This is the slideshow from the February 28 talk, Let's Demystify the Wordpress Dashboard at Friends Philosophy and Tea, given Stephen Magladry and Deborah Drake.

1. Let’s Demystify the Wordpress Dashboard
Deborah Drake & Stephen Magladry
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2. Assumptions
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3. Assumptions
You can log on to your Wordpress site
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4. Assumptions
You can log on to your Wordpress site
You want to be the administrator of your
site or have an admin
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5. Assumptions
You can log on to your Wordpress site
You want to be the administrator of your
site or have an admin
You have access to your site (ftp/web) or
an admin you can turn to
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6. Assumptions
You can log on to your Wordpress site
You want to be the administrator of your
site or have an admin
You have access to your site (ftp/web) or
an admin you can turn to
Willing to be COUR-IOUS
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7. Presentation Notes
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8. Presentation Notes
Will be made available after the
presentation (on-line pdf)
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9. Presentation Notes
Will be made available after the
presentation (on-line pdf)
1 page cheat sheet
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10. Presentation Notes
Will be made available after the
presentation (on-line pdf)
1 page cheat sheet
Slides are numbered if you want to take
additional notes
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11. Lets get started!
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12. The Dashboard Tools
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13. The Dashboard Tools
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14. The Dashboard Tools
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15. The Dashboard Tools
Dashboard Home Page
Managing Posts
Adding Media
Links to Resources
Control of Pages
Comments
Themes/Widget/Menus...
Wordpress Plug-ins
Manage Users/Profile
Wordpress Tools
Setting for Plug-ins
SEO Ultimate Plug-in
G-Lock Mail List
Collapse/Expand
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16. Dashboard Homepage
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17. Dashboard Homepage
Think of it as a command central for the
dashboard
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18. Dashboard Homepage
Think of it as a command central for the
dashboard
Contains general information about site
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19. Dashboard Homepage
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20. Dashboard Homepage
Screen Options
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21. Dashboard Homepage
Screen Options
just about every tools has a Screen
Option
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22. Dashboard Homepage
Screen Options
just about every tools has a Screen
Option
can be used to simplify what is on the
screen
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23. Dashboard Homepage
Screen Options
just about every tools has a Screen
Option
can be used to simplify what is on the
screen
Controls what to display per Tool
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24. Dashboard Homepage
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25. Dashboard Homepage
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26. Dashboard Homepage
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27. Dashboard Homepage
Getting There
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28. Dashboard Homepage
Getting There
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29. Dashboard Homepage
Getting There
Check which Options to display
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30. Dashboard Homepage
Getting There
Check which Options to display
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31. Best Practices
User Profile
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32. Best Practices–User Profile
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33. Best Practices–User Profile
Completely fill out all fields from the
start
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34. Best Practices–User Profile
Completely fill out all fields from the
start
include bio and contact information
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35. Best Practices–User Profile
Completely fill out all fields from the
start
include bio and contact information
Keep it up to date
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36. Best Practices–User Profile
Completely fill out all fields from the
start
include bio and contact information
Keep it up to date
Include an Avatar
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37. Best Practices–User Profile
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38. Best Practices–User Profile
Gravatar–Global Resource Avatar
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39. Best Practices–User Profile
Gravatar–Global Resource Avatar
Out of the box you will have to use
Gravatar.com
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40. Best Practices–User Profile
Gravatar–Global Resource Avatar
Out of the box you will have to use
Gravatar.com
go to Gravatar.com
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41. Best Practices–User Profile
Gravatar–Global Resource Avatar
Out of the box you will have to use
Gravatar.com
go to Gravatar.com
create a gravatar using your email
address
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42. Best Practices–User Profile
Gravatar–Global Resource Avatar
Out of the box you will have to use
Gravatar.com
go to Gravatar.com
create a gravatar using your email
address
Gravatar automatically associated
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43. Best Practices–User Profile
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44. Best Practices–User Profile
Getting There
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45. Best Practices
Posts
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46. Best Practices–Posts
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47. Best Practices–Posts
Content
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48. Best Practices–Posts
Content
This is what attracts visitors
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49. Best Practices–Posts
Content
This is what attracts visitors
SEO
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50. Best Practices–Posts
Content
This is what attracts visitors
SEO
This gets your content found
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51. Best Practices–Posts
Content
This is what attracts visitors
SEO
This gets your content found
Fill out for every post
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52. Best Practices–Posts
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53. Best Practices–Posts
Title & Content
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54. Best Practices–Posts
Title & Content
SEO
Category
Tags
Title Tag
Meta Description
Incoming links
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55. Best Practices–Posts
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56. Best Practices–Posts
Title & Content
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57. Best Practices–Posts
Title & Content
Title–Be creative–this is your
Hook!
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58. Best Practices–Posts
Title & Content
Title–Be creative–this is your
Hook!
Content–Your post
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59. Best Practices–Posts
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60. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
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61. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
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62. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
Organize like posts together
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63. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
Organize like posts together
can be used as a tag
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64. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
Organize like posts together
can be used as a tag
Tags
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65. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
Organize like posts together
can be used as a tag
Tags
Use appropriate tags
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66. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Category
Organize like posts together
can be used as a tag
Tags
Use appropriate tags
Not limited to single words
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67. Best Practices–Posts
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68. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
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69. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Title Tag
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70. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Title Tag
accurate and concise description of
content
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71. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Title Tag
accurate and concise description of
content
70 char limit
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72. Best Practices–Posts
SEO
Title Tag
accurate and concise description of
content
70 char limit
avoid “,’, ?, –, comma, En Dash, Em
Dash, ‘ , !, :, and &
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73. Best Practices–Posts
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74. Best Practices–Posts
Title Tag
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75. Best Practices–Posts
Title Tag
important keywords close to the front
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76. Best Practices–Posts
Title Tag
important keywords close to the front
Leverage Branding
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77. Best Practices–Posts
Title Tag
important keywords close to the front
Leverage Branding
Use “|”as separator–usually found above return key
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78. Best Practices–Posts
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79. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
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80. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
Minimal importance to search
ranking
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81. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
