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Learning Word Press

You will learn how to

• Get your own www.yourname.com• Get hosting for your website• Get a design for your website• Learn how to create pages, upload

pictures, add blog posts• Add plugins to your website• Promote your website online

Domain name

.com - commercial

.net - network

.org - organization

.edu - educational

.gov – governmental

.ru, .in, .ch, .jp – international

Where can I get own my domain name?

www.GoDaddy.com

Searching a Domain name

Searching a Domain name

Searching a Domain name

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Hosting

• Hosting is a place where all your online files reside

Hosting

• Types of files in Internet

Just HTML

Just HTML(lnside Look)

HTML & CSS

HTML+CSS+Images

Domain, Hosting & User

Hosting

• Hostgator.com – why is it good?– Fast– Cheap $4/month– Reliable– Unlimited Disk Space– Unlimited Bandwidth– Easy to manage websites– Easy to install any software

Hosting

Hosting

Hosting

Hosting

Hosting

• Check your email• Copy this part to you clipboard

Godaddy.com

Godaddy.com

Godaddy.com

Godaddy.com

Go to your email

• Login to Hostgator using your login and password

Login to Hostgator

• Login to Hostgator using your login and password

Hostgator

• login and password

Hostgator

• login and password

Hostgator

Let’s take a break

Open your website in Browser

Setting up your website

• Login to Hostgator Cpanel

Setting up your website

• Install Wordpress

Setting up your website

Setting up your website

Setting up your website

Setting up your website

Wordpress

Wordpress

• What is Wordpress?• Why is it best blogging

platform?• Themes (Design)

• Free vs Premuim vs Custom

• Plugins• What is RSS

– RSS readers

Wordpress

Building block of every blog is a Post.Every post has:• Title• Category• Date• Content(text, images, video etc)• Tags• Author• Comments

Wordpress

To better understand a concept of apost let’s take a look at this page:

http://www.BeMoreThanYouAre.com

Wordpress

Basic operations• Add a category• Create/Edit/Delete posts• Postponing a post• Inserting an image

Wordpress

Add a category

Wordpress

Add a category

Wordpress

Manage your category

Wordpress

Adding a post

Adding a post

Adding a post

Adding a post

Adding a post

Edit your content

Wordpress: Insert image

For the sake of experiment:• Go to Google.com• Search for anything

e.g. Grand Canyon• Click on image that you like• Click on Full Size Image (on

right)• Save it to your desktop

Wordpress: Insert image

Wordpress: Insert image

Wordpress

• Plugins: are small great scripts that extend Wordpress capabilities.

Plugins

• Post Views: Display number of views

Post ViewsSidebarWidget

Post Views Stats

So how to install a plugin?

So how to install a plugin?

Configure your plugin

Wordpress

• Integrating Share button• Integrating social media

– Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Flickr

Wordpress Social Plugins

• Search for plugin:– Trackable Social Share Icons

• Install it• Test run it

Wordpress Feedback Plugin

• Search for plugin:– Tiny Contact Form

• Install it• Configure it• Insert into any

page [TINY-CONTACT-FORM]

• Test run it

Wordpress AntiSpam Plugin

Wordpress AntiSpam Plugin

Wordpress AntiSpam Plugin

Wordpress Plugins

• Integrating social media– Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Flickr

• I think we should do this in our Social media Workshop

Wordpress

• What is page?Create a page “about us” and “contact us”.

Wordpress: Settings

• General settings:you can change blog name, your email and date/time view

• Discussion:You can control who can comment your blog and email notifications

• Permalinks (Custom Structure):/%category%/%postname%/

Wordpress

Where to get images for your website?

• Google Images – NO!!

• Flickr –YES! Don’t forget to put a link to a source.

Wordpress

• Where to get images for your website?

• Stock Photos– www.123RF.com– $1 for a high quality photo

Wordpress

• Choosing a Theme for your website

• Free: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

• Premium:www.woothemes.com/themes/

Wordpress Themes

• FREE vs Premium?

• Go Premium because:– Better designs and great images– Tons of options to tweak– No need to know programming– More secure

Wordpress: Choosing a Theme

Wordpress: Choosing a Theme

Wordpress: Choosing a Theme

It is a same theme!

Buying a Theme

• http://www.woothemes.com/themes/personal-blog/

• View-> Demo

Buying a Theme

• Choose from 3 to 5 themes

Buying a Theme

• Fill out your information

Downloading a Theme

Installing a Wordpress Theme

Installing a Theme

Wordpress Widgets

Customizing Widgets• Small blocks of information

– Pages(Most viewed)– Categories– Calendar– Twitter stream– Ads– Subscribe form– Any text

Wordpress Widgets

Wordpress

• Plugins• SEO plugins• Anti Spam• Feedback form• Subscribe form• Daily Website Backup• Security plugins• Social media plugins

Wordpress

• Plugins• Page views• Analytics• Galleries• SlideDeck

Analytics

• How people get to your website– Search engines– From friend’s websites– Direct typing

• Keywords• Which content is popular• What is Bounce rate?

Get your own Email

• Google.com/a/• How to add email address and

setup a redirect

Analytics

• Google Analytics• Google Webmaster tools• Other paid analytics tools