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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
Searching a Domain name
Searching a Domain name
Searching a Domain name
Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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Searching a Domain name
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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