If…
• You‟re tired with spending too much time
on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube…

If…
• You have so many things to tell the world
but feel blog is too old school

If…
• You just want to spend an hour to know
something interesting…and wait for
weekend‟s coming…

This is the time for…
WORKSHOP
~prepared by Wei

Check out these cool sites first!!!

My Dream Website is…
• What‟s it about?
• Why do you want it?
• Who‟s your audience?
• What‟s that gonna look
like?

It’s not rocket science!!!
WE CAN DO IT!!!

In this workshop*…
• Wordpress ABC
• Installation
• Play around~
• Be a WP monster!
* All the pictures are collected from Internet but I’m too lazy to add references…

Only one rule…
• If you have any question, please let
everyone know!

• Forget about fancy terms, WordPress is web
software you can use to create a beautiful website
or blog.
• It’s FREE and PRICELESS.

History of WordPress
• First released May 27, 2003
•  when he‟s 19!!!
• Developed by thousands of
volunteers all over the world
• Used by over 13% of top 1,000,000
sites
• Dominant content management
system
Matt Mullenweg • 2005  Wordpress.com

It’s a SOFTWARE, the focus of this workshop. It’s a for-profit BLOG HOST.
Pros: Pros:
• It’s COOL! • Free plan for beginners
• It’s your site, it’s your call. • Zero technical skills required
• Support Google Ads installation, updates, maintenance, backu
• Highly customizable Plug-ins & Themes p, they help all
(that’s the magical part!!) • Flexible VIP plan
• A Wordpress community
Cons: Cons:
• Install, update, backup manually • Limited Customization
• Software is free. But you have to pay for • Just blogs
domain and web host. • xxx.wordpress.com  trust
me, it’s not cool

Ready to START?!!!

1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Domain „www.onionpeng.com‟, it‟s just a unique
NAME of your site
• Price: usually $9.99/year for a TLD (some .me domain
costs only $1.99/year)
• Always remember to check coupon before purchasing
anything. (http://www.retailmenot.com/)

1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Host Where you put all
your files in the Internet
• Usually around $6/month
(some sharing plan is only
$3/month)

1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Host requirement
– PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
– MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater
– Remote control supported
• Let‟s face it…most of the hosting services
you can find definitely support WP

1. Buy your domain & Choose a host plan
• Many services provide domain service
and host plan together. You don‟t
need to set up any thing to „link‟ them.
• My personal choice: WpWebhost
Rookie Plan (USD 39.99/Year, domain
included)  not available to new users
anymore

2. Installation
• If you‟re using WpWebhost or page.ly, they will install
the latest version of Wordpress for you.
• If you choose HostGator, Bluehost and maybe other
host service, „ONE-CLICK‟ installation is available.
• If you just have to do it yourself, well, let‟s have a
quick look at the famous 5-minute installation
guideline!
• A video about the 5-minute installation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq86rgU3rCU

LET’S PLAY!!!

Now you should know…
• Post
• Page
• Media
• And lots of basic settings

HERE COMES THE FUN
PART!!!

Widgets/Sidebar
• Most themes come with widgets
• Sidebar functions include
– Search
– Custom Text
– Links
– Subscribe
– Articles posted
– Tag cloud
– Slideshows
– …
• Most widgets needs plug-in support

Themes!!!
• Themes
– They make your site beautiful!
• Rich resource here: http://welovewp.com/
• How to modify layout a little CSS knowledge

How to Choose a Theme
• Navigation
– Page display friendly? Drop-down menu?
• Theme Options
– Color change available?
• Widget Ready
– Well-set sidebar?
• Source Files
– Editable?

Plug-ins
• Plug-ins! You can‟t have them in
Wordpress.com!
• Widgets-2,087 plugins
• Posts- 2,586
• Admin- 1,090
• Sidebar- 1,059
• Comments- 806
• Images- 723
• Links- 613

Plug-ins
• General
– WP Super Cache
• Help you speed up your site
– Google Analyticator
• Track website traffic
– Disqus/Intense Debate
• Interactive commenting system
– All-in-one SEO
• Simple SEO tool then google can find you!
– Akismet (already built in)
• Preventing spam

Plug-ins
• Web 2.0 Optimization
– Add this
• Integrated Web
– TweetMeme/Like
• You know…twitter!
– Facebook Likebox
– Real-time tweets/facebook status (Plug-ins can help but simple
coding works as well)
• Video/Photo Optimization
– WP Media Plugin
– NextGen Gallery
• A better media management tool
– Photo EFX plug-ins
• e.g. MonoSlideShow, lightbox
– NextGen Flash Viewer

SOME TIPS

• No need to always keep your Wordpress updated
– You will lose a lot of useful plug-ins
• Always Backup!
– Use “BackUpWordPress”
• Define a Favicon for your site
– All In One Favicon
• Enable Gravatars for visitors
– Visitor‟s online identity
• Set up News Feed for your readers
– Feedburner
• Use “Blog Protector” if you don‟t want anyone copy your
content without telling you

You want Google Love you
• Customize Permalinks
• Tags
• SEO friendly images
– have ALT and TITLE attributes defined
– relevant title
• SEO Plug-ins
– All-in-on SEO + Scribe Service + Google XML Sitemap
– + Related Posts
• Meta description
• Keyword placement
– 20% rule
– Headline + first and last paragraph
• Linking strategy
– External/Internal link: only link to valuable pages
– Don‟t put too many sites in your sidebar
• Don’t forget social media
• Don’t use flash!

In the next workshop…
• Advanced skills of WP
– How to customize your theme (We will learn
CSS+HTML!!!)
– Earn a little money from Google Adsense
– More about SEO 
– Web 2.0 Optimization
– Multi-media optimization
• Other things you want to know!!!
• WHEN?