Transcript WordPress - Vanier College

Word Press
Introduction
What is WordPress?
• WordPress is a free and open source blogging
tool and a dynamic content management system
(CMS) based on PHP and MySQL
• WordPress can be used to create a presence on
the www – webpage, blog, e commerce site
• WordPress is a very powerful, flexible, ever
improving tool that can be used to create and
present content on the www for free (or almost
free!)
WordPress Stats
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48% of Technorati’s Top 100 Blogs Are Managed With WordPress
74.6 Million Sites Depend on WordPress
22% of New U.S. Registered Domains Run on WordPress
WordPress.com Gets More Unique Visitors Than Amazon (Us)
29,000 WordPress Plugins and Growing Daily*
• **WordPress is used by over 16.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1
million" websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new
websites.[4]
• WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the
Internet.[5][6]
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*https://managewp.com/14-surprising-statistics-about-wordpress-usage (2014)
**Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress
Notable WordPress Users
• http://fr.wordpress.com/notable-users/
• http://bawp.vaniercollege.org/gates/
vs wordpress.org
http://wordpress.com/
• is hosted by the wordpress
.com site.
• Use a wordpress.com domain
name
• Upgrading of features handled
by wordpress.com
• Free, but has paid upgrade
features
• Limited number of plugins
• No affiliate marketing (way to
make money)
http://wordpress.org/
• Is self-hosted – user has to
find his own server
• Need your own domain
name (cost about $20/year)
• Upgrading managed by web
creator-you!
• Free
• Over 16,000 free plug-ins
Getting Started
• Iof you have not already done so, send your
email address to:
[email protected] (you may
wish to create a g mail account for the course)
• in the subject heading type your first name
and your student number
• I am an administrator for the multiuser
website : http://bawp.vaniercollege.org
Learning about WordPress
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv47_VIBOQ
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_Wo
rdPress written explanations
• http://wordpress.tv/ videos of WordCamp lectures etc,
• WordCamps
• http://www.lynda.com/WordPresstutorials/WordPress-Essential-Training/97614-2.html
good introductory videos
• http://bawp.vaniercollege.qc.ca/andrewgates/ (my site
has been deleted!)
• New site being created
Costs of setting up a web page
• Hosting – cost about 10$ /month
– while at Vanier – free!
– Unlimited domains
• Domain name – cost about 12$ /year – need unique
name – buy through site such as
– Godaddy.com (Hostgator in video- notice maker of video
provides you with a coupon code when buying hosting
services- he gets a commission..and you get a reduction in
price – win-win-win)
– https://ca.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?ci=83
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– Our domain name: www.bawp.vaniercollege.org
Getting started with you blog using
WordPress.org
• Read Individual Blog Assignment- see Mio
individual assignment 2 – due October 15th, 2014
• Go to
www.bawp.vaniercollege.org/a14yourfirstname/
for example if you are Alessia your web address
would be:
www.bawp.vaniercollege.org/a14alessia
• Find the login tab on your web page, enter user
name (a14your first name) and enter password –
password sent to your g mail account
How to make a web site using
WordPress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv47_VIBOQ
Intro: watch 15 min to 21 min :
For your new web page do the following:
a. Log in see previous slide
a.
Change password: dashboard/users/edit/new password/update
b.
install theme (2012)appearance/theme/install
c.
Add about me page: Dashboard/pages/add new/
d.
Add picture
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Extra: Change site title: appearance /customize/site title and tag line