This slide deck was used during the WP101 presentation at WordCamp Cincinatti 2016, presented by Angie Meeker.

1. You’re in the right spot.

4. Hi, I’m Angie.
MyNameIsAngie.com
FreelancersConference.com
@angiemeeker on Twitter

5. 2001
b2 is launched
2003 WordPress
is launched
as a fork
of b2

6. = GPL
v2

7. 2005
Matt Mullenwag
launches Automattic
2005 Automattic
launches
WordPress.com
2010
Matt founds WordPress
Foundation

10. Core Developers
Mobile Group
Polyglots
Accessibility
Meta
TV
Flow
Design Group
Themes
Plugins
Documentation
Support
Community
Training
People build WordPress

11. People build WordPress
things for^
3,500
themes
45,000
plugins
163
languages

12. wordpress.org/support
codex.wordpress.org
Cincinnati WordPress Meetup
WordCamps
wpbeginner.com
wp101.com
Where to go for help

14. BUILDING A WEBSITE
IS LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE.
LAND = HOSTING
ADDRESS = DOMAIN
MAILBOX = EMAIL
HOUSE = WEBSITE
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15. HOSTING COMPANIES
Dreamhost.com
Siteground.com
GetFlywheel.com
WiredTree.com
WPEngine.com
Pantheon.io
A2Hosting.com
GoDaddy Managed WP
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16. Need Hosting?
Pantheon.io
Get Free Account
Create New Site > Deploy WordPress
Visit Pantheon Dashboard > Site Admin
Choose Language
Add Site title and username
Install WordPress then Login
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18. other files
including
wp-config.php
.htaccess
index.php
The wp-config.php file contains
a roadmap to your MySQL
database.
wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
If wordpress threw up…

19. Inside wp-config.php is WordPress’
roadmap for connecting to MySQL
database

20. -When installing WordPress yourself manually,
you have to enter these values after creating a MySQL database.
-When using a one-click install through a host,
they create the database and fill in these values for you.

21. what’s in the database?
http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description
wp_commentmeta Meta information per comment
wp_comments Comments
wp_links Information related to the Links feature
wp_options Options set under Administration>Settings
wp_postmeta Meta information per post
wp_posts Posts, Pages, Navigation Menu Items
wp_terms Categories and Tags
wp_term_relationships Association of posts with categories, link categories
wp_term_taxonomy Description of taxonomy (category, link, tag)
wp_usermeta Meta information per user
wp_users List of users

22. With WordPress connected to your MySQL database,
we’ll use PHP to retrieve that information
through directions specific to the page viewed on your site.
These PHP directions for each page template,
along with the CSS to style those directions,
make up your WordPress theme.
putting it all together…

23. Hi, I’m Angie.
MyNameIsAngie.com
FreelancersConference.com
@angiemeeker on Twitter