3. Why
Use
WordPress?
• Great
CMS
• Easy
to
edit
contents
• No
need
for
html
or
css
knowledge
• SEO
is
much
easier
• Open
Source
• Almost
any
feature
you
might
need
–
there’s
a
plugin
13. Theme
Selec:on
• It’s
your
Business
• Vet
any
sources
of
FREE
themes
– Some
have
malware
– WordPress.org
is
a
safe
source
14. Premium
Themes
• Great
graphic
design
• Func5onality
• Have
limita5ons
– Size
of
logo
– Layouts,
fonts,
colors
may
be
limited
• Developer
support
level
15. Theme
Frameworks
• Most
customizability
• Brandable
• Require
more
work
&
:me
• More
expensive
17. Plugins
• Bare
minimum
plugins:
– Backup,
configured
for
weekly
backups
of
database
– XML
sitemap
generator,
configured
for
updates
– Spam
filter
– SEO
18. Installing
Plugins
• Ac:vate
them
one
at
a
:me
• Test
the
site
• If
one
of
them
causes
an
error
and
you
can’t
delete
it
in
WordPress
admin:
– Lp
into
your
site
– Delete
the
plugin
folder
– The
site
should
come
back
up
19. Do
you
want
All
to
let
your
Access
employees
edit?
Administrator
Most
Most
Damage
Risk
24. Security
• Don’t
use
Admin
as
username
• Use
strong
passwords
• Secure
your
internet
connec:on
• Keep
WordPress,
theme
&
plugins
updated
• Delete
unused
plugins
• Scan
site
for
malware
25. Maintenance
• Backup
–
Backup
–
Backup!
– Store
copies
offsite
• On
your
PC
• On
a
cloud
server
• Keep
things
updated
• Test
new
plugins
and
themes
on
a
copy
– Use
a
subdomain
for
this
