WordPress Themes Demystified was presented at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in November 2014. It covers the very basics for newcomers and then digs a little deeper referencing some useful resources and tools for developers.
In this presentation we cover the details of installing WordPress, go over common problems and talk about the importance of maintaining your website and basic website security.
WordPress, Domain Names and Web Hosting BasicsChris Burgess
In this presentation we cover the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We then move on to some tips on how to choose and register a good domain name as well as finding the right hosting provider.
This document provides an overview of WordPress, including that it is a content management system used to create blogs and websites. WordPress is built using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, and it is free and open-source software. The document discusses hosting and installing WordPress, the features of WordPress including pages, posts, themes, widgets, and plugins. It also provides information on finding web hosting and domain providers.
- A WordPress theme controls the visual design and layout of a website through a collection of files like PHP template files, CSS stylesheets, images, and text files.
- The minimum required files are index.php and style.css. Common additional files include templates for different page types and widget locations.
- Themes control presentation, while plugins add functionality. Features built into themes may be lost when the user switches themes.
- High-quality, well-coded themes that serve as examples can be found in the WordPress theme directory.
The document announces a WordPress theme workshop on November 4th, 2017 hosted by David Bisset. The workshop will focus on teaching attendees how WordPress themes work and how to build a basic theme from scratch. The workshop is intended for freelancers, coders, and others looking to build and edit WordPress themes for clients. Some knowledge of PHP, CSS, and JavaScript is recommended but not required.
This document discusses customizing WordPress through custom fields and custom post types. It provides an example scenario of how custom post types could be used to display recipes on a food blog. The document also discusses how custom fields can be used to add metadata like start/end dates. It notes that plugins make it easier to create custom post types and fields. Finally, it covers how to add more menus through the WordPress dashboard or code.
In this presentation we cover the details of installing WordPress, go over common problems and talk about the importance of maintaining your website and basic website security.
WordPress, Domain Names and Web Hosting BasicsChris Burgess
In this presentation we cover the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We then move on to some tips on how to choose and register a good domain name as well as finding the right hosting provider.
This document provides an overview of WordPress, including that it is a content management system used to create blogs and websites. WordPress is built using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, and it is free and open-source software. The document discusses hosting and installing WordPress, the features of WordPress including pages, posts, themes, widgets, and plugins. It also provides information on finding web hosting and domain providers.
- A WordPress theme controls the visual design and layout of a website through a collection of files like PHP template files, CSS stylesheets, images, and text files.
- The minimum required files are index.php and style.css. Common additional files include templates for different page types and widget locations.
- Themes control presentation, while plugins add functionality. Features built into themes may be lost when the user switches themes.
- High-quality, well-coded themes that serve as examples can be found in the WordPress theme directory.
The document announces a WordPress theme workshop on November 4th, 2017 hosted by David Bisset. The workshop will focus on teaching attendees how WordPress themes work and how to build a basic theme from scratch. The workshop is intended for freelancers, coders, and others looking to build and edit WordPress themes for clients. Some knowledge of PHP, CSS, and JavaScript is recommended but not required.
This document discusses customizing WordPress through custom fields and custom post types. It provides an example scenario of how custom post types could be used to display recipes on a food blog. The document also discusses how custom fields can be used to add metadata like start/end dates. It notes that plugins make it easier to create custom post types and fields. Finally, it covers how to add more menus through the WordPress dashboard or code.
This document provides an overview of WordPress basics. It introduces WordPress, the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, how to use the WordPress dashboard, and resources for WordPress support. WordPress started as a blogging platform but is now widely used for websites, including by educational institutions, musicians, newspapers, Microsoft and more. It can be used for blogs, websites, ecommerce and other sites.
This document provides an overview and instructions for working with WordPress themes. It discusses creating a homepage template file and footer, including sidebar code, and downloading and installing the Underscores theme starter files. Template tags like get_header() and get_footer() are explained. The WordPress loop is summarized as the code that displays posts. _s theme files like single.php are also briefly covered.
