using for internet publishing laura solomon library services manager oplin [email protected]
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Using
For Internet Publishing
Laura SolomonLibrary Services Manager
OPLIN
www.oplin.org
The agenda today:
• What is WordPress & some stuff about it
• Comparison to Blogger
• Some examples of Wordpress installs
• How OPLIN uses WordPress
• Installing and working with WordPress
What constitutes a blog?
• Ongoing chronicle of information
• Frequently updated
• Pieces/parts:– Main content area with posts– Archive of older posts– A way for people to leave posts– Links to other sites– One or more RSS feeds
A little background
• The largest self-hosting blogging tool in the world
• Open source
• Can download and customize it
Hosted: “No worries, mate!”
Pros Conswww.wordpress.com
Virtually no setup Less control of the look
Easy to get started
Less access to plugins
DIY: Calling Bob Vila..(Local)
Pros Cons
www.wordpress.orgTotal control over the look and layout
Requires backend database and scripting languages support*
Access to more plug-ins *Might* need a good tech in-house or to hire
More easily integrated into existing sites
Upgrades and backups are on your own
Blogger vs. WordPress
Blogger WordPress
Slightly simpler Slightly more complex
Entirely hosted Hosted or local installation
More limited functionality Great extensibility with widgets
No support for categories Supports categories
Some example widgets• Active Discussions - Display posts with currently active
discussion threads • Contact - Adds a contact form to the sidebar • del.icio.us cached++ - Create a list of the latest
bookmarks on a del.icio.us account, from its RSS feed
• Flickr Badge Widget - display your flickr photos in the
sidebar • Now Reading scroll down on that page to see the widget
version
• WP Polls - a widget for WP Polls plugin
Actually installing WordPress
• Ingredients:– MySQL database (preferably with admin tool)– Web server– PHP– Download of Wordpress– Caffeine helps, I swear
What to do
• Install XAMPP • Go to the XAMPP admin panel and open
up the admin interface for Apache• Click on phpMyAdmin on the left and
create a new database• Unzip WordPress. Put actual wordpress
directory in the htdocs directory of Apache (most likely C:\xampp\htdocs) so that you end up with C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress.
Take a deep breath, the hard parts are over!
• You’re now ready to install WordPress!– Go to
http://your_domain_and_path_here/wordpress– Follow the wizard– Remember, if you have (properly!!) locked
down MySQL, the username and password are not “root/no password”
WordPress Resources
• Full list of widgets (http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets)
• WordPress Lessons (http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons)
Video Tutorials
• WordPress.com - Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog (http://youtube.com/watch?v=MWYi4_COZMU)
• WordPress Tutorial - How to Edit a WordPress Page (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rnMnpt6u5uo)
• Wordpress tutorial--installing on a local server (http://youtube.com/watch?v=OD4nh5A5up4)
• Wordpress Tutorial (http://youtube.com/watch?v
=H1ImndT0fC8)
Where is this presentation?
http://www.slideshare.net/OPLIN
Questions?