Introduction to wordpress

Dade AderemiVP Information Management and Communication

AIESEC Nigeria

www.aiesecnigeria.org : A Case Study

• Content Management System• Easy to maintain• Free and works with LAMP/WAMP• SEO friendly• Easy to Extend• Intuitive and User Friendly

DARN!!! WORDPRESS is not just a BLOGGING Software!

#WordPress is a state-of-the-art web publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards,

and usability…especially with wordpress 3.0

Other Examples of Sites Using WORDPRESS

FACTS 101

• first released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullenweg• Started as a fork of b2/cafelog• November 21, 2005: wordpress.com opened to the public• 27 million WordPress.com publishers as of September 2010• 13.9 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com• won a Packt Open Source CMS Award in 2007• In 2009 WordPress won the best Open Source CMS Award• Over 11,426 Official Plugin• Over 1,239 Official Theme• As of August 2010, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 12.5 million times

• Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress for more

Getting Started With Wordpress

Two Types of Wordpress-Hosted: Wordpress.com-Self-Hosted: Wordpress.org

Hosted

•You use the Wordpress.com system• Your URL is xyz.wordpress.com• Enhanced services allow you to use your domain name• Can only use approved themes and plug-ins

Self - Hosted:

• Open Source, free to download•Easy to InstallRequirements:•Web Host – YourDomain.com•Web Database provided by your host•FTP access•HTML or Text EditorSome general knowledge of computer file structures

Set Up a Domain and Host

Set Database

• Database Name• Database User• User Password

Download wordpress

Download from www.wordpress.org

.zip (PC) and tar.gz (MAC)

Installation: wp-config.php

•Open wp-config-sample.php• Add DB informationDB_NAMEDB_USERDB_PASSWORDDB_HOST

•Save to /wordpress directory as wp-config.php (removed the word “sample”)

Installation: FTP/Upload

• Log-in to host account via FTP

• Upload “Wordpress” contents into main directory or sub-directory

Installation: Enter Site Information

Installation: Run Install and you are done!

Yeah! Installing is as simple as that!

Accessing the Dashboard

Access login via /wp-login.php

Exploring the Dashboard

Settings

General Settings• Change Title• Tagline• email address• Date format• etc

Settings

Permalinks Settings

• Clean, meaningful and SEO Friendly URL

User Settings

User Management

• Add new User• Change Login Password• Change Username• Assign rights and permissions to users• Profile Information

Appearance

Themes

• Change Themes• http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Extending Wordpress

Plugin

• Installing plugins• http://www.wordpress.org/extend/plugins/• widgets

Appearance

Themes

• Change Themes• http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

-- Plato

THANK YOUDade AderemiVP Information Management and CommunicationAIESEC Nigeria

@dadepo