This document discusses WordPress themes and plugins. It defines plugins as adding additional functionality to a site, while themes control the look of site content and can also add functionality. The document provides tips on finding reputable themes and plugins from the WordPress repository and trusted developers. It recommends testing new themes and plugins on a development site before installing them live.
What Is WordPress and Why Should I Use It? - Workshop April 2015BobWP.com
This workshop helps people to understand what WordPress is and to make a better decision of whether it's for them or not. I go over WordPress.com vs. a self-hosted site, hosting, themes, plugins and widgets, as well as touching on security and other features and options that WordPress has.
A beginners guide to understanding setting up a WordPress site and the administration dashboard. Provides an overview of all the menus and their roles. Also provides some recommended settings for WordPress sites
WP 101 - Local Development - Themes and PluginsJoe Querin
Learn about Local Development Enviroments and WordPress Multisite. Learn how to create a simple plugin or custom theme. Local Development tools are also covered.
This document summarizes a WordPress workshop presented by Terri Orlowski. The workshop covered an introduction to WordPress, how to install WordPress manually or via one-click installation, important security practices, useful plugins for backups, security and other functions, themes, and various ways WordPress can be used like for podcasts, newsletters, and more. The workshop provided information to help attendees understand and get started using WordPress.
Introduction to Wordpress (Research Based)Anjum Hashir
This Presentation is basically for newbies who want to know about Wordpress. This is a research based introductory presentation which concisely describe about Wordpress.
Some useful information about Wordpress themes and plugins here.
http://technoxone.com/wordpress/best-wordpress-themes-for-your-unique-website
http://technoxone.com/wordpress/best-wordpress-plugins-for-brilliantly-managed-websites
This document provides an introduction to blogging with WordPress, including the basics of what a blog is, what WordPress is, how to install and use WordPress, and additional resources for getting started. It discusses the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, how to write and publish blog posts, options for themes and plugins, and recommends some popular themes and plugins to use. The overall document serves as a beginner's guide for setting up and using the WordPress blogging platform.
Slides on a base presentation for the basics of WordPress.com and the self hosted WordPress application which can be downloaded at wordpress.org.
This presentation was meant to be a discussion not a tutorial at the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City. Please contact me at http://thomallen.com or Twitter.com/ThomAllen with questions.
Word press bootcamp By Sourcescript Innovations and Mentors Dojolightshire
This document provides an introduction to WordPress theme and plugin development. It discusses WordPress' file structure, the requirements for creating a basic theme including style.css, home.php, header.php, footer.php and functions.php files. It also outlines WordPress theme standards, the anatomy of themes including the stylesheet, template files and optional functions file, and common template files like home.php, single.php and page.php that generate content.
WordPress SEO Basics - Melbourne WordPress MeetupChris Burgess
The slide deck from an introduction to WordPress SEO, covering basic search engine optimization, onsite and offsite factors, keyword/topic and content strategy, WordPress SEO by Yoast and a few recommendations to help people learn more about SEO in general.
Introduction to using WordPress for business sites. Includes coverage of scenarios, themes, plugins, hosting and gotchas. Plus a case study of the www.GetOrganizedWizard.com site.
This document provides an introduction to setting up a basic WordPress website. It discusses selecting a domain name and web hosting service, installing WordPress, choosing a theme, and adding essential plugins. It also defines key WordPress terms like domain, hosting, themes, and plugins. Types of hosting plans and themes are outlined, and tips are provided on planning content and mapping the website structure before building it out. Recommended resources for learning more about WordPress are listed at the end.
This document provides an introduction to WordPress themes and plugins for web developers. It discusses using free resources like the WordPress Codex and forums for support. Developing a custom theme requires skills like CSS, HTML, and image editing. Good skills to know include PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript/jQuery. Theme options include making a child theme, modifying an existing theme, or writing a new theme from scratch. Things to consider when choosing a theme include design, code quality, documentation, dependencies, efficiency, and support. Child themes allow leveraging upgrades from the parent theme but may limit customization. Plugins and theme functions can be used to add custom code and override functions.
