the one-hour website: bootstrap your next online initiative with wordpress
DESCRIPTION
In this practical demonstration, we talked about options for people who want to make their own websites but may not have a vast amount of technical know-how and design expertise, and then walked step-by-step through making a non-blog website with a custom look and features for a nonprofit initiative using the WordPress platform, including: * What types of initiatives are best served by a microsite or website * The basics of setting up a hosting account for your website * How to take a template and make it match your current branding or infrastructure--or how to create something completely new. * Making sure your website has fully integrated social options * Working with plug-ins that will enhance the functionality of your website.TRANSCRIPT
The One-Hour Website
Waiting for Web Redevelopment
We need a new website.
Yes, we need a new website.
They do not move.
Waiting for Web Redevelopment
What are the obstacles?
money
politics
fear “That’s not my job.”
“That’s not your job.”
staffing
Don’t know how The board will never go for it.
Easier to do nothing
What are the obstacles?
• Discovering the possibilities of WordPress
• The rapid adoption of Facebook Open Graph across the web
What is WordPress?
Open Source Content Management Framework
WordPress definitions
Rapid, scalable development that is built
around content
WordPress definitions
Who’s using WordPress?
A website is a box.
Header
Body Sidebar
footer
Three rules for rocking for your non-profit initiatives:
Make it not a blog.
Make it social.
Make it your own.
Tips on learning: 1. Set up a sandbox for
yourself. 2. Try 2010 weaver
3. Visit wordpress.org/showcase 4. Don't think, do!.
@amandamccormick [email protected]
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