1. Intro to WordPress (Using XAMPP)

2. Introduction What is Wordpress? Where are Wordpress sites hosted?
Website creation
Blog Software
Where are Wordpress sites hosted?
On Wordpress.com (free)
On your personal webserver
On a paid webserver service

3. Wordpress Database Setup Installation Script The Registration Process
Site Administration
Customizing your website (theme)

4. Once in XAMPP, click on English.

5. You’re not accessing the web but rather a webpage on your computer in the XAMPP folder.

6. As indicated on this page, the next step is to click on Status to determine if everything is working correctly.

7. The first 4 lines on this chart should be lighted green as indicated.

8. Next, click on Security.

9. Now, we need to create a database file so click on phpMyAdmin.

10. In this box, type the name of the database file that needs to be created.

11. Type the database name - WordPress. Click on Create.

12. WordPress is now created so we return back to the localhost.

13. WordPress is now listed so we now create the user with administrative privileges by clicking on Privileges.

14. Click on the button to create a new user.

15. Enter your user name. Your username can be anything you want to be called.

16. Enter localhost or you can also enter the IP address of the computer you’re using if you plan on having others access your computer.

17. Enter your personal password for the user account you’re creating
Enter your personal password for the user account you’re creating. Enter it again in the box below.

18. Click on Check All for global privileges
Click on Check All for global privileges. Notice all the boxes get checked.

19. Make sure that this button is selected

20. Once the privileges are created, you’re able to change them later if necessary.

21. This returns us back to the localhost and we select wordpress.

22. Once WordPress is selected, click on Privileges and click on Check All.

23. Type wordpress for the database to be configured and click on GO.

24. Click on Check All to acquire global privileges on WordPress.

25. Once selected, click on GO below.

26. Privileges have now been granted to the users as indicated above.

27. Privileges for the user have now been updated for this database
Privileges for the user have now been updated for this database. Click on Privileges.

28. As shown in this chart, the user now have global privileges for the database listed on the left column.

29. Notice on this chart that wordpress privileges have been set.

30. The database is now listed in this table.

31. The WordPress folder should be placed inside the XAMPP folder in the htdocs folder.

32. Once English is clicked on, the Welcome webpage is shown for XAMPP.

33. After the database has been created, the next step is to configure each application. In the browser window, type Notice an error message appears for WordPress since the wp-config.php file has not been created.

34. Return back to the WordPress folder and click on wp-config-sample file
Return back to the WordPress folder and click on wp-config-sample file. You can open it with Word pad and change the settings and save it as wp-config.php

35. If you prefer not to use Word Pad, you can create the file required by clicking on the above link.

36. The configuration process begins for WordPress as indicated in the 5 steps required.

37. Refer back to the slide where the wordpress database was created
Refer back to the slide where the wordpress database was created. Enter the name of the database. The name has to match.

38. Enter the username as it was created in My PHP ADMIN
Enter the username as it was created in My PHP ADMIN. Remember, this is the user that was created with all privileges given for either database.

39. Enter the password used for the user as it was created in My PHP ADMIN.

40. Enter the Database Host which is localhost or you can enter the IP address of your computer if you plan on having others access your applications using the web. Click on Submit when the first 4 boxes are filled in.

41. Configuration for WordPress is now complete
Configuration for WordPress is now complete. Click on run the install link in blue.

42. The configuration for WordPress begins. Click on First Step.

43. In the first box, fill in the name of your weblog.
Enter Title
In the first box, fill in the name of your weblog.

44. Enter Title
In the second box, enter your address. Click on Continue to Second Step to proceed.

45. Once selected, copy it or write it down.

46. Double click to select the temporary password or write it down

47. Enter admin in lowercase letters. This is case sensitive.

48. Enter your password (123456). Click on Login.

49. The Dashboard – This is your control panel

50. Themes Themes change the way your blog looks.
downloadable and interchangeable
Currently free themes available at Wordpress.org
At WordPress.com there are about 100 themes
WordPress screens all theme before posting them. They are not allowed to show sponsorship, advertisement, etc. except for the creator of the theme.
Different in WordPress.com where ads can be placed on your blogs to help pay for their services
“Premium” themes are available at a cost from designers

51. Selecting a Theme Select Themes from the Appearance drop-down menu
Thumbnails of available themes will be displayed
Select the desired theme by clicking on the theme

52. The theme will appear and your must click on Activate for the theme to be applied.

53. Theme Options
Select Themes options from the Appearance drop-down menu.
Select font options, layout options, content options, and header colors

54. Make selections and then Save Options

55. Why Hack a Wordpress Theme?
To stand out or look different create a look nobody else has
To add functionality for the end user “like”, “tweet”, disqus
To enhance the way content is displayed post meta, text, images, “the_loop”, navigation
To customize specific pages search results, 404 Pages, archives, category & tags pages
To show content only when conditions are met only on the home page, just singles posts, only tag pages, etc.

56. How Do I Edit My WP Theme? In WP dashboard: Appearance → Editor
Click on the page you want to edit:

57. What Are All Those Theme Pages?
At Bare Minimum, Most WP Themes Have:
index.php (home page + a whole lot more)
single.php (single posts)
page.php (paged pages – like your “about” page)
comments.php (the comments block after content)
header.php (before the content on EVERY page)
footer.php (after the content on EVERY page)
sidebar.php (what's in the sidebar)
functions.php (special theme specific PHP code)
style.css (text formatting and layout rules)
Reference:

58. Which file does what?
A page file (index, single, page) calls and loads other files for specific page content areas:

59. How Many Pages Could My WP Theme Have?
The Bare Minimum
index.php
single.php
page.php
comments.php
header.php
footer.php
functions.php
sidebar.php
style.css
Optional Theme Pages
archive.php (date based archives)
search.php (search results)
category.php (category pages)
tag.php (tag pages)
404.php (not found errors)
attachment.php (attachments)
author.php (author page)
loop.php (Wordpress 3.0+)
Countless custom template files