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If…
• You’re tired with spending too much time on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube…
If…
• You have so many things to tell the world but feel blog is too old school
If…
• You just want to spend an hour to know something interesting…and wait for weekend’s coming…
This is the time for…
~prepared by Wei
WORKSHOP
Check out these cool sites first!!!
My Dream Website is…• What’s it about?
• Why do you want it?• Who’s your audience?• What’s that gonna look
like?
It’s not rocket science!!!
WE CAN DO IT!!!
In this workshop*…
• Wordpress ABC• Installation• Play around~• Be a WP monster!
* All the pictures are collected from Internet but I’m too lazy to add references…
Only one rule…
• If you have any question, please let everyone know!
• Forget about fancy terms, WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
• It’s FREE and PRICELESS.
Matt Mullenweg
History of WordPress
• First released May 27, 2003• when he’s 19!!!
• Developed by thousands of volunteers all over the world
• Used by over 13% of top 1,000,000 sites
• Dominant content management system
• 2005 Wordpress.com
It’s a SOFTWARE, the focus of this workshop. It’s a for-profit BLOG HOST.
Pros: Pros:
Cons: Cons:
• It’s COOL!• It’s your site, it’s your call.• Support Google Ads• Highly customizable Plug-ins & Themes (that’s the magical part!!)
• Free plan for beginners• Zero technical skills required installation, updates, maintenance, backup, they help all• Flexible VIP plan• A Wordpress community
• Limited Customization• Just blogs• xxx.wordpress.com trust me, it’s not cool
• Install, update, backup manually• Software is free. But you have to pay for domain and web host.
Ready to START?!!!
1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Domain ‘www.onionpeng.com’, it’s just a unique NAME of your site
• Price: usually $9.99/year for a TLD (some .me domain costs only $1.99/year)
• Always remember to check coupon before purchasing anything. (http://www.retailmenot.com/)
• Host Where you put all your files in the Internet
• Usually around $6/month (some sharing plan is only $3/month)
1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Host requirement– PHP version 5.2.4 or greater–MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater– Remote control supported
• Let’s face it…most of the hosting services you can find definitely support WP
1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Many services provide domain service and host plan together. You don’t need to set up any thing to ‘link’ them.
• My personal choice: WpWebhost Rookie Plan (USD 39.99/Year, domain included) not available to new users anymore
1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
2. Installation
• If you’re using WpWebhost or page.ly, they will install the latest version of Wordpress for you.
• If you choose HostGator, Bluehost and maybe other host service, ‘ONE-CLICK’ installation is available.
• If you just have to do it yourself, well, let’s have a quick look at the famous 5-minute installation guideline!
• A video about the 5-minute installation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq86rgU3rCU
LET’S PLAY!!!
A little tour to DASHBOARD
Now you should know…
• Post• Page• Media• And lots of basic settings
HERE COMES THE FUN PART!!!
Widgets/Sidebar
• Most themes come with widgets• Sidebar functions include
– Search– Custom Text– Links– Subscribe– Articles posted– Tag cloud– Slideshows– …
• Most widgets needs plug-in support
Themes!!!
• Themes– They make your site beautiful!
• Rich resource here: http://welovewp.com/• How to modify layout a little CSS knowledge
How to Choose a Theme
• Navigation– Page display friendly? Drop-down menu?
• Theme Options– Color change available?
• Widget Ready–Well-set sidebar?
• Source Files– Editable?
Plug-ins• Plug-ins! You can’t have them in
Wordpress.com!
• Widgets-2,087 plugins• Posts- 2,586• Admin- 1,090 • Sidebar- 1,059 • Comments- 806• Images- 723• Links- 613
• General– WP Super Cache
• Help you speed up your site
– Google Analyticator• Track website traffic
– Disqus/Intense Debate• Interactive commenting system
– All-in-one SEO• Simple SEO tool then google can find you!
– Akismet (already built in)• Preventing spam
Plug-ins
• Web 2.0 Optimization– Add this
• Integrated Web
– TweetMeme/Like• You know…twitter!
– Facebook Likebox– Real-time tweets/facebook status (Plug-ins can help but
simple coding works as well)
• Video/Photo Optimization– WP Media Plugin– NextGen Gallery
• A better media management tool
– Photo EFX plug-ins• e.g. MonoSlideShow, lightbox
– NextGen Flash Viewer
Plug-ins
SOME TIPS
• No need to always keep your Wordpress updated– You will lose a lot of useful plug-ins
• Always Backup!– Use “BackUpWordPress”
• Define a Favicon for your site– All In One Favicon
• Enable Gravatars for visitors– Visitor’s online identity
• Set up News Feed for your readers– Feedburner
• Use “Blog Protector” if you don’t want anyone copy your content without telling you
You want Google Love you• Customize Permalinks• Tags• SEO friendly images
– have ALT and TITLE attributes defined – relevant title
• SEO Plug-ins– All-in-on SEO + Scribe Service + Google XML Sitemap– + Related Posts
• Meta description• Keyword placement
– 20% rule– Headline + first and last paragraph
• Linking strategy– External/Internal link: only link to valuable pages – Don’t put too many sites in your sidebar
• Don’t forget social media• Don’t use flash!
In the next workshop…
• Advanced skills of WP– How to customize your theme (We will learn
CSS+HTML!!!)– Earn a little money from Google Adsense– More about SEO – Web 2.0 Optimization– Multi-media optimization
• Other things you want to know!!!
• WHEN?