1. WordPress 101
WordPress for beginners

2. What is WordPress?
According to WordPress.org:
WordPress is web software you can use to
create a beautiful website or blog. We like
to say that WordPress is both free and
priceless at the same time.
■ Content Management System (CMS)
■ Most popular blogging system, 22% all new
sites are built on WordPress

3. What's great about WP?
■ Lots of users, tutorials & support
■ Lots of contributors & testing
○ easy to use
■ Lots of themes
○ Themes determine how the content is displayed
■ Lots of plugins
○ Plugins extend what WordPress can do
● Contact forms
● Social network buttons
● Image galleries & popups

4. How websites work
http://devgrow.com/complete-guide-to-creating-your-first-website/

5. What's needed to run WP?
■ WordPress.org
○ Domain name (URL)
○ Host server
i. Preferably Linux (rather than Windows)
ii. PHP
iii. mySQL
■ WordPress.com
○ Ready to go, free to sign up, several restrictions

7. Installing WordPress
■ When you have a host and domain...
■ Automatic installers
○ Softaculous
○ Fantastico de Luxe
■ Manual install
○ Download files from WordPress.org
○ Upload to host server using FTP or host's file
manager
○ Create mySQL database via phpMyAdmin or host's
wizard
○ Visit URL and follow the installation wizard
● Will need database name, server, username,
password

8. Softaculous install

11. Manual Install

15. Hosting recommendations
wphosting.com.au
www.anchor.com.au
bluehost.com
hostgator.com
mediatemple.com

16. Free Plugin
recommendations
■ Akismet (spam)
■ WP DB Backup (database backup)
■ BackWPup (whole site backup)
■ Shadowbox JS (image & video popups)
■ WordPress SEO by Yoast
■ WP Super Cache
■ WP Minify

17. Paid Plugin
Recommendations
■ Gravity Forms
■ Formidable (has a limited free version)
■ BackupBuddy
■ Slidedeck 2 (has limited free version)