BASIC Wordpress content management training August 2014

Wordpress Content Management Training 2014

How to add and manage content using Wordpress (part 1)

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What you will learn

• What is Wordpress– What is a CMS– What costs are involved– How does it all fit together

• How Content works in Wordpress– How posting content works– Hands on Demo – Publishing a page and a post

What you will not learn

• Administrator functions including;– How to install Wordpress– How to manage plugins and themes– How to back up Wordpress– How to protect from hackers

• Any skills outside of the Wordpress environment

By the end of this Training

• You should be able to use wordpress.com or worpress.org to operate a blog– .com is very easy to set up so you should be able

to get started with a wordpress.com if you want.

• Understand the fundamental building blocks of Wordpress at a high level– What everything is and how it works together

What is Wordpress

What is Wordpress?

• Content Management System (CMS)• A way to manage content without changing breaking the

website

• Free*• Costs can include: Hosting, plugins, themes, support etc

• Wordpress.com vs Wordpress.org• Wordpress.com is commercial (free and paid)• Wordpress.org is non-commercial but you have other costs

Components

How Popular is Wordpress?

Social Media Statistics Australia – June 2014

1. Facebook – 13,200,000 users 2. YouTube – 12,750,000 UAVs3. WordPress.com – 6,300,0004. Tumblr – 4,900,0005. LinkedIn – 3,700,0006. Blogspot – 2,950,0007. Twitter - 2,500,000 Active Australian Users 8. Instagram - 1,600,000 Active Australian Users9. TripAdvisor – 1,450,00010. Snapchat - 1,070,000 Active Australian Users

Logging inHow to get access to the back end

Logging In

• Yourwebsite.com/wp-login

• You will know if you are logged in by a black bar along the top

• if it doesn’t work, contact your web developer

Wordpress Permissions

– Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.

– Editor – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.

– Author – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.

– Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.

– Subscriber – somebody who can only manage their profile.

About Content If you can use a word processor then you can use

Wordpress.

Content Types

What can I post?• Videos– Best practice to host them offsite (youtube etc)

• Pictures• Text• Embedded scripts and frames• Files (PDF’s, Zip files, powerpoints etc)

Differences

• Pages– Like web pages, not ordered by date

• Posts– Like Blog posts/news articles, ordered by date

• Custom Post Type (not standard)– Inputting special content for themes or plugins

Categories Vs Tags

If categories are your table of contents, tags are your index

• Category (hierarchical)– Classify exactly what your post/page is about– Example: Cars = BMW, SUV

• Tags (not hierarchical)– Details about your pages or posts. – Example: Cars = 4 door, Power Steering, Airbags

What will it look like?

Weblog Client (WYSIWYG)

• Advantages– The ability to write posts without having to go

online– The ability to save drafts– A nicer interface– Fancy formatting features– Features like cross-posting to multiple blogs– Faster uploading and addition of photos– The ability to keep local backup

Hands OnLets see this hands on

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Hands on

• How to use the text editor in Wordpress– Things to watch out for– Using correct formatting

• Customising the editor• How to add photos to a post• How to embed a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6AaM6Rk4Zk)

Board Management Pluginhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/nonprofit-board-management

/ (Part 2)

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What this plugin does

• Easily See Board Member Info• Post Upcoming Events and Accept RSVPs• Find Who’s On Each Committee• Access Board Resources* – *This doesn’t work as well as it should

• Training Videos Built into the plugin

What you will learn

• Board Members– Access Training Videos– Create and RSVP to event– Create and join committees– Access Committee Resources

• Admins– How to manage users and new board members

Other Plugins used

• Privacy Plugin– jonradio Private Site

• Board Files– File Away– Requires FTP Access– Can use Standard

Wordpress editor or third party

Roles

• Administrator– make or break the site– Add/change/remove new users– Option of being a board member

• Board Member– Special User with very restricted access– Cannot change any of the content of the site

How it will look to RYLA CommitteeThis is a custom site setup just for the committee

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How the home page looks

Where all the files are

Hands OnLets see this hands on

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Hands on

• http://board.uptakesolutions.com.au/

Further Training

• Free– http://wordpress.tv/– http://uptakesolutions.com.au/free– http://youtube.com