Vanier College Social Media Workshop Series - Wordpress

1. WordPress
Presented by: Rosanna Montoute

2. Wordpress
 WordPress is a free and open source blogging platform and a
Content-Management System (CMS)
 WordPress is used by more than 18.9% of the top 10 million
websites as of August 2013
 WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the
at more than 60 million websites
 WordPress was first released on May 27, 2003, by its
founders, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little
As of September 2013, version 3.6 had been
downloaded more than 6 million times.
The latest version 3.7 was released on
October 23rd, 2013.

3. Agenda
1. WordPress.com versus Wordpress.org
2. The WordPress Dashboard
3. Setting up your WordPress site
a. Selecting a theme
b. Plugins and Widgets (search for plugins and widgets)
4. Posting content
a. Page versus Post
b. The visual editor
c. Publishing, Draft, Privacy, Password
d. Inserting images
e. Adding video
f. Photo galleries
g. Sharing icons
h. Creating a contact form
i. Menu, Categories and tags

4. Two Flavors of WordPress
WordPress.com
WordPress.org
(free)
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Themes
Widgets
Plugins
Security &
Privacy
(Hosted – Paid)
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Themes
Widgets
Plugins
Security &
Privacy

5. WordPress Dashboard
Main Tabs
Home
Posts
Links
Pages
Appearance
Tools
Settings

6. WordPress Theme
What is a Theme?
A WordPress Theme is a collection of files
that work together to produce a graphical
interface with an underlying unifying
design for a weblog. These files are called
template files. A Theme modifies the way
the site is displayed, without modifying the
underlying software.

7. Plugins & Widgets
Plugins
Widgets
A WordPress plugin allows you
to add a function to WordPress
by downloading a software
script. There are thousands of
plugins you can download for
free that will make your
WordPress installation more
powerful. Some plugins are
visible to the viewer of your
WordPress while others are for
the admin where only you can
see they are present.
A WordPress widget is an
object you can add to your
sidebar usually derived from a
plugin. A widget is very
important for your WordPress
installation because the
sidebar is where the action is
other than your content. A
well-organized sidebar is
essential for reader interaction,
and to explore other content on
your WordPress.

8. Page & Post
Post
Page
Pages are static and are not
listed by date. Pages do not
use tags or categories. Pages
can be displayed in the
sidebar using the Pages
widget, and some themes
display pages in tabs at the
top of the blog.
Posts are entries listed in reverse
chronological order on the blog
home page or on the posts page if
you have set one in Settings →
Reading. If you have created any
sticky posts, those will appear
before the other posts. Posts can
be found in the
Archives, Categories, Recent
Posts, and other widgets. You can
control how many posts are
displayed at a time in the Reading
Settings.

9. Menu, Categories, Tags
Menus
Tags
Categories
Menus will show
in the header area
at the top of your
site (the main
navigation area),
though this
location can vary
from theme to
theme.
Category Page will
allow you to create a
filtered blog feed that
displays only the
posts from within a
specific category.
Only categories with
at least one
published post in
them will appear in
the list.
Tags provide a useful
way to group related
posts together and to
quickly tell readers
what a post is about.
Tags also make it
easier for people to
find your content.
The use of tags is
completely optional.

10. Updates
Expect frequent Wordpress,
themes and plugins updates.
You must update in order for
your site to function properly….
Expect lots of bugs and
glitches….
Expect some plugins will cause
problems as they sometime
conflict with your blog theme…

11. Homework!!!
Create minimum 3 Pages
- Disclaimer
- Return Policy
- Privacy Policy
Create a private page
Create a password protected
page
Create 5 categories
- Shoes
- Boots
- Coats
- Buttons
- Jeans
Add minimum 3 Plugins
- Project Management
- Newsletter
Add minimum 3 widgets
Post minimum 3 posts
Add 3 photos
Add 2 videos
Search and activate 3 themes
Email your blog link to me
for evaluation and
feedback