Minimal importance to search
ranking
importance is gaining click-through
from search engine result pages
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82. Best Practices–Posts
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83. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
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84. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
Write Compelling Ad Copy
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85. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
Write Compelling Ad Copy
Under 140 Chars
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86. Best Practices–Posts
Meta Description
Write Compelling Ad Copy
Under 140 Chars
Unique per post
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87. Best Practices–Posts
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88. Best Practices–Posts
Incoming Auto Link Anchors
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89. Best Practices–Posts
Incoming Auto Link Anchors
Use this to build a web
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90. Best Practices–Posts
Incoming Auto Link Anchors
Use this to build a web
how would you connect back to this
page
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91. Best Practices–Posts
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92. Best Practices–Posts
Getting There
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93. Best Practices–Posts
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94. Best Practices–Posts
Categories
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95. Best Practices–Posts
Categories
Tags
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96. Best Practices–Posts
Categories
Tags
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97. Best Practices–Posts
SEO Settings
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98. Best Practices
Static Pages
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99. Best Practices–Pages
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100. Best Practices–Pages
They are for unchanging information
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101. Best Practices–Pages
They are for unchanging information
Eg. Contacts page, bio page
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102. Best Practices–Pages
They are for unchanging information
Eg. Contacts page, bio page
Static Pages uses same engine as Posts
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103. Best Practices–Pages
They are for unchanging information
Eg. Contacts page, bio page
Static Pages uses same engine as Posts
Deserve the same SEO treatment as
Posts
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104. Best Practices–Pages
They are for unchanging information
Eg. Contacts page, bio page
Static Pages uses same engine as Posts
Deserve the same SEO treatment as
Posts
Some people say–add website to title
field then a dash and then page title
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105. Best Practices
Media
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106. Best Practices–Media
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107. Best Practices–Media
Getting there
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108. Best Practices–Media
Getting there
top of post/page webpage
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109. Best Practices–Media
Getting there
top of post/page webpage
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110. Best Practices–Media
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111. Best Practices–Media
From Computer
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112. Best Practices–Media
From Computer
From URL
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113. Best Practices–Media
From Computer
From URL
Media Library
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114. Best Practices–Media
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115. Best Practices–Media
From Computer
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116. Best Practices–Media
From Computer
From URL
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117. Best Practices–Media
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118. Best Practices–Media
Media Library
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119. Best Practices–Media
Media Library
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120. Best Practices–Media
Media Library
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121. Best Practices
Categories
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122. Best Practices–Categories
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123. Best Practices–Categories
Used to gather posts together under
common theme
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124. Best Practices–Categories
Used to gather posts together under
common theme
Pick SEO relevant titles
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125. Best Practices–Categories
Used to gather posts together under
common theme
Pick SEO relevant titles
Behaves similar to Tag as SEO
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126. Best Practices–Categories
Used to gather posts together under
common theme
Pick SEO relevant titles
Behaves similar to Tag as SEO
Fill out both Title & Description
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127. Best Practices–Categories
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128. Best Practices–Categories
Getting There
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129. Best Practices–Categories
Name of Category
Slug–used by database. Don’t worry
about it
Parent–Allows for sub-categories
Description–Brief description of the
Category
Create
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130. Best Practices
Plugins/Widgets
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131. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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132. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Think of them as an app for a smart
phone–add functionality to an already
functional unit
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133. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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134. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding Plugins
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135. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding Plugins
Use the Search engine build in to
your WP site
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136. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding Plugins
Use the Search engine build in to
your WP site
wordpress.org–has more information
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137. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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138. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
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139. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
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140. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
Description-Do what you want
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141. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
Description-Do what you want
Updated recently/frequently
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142. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
Description-Do what you want
Updated recently/frequently
Works with your version of WP
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143. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
Description-Do what you want
Updated recently/frequently
Works with your version of WP
Download Count
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144. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Finding a Good Plugin
Check the details
Description-Do what you want
Updated recently/frequently
Works with your version of WP
Download Count
Stars–give them low valuable
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145. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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146. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Installing
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147. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Installing
Two methods
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148. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Installing
Two methods
Some Hosts have a streamline method
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149. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Installing
Two methods
Some Hosts have a streamline method
Other require an FTP name/password
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150. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Installing
Two methods
Some Hosts have a streamline method
Other require an FTP name/password
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-
for-ftp-usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
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151. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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152. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Adding Widgets
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153. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Adding Widgets
Widgets–a “plugin” with an onscreen
presence
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154. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Adding Widgets
Widgets–a “plugin” with an onscreen
presence
Usually go on sidebars
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155. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
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156. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Most Plugins/Widgets have a setting
panel
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157. Best Practices–Plugins/Widgets
Most Plugins/Widgets have a setting
panel
This controls the options that can
be used Plugins/Widgets
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158. Recommended plugins
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159. Recommended plugins
SEO Ultimate
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160. Recommended plugins
SEO Ultimate
helps search engine classify site
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161. Recommended plugins
SEO Ultimate
helps search engine classify site
That will drives traffic to your site
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162. Recommended plugins

