1. WP INSTALLATION
& INTRO TO THE
ADMIN
WCMIA BEGINNER'S
WORKSHOP
March 23, 2013
Created by Mauricia Ragland / @summnerd

2. WHAT I WILL DISCUSS
1. WordPress Installation
2. Guided Tour of the Admin
Site Settings
Users & Roles

3. INSTALLING WORDPRESS

4. HTTP://CODEX.WORDPRESS.ORG

5. REQUIREMENTS
Local Server w/ PHP & MySQL
Internet Access to download current WP

6. 5 STEP INSTALLATION
1. Create a folder on local server
to hold WP files
2. Create a local db for WP to use
3. Download WP files and move to
folder
4. Edit config with DB info
5. Go to the site, fill in info, & Viola!

7. DOWNLOAD
the latest stable release from:
http://wordpress.org/download/ to the newly created
folder.

8. EDIT CONFIG
Enter DB values
Rename wp-config-sample to wp-config

9. LET WP GUIDE YOU

10. VIOLA!

11. WHAT ABOUT REMOTE
It's a point and click process.
Be sure the versions are the
same
JUST IN CASE
Follow the same steps except
create db on remote server
ftp files to server after step 4
visit /install.php via web

12. WP ADMIN TOUR
Personalize and configure. /wp-admin

13. ADMIN ­ UPDATES
Displays available updates for WordPress, plugins, and
themes

14. ADMIN ­ POSTS
Organized content on a Fly

15. POST TERMS
Post: creates a web page with CMS
functionality
Categories: provide a way to organize similar posts
Tags: provides specific detail about the info in
a post

16. ADMIN ­ MEDIA
upload audio, video, photo, and document files used in site

17. ADMIN ­ LINKS/BLOGROLL
Links to other blogs, usually with similar content.

18. ADMIN ­ PAGES
simple as a static about us page or a more complex
ecommerce page

19. ADMIN ­ COMMENTS
Manage comments/trackbacks left on posts & pages

20. ADMIN ­ APPEARANCE
customize the look and feel of the blog

21. THEMES
Appearance section revolves around the theme.

22. WIDGETS
modules used for content that provide a drag and drop
feature to update content on the site

23. MENUS
for the site. Based on content in the site or hardcoded links.

24. EDITOR
Proceed with caution. Only touch if you are familiar with php
or css.

25. ADMIN ­ PLUGINS
third-party modules that provide extra functionality like
forms, ecommerce, etc. wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

26. ADMIN ­ USERS
manages members of site

27. SUBSCRIBER
When you subscribe to a magazine. You're allowed to update
your personal info.

28. CONTRIBUTOR
Sending an article to an editor at a magazine

29. AUTHOR
Work at the magazine. You create and publish your own
content.

30. EDITOR
Work at Magazine. Control all content. You edit, publish, or
hide all content.

31. ADMINISTRATOR
Own Magazine. All priveleges of an editor, but also have
access to complete admin system.

32. ROLES
Subscriber: can manage their profile
Contributor: can write and manage their own post,
but cannot publish
Author: can publish and manage their own posts
Editor: can publish and manage posts, including
ones he/she did not create
Administrator: has access to all admin features

33. TOOLS
allows admins to import or export content from another WP
site or different platform all together

34. SETTINGS
customize settings for your blog as a whole

35. GENERAL
set default info like the name of the site, the time zone, date
format, and user role

36. WRITING
sets the default settings for written content
the default categories and post format that should be
selected
configure the ability to create posts outside of admin area

37. READING
sets what and how much content will be displayed
What page/post is shown on your home page
How many posts are displayed on a blog page
Whether articles should display full text or an excerpt on
these blog pages.

38. DISCUSSIONS
set rules for comments and trackbacks

39. MEDIA
set default sizes for pics

40. PRIVACY
Decide whether you want search engines to index your blog.
For private communities this would likely be a no.

41. PERMALINKS
helps optimize your blog for SEO

42. ADMIN RECAP

43. CONTENT
POSTS PAGES
dynamic, categorized content dynamic, static, or templated
(blog post) content (about us or contact
page)

44. CONTENT CONT.
MEDIA COMMENTS
manages files for use in pages approve, spam, trash, or edit
in posts feedback from site visitors

45. APPEARANCE
Themes set layout, creates widgets, menus, & page templates,
and define areas for widgets and menus
Plan your site, choose a template that has room for you menus, advertisement, forms, etc.

46. PLUGINS
If it doesn't come as a default from WordPress or your theme,
search the plugins section of WordPress

47. USERS
Think Magazine!

48. TOOLS
IMPORT/EXPORT!

49. SETTINGS
Sets generic info and rules for site

50. RESOURCES
Codex - http://codex.wordpress.org
Users & Roles -
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

51. THE END
BY MAURICIA RAGLAND
@SUMMANERD
ITSME@SUMMANERD.COM
SURVEY
http://www.summanerd.com/wcmia-workshop/