16. < WordPress Make-up Themes Plug-ins / Widgets Content Themes are what makes WordPress look great. They also extend the features of WordPress to fill a specific need, market or niche . Themes support the intent of e-commerce, corporate, creative, agency, Q & A, promotions and almost any other type of site leveraging web tech such as HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX and others. Most only cost around $35 or a little above. Themes components supersede much of WordPress Core functionality. Themes can be changed at anytime without effecting the content of the site. Plugins are mostly single purpose components that extend Themes and occasionally WordPress Core features and capabilities. FaceBook Social Network integration, and PayPal are great examples of allowing WordPress interact with external services. There are free and premium plugins for almost every conceivable purpose. You can also write them yourself. Widgets mostly are used for the sidebar, but depending on the theme can be embedded in the main body to display internal/external content and multimedia. Your content can consist of almost anything, photos, video, downloadable files, and other stuff. You can also embed multimedia content from popular services such as YouTube , Hulu and others. Post blog entries, take surveys/polls, or collect visitor profile information. Content can be added directly in the WP dashboard and from the front-end.
22. < WordPress Dependencies Web Server Software Database Software File Transfer Method Allows users, search engines and other elements to find and interact with WordPress and underlying database. Handles DNS/IP resolution on web server including domains and subdomains. Database software which facilitates WordPress to read and write content, store user data, preferences and other objects. Contains tables, queries, and other components. Is classified as a relational database solution which facilitates a one to many relationship with it’s data. Used to install WordPress application, themes, plugins and allows management of most or accessible files on a remotes server. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients such as Filezilla are normally used for the task. Some web hosts offer other methods of transferring and managing files.
28. < Hosting (Recap) Shared Hosting Dedicated/Virtual Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure Very Important Decision, select carefully.
29. < Installation http://wordpress.org/download/ Moderate Manual Install on Web Host’s WP Supported Server Setup MySql DB and Admin User(s) Setup and Configure WP Web Host Assisted Push Button Install Push to Install WordPress and Supporting Database Minimum Configuration Wizard
30. < Manual Installation Creating a new database using phpMyAdmin utility Entering the database information for the WordPress set up script
