creating a web presence introduction to wordpress week 1
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Creating a Web Presence
Introduction to WordPressWeek 1
What we’ll cover this week:
Housekeeping
Introductions
Expectations
What is WordPress
.com vs. org
Housekeeping
Class start time? 6:30? 6:45? 7:00?
Contact me – [email protected]
Slides will be made available for download.
Introductions
Who am I, and what makes me qualified to stand up here?
Who are you?
What kind of website do you plan to create?
Course Expectations
My Goal– Turn every one in class into a power user of the
WordPress platform
Finished product– At the completion of this course you will have a
website powered by WordPress that includes a number of elements you will learn throughout this class
Marks
How you will be graded
Attendance/participation= 20%
Exercises= 60%– Each week you will required to complete the
exercises done in class by Sunday at 6pm and email me that you have completed them, so I can go into your site and evaluate
Final Assignment- 20%
What is Wordpress?
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and content management system (CMS) powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system.
Why Use WordPress?
Ease of use
Large, active community
WordPress version 3.3 has been downloaded 5.5 million times. It was released Dec 12, 2011
Why Use WordPress?
WordPress is used by over 14.7% of the "top 1 million" websites and as of August 2011 powers 22% of all new websites. WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.
Wordpress.com vs .org
There are two different types of WordPress, commonly referred to as .com and .org
.com is WordPress powered websites hosted ( for free) by Automattic, the company that builds WordPress
.org refers to the downloadable version of WordPress that is used with shared hosting accounts and local installs
.com limitations
Can’t add plugins
Limited number of themes
No Code customization
.org limitations
While the software is free, you will have to pay for a domain name and hosting account
Responsible for your own updates to software and plugins
On your own for support
. Com benefits
Early access to new WordPress features
Email Subscriptions and post by email built right in
Support provided by Automattic
No Cost just sign up at wordpress.com
.org benefits
(almost) complete control
Any plugin
Any theme
Customize the code
What you’ll be using for the course
A platform has been built specifically for this course.
You will be given access to a website that is powered by WordPress
you will be allowed to move your content off the website for up to 30 days after the last class.
After 30 days, the site will be wiped out and you won’t be able to retrieve your work
Installing WordPress
4 methods to installing WP ( .org)– One Click installer
– Via FTP
– SSh
– Using a plugin
Minimum requirements
Minimum requirements for WordPress
• As of version 3.2 ( released July 4, 2011)
• PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
• MySQl version 5.0 or greater
One Click installer
What is it?
An application that installs software for the end user (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc.)
Why Use it?
Simple to use
Fast
Why Not to use it
No control of what is installed
No control of how it is installed
Can be tough to go back and change the installation
One Click installer
One Click installer
One Click installer
FTP
What is FTP?
Stands for File Transfer Protocol
Fancy way of saying “moving files from your computer to the server via the internet”
What do you need?
FTP Client. There are many out there for Windows and Mac—some are even free
Why use FTP?
Fine control over what is installedWhen you’ve uploaded your files, you get to use the famous 5-minute install for WP
Why NOT to use FTP
Can be slow depending upon your Internet connectionRequires greater technical knowledge than One-ClickNeed to set up your own database for WP to work
FTP
FTP
FTP
FTP
FTP
FTP
Live demo of the install process
Dallas.introtowp.com/wp-login
SSH
What is SSH?
Stands for Secure Shell
Fancy way of saying “A secure channel to connect to your web server space.” Command line based ( Advanced users)
What do you need?
Command Line Tool-PuTTY – WindowsTerminal - Mac
Why use SSH?
Much faster than FTPGuarantees you always get the latest version of WordPress
Why NOT to use SSH?
Not all hosting providers offer full access (unable to connect to other sites)Requires greater technical knowledgeRequires command line use
SSH
SSH
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
SSHunzip latest.zip
SSH
• Move all the files out of the wordpress folder
cp –rf ./wordpress/* ./
• Delete downloaded filesrm latest.ziprm –rf wordpress/
SSHEdit wp-config-sample.phpthen save it as wp-config.php
SSH
Navigate to yourdomain.com/wp-admin
Backup Buddy
What is Backup Buddy?
A WordPress plugin developed by ithemes ( www.ithemes.com)
Like getting 3 plugins in oneInstallationsBackupsMigration tool
Why use Backup Buddy?
Allows you to develop locally, deploy to a web server
Takes all of your themes, custom CSS, plugins, content over in one smooth move
Why NOT to use Backup Buddy?
No custom installation of WordPress
Backup Buddy
Backup Buddy
Navigate to domain/importbuddy.php after you have FTP’ed the backup file and the import file to your webserver space
Backup Buddy
Backup Buddy
Backup Buddy
Backup Buddy
Account sign up