1. WordPress for Beginners Leonard Nelson

2. Agenda July 9 and July 16 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WordPress for Beginners ‘Get Involved’ Exercise Sections

3. What is a website?

6. Creating a website

7. May 27, 2003

10. What is WordPress? WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website.

11. What is Software? Programs and applications

12. Get Involved – Exercise 1 What is your Name? Why did you sign up for WordPress for Beginners? What beautiful site would you like to build?

13. Where can I get software from? Download from … Copy from … Borrow from …

14. Where can I get WordPress from? Download from WordPress.org

15. Where can I install or run software? Computer Phone TV Xbox 360/ PS3/ Wii…

16. Where can I run WordPress? Hosting Provider WordPress.com

17. WordPress.com vs. Hosting Provider Installation

18. WordPress.com Installed and hosted for you Hosting Provider Installed and hosted by yourself

19. The 5 Minute Install Step 1: Download and unzip the WordPress software Step 2: Create a database Step 3: Rename and edit the wp-config-sample.php file Step 4: Transfer files to your hosting provider Step 5: Run the installation wizard

20. WordPress.com vs. Hosting Provider Features

21. WordPress.com Less control over features … Hosting Provider More control over features …

22. WordPress.com vs. Hosting Provider Domain Name

23. cnn.com apple.com google.com Sub Domain Name mexico.cnn.com iphone.apple.com mail.google.com

24. WordPress.com Free Sub Domain Name Advertising $13 per year for Automattic to allow this feature $15 per year to buy domain name Hosting Provider $15 per year to buy domain name *

25. WordPress.com vs. Hosting Provider Storage

26. Space for your files

27. WordPress.com 3 GB of storage for free 10 GB of storage for $20 per year Hosting Provider $60 per year to buy unlimited hosting space *

28. WordPress.com vs. Hosting Provider Software Updates

29. WordPress Software Updates New features and functionality for WordPress WordPress 3.4 (June 13, 2012) Theme customization Twitter integration 44,000,000 Total Downloads WordPress 3.5 (December 11, 2012) Support of the Retina Display,Retina Display Color picker New Twenty Twelve Theme Improved image workflow 10,887,089 Total Downloads WordPress 3.6 (Summer 2013)

30. WordPress.com Free updates installed for you Hosting Provider Free updates available You install it yourself Hosting provider installs it for you *

31. A Final Comparison

32. Why WordPress? Apostrophe, Drupal, Habari, Joomla!, ExpressionEngine

33. WordPress History Version: 0.7 released in May 27, 2003 Developed By: Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little Primary Use: Blog or Weblog Cost: Free/Open Source

34. Simplicity not Simplistic

35. WordPress Community http://wordpress.org/

38. WordPress TV http://wordpress.tv/

39. WordPress Today Version: 3.5 Developed By: Developers across the world Primary Use: CMS Type of Software: Open Source

40. Developed by You Individuals Organizations

41. The Online Office Small Business Small Budget Small Staff Small Services (Accounting and Word Processing) Best Business in Town!

42. Get Involved – Exercise 2 Create a WordPress Site : Click Get Started

43. Create a WordPress Site : Select Basic

44. Create a WordPress Site : Check your Email

45. Create a WordPress Site : Click the Activate Blog button

46. Create a WordPress Site : Step 1

47. Create a WordPress Site : Step 2

48. Create a WordPress Site : Step 3

49. Create a WordPress Site : Step 4

51. Create a WordPress Site : Step 5

52. Break?

57. Toolbar

61. Get Involved – Exercise 3 WordPress Administration: Update your Profile

65. Get Involved – Exercise 3 WordPress Administration: Update your Profile

66. WordPress Administration: Update your Public Display Name

67. Navigation Menu

69. Dashboard

71. Get Involved – Exercise 4 WordPress Administration: Screen Options and Help

72. WordPress Administration: Customize Dashboard to 1 Column Layout with the Right Now

73. WordPress Content

74. Types of WordPress Content Posts Pages Links Media Comments Feedback

75. Posts

77. Get Involved – Exercise 5 WordPress Content: Publish a Post

79. Organizing WordPress Content

80. Categories Taxonomy Hierarchical Tags Folksonomy Non-hierarchical

81. Categories NFC East Eagles Redskins Giants Cowboys NFC North Packers Vikings Bears Lions … Tags Michael Vick, Dallas Reynolds, Jake Scott …

82. Categories General Topic Areas Folders Tags Specific Words Labels

83. Categories Vegetarian, Non-Vegetarian Appetizers, Entrées, Desserts, Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Christmas, Cinco De Mayo, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Hanukkah, Passover, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day … Tags Broccoli, Cilantro, Chicken, Cumin, Eggs, Pepper, Salt …

84. Get Involved – Exercise 6 WordPress Content: Publish a Post and describe your post using Categories and Tags

85. Get Involved – Exercise 7 WordPress Content: Publish a Post with an Image

86. Get Involved – Exercise 8 WordPress Content: Publish a Page ?

87. Get Involved – Exercise 9 WordPress Content: Leave a comment on a post on a classmate’s site http://class403.wordpress.com/

88. Managing WordPress Content

90. Questions/ Feedback Leonard_P_Nelson@hotmail.com

91. Get Involved – Home Work Add a Link to your favorite search engine Create a post with an image gallery