jomc463 beginner wordpress(zeoli)
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Introduction to Wordpress
JOMC 463 NewsdeskSeptember 15, 2010
Tony Zeoli
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Wordpress is…
• A popular content management system otherwise known as a CMS.
• A fork of B2 Café Log, early blogging system• HTML/CSS (Layout and Style)• PHP (scripting)• MySql (database)• Matt Mullenweg, Mike Little• Open Source– Free to modify under GPL (General Public License)
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What makes Wordpress work
• LAMP– Linux Operating System
• Just another operating system, like Windows or MacOS.
– Apache Web Server• Resolves requests for web pages in folders on a machine connected
to the Internet. Delivers to your browser.
– MySql Database• Stores all the content and settings (except for physical assets like
photo and video—but saves the URL’s pointing to those media assets.
– PHP Scripting Language – Call information from the database and places it into pages, posts, headers, sidebars and footers.
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What does Wordpress look like?
• Wordpress is simply a folder full of files that do stuff.
• All files are dependant on each other to effectively run.
• Code, Front End and Back End.
Working in Wordpress
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WP-Content
• The WP-Content folder is the most important folder in Wordpress.
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WP-Content
• Stores your “themes,” uploads and plugins.
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WP-Config
• The WP-Config files is the most important file in Wordpress.
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WP-Content• If I upload files in Wordpress, where do they go?• WP-Content stores your “themes,” uploads and plugins.
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WP-Content
• wp-content > uploads > year > month
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Themes
• uploads > themes
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Plugins
• uploads > plugins
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You already know Content Mangement
• If you use:– Facebook– Twitter– Blogger– Wordpress.com– Blackboard– Basecamp– Any other online site where you log in and add
content, then save it, and it display on a web page somewhere.
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Facebook Notes
• Adding content to Wordpress is just like adding a Facebook note.
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Posting to Twitter is CMS driven
• Each post to Twitter is saved in a database by:– User– Date Stamp– Time Stamp– Keywords– Tags– Links
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How does stuff get into Wordpress?
• For Editors, Authors, Contributors– Publish Posts & Pages in Wordpress Admin.– Upload file assets using the Wordpress Media Library in
Wordpress Admin.• For Wordpress Developers– SSH: secure shell access < most secure.– SFTP: secure file transfer protocol < generally secure.– FTP: file transfer protocol < least secure.
• On ReeseNews, only developers can upload to our servers via SSH or SFTP. All staff will add content using the admin system.
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Wordpress Admin > Add New Post
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What’s a Theme?
• Wordpress is the engine.• The car body is the theme.
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Themes
• Free Themes– Download from Wordpress Codex
• Premium Themes ($$$)– Download from Theme developers
• Custom Themes– Build your own
• Theme Frameworks & Child Themes– Minimal Themes containing all relevant elements, just
override with “child theme” – a new CSS style sheet.
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Examples
• Free • Paid
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What do I need to know?
• For Editors– Managing content
• Categories, Tags• SEO• Writing Style/Spell Check• Assignment Desk / Digital Workflow• Formatting Content
• For Content Producers– Producing Content
• Posting Articles• Uploading media assets• Formatting Content• Non-traditional posting via mobile