Why use WordPress, the difference in WordPress.com and .org. The difference in posts and pages, the importance posts and categories, how to choose a theme. How to find hlep with WOrdPress
Introduction to WordPress - Adam W. WarnerAdam W. Warner
I had the pleasure of presenting the "Introduction to WordPress" session at WordCamp Miami 2011.
Make sure to make it to the last two slides to see how committed I am to the software.
This talk was initially delivered at the Melbourne WordPress User Meetup. With tens of thousands of choices for WordPress users and developers, choosing the right theme is an important decision to make when working on any WordPress project. Theme choice impacts on not only design and UX, but also usability, accessibility, performance and more.
BASIC Wordpress content management training August 2014Brenton Johnson
This document provides an overview and introduction to using Wordpress for content management. It discusses what Wordpress is, the different components, and costs involved. It also outlines what will and will not be covered in the training, including how to add and manage content but not administrator functions. The goals of the training are to understand the basic building blocks of Wordpress and be able to operate a blog using Wordpress. It then goes into detail about the different content types, categories vs tags, and hands-on demonstrations of publishing content and using various Wordpress plugins.
WordPress can be used to develop an intuitive, feature rich CMS, capable of integrating with a variety of communication tools, including email, text messaging and mobile devices, in addition to a website. I have used WordPress to help small and mid-sized organizations build their web presence. With every instance, the most critical part of the project is trying to figure out how to control and manage the content.
This was a quick presentation put together for WordCamp Kansas City, where I helped attendees make the connection between their content organization needs and how WordPress processes and presents content.
This document provides an overview of WordPress basics. It introduces WordPress, the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, how to use the WordPress dashboard, and resources for WordPress support. WordPress started as a blogging platform but is now widely used for websites, including by educational institutions, musicians, newspapers, Microsoft and more. It can be used for blogs, websites, ecommerce and other sites.
This document provides an overview and instructions for working with WordPress themes. It discusses creating a homepage template file and footer, including sidebar code, and downloading and installing the Underscores theme starter files. Template tags like get_header() and get_footer() are explained. The WordPress loop is summarized as the code that displays posts. _s theme files like single.php are also briefly covered.
This document discusses WordPress themes and plugins. It defines plugins as adding additional functionality to a site, while themes control the look of site content and can also add functionality. The document provides tips on finding reputable themes and plugins from the WordPress repository and trusted developers. It recommends testing new themes and plugins on a development site before installing them live.
What Is WordPress and Why Should I Use It? - Workshop April 2015BobWP.com
This workshop helps people to understand what WordPress is and to make a better decision of whether it's for them or not. I go over WordPress.com vs. a self-hosted site, hosting, themes, plugins and widgets, as well as touching on security and other features and options that WordPress has.
A beginners guide to understanding setting up a WordPress site and the administration dashboard. Provides an overview of all the menus and their roles. Also provides some recommended settings for WordPress sites
WP 101 - Local Development - Themes and PluginsJoe Querin
Learn about Local Development Enviroments and WordPress Multisite. Learn how to create a simple plugin or custom theme. Local Development tools are also covered.
This document summarizes a WordPress workshop presented by Terri Orlowski. The workshop covered an introduction to WordPress, how to install WordPress manually or via one-click installation, important security practices, useful plugins for backups, security and other functions, themes, and various ways WordPress can be used like for podcasts, newsletters, and more. The workshop provided information to help attendees understand and get started using WordPress.
Introduction to Wordpress (Research Based)Anjum Hashir
This Presentation is basically for newbies who want to know about Wordpress. This is a research based introductory presentation which concisely describe about Wordpress.
