Getting the Most out of WordPress.com
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No coding experience? No problem! With WordPress.com, you can have a great looking site up and running in just a couple minutes. We’ll go through the basics of using WordPress itself, and what WordPress.com specifically can offer you as a beginning blogger or site builder. Presented at WordCamp Chicago 2014
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Getting the Most out of WordPress.com
- 1. Getting the most out of WordPress.com
- 2. I am Mel Choyce • Design Engineer at Automattic • WordPress core contributor • Live in Boston • @melchoyce | choycedesign.com | melchoyce.com
- 4. • Open source project • Need to pay for hosting • Completely customizable • Total control • Great if you know some code or feel comfortable experimenting • Hosted WordPress service • Free hosting • Partially customizable • Paid upgrades • Great if you’re new to site building/blogging or want to make something fast
- 5. Lots of blogs. Lots of readers.
- 6. Users produce about 41.0 million new posts and 54.0 million new comments each month http://en.wordpress.com/stats/
- 7. Over 409 million people view more than 14.0 billion pages each month http://en.wordpress.com/stats/
- 8. Used by big brands
- 10. Used Internationally Posts written in over 120 languages
- 12. Getting Started
- 19. Setting up Your Site
- 20. Themes
- 22. Tips for picking themes
- 23. Figure out your site’s purpose PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE BUSINESSBLOG
- 24. Determine your budget 150+ Free Themes 110+ Premium Themes $18 Lowest Price $70~ Average Price $125+ Higher end themes
- 25. Pick a theme with the layouts you want
- 26. Customization
- 27. Header Images
- 28. Video Demo: Adding a header image https://cloudup.com/cuInvKCikzv
- 30. Video Demo: Changing your background color or image https://cloudup.com/cyj8B5Faec8
- 31. Design Upgrades
- 33. Custom Colors
- 34. Video Demo: Using custom colors https://cloudup.com/c0i5gn-Ag71
- 35. Custom Fonts
- 36. Video Demo: Using custom colors https://cloudup.com/cM6k9PoSV9V
- 37. Custom CSS
- 38. Video Demo: Using custom css https://cloudup.com/cOj_XhIpzRU
- 39. Widgets
- 42. Text Widgets
- 43. Video Demo: Adding a text widget https://cloudup.com/cxc9zfAU3So
- 44. Contact Info
- 45. Social Widgets
- 46. Twitter Timeline
- 48. Instagram
- 49. • About.me • Bandpage • Box File Sharing • del.icio.us • Eventbrite Event Calendar • Flickr • Goodreads • Gravatar/Gravatar Profile • tlk.io ...and others!
- 50. Follow Widgets
- 51. Follow Button
- 52. Follow Blog by Email
- 56. Menus
- 64. Creating Content
- 65. Pages vs. Posts
- 66. • Chronological — publish date matters • A single entry in a blog, can stand on its own • Can add tags + categories • Display in a list on your blog page • “Static” — No sense of time or publish date • Hierarchical — can nest and relate pages together • No tags or categories • Display in your menu Posts Pages
- 67. Front Page
- 68. Page on front vs. Blog homepage
- 73. Posts
- 75. • Higher level topics (food, travel) • Usually only one per post, maybe two • “Table of Contents” of your blog • Hierarchical • Granular topics (burritos, santa cruz) • As many as you want per post • Like your blog’s index • Not hierarchical Categories Tags
- 76. Featured Images
- 77. Video Demo: Adding a featured image https://cloudup.com/c25uXMPsoYf
- 78. Post Formats
- 80. Video Demo: Different colors/icons for different post formats https://cloudup.com/codFplB2TiY
- 81. Excerpts
- 84. Scheduling Posts
- 85. Video Demo: Scheduling a post https://cloudup.com/cw2HYRJRNGn
- 86. Copy a Post
- 89. Writing Help
- 92. Pages
- 93. Page Templates
- 96. Video Demo: Password protecting a page https://cloudup.com/cS-N_xoUurl
- 102. Copy a Page
- 103. Custom Content Types
- 104. Portfolios
- 108. Testimonials
- 111. Recipes
- 112. [recipe title="Simple Steak Marinade" servings="1lb of steak" time="5 minutes" difficulty="easy"] (your recipe) [/recipe] http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/recipes/
- 114. Media
- 115. Video Demo: Your media library https://cloudup.com/cq2C84_QkMi
- 116. Images
- 117. Video Demo: Adding an image to a post https://cloudup.com/c6ZlaMWF-WV
- 118. Galleries
- 119. Video Demo: Adding galleries to a post https://cloudup.com/cDB7y96ewp3
- 120. Audio
- 121. Video Demo: Embedding audio into a post https://cloudup.com/ceOYPkHeURO
- 122. Video
- 123. Video Demo: Embedding video into a post https://cloudup.com/c-4-yGcTWsN
- 124. Playlists
- 127. Interactive Content
- 128. Contact Forms
- 132. Polls
- 137. Presentations
- 138. Video Demo: What a presentation looks like https://cloudup.com/cezyl_TBxhx http://en.support.wordpress.com/presentations/ Documentation
- 139. Sharing Content
- 140. Publicize
- 143. Sharing Buttons
- 147. Likes & Reblogs
- 148. Settings > Sharing
- 150. Tracking Content
- 151. Stats
- 153. Notifications
- 157. Screen Options
- 163. • Reading • Writing • Discussion • Media • Privacy The only settings you need to worry about
- 164. Tools
- 165. Import
- 167. Export
- 169. Getting Serious
- 170. Domains
- 172. Domains 1. Register a new domain on WordPress.com (through your site’s “store” section) or 2. Point a domain you already own to your WordPress.com site or 3. Point a subdomain you already own to your WordPress.com site (blog.mysite.com)
- 174. Email
- 175. Emails 1. Forward to an existing email address (like yourname@gmail.com) or 2. Connect your domain to another email provider (http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/)
- 177. Connecting with Other WordPress.com Users
- 178. Follow Blogs
- 184. Follow Tags
- 187. Likes
- 189. Reblogs
- 191. Comments
- 193. Thank you! @melchoyce | choycedesign.com | melchoyce.com