WordPress is for blogging, right?
Well, you can do a whole lot more with WordPress.
WordPress can used to build a regular web site, no blog, just web pages. It can be the home for your podcasting episodes. It can also be used a media center, for showcasing photos and videos. WordPress can even be used as the basis of an eCommerce store.
We will cover these topics and you will see how to:
Use the WordPress Menu features to create multiple navigation menus and submenus
Create a media center for photos or videos
Create a portfolio site for your creative design business
Create advertising zones for ads and affiliate links
Use eCommerce plugins to create a full-featured e-business
6. WordPress Dominates
WordPress powers
22% of new web sites.
Used as a CMS in 92%
of the sites.
Ninja-like power. Slices
thru any task with over
15,000 plugins.
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9. WordPress Kicks
Unemployment in the Ass
Develop web sites with
WordPress and earn,
on average, $50/hour.
2,800 people of the
18,000 surveyed
“make a living building
WordPress sites.”
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20. WordPress for...
Q&A Websites — Like 3. Membership Website —
Yahoo Answers? Offer subscription-based
Try AskIt, Answers, QnA premium content
Theme, and WP-Answers 4. Feed Aggregators — RSS
1. Forums — aggregator from press75
See Simple:Press and 5. Job Boards — Launch a
bbPress specialized job board.
2. Wiki Website — Want to See Jobpress
create your own Wikipedia theme, Jobroller, Job
like knowledgebase? Board, and Tapp-Jobs from
Themes like WikiBase, press75.
WordPress Wiki
Theme, and KnowPress
Knowledge Base make it
easy!
21. WordPress for...
Real Estate Websites — 4. Portfolios
use the AgentPress theme 5. Podcast Websites — See
from StudioPress. bluBrry, PodPress.
1. Review Sites — use a post 6. Video Sites — Host your
rating plugin: GD Star own videos with wordTube,
Rating Plugin. or embed with style using
2. Sales Page — Selling an e- tubePress
book? Use one of these 7. E-Commerce — Sell online
themes: Ebook, Booker, without eBay: wp-
and Bookclub. eCommerce, jigoShop,
3. Social Networks — Use Shopp, eShop.
BuddyPress to launch your
own social network using
WordPress.
43. Image Handling Resources
WordPress: photo galleries
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/wordpress-
photo-galleries/
advanced image handling
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/05/26/better-
image-management-practices-with-wordpress/
Yet Another Photoblog
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/
Convert your WordPress Blog into a full featured photoblog.
44. Sell Other People’s
Products
with WordPress
extreme affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketers can find a lot of support from WordPress
plugin developers. There are plugins for easily entering Amazon
affiliate IDs, for managing url masking, and even some that help
you embed entire affiliate stores in your WordPress site. An
example of a powerful system popshops.com is demoed.
48. Sell Your Products
with WordPress
eCommerce on a blogging/CMS platform
There are many options for eCommerce on WordPress, from
simple PayPal buttons to entire platforms. There are few plugins
that will “do it all” as eCommerce is a demanding field, with
payment, shipping, product configurations, customer accounts,
coupons, volume discounts, and more to contend with.
51. APPENDIX A:
Tony’s Favorite Content WordPress Plugins
Media Credit
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/media-credit/ Media Custom Fields
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/media-custom-fields/
Upload Media by Zip
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/upload-media-by-zip/ Instapaper Friendly
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/instapaper-friendly/
CF Expiring Content Shortcode
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/expiring-content- Tweetable
shortcode/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetable/
Content Scheduler Tweet2Download
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-scheduler/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweet2download/
Better Recent Posts Widget Zone Manager (Zoninator)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-recent-posts- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoninator/
widget/
Docs to WordPress
Additional image sizes (zui) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/docs-to-wordpress/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/additional-image-sizes-
zui/
Dynamic Image Resizer
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-image-resizer/
52. APPENDIX B:
Tony’s Favorite Assorted WordPress Plugins
Admin Thumbnails
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-thumbnails/ WP Author Slug
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-author-slug/
Debug Bar
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/ Admin Bar Theme Switcher
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-bar-theme-
iRobots.txt SEO switcher/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/irobotstxt-seo/
"Right Now" Extended
WP Manage Plugins http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/right-now-extended/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-manage-plugins/
Newsletter Sign-Up
Login Logo http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/newsletter-sign-up/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-logo/
No Self Pings
Docs to WordPress http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/no-self-ping/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/docs-to-wordpress/
Imsanity
Co-Authors Plus http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/imsanity/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co-authors-plus/
WordPress Guest Post Plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-guest-post/
53. Thank you for your attention.
More at:
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Such as using WordPress as a CMS (content management system), and as a creative artist portfolio manager, a media manager, and an eCommerce site. \n\nIn the 60 minutes, I will only have time to overview these topics, but you will have access to the presentation online at http://TonyCecala.com and will be able to look into these topics and the associated plugins on your own.\n\n
Such as using WordPress as a CMS (content management system), and as a creative artist portfolio manager, a media manager, and an eCommerce site. \n\nIn the 60 minutes, I will only have time to overview these topics, but you will have access to the presentation online at http://TonyCecala.com and will be able to look into these topics and the associated plugins on your own.\n\n
Such as using WordPress as a CMS (content management system), and as a creative artist portfolio manager, a media manager, and an eCommerce site. \n\nIn the 60 minutes, I will only have time to overview these topics, but you will have access to the presentation online at http://TonyCecala.com and will be able to look into these topics and the associated plugins on your own.\n\n