
Visual Editor and HTML Text views
Permalinks - WordPress makes it easy to control
the URL links that Google sees
Multiple authors and permission settings
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3. What is WordPress?
Web publishing platform
Easy to learn and use Content Management
System (CMS)
Open source, community support
Powerful blogging tool
A way for non-programmers to create professional
websites and blogs
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4. 4The World of WordPress
WordPress.org, WordPress.com
Matt Mullenweg, founder and
open-source evangelist
Automattic, WordPress
company
WordPress Foundation
WordCamp
WordCamps are held around
the world
5. 5WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
WordPress.com
Easier to use
Built-in functions
No plugins
Limited customization
Paid upgrades available, such as
your own domain name
Internal commercial themes
Exportable to self-hosted WP
Free hosting and maintenance
WordPress.org
Expanded functionality
through 30,000+ plugins
External resources such as free
and commercial frameworks,
themes and plugins
More control, more responsibility
You need to pay a web host
Best for businesses
8. Website Elements
wordpress.org = Self-hosted
A domain name is your URL, such as www.yourdomain.com.
You pay a registrar or a web host annually to own the domain
Hosting account – you pay a web host such as A Small Orange
and assign your domain to your hosting account
Use a platform such as WordPress for building your website,
installed into your domain through your web host
If your domain name is not registered through your web host, then you need to
point the domain name from the registrar to the web host. This is different than
transferring domain registration from one registrar to another.
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12. Self-hosted WordPress
wordpress.org
You buy a hosting plan
You install WordPress
through your host
You can access your
WordPress website, as
well as your hosting
control panel
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Your
Computer
Your
Web Host
Your Website
Backend
14. Web Hosting Account
Register domains
Manage domains
Create sub-domains
Set up email accounts
Install WordPress
File Manager
FTP
Your web host offers technical support by phone, live chat, and email.
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24. 24Types of WordPress Websites
Blogs
– Content is sorted by Category
– Created as Posts
Websites
– WordPress can create traditional websites
with static pages
Hybrids
– Blog is integrated into a website
– Mixed page types in menu
29. 29WordPress Elements
Core / Loop
Content – Text, Images, Media
Theme – Design, Functionality
Plugins – Added functionality
Widgets
Menu
Dashboard Settings
30. Web Pages vs. Blog Posts
Page
Static
Updated rarely
Accessed from main menu
Post
Dynamically generated
Displayed in reverse
chronological order
Can show up in multiple
locations
On the Home page
On one or more Category pages
In sidebars or sections of pages
As full posts or excerpts
With or without thumbnail images
Excerpt links to full post
Individual posts are normally
not accessed from main menu
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34. How do Posts know where to show up?
WordPress default is the Home Page
You can change the Home Page to a static page
A Post will go to all pages of the Categories to
which it is assigned
These are called Category or Archive pages
Posts can show up in Widgets such as Recent
Posts
There is always a Post Page linked from the post
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36. Post Locations
Post Page
• Displays the full Post
Category Page
• Displays multiple Posts
• Full posts
• Or post excerpts
• Default is reverse chronological
order
Widgets
• Recent Posts
• Popular Posts
• Others via plugins
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38. Category Page Options
Show some or all post info
Date, Time, Author, Category, Tags,
Comments, Sharing
Title, Excerpt or Full Post
Integrate posts into website
Show no post info:
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