Some useful information about Wordpress themes and plugins here.
http://technoxone.com/wordpress/best-wordpress-themes-for-your-unique-website
http://technoxone.com/wordpress/best-wordpress-plugins-for-brilliantly-managed-websites
This document provides an introduction to blogging with WordPress, including the basics of what a blog is, what WordPress is, how to install and use WordPress, and additional resources for getting started. It discusses the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, how to write and publish blog posts, options for themes and plugins, and recommends some popular themes and plugins to use. The overall document serves as a beginner's guide for setting up and using the WordPress blogging platform.
Slides on a base presentation for the basics of WordPress.com and the self hosted WordPress application which can be downloaded at wordpress.org.
This presentation was meant to be a discussion not a tutorial at the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City. Please contact me at http://thomallen.com or Twitter.com/ThomAllen with questions.
Word press bootcamp By Sourcescript Innovations and Mentors Dojolightshire
This document provides an introduction to WordPress theme and plugin development. It discusses WordPress' file structure, the requirements for creating a basic theme including style.css, home.php, header.php, footer.php and functions.php files. It also outlines WordPress theme standards, the anatomy of themes including the stylesheet, template files and optional functions file, and common template files like home.php, single.php and page.php that generate content.
WordPress SEO Basics - Melbourne WordPress MeetupChris Burgess
The slide deck from an introduction to WordPress SEO, covering basic search engine optimization, onsite and offsite factors, keyword/topic and content strategy, WordPress SEO by Yoast and a few recommendations to help people learn more about SEO in general.
Introduction to using WordPress for business sites. Includes coverage of scenarios, themes, plugins, hosting and gotchas. Plus a case study of the www.GetOrganizedWizard.com site.
This document provides an introduction to setting up a basic WordPress website. It discusses selecting a domain name and web hosting service, installing WordPress, choosing a theme, and adding essential plugins. It also defines key WordPress terms like domain, hosting, themes, and plugins. Types of hosting plans and themes are outlined, and tips are provided on planning content and mapping the website structure before building it out. Recommended resources for learning more about WordPress are listed at the end.
This document provides an introduction to WordPress themes and plugins for web developers. It discusses using free resources like the WordPress Codex and forums for support. Developing a custom theme requires skills like CSS, HTML, and image editing. Good skills to know include PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript/jQuery. Theme options include making a child theme, modifying an existing theme, or writing a new theme from scratch. Things to consider when choosing a theme include design, code quality, documentation, dependencies, efficiency, and support. Child themes allow leveraging upgrades from the parent theme but may limit customization. Plugins and theme functions can be used to add custom code and override functions.
Why use WordPress, the difference in WordPress.com and .org. The difference in posts and pages, the importance posts and categories, how to choose a theme. How to find hlep with WOrdPress
Introduction to WordPress - Adam W. WarnerAdam W. Warner
I had the pleasure of presenting the "Introduction to WordPress" session at WordCamp Miami 2011.
Make sure to make it to the last two slides to see how committed I am to the software.
This talk was initially delivered at the Melbourne WordPress User Meetup. With tens of thousands of choices for WordPress users and developers, choosing the right theme is an important decision to make when working on any WordPress project. Theme choice impacts on not only design and UX, but also usability, accessibility, performance and more.
BASIC Wordpress content management training August 2014Brenton Johnson
This document provides an overview and introduction to using Wordpress for content management. It discusses what Wordpress is, the different components, and costs involved. It also outlines what will and will not be covered in the training, including how to add and manage content but not administrator functions. The goals of the training are to understand the basic building blocks of Wordpress and be able to operate a blog using Wordpress. It then goes into detail about the different content types, categories vs tags, and hands-on demonstrations of publishing content and using various Wordpress plugins.
WordPress can be used to develop an intuitive, feature rich CMS, capable of integrating with a variety of communication tools, including email, text messaging and mobile devices, in addition to a website. I have used WordPress to help small and mid-sized organizations build their web presence. With every instance, the most critical part of the project is trying to figure out how to control and manage the content.
This was a quick presentation put together for WordCamp Kansas City, where I helped attendees make the connection between their content organization needs and how WordPress processes and presents content.
