Getting started with WordPress Pages & Posts. WordCamp Miami 2014 Beginner Workshop

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Getting Started
Creating Content With WordPress
Steven Alig
www.soflaweb.com

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Creating Content With WordPress

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Basic WordPress Dashboard

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Content Types
• Posts!
• Pages!
• Media
• Comments
• Custom Post types

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Posts

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Posts
• Content entries listed in reverse chronological order
• Timely
• Organized by Categories and Tags
• Encourage conversation through comment feature
• Generally share the same template and layout.
• Social and meant to be shared

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Pages

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Pages
• Basic static type pages
• Hierarchical not chronological
• Custom templates can be created for different
types of pages
• Not social

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Adding Content
• Post Formats
• Post Title vs. Slug
• Post Visibility - Public, Private and Password
Protected
• Post Status - Published, Draft, Pending Review

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Adding Content

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Adding Content
• Scheduling posts
• Styling text
• Adding images/media

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Adding Content

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Adding Media
• Images
• Featured Images
• Photo Gallery
• Video
• Audio

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Categories vs. Tags
• When to use Categories
• When to use tags
• How many should I use?
• How to create and edit
Categories and Tags

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Comments
• Enable / Disable
• Global & per page/post
• Moderation

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Resources
• codex.wordpress.org
• wordpress.org/support/
• www.wpbeginner.com
• www.google.com
• www.memegenerator.net

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THANK YOU