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A Guide to WordPress for business analysts, project managers, and developer volunteers
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The GiveCamp BA/PM/Developer’s Guide
to WordPress
Presented by Sarah [email protected]
Originally created for Software Craftsmanship Guild
What is WordPress?
• Content Management System (CMS)•Makes it easy for even non-technical users to maintain their website’s content• Allows site managers to manage their uploaded media• Supports themes to offer a variety of stock layouts, as well as offer customized layouts• Supports plugins to add in functionality not built into the core
Platforms that Support WordPress• LAMP (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP)• LEMP (Linux / Nginx / MySQL / PHP)•WAMP (Windows / Apache / MySQL / PHP)•WIMP (Windows / IIS / MySQL / PHP)
Installing WordPress via Dreamhost
The Beauty of the One-Click Install
Through a One-Click Install
•DNS Propagation• Any other host-specific gotchas• Empty directory (DreamHost requirement)
Screenshots of One-Click Install
Features
• Posts•Media• Pages• Comments• Appearance• Plugins•Users• Tools• Settings
Posts
• Appear in the posts page of a site•Doesn’t always appear on the front page, depending on the theme• Permissions can be set so that people can add posts to be reviewed before being published
Posts (continued)
• Can be scheduled to appear on a certain date• Cannot be set to disappear on a certain date by default (more on this later)• Can be assigned to multiple categories• Can have multiple tags•May have different templates, depending on the theme (more on this later)•Has Visual and Text editors
Media
•Media library for storing files that would be beneficial to the site• Commonly used for attachments to pages and posts•May be used as featured images and in carousels (more on these later)• File size limitation – managed in PHP.ini file
Pages
•May contain posts, calendar, forms, and other content• Can be scheduled to appear on a certain date•May have a parent page, used in navigation•May have a selection of templates (depending on the theme)• Can control the order of pages•May have a featured image (depending on the theme)
Comments
• Comments can be moderated• Approved• Unapproved• Spam• Trash
• Previous comments marked as spam help filter future spam comments• Plugins may also help with filtering comments
AppearanceExploring the various appearance options
Appearance
• Themes•Widgets•Menus•Header• Background• Editor
Themes
•Deluxe installation ships with a bunch of default themes•More themes can be downloaded from wordpress.org• Can do a search through your search engine and install themes via the Upload functionality• Can do a search in WordPress and install their themes• Customizable
Themes (Deluxe Install)
Themes (Search WordPress)
Themes (Search WordPress)
Themes (Search Engine)
Widgets• Section of a sidebar, header, footer, or special customizable section of a theme
Widgets
•May include things such as:• RSS Feeds• Archives• Categories• Custom Menus• Calendars• Custom Text• Custom HTML• And more!
Menus
• Some themes support custom menus• Allows you to create custom menus with:• Custom Links• Select pages• Select categories
Header
• Custom header image• Custom header text• Background formatting of header•Depends on theme
Background
• Customizable site background• Image and color
•Dependent on theme for support
Editor
• Allows customization of theme from within the browser• If creating a custom theme, find a theme to use as a basis and copy it to its own folder. Then modify the copy rather than changing the base theme.• Some themes are updated and these updates may
take out your customizations.
WordPress Plugins
Extensibility in WordPress
Plugins
• Adds extra functionality to WordPress not included in the base files• Can be installed via Upload functionality or Search functionality•Needs to be activated in order to be used
Default Plugins
• The following are included in a deluxe installation:• Akismet• Chartbeat• Hello Dolly• Hotfix• Jetpack by WordPress.com• MediaElement.js – HTML5 Audio and Video• WP Super Cache
Handy Plugins
•Contact Form 7•Contact Form DB•Really Simple CAPTCHA•Content Scheduler• Tweetily•WP e-Commerce Dynamic Gallery
Other Uncovered Sections
• For you to explore…• Users• Tools• Settings
•More sections may appear as plugins are installed. These usually have configuration information.
More WordPress Resources
•WordPress Codex – online manual for WordPress•WordPress Forums•WooThemes.com•Wpbeginner•Digging Into WordPress
Installing WordPress on Linux
Visiting the LAMP and LEMP stacks
Installing WordPress with Apache and Ubuntu (LAMP)• Root Privileges• Software packages:• Apache• MySQL• PHP
• More on configuring the LAMP stack: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu
Generic Steps for Installing WordPress in Linux
1. Download WordPress2. Create the WordPress Database and User3. Setup the WordPress Configuration4. Copy the Files5. Access the WordPress Installation
• Specific commands can be found here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-12-04
Installing WordPress with nginx and Ubuntu (LEMP)• Root Privileges• Software packages:• Nginx• MySQL• PHP-FPM
• More on configuring the LEMP stack: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04
Generic Steps for Installing WordPress in Linux with nginx
1. Download WordPress2. Create the WordPress Database and User3. Setup the WordPress Configuration4. Copy the Files5. Setup the nginx Server Blocks6. Activate the Server Block7. Access the WordPress Installation
• Specific commands can be found here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04
Installing WordPress on Windows
Visiting the WAMP and WIMP stacks
Setting up WordPress on WAMP
1. Download and install WampServer2. Configure local web server3. Set up WordPress4. Set up PHP config5. Manage local site6. Manage local MySQL database7. Sync local server with live server
•Great tutorial at: http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/install-wordpress-on-your-computer-using-wampserver/
Setting up WordPress on WIMP•Use Microsoft WebMatrix to install WordPress and all of its dependencies
•More on WordPress for Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/web/wordpress