This document provides an introduction to WordPress themes. It discusses what WordPress themes are, the anatomy of themes including parent and child themes, where to find themes, what to look for in themes, and how to install and activate themes. The topics are presented in detail with explanations and examples of theme files, requirements, and best practices for evaluating and working with themes.
WordPress as the Content Management System of RecordTomas Puig
This document discusses the future of WordPress as an advanced content management system (CMS). It argues that WordPress is well-positioned to become the leading "content management system of record" (CMSR), which will allow content to flow freely across different systems and devices. The CMSR will provide best-in-class workflows for both content creators and developers. Recent examples show how companies like Bloomberg and Mashable use WordPress in innovative ways beyond a traditional website. WordPress has been disruptive in the past by making professional publishing tools accessible to many, and it will continue driving innovation.
Adding Content to your WordPress WebsiteRiceDesign
This document is a presentation about adding content to a WordPress website. It discusses the differences between pages and posts, the importance of relevant content, how to plan and create page hierarchies, how to add pages and posts, publishing options, and adding media like photos and videos. It also provides WordPress trivia questions and lists additional resources for learning WordPress. The presentation was given at the 2012 WordCamp Columbus conference.
Creating and Managing Content on Your WordPress SiteKelly Henderson
The document provides tips for creating and managing content on a WordPress site. It discusses the differences between pages and posts in WordPress, including that pages are for static information like "About" or "Contact" pages and have attributes like parent and child pages, while posts are for dynamic content like blog entries and have categories and tags. It also offers best practices for writing content, including keeping it short, putting the main point first, clearly separating content with headings, and including calls to action. Additionally, it provides tips for using images on a site and analyzing traffic, as well as recommending plugins to make managing a WordPress site easier.
This document provides an overview of tips and tricks for using WordPress. It discusses plugins, themes, security, backups, and SEO. For plugins, it recommends testing plugins and being skeptical of any not on WordPress.org. For themes, it discusses finding reputable themes, testing themes, and using child themes to modify parent themes. It also covers securing WordPress through regular updates, strong passwords, and plugins like Akismet and Wordfence. Backups should be automated and stored offsite. SEO tips include using good themes/plugins and Google Webmaster Tools. Caching can improve performance through plugins like W3 Total Cache. Hosting recommendations include HostGator and WP-Engine.
There is new slide for this at http://www.slideshare.net/catchinternet/contributing-to-wordpress-theme-review-at-wordpressorg
Guide to Start WordPress Theme Review. Useful for WordPress Theme Developers, wannabe WordPress Theme Developers and wannabe WordPress Theme Reviewer
The document discusses the WordPress theme review process. It describes the goals of the WordPress theme directory to host high quality themes. It outlines the benefits to end users and developers. It then details how the theme review team works, including its purpose, organization, guidelines, tools, and process for becoming a reviewer. Reviewers evaluate themes based on criteria like standards compliance, functionality, and best practices. The goal is to approve only the best themes to recommend to users.
This presentation was used on a five half-day course on basic web design. The goal of this workshop is to enable participants to create their own Wordpress site by the end of the course. The agenda adjust according to the pace of the participants.
This document provides information on how to showcase work using WordPress. It discusses what WordPress is, how it can be used to create blogs, websites, and online stores. It also covers plugins, themes, organizing content with categories and tags, and setting up portfolios or galleries. Common plugins, themes, and portfolio plugins are recommended, such as NexGEN Gallery, Awesome Flickr Gallery, and Portfolio Post Type. Resources for learning more about WordPress like meetups and WordCamps are also included.
This document provides information on how to get a theme into the WordPress theme repository and how the theme review process works. It outlines the priority levels for reviewing themes, the guidelines reviewers follow around code quality, required features, templates and more. It also describes how to become a theme reviewer by joining the mailing list, requesting tickets on Trac and gaining experience from test reviews. Key resources like the mailing list, Trac and codex documentation are provided.
