DBS-Week9-Wordpress-Session

Wordpress Workshop

Keith FeigheryDirector of Digital Strategy

Contact Details

www.linkedin.com/in/keithfeighery

www.twitter.com/kfeighery

www.faceboook.com/keith.feighery

[email protected]

086 6070274

Agenda

• Introduction to Wordpress– Wordpress.com Vs Wordpress.org

• Wordpress Case Studies and Examples• Setting up Site on Wordpress.com• Walk through of Wordpress Features– Administration, Themes, Plugins, Post & Pages, Adding Images,

Audio & Video– Embedding Content from Youtube and Flickr

Wordpress Overview

• Excellent low barrier to entry publishing platform• Open source platform• Easy to use CMS system to produce and distribute all forms of

digital media – text, Images, audio, video, RSS• Easy to Connect Wordpress site with other social media sites– Twitter, Facebook etc…

• Very extensible platform where further functionality can be added

• Search Engine Friendly infrastructure along with SEO plugins

Wordpress.com Vs Wordpress.org

Wordpress.com

• Wordpress.com– A managed environment to set up Websites and blogs

provided for free (basic set-up)– Basic version will have wordpress in the url – e.g.

http://www.website.wordpress.com– Can map an existing domain (www.website.com) to a

wordpress.com website– Limited functionality on wordpress.com in comparison to

wordpress.org• No plugin functionality• Limited Theme Customisation

Wordpress.org

• Wordpress.org– Open source version of wordpress– Self-Managed system where users have to download the

software from wordpress.org– Users have to have domain name registered and hosting

package– Users have to upload wordpress on to webserver and set up

database– Once deployed, users have complete control over the

customisation and functionality of the wordpress.org site– Users respoonsible for security, back-ups, maintenance and

support of their own site

Wordpress.com

Wordpress.org

Irish Wordpress Sites

Digital Insights

DMI

James Whelan Butchers

Donal Skehan

Blogs

IIA Blog

Icecream Ireland Blog

Peter Lonegan

MAKE UP AND BEAUTY

Using Wordpress.com

Wordpress.com

Dashboard

Add Post

Add New Page

Add Media

Adding Videos

Insert Link or Embed Code

Embedded Vido

Change Themes

Use Widgets

Sharing Buttons

Add Menus

Add Polls

General Settings

Reading Settings

Site Tools

Export Data

Privacy Settings

Domain Mapping

Front End

Self-Hosted Settings

Permalink Settings

Permalink Tags

Wordpress Plugins

Plugins

• Plugins extend the functionality of wordpress• Easy to deploy and configure• E.g. plugins – SEO, Tweet Me, ShareThis, Podcast, • For the most part, are Free to use

Plugins

Content Plugins

Tiny MCE Advanced Editor

NextGen Gallery Plugin

Viper video Plugin

WordTube Plugin

Audio Player Plugin

Related Post Plugin

WP to Twitter

Widget Logic

SEO Plugins

All in One SEO Pack

All in One Settings

SEO Friendly Images

Analytics

Google Analytics Plugin

Google Analyticator

Posts and Pages Plugins

Contact Form 7

WidgetContext

Related Posts Plugin

Share Plugins

ShareThis Plugin

ShareThis Settings

Mobile Plugins

WP-Touch Plugin

WP Mobile Settings

Website Admin and Infrastructure Plugins

Database Backup Plugin

Better WP Security

Security Scan Plugin

Google XML Sitemaps

Wordpress Bought Themes and Frameworks

Bought Themes

• Provide Out of the Box Design and Functionality• Enable easy cutomisation of Themes without having to

handcraft CSS code • Provide in-built plugin functionality for SEO, Backups,

No-follows, Google Analytics, JQuery Sliders, Security etc..

• Provide multiple theme templates to facilitate creation of Content Management Systems

WP Remix Themes

Woo Themes

Woo - Canvas Theme

Thank You