Getting Started with Wordpress Install, Theming, Plugins & Security Simple steps to building with Wordpress.

Getting Started with Wordpress Two Types of Wordpress – Hosted: Wordpress.com – Self-Hosted: Wordpress.org

Wordpress.com Hosted – You use the Wordpress.com system – Your URL is foo.wordpress.com – Enhanced services allow you to use your domain name – Can only use approved themes and plug-ins

Wordpress.org Self-Hosted – Open Source, free to download – 5-Minute Install 5-Minute_Install – Requirements: Web Host – YourDomain.com Web Database provided by your host FTP access HTML or Text Editor Some general knowledge of computer file structures

Installation: Domain Name Set up a domain name on your web host account.

Installation: Database One click Database setup – MySql Administration

Installation: MySql DB Create your database. – Description (Name your Database) – Choose MySql Version (choose latest – 5.0) – Enter a Password, re-enter (write it down!) – Set-up

Installation: MySql Save your DB info, you’ll need it later

Installation: Download Wordpress.org –.zip (PC) – tar.gz (Mac)

Installation: Extract Double click on file to extract If you don’t have the correct extraction program, download: – WinZip (PC) – UnArchiver (Mac)

Installation: Wordpress Directory Review contents of Wordpress folder Look for wp-config-sample.php

Installation: wp-config.php Open wp-config-sample.php Add DB information Save to /wordpress directory as wp-config.php (removed the word “sample”)

Installation: wp-config.php Security feature Authentication Key – – Visit link, copy paste results

Installation: FTP/Upload Log-in to host account via FTP – WS_FTP (Win) – Fetch (Mac) – Upload “Wordpress” folder to main directory. You can rename “blog” or “site” now. Not later.

Installation: Set-Up Set-up Screen Give your site/blog a title Enter an Address

Installation: Set-Up Open browser to: – – Or yourdomain.com/blog/… Or yourdomain.com/site/… – If you don’t have a wp-config.php file, you will see the following screen:

Installation: Login Success! Login details, you can change later Login! Dashboard, you can change password in Users panel

Wordpress Dashboard

Change Password Users – Your Profile Choose Strong Password – Characters, Capitals, Numbers

Spam Key: Akismet Wordpress built in spam feature Get key by registering a profile only at Wordpress.com Access Dashboard – Plugins Activate Akismet

Akismet Panel Enter your Akismet Key

Redirect Wordpress To: Change Wordpres and Blog Address settings in Settings - Reading

Redirect Wordpress Change in index.php From: Require(‘./wp-blog-header.php); To: Require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php);

Widgets Widgets can be used in sidebars Widgets perform various functions outside scope of main system Widgets are flexible and can be moved up or down in a sidebar

Gravatar Globally Recognized Avatar Install WP-Gravatar Associate addresses at Gravatar web site –

Plugins All In One SEO NextGenGallery TwitterTools Wordbook XML Sitemaps WordTube ShareThis ReCaptcha WP-Book Subscribe2 Newsletter Podcasting Lightbox Feedburner Disqus or IntenseDebate Amazon ReLoaded Snipi Google Analtyics GetClicky

Themes Free Themes – Always download approved from Wordpress Codex – Some free themes can back doors for hackers Paid Themes – ThemeForest – / / Theme Frameworks – – DIYThemes.com Thematic Sandbox Basis Child Theming – Rapid Dev off one theme framework –