This document discusses theme development in WordPress. It explains that themes allow for customization of a site's functionality and visual design. Key aspects covered include template tags, conditional tags, the loop, common template files like header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php, and building themes according to WordPress standards. Building your own theme is recommended as an opportunity to learn skills like CSS, HTML and PHP while contributing to the WordPress community.
This document provides an overview of the tools and process needed to design and develop WordPress sites. It discusses design software, text editors, WordPress template files like header.php and footer.php, functions like The Loop and register_nav_menus(), and setting up a local development environment with MAMP or Vagrant. The goal is to introduce basic WordPress development practices like using The Loop to display posts and registering menus and sidebars.
The document provides information on WordPress including what it is, its advantages, and how to set it up both on a live site and locally. WordPress is an open source content management system that is free, easy to use, and customizable. It allows for blogging and incorporating social media. Setting it up involves installing WordPress files, creating a database, and configuring settings. The WordPress admin interface allows managing posts, media, pages, comments, appearance, plugins, users, and settings. Themes and plugins can be installed to customize WordPress functionality and design. Standards for theme development include using valid code and following WordPress coding conventions.
This document discusses WordPress and compares self-hosted WordPress on WordPress.org versus hosted WordPress on WordPress.com. It outlines what is needed to set up a self-hosted WordPress site including hosting, a domain name, themes to control look and feel, and plugins to extend functionality. It also mentions the open source nature and large community around WordPress as strengths.
This document provides an introduction to WordPress, including:
- An overview of what WordPress is and how it can be used to build various site types
- An explanation of the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
- A tour of the WordPress admin interface and the basics of posts, pages, media, themes, and plugins
- Guidance on site care including backups, updates, and security
- Resources for additional learning and support
This document provides best practices and tips for developing WordPress themes and client sites. It discusses overall goals like making sites editable by clients without needing the developer. It also covers specific techniques like building out the site structure, using conditional statements, enqueueing scripts properly, following coding standards, and using plugins and widgets. The document aims to help developers create high-quality, customizable themes and sites for clients.
The document discusses WordPress themes and the theme review process. It provides details on the themes directory, the WordPress Theme Review Team (WPTRT) which reviews themes, and the theme review process. Key points include that there are over 1700 free themes in the directory with hundreds of millions of downloads, and themes must pass review based on guidelines before being included. It offers tips for theme developers such as using child themes, following best practices, and using the appropriate licenses for code.
WordCamp NEO 2016 presentation "Custom Responsive Theme Workshop" by David Brattoli
While we could use many different frameworks, premium and free themes to build our sites, I have found you need a truly custom framework to build a base to build new themes quickly to meet your project needs. This method to create a framework and then to create a child theme for the look of the site, will allow you build future sites quickly and efficiently. The session will cover why we choose this method and framework, the challenges we faced, how we tackled the challenge, and what we ended up building to solve the problem. I'll also reveal the pitfalls we discovered and how we overcame those as well.
Coding samples can be found here:
http://bit.ly/wceno-crtw-samples
Theme Development: From an idea to getting approved to wordpress.orgThemeHorse
This document provides guidance for developing WordPress themes, including designing the theme using a grid system, making the design simple and beautiful, using perfect typography, adding icons and UI elements, developing the HTML/CSS, validating the code, reviewing theme guidelines, including required template files and hooks, securing user data, adding licensing, and documenting the theme. The goal is to develop a high quality, secure theme that meets the WordPress theme review guidelines for submission to the WordPress theme directory.
Getting Started with Google Data StudioChris Burgess
Presented at the Melbourne SEO Meetup in September 2019, this slide deck offers a broad overview of the Google Data Studio product. It includes a walk through of the main features, resources to help you learn more, as well as some tips to help you with your own custom dashboards and reports.
Professional WordPress Security: Beyond Security PluginsChris Burgess
The document discusses WordPress security beyond just using security plugins. It emphasizes that WordPress security is often neglected but important, especially for business sites. While security plugins are helpful, a defense-in-depth approach with additional layers of security is recommended. The presentation provides practical advice on prevention, detection of compromises, and steps users can take including regular backups, choosing quality plugins, strong passwords, monitoring, and maintenance. WordPress is a common target because of its popularity and past vulnerabilities. The impacts of breaches on businesses can be significant.
