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Wordpress Basics
1. WordPress Crash Course:
What is it and how can your library
use it?
June 14, 2012
Polly-Alida Farrington
Amanda Goodman
flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/2986187518
2. Big thanks to:
• Kyle Jones
• Amanda Goodman
• Dan Freeman
alatechsource.org/
3. Today’s topics
• What is WordPress
• What’s a Content Management System
• Sites that use WordPress
• Why WordPress is a great choice for libraries
• Flavors of WordPress
• Nuts and Bolts of WordPress
• Menus and navigation options
• Security and site administration
• Getting help: the WordPress community
4. “…having a web presence, no–
that having a really good and
really useful web presence–is
[no longer] optional.
Joyce Valenza, “Things I think teacher
librarians should unlearn (20 & counting)”,
August 24th, 2010
44. Self-Hosted In House
• Cost of server
• Maintenance
• IT support
• Unlimited possibilities
45. Self-Hosted
Commercial Service
• Around $10-20/month
• Easy install
• Tech support
For more hosts: http://wordpress.org/hosting/
46. Technical Requirements
• Current WordPress Version 3.3.2
• Linux & Apache (preferred)
• MySQL version 5.0 or greater
• PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
103. Keep it Safe
www.flickr.com/photos/maistora/3237164755
104. Back it up!
Backup your database:
Via web host control panel
Or wp-db-backup plugin
(wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/)
FTP to server & make a copy of this directory:
/wp-content
122. Start Playing!
• WordPress.com
Great place to play, test and maybe host your live site
• InstantWP.com
Download to your PC and run self-hosted WordPress server locally
• WebEnabled.com
30-day free trial of hosting
• Bitnami.org
Download to your PC or Mac and run self-hosted WordPress server locally
123. Getting Help
• WordPress Codex
http://codex.wordpress.org/
• WordPress Forums
http://wordpress.org/support/
• WordPress FAQ’s
http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ
• New to WordPress? http://
codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_New_To_WordPress
124. Selected WP Books
• Digging into WordPress by
Jeff Starr & Chris Coyier
(digwp.com)
• Beginning WordPress 3 by
Stephanie Leary
• Smashing WordPress by
Thord Hedengren
125. Thank you!
More information & resources at
http://lib20.pbworks.com/classes-wordpress-websites
Amanda Goodnman
amanda@godaisies.com
http://www.godaisies.com
Polly-Alida Farrington
polly@pafa.net
http://www.pafa.net