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- 2. Overview • What is WordPress • How it Works • Updating WordPress • Modifying Your Website — Admin Overview — Adding Users — Posts-vs-Pages — Editing Posts and Pages — Formatting Text — Adding Posts — Writing Titles — Adding Photos and PDFs
- 5. A free publishing platform that allows you to easily create content for the web.
- 7. WordPress powers over 20% of the Web
- 8. Why? • Free (but….. you need a server to host your website) • Easy to use • Open Source • Don’t need to know code • Control your own content • SEO friendly • Easy to get help
- 9. Difference Between WordPress.Com and WordPress.Org
- 10. WordPress.ComVs WordPress.Com Picture Credit: https://blog.rooof.com
- 11. Questions?
- 12. Web DesignTrends • Clean, Minimal and Simple • Flat Design • Responsive Design • User Experience • Content is King
- 13. Live Demo Watch Me Build a Website
- 14. Live Demo List • The Dashboard • Settings • Post & Pages • Posting Content • Text, Links, Images, gallery and video • Embedding Codes • Widgets (Sidebar) • Themes • Plugins !
- 15. • WordPress is an open source, free blogging tool and content management system (CMS) powered by PHP and MySQL • Installed in your hosting space • You can update your site from any computer that has internet access The number of Websites (as of Feb 2014) using WordPress. That is almost 20% of ALL websites!
- 16. How Your Website Works The Internet • The Internet is made up of inter-connected servers, fancy computers, that act like file cabinets. • Domain names are labels used to tell Internet browsers which hosting space on the servers, or the location of your website, to look at. • Each hosting space contains files, folders and documents. These files make up a website. =
- 17. How Your Website Works Viewing Your Site • A URL (domain name) is typed into an address bar of an internet browser. • Code is retrieved from a hosting space, translated by the server, paired with information from a database. • Displayed on an internet browser code server+ database
- 18. Ways to Modify Your Site Create users Edit Menus Add Posts Edit text Add Pages Place Images Upload Files Embed Videos
- 20. Admin Anatomy
- 21. Admin Anatomy Main Menu • Only present when on an admin page • Allows you to navigate from one admin page to another • Most of what you want to do lives here
- 22. Admin Anatomy Shortcut Menu • Present when you’re logged in • Displays on every page • Allows you to navigate quickly to do common tasks • Allows you to navigate from public to admin sides of site Clicking on your site name will take you to the home page of your website
- 23. Admin Anatomy Page Header • Changes based on which page you’re on • Allows you to change page settings • Displays notifications about updates and uncompleted tasks • Shares the page you’re on For example we’re currently on the “Dashboard” page
- 24. Admin Anatomy Page Body • Displays editing options on each page or section • Contains additional navigational elements • Each page has different editing options Blue buttons are action buttons allowing you to permanently save or publish Action Panel
- 25. Efficiently Yours Each screen is modifiable • Check the fields you would like to see in your editing screen • Uncheck the fields you would like to ignore
- 26. Adding Users Types of WordPress users • Administrator - Somebody who has access to all the administration features • Editor - Somebody who can publish posts, manage posts as well as manage other people's posts, etc • Author - Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts • Contributor - Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish posts • Subscriber - Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive newsletters, etc
- 27. Add a User Add a user Choose a user level Investigate Screen Options
- 28. PAGE Posts -vs- Pages is displayed on pages or posts for the public to view POST Text Image File Link Video Information on your site
- 29. Posts -vs- Pages Posts • Timely information • Modular format can be displayed on multiple pages • Divided into categories • Can not display a page within a post • Longer URL • Think blog entry or Facebook status update Pages • Static information • Confined format can only be displayed on a page • Divided by parent pages • Can display one or multiple posts • Short URL • Think Word Document or PowerPoint slide
- 30. Pages • Most places on navigation link to a page • To edit posts on a page you edit the posts • Organized by parent pages PAGE • Home • About • Contact • Services/Programs/Products • History • Location • Hours • Menu • Areas of Practice • Staff/Board • Sponsors PAGE PAGE PAGE Parent Pages PAGE PAGE PAGE Sub Pages
- 31. Page Example Links to other main pages Navigation • One large entry • No “read more” links • Listed on and highlighted in main navigation • Straight forward URL: http://www.mayecreate.com/contact/ Page Specific Content
- 32. PAGE Posts • Grouped into categories and displayed on a page POSTPOST • Can be displayed on more than one page or in more than one category POST • Staff or board members • Products • News and press releases • Blog entries • FAQ • Resources • Terminology • Job listings • Testimonials • Announcements • Events • Portfolio
- 33. Post Example • Multiple short entries • Read more links Post
- 34. • Not list in main navigation • Longer URL, usually with dates: http://www.mayecreate.com/2010/02/trackbacks -and-pingbacks/ Page Specific Content
- 35. Still not sure about posts and pages? That’s OK we can talk about it one-on-one.
