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Wordpress Workshop: Session One

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This document summarizes the first session of a WordPress workshop. It covered an overview of WordPress, the dashboard, themes, and multisite functionality. The presenter explained that WordPress has evolved from a blogging platform to a full content management system. The dashboard, themes, and plugins were demonstrated. Using child themes allows customizing third-party themes without losing upgrades. Multisite enables centralized management of multiple sites from one WordPress install, useful for clients. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions and provided with resources to learn more about WordPress.

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Web Wizards W ordpress Workshop 2012 San Die go, March/April By Rob Marlb rough, for AIGA
About Me: townRob) ob Marlbrou gh (@Down R ● Owner of Web Wizards Hosting (@WebWizards), in business since 1997 http://webwizards.net/ ● Co-founder of Fandom Marketing, (@FandomMarketing), social media strategy and consulting firm http://fandommarketing.com/ ● Created Minglestream, (@Minglestream) a tweetwall for live events http://minglestream.com/
Wordpress Experience My ● Using Wordpress since 2005   ● Tech Support for hundreds of Wordpress hosting customers over many years   ● Dozens and dozens of Wordpress client projects (installations, administration, customizations, implementation, etc.)
Wo rkshop One 1st of a 4-part series. What we'll cover:   ● Wordpress Overview ● Dashboard Overview ● Theme Overview ● Multisite Overview ● Q&A
Wordpres s Overview Born from a blogging system in 2003, now it's no longer just for blogs! ● Decent at v1.5 (2005) ● Good at v2.0 (2005-2007) ● Great at v3.0 (2010-present) Powers CNN, New York Times, TechCrunch  
W ordpress.c om vs .org Wordpress.com: ● Free hosting, with basic upgrades ● Cannot upload custom themes or plugins   Wordpress.org: ● Free, open-source download ● Get a web host, full control over your site ● Upload anything, customize everything
Wo rdpress CMS Benefits of using Wordpress as a CMS: ● Easy to build with... (easy being relative) ● Easy for end-users to make changes ● Easy to find themes/developers ● Easy SEO optimization ● Easy categorized/tagged content ● Easy to add functionality via plugins Easiest CMS to build, customize, use!
Dashboar d Overview Four main areas ● Toolbar (top) ● Navigation Menu (left) ● Work Area (middle) ● Footer (bottom)
D ashboard S creenshot
Dashb oard Menu Home: Overview of content and discussions. Posts: Write, edit, trash all blog posts. Media: Upload, edit, trash media files. Pages: Write, edit, trash static pages. Comments: Approve, mark, trash comments. Appearance: Themes, Widgets, Custom Menus. Plugins: Install, activate, delete plugins. Settings: All site and plugin settings.
hboard Cus tomizations Das Plugins available to: ● white-label the dashboard & login (MyBrand plugin) ● Minimize user's views of dashboard menus (Adminimize plugin) ● Change colors, themes, add ajax menus, etc...
Theme Overview Themes are prepackaged Wordpress files that control the look & feel, colors, & placement of all the site content. Differs from HTML/CSS sites: ● The styling and placement is stored in the theme, all content is stored in the database ● Swapping themes out is easy ● PHP functions embedded within HTML  
omponents of a theme C A theme is a group of template files, (X)HTML + PHP + CSS files. ● index.php and style.css are mandatory. Other files usually included: ● header.php, footer.php, page.php, single. php, sidebar.php, comments.php, etc http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
T heme Cust omizations Modifying a 3rd party theme? ● Easily create a child theme, add customizations ● Child theme CSS overrides parent theme ● Upgrading the parent theme is still possible ● Create page template files for unique page designs http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates
Multis ite Overview Wordpress Multisite is an easy way to manage multiple web sites under one WP installation. FYI, used to be named MultiUser (WPMU) Benefits: ● Single login to access multiple sites ● Single hosting account for multiple sites (host should support domain aliases) ● Centralized admin of plugins, themes, users, authors, etc.
Multisite and clients Easily support multiple clients and their sites from one installation... managed Wordpress: ● Each client can have access to only their web site ● You can have access to everyone's web site ● You manage their plugins and themes, etc ● They can manage their content themselves
Turn o n Multisite Enabling Multisite is easy, by editing the wp- config.php file. Some caveats to mind: ● Setup is easy, but detailed ● Deactivate all plugins ● Add this line to wp-config.php: define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); ● Follow the steps in the new Network Setup menu under Tools
of Tips: Se ssion One Summary Get comfortable with Wordpress, be innovative, create services that compliment it's use. ● Use child themes to customize themes so the parent theme can still be upgraded. ● Use multisite for easy centralized management of multiple web sites. ● Ask questions first, when possible.
ant More W ordpress? W My Wordpress Workshops on Meetup.com (ongoing every 6 weeks): http://meetup.com/webhelp/ WordCamp San Diego, March 24th-25th: http://sandiego.wordcamp.org/ Facebook Groups... WP Users Group: http://on.fb. me/wpusersgroup Advanced WP: http://on.fb.me/advancedwp Wordpress.org: http://codex.wordpress.org/
Q&A Thanks!   Any questions?