These slides are from a talk given at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in November 2018. The topic was WordPress Hosting Basics, although not all of the content is WordPress specific, covering general topics such as DNS, security and performance.
Improving the WordPress Ecosystem with TideChris Burgess
Tide is an automated testing system that runs tests on every plugin and theme in the WordPress directory to check for PHP compatibility and other issues. It displays the results of these tests to help improve code quality. Current work is focused on integrating the results directly into the WordPress.org plugin and theme pages and creating a user interface for the reports. More information can be found on the Tide website and documentation.
Yoast SEO is the most popular choice for doing some of the heavy lifting when optimising your site for search engines and social platforms. With millions of active installs, most WordPress sites are using this plugin, but like all good tools, you still need to use it correctly and put in the work yourself to see results.
This talk was delivered at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in March 2018, I covered what's new in the latest release of Yoast SEO, as well as the fundamental areas you need to focus on to ensure you content can be found in the search engines.
Bootstrapping eCommerce with WordPress and WooCommerceChris Burgess
An overview of WordPress eCommerce, with a focus on the popular option - WooCommerce. I cover some of the basics, common extensions, and where to get help.
This is a slide deck from a talk I gave at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup about SSL/HTTPS. It covers the basics on what it SSL is, if you should be using it, and how to enable it on your WordPress site.
Identifying a Compromised WordPress SiteChris Burgess
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WordPress SEO Tips from a talk given at the Melbourne SEO Meetup in April 2016. It was delivered in person, and also via a webinar via an SEMrush online event.
A basic overview of Accelerated Mobile Pages, Instant Articles and Apple News technologies - along with the steps on enabling and configuring AMP on a WordPress website. This talk was initially presented at the Melbourne SEO Meetup on the 1st of March 2016.
WordPress Security Basics - Melbourne WordPress User MeetupChris Burgess
This presentation covers the basic security topics that those building or hosting your own WordPress website should be aware of. Security is an incredibly broad topic, this is targeted at those who want to hit the ground running.
This is a short slide deck delivered at an event that was part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week called Fashion Forward. The aim was to help fashion bloggers learn about the benefits of SEO and get their blogs found.
This document contains links to reference slides from an Envato talk on November 6th, 2015. It discusses basic structured content, the difference between search queries and keywords, why "good unique content" needs to change. It also mentions the future of search engine results pages and how they may become more like personal assistants that can understand the world, the user, and provide contextual answers instead of search engine result pages for voice searches.
WordPress Menus - Melbourne User MeetupChris Burgess
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The product workshop focused on exploring the requirements of Generation Z in relation to marketplace dynamics. We delved into their specific needs, examined the specifics in their shopping preferences, and analyzed their preferred methods for accessing information and making purchases within a marketplace. Through the study of real-life cases , we tried to gain valuable insights into enhancing the marketplace experience for Generation Z.
The workshop was held on the DMA Conference in Vienna June 2024.
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1. WordPress
Themes Demystified
Melbourne WordPress User Meetup
12 November 2014
Chris
Burgess
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3. Making Your Site Truly Unique - Themes
& Customisation
We will begin with a brief overview of what themes are
and what they can do for your site. Then we will move
on to cover:
• Where to find a theme
• How to determine the right theme for you (for now)
• Some gotchas to watch out for
• How to install your theme
• How to make your theme look like the demo
• Taking customisation to the next level
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8. How to determine the right theme for
you (for now)
• What type of website you have or need
• Themes are often tailored to a specific type of site,
keep this in mind
• Reviews and feedback
• Documentation
• Support
• Is it actively developed?
9. Some gotchas to watch out for
• Functionality
• Poorly Supported
• Widgets (if switching themes)
• Custom Post Types