- 36. Editing Pages/Posts Quick Edit and Sorting Features
- 37. Editing a Page/Post Visual vs HTML Kitchen sink Preview changes Change to draft Revisions Autosave!
- 38. Editing a Page/Post: Text Styles • H1 is used for the title of the page and already applied for you • Use the other styles in order of hierarchy to add organization and structure to your page • H2, H3, H4, H5 • Search engines read the styles this way when reading your page, surprisingly people do too! • Maintains consistency and professionalism • Saves time!
- 39. Formatting Text Applying Styles Removing Styles Pasting From Microsoft Word Shift + Enter
- 40. Editing a Page/Post • It won’t look the same from front to back • Check early and check often • If everything is bold, nothing is bold • Don’t underline it looks like a link • Shift+Enter • Pasting from Microsoft Word • Unformatting Routine Checks Rules of Thumb Tricks
- 41. Adding a Post How to get there (or anywhere really ) Look, Think, Click Efficient Workspace Layouts, the art of drag and drop
- 42. Write a title that applies to your page or post so browsers and viewers can learn what’s on your page Adding a Post: Writing Titles
- 43. Adding a Post: Writing Titles
- 44. Adding a Post: Writing Titles
- 45. Adding a Post • Choose a category – If you don’t it will choose the default • Scheduling – By scheduling posts to release in the future you can make your site appear regularly updated – Lets Google know you’re actively adding to the site on a regular basis • Read more link
- 46. Adding Links • How to add a link • Opening a link in a new window – PDF – Other websites • Photos can be used as links also • What words to link – Stay away from “click here” – Link words that represent the page you’re linking to
- 47. Adding a Post in Action Write a title Choosing a category Publishing Viewing on website Add a link
- 48. Adding a Photo • Can always make it smaller but making it bigger will make it blurry • Add titles but don’t start with a number • Add alt tags to describe the image • Add captions to assist skimming, give meaning • Use real photos when possible • Can upload photos: – In Media Library – In the page or post (gallery)
- 49. Adding Photos and PDFs Upload a photo Name and add alt tags and captions Linking Alignment Sizing Cropping Uploading PDFs Modifying link target on PDFs
- 50. Questions?
- 55. WhereTo Get Help • Google • Youtube • WordPress Support Forum http://WordPress.org/support • WordPress Answers http://WordPress.stackexchange.com • Boston WordPress http://www.meetup.com/boston-WordPress-meetup • WordCamps http://central.wordcamp.org • Me
- 56. Suggestions • WordPress is easy. • Creating content for your website is hard. • Don’t spend too much time on WordPress until you have determined your website structure (sitemap) and have all your content ready (including graphics, photos and videos). • Utilize WordPress (themes and plugins) to best communicate your website content to your target audience. • Don’t let design (theme) dictate the content of your website.
- 57. Questions?
- 58. ThankYou Email: anvith3@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/anvith3 Website: www.webmastermotu.me