Introduction to WordPress Innovation Academy May8 2015

Introduction

Catherine Duggan

About Me

Introduction

Free Content Management System•Blogs

•Websites

Wordpress

• News

• Fortune 500

WordPress Websites

Aim

Aim:• To introduce WordPress

Content Management System

Objectives:1. Demonstrate how to register an account

2. Explain how to configure basic settings

3. Illustrate differences between pages and posts

4. Importance of responsive design themes

Getting Started

Get started in 4 easy steps:

1. Register

Go to Wordpress.com

Set up Username and Password

2. Pick a web address

Free: YourAddress.wordpress.com

Getting Started/cont

Get started in 4 easy steps:

3. Choose a planBasic (free), premium or business

4. Navigate to your blog’s dashboardGet a profile

Dashboard: Users >> My Profile

Set your title

Dashboard: Settings >> General

1. Register

2. Pick a Web Address

3. Choose a Plan

4. Navigate to Dashboard

Get a Profile

Set Your Title

Getting a Personality

Free WordPress Theme: Sequential

Customising

Final WordPress Website

3. Pages & Posts

Pages

•Static and are not listed by date

•Do not use tags or categories

Posts

•Entries listed in reverse chronological order on blog home page or on the posts page

3. Pages & Posts /cont

Website

Pages Pages (menu)

Page

Blog

Posts

Post

Blog

4. Responsive Design Themes

Responsive design• Displays correctly across all devices

Desktop

Tablet

iPhone

Android

All websites now ranked on Google according to whether they’re mobile friendly

4. Responsive Design Theme /cont

Website Design Packages

Coded

http://www.coded.ie/web-solutions/index.php

Aim

Aim:• To introduce WordPress

Content Management System

Objectives:1. Demonstrate how to register an account

2. Explain how to configure basic settings

3. Illustrate differences between pages and posts

4. Importance of responsive design themes

Additional InformationWordPress: Get Started

• https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/

Google Mobile Friendly Checker (Responsive Theme)

• https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

WordPress: Domains

• Your WordPress.com blog comes with a free address, like example.wordpress.com. You can get rid of the .wordpress.com part and use a custom domain name instead, like example.com. Adding a domain is a paid upgrade:

• https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

• https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/your-own-domain-address-on-wordpress-com-absolutely/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog

Catherine Duggan

Email: [email protected]

Linkedin: ie.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-kearns/40/b4a/126/

Conclusion

Thank you for your attention

Any questions?