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Getting Started withWordPress
Paul HolmesPresidentIdeaZone.ca
twitter.com/tpholmestwitter.com/IdeaZone
facebook.com/IdeaZone
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What is WordPress?Who uses it?
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Why Blog?• Information• Authority• Communications Hub
SubscriptionsSEOOwnership
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WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?
.COM – inter-linking .ORG – self-hosted
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Two Passwords
Dashboard Login: To login to the dashboard, add posts, approve comments, modify pages, add users, edit themes, etc.
FTP: To install new plugins, themes and run updates.
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The Guts of WordPress
• Dashboard (Menu System, Updates)• Posts (WYSIWYG vs HTML, Embedding)
•RSS Feed• Media• Links• Pages• Comments (Disqus and Intense Debate)
• Appearance (Themes, Widgets, Editor)• Plugins• Users (Security)• Tools• Settings
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Recommended Plugins
• Akismet (Automattic) – Spam Filter• All in One SEO Pack (Michael Torbert)• Google XML Sitemaps (Arne Brachhold)• Ultimate Google Analytics (W. van der Deijl)• RSS Footer (Joost de Valk)
• Contact Form 7 (Takayuki Miyoshi)• FormBuilder (TruthMedia)• TinyMCE Advanced (Andrew Ozz)• NextGEN Gallery (Alex Rabe)
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Sharing and Social Media Plugins
• Sociable (Blogplay)• SexyBookmarks (Shareaholic)• Facebook Like Button Plugin (Martin Jonsson)• WP Tweet Button (Tanin Ehrami)• TweetMeme Retweet Button (TweetMeme)
• FD Feedburner (John Watson)
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Integrating Facebook
• NetworkedBlogs Application• Notes Application
• Self-Posting
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Integrating LinkedIn
• WordPress Application• Posting Status to Profile• Submitting “Stories” to Groups
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Integrating Twitter
• Twitterfeed.com
• Self-Posting• Bit.ly and other URL Shorteners• Hash-Tagging
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Paul [email protected]
IdeaZone.ca/blogPaulHolmes.ca
Questions?
Facebook.com/IdeaZoneFacebook.com/PaulHolmes
LinkedIn.com/companies/IdeaZone.caLinkedIn.com/in/tpholmes
twitter.com/IdeaZonetwitter.com/tpholmes