1. …for beginners Class #2

2. Reminders Tues 7/21, 7/28, 8/4: 7-9:30pm at CMU 243 (UW) WiFi (UW) user: event0960, pass: aEBk_uYXf_uUMm class website (new slides!): http://jonpeck.net/http://jonpeck.net/ Rec. read: WordPress for Dummies (link on website)WordPress for Dummies free eBook: Getting Started with WordPressGetting Started with WordPress

3. Questions? Have you set up a site yet? Where? Care to share? If not, hosting info at http://jonpeck.net/hostinghttp://jonpeck.net/hosting Speedbumps / problems? Additional topics? Some options: scheduling, stock images, MulVSite (WPMU), forms, calendar, videos, audio, photography, SEO, analytics, eCommerce / PayPal

4. Do This Now / Demo: Get hosting and have them set up WordPress On your site: – Turn off Comments (demo) – Change your PermaLink style (demo) – Add the plugin called “WordFence” (demo) – Start looking at Themes (demo)

5. Course Roadmap Internet Basics, wp.org Dashboard, Administration Posts vs Pages Editing: rich- vs HTML; Drafts/Visibility/Pubdate Navigation, Parents, Order Media library (& links to) Comments Settings: title/tagline, etc – Permalinks – Homepage / posts page Header & Background img User management Import/Export Widgets Themes: find, customize – WP Theme Detector WP Theme Detector Plugins – SEO, videos, music/audio – E-Commerce, PayPal – shortcodes, inserting PHP iOS/Tablet apps

6. User Management Generally, these are people who contribute to and/or manage your site Unique usernames & email addresses Can have one, or many Users, of various levels – Subscriber: has a profile but can’t contribute Useful for knowing your reader base and/or with plugins – Contributor: create posts, but not publish An Editor would approve (publish) their drafts – Author: can publish their own posts – Editor: can create/manage any post or page – Administrator: can do everything (& add/del Users)

7. Android/iPhone/iPad app

8. Export: text content only, not images/themes/etc (for better exports, use BackupBuddy)BackupBuddy

9. Import: from other Blogs, or from an Export

10. WordPress Multisite (WPMU) Allows many sites on one WordPress Installation Adds a ”Network Admin” user level to manage sites Individual sites can have their own Admins, but have some features removed (can only install Plugins/Themes the Net Admin has approved, etc) A little complex to set up, should do when first install WordPress on your host: see this guidesee this guide

11. Course Roadmap Internet Basics, wp.org Dashboard, Administration Posts vs Pages Editing: rich- vs HTML; Drafts/Visibility/Pubdate Navigation, Parents, Order Media library (& links to) Comments Settings: title/tagline, etc – Permalinks – Homepage / posts page Header & Background img User management Import/Export Widgets Themes: find, customize – WP Theme Detector WP Theme Detector Plugins – SEO, videos, music/audio – E-Commerce, PayPal – shortcodes, inserting PHP iOS/Tablet apps