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Wordpress Workshop: Session One

  • 1. Web Wizards W ordpress Workshop 2012 San Die go, March/April By Rob Marlb rough, for AIGA
  • 2. About Me: townRob) ob Marlbrou gh (@Down R ● Owner of Web Wizards Hosting (@WebWizards), in business since 1997 http://webwizards.net/ ● Co-founder of Fandom Marketing, (@FandomMarketing), social media strategy and consulting firm http://fandommarketing.com/ ● Created Minglestream, (@Minglestream) a tweetwall for live events http://minglestream.com/
  • 3. Wordpress Experience My ● Using Wordpress since 2005   ● Tech Support for hundreds of Wordpress hosting customers over many years   ● Dozens and dozens of Wordpress client projects (installations, administration, customizations, implementation, etc.)
  • 4. Wo rkshop One 1st of a 4-part series. What we'll cover:   ● Wordpress Overview ● Dashboard Overview ● Theme Overview ● Multisite Overview ● Q&A
  • 5. Wordpres s Overview Born from a blogging system in 2003, now it's no longer just for blogs! ● Decent at v1.5 (2005) ● Good at v2.0 (2005-2007) ● Great at v3.0 (2010-present) Powers CNN, New York Times, TechCrunch  
  • 6. W ordpress.c om vs .org Wordpress.com: ● Free hosting, with basic upgrades ● Cannot upload custom themes or plugins   Wordpress.org: ● Free, open-source download ● Get a web host, full control over your site ● Upload anything, customize everything
  • 7. Wo rdpress CMS Benefits of using Wordpress as a CMS: ● Easy to build with... (easy being relative) ● Easy for end-users to make changes ● Easy to find themes/developers ● Easy SEO optimization ● Easy categorized/tagged content ● Easy to add functionality via plugins Easiest CMS to build, customize, use!
  • 8. Dashboar d Overview Four main areas ● Toolbar (top) ● Navigation Menu (left) ● Work Area (middle) ● Footer (bottom)
  • 9. D ashboard S creenshot
  • 10. Dashb oard Menu Home: Overview of content and discussions. Posts: Write, edit, trash all blog posts. Media: Upload, edit, trash media files. Pages: Write, edit, trash static pages. Comments: Approve, mark, trash comments. Appearance: Themes, Widgets, Custom Menus. Plugins: Install, activate, delete plugins. Settings: All site and plugin settings.
  • 11. hboard Cus tomizations Das Plugins available to: ● white-label the dashboard & login (MyBrand plugin) ● Minimize user's views of dashboard menus (Adminimize plugin) ● Change colors, themes, add ajax menus, etc...
  • 12. Theme Overview Themes are prepackaged Wordpress files that control the look & feel, colors, & placement of all the site content. Differs from HTML/CSS sites: ● The styling and placement is stored in the theme, all content is stored in the database ● Swapping themes out is easy ● PHP functions embedded within HTML  
  • 13. omponents of a theme C A theme is a group of template files, (X)HTML + PHP + CSS files. ● index.php and style.css are mandatory. Other files usually included: ● header.php, footer.php, page.php, single. php, sidebar.php, comments.php, etc http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
  • 14. T heme Cust omizations Modifying a 3rd party theme? ● Easily create a child theme, add customizations ● Child theme CSS overrides parent theme ● Upgrading the parent theme is still possible ● Create page template files for unique page designs http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates
  • 15. Multis ite Overview Wordpress Multisite is an easy way to manage multiple web sites under one WP installation. FYI, used to be named MultiUser (WPMU) Benefits: ● Single login to access multiple sites ● Single hosting account for multiple sites (host should support domain aliases) ● Centralized admin of plugins, themes, users, authors, etc.
  • 16. Multisite and clients Easily support multiple clients and their sites from one installation... managed Wordpress: ● Each client can have access to only their web site ● You can have access to everyone's web site ● You manage their plugins and themes, etc ● They can manage their content themselves
  • 17. Turn o n Multisite Enabling Multisite is easy, by editing the wp- config.php file. Some caveats to mind: ● Setup is easy, but detailed ● Deactivate all plugins ● Add this line to wp-config.php: define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); ● Follow the steps in the new Network Setup menu under Tools
  • 18. of Tips: Se ssion One Summary Get comfortable with Wordpress, be innovative, create services that compliment it's use. ● Use child themes to customize themes so the parent theme can still be upgraded. ● Use multisite for easy centralized management of multiple web sites. ● Ask questions first, when possible.
  • 19. ant More W ordpress? W My Wordpress Workshops on Meetup.com (ongoing every 6 weeks): http://meetup.com/webhelp/ WordCamp San Diego, March 24th-25th: http://sandiego.wordcamp.org/ Facebook Groups... WP Users Group: http://on.fb. me/wpusersgroup Advanced WP: http://on.fb.me/advancedwp Wordpress.org: http://codex.wordpress.org/
  • 20. Q&A Thanks!   Any questions?