163. Recommended plugins
Akismet

164. Recommended plugins
Akismet
Used to manage spam/ham on your site

165. Recommended plugins

166. Recommended plugins
Google Analytics for Wordpress

167. Recommended plugins
Google Analytics for Wordpress
Used to track traffic to your site

168. Recommended plugins
Google Analytics for Wordpress
Used to track traffic to your site
Google XML Sitemap

169. Recommended plugins
Google Analytics for Wordpress
Used to track traffic to your site
Google XML Sitemap
Used to create a map of files on your site

170. Recommended plugins
Google Analytics for Wordpress
Used to track traffic to your site
Google XML Sitemap
Used to create a map of files on your site
make sure search engines scan all the
content on your site

171. Recommended plugins

172. Recommended plugins
Smart Tube PRO

173. Recommended plugins
Smart Tube PRO
Plugin for embedding YouTube, Vimeo,
and Facebook videos

174. Recommended plugins
Smart Tube PRO
Plugin for embedding YouTube, Vimeo,
and Facebook videos
change url from http://... to httpv://...

175. Recommended plugins

176. Recommended plugins
Avatars

177. Recommended plugins
Avatars
for a site with multiple contributors

178. Recommended plugins
Avatars
for a site with multiple contributors
allows for an Avatar to be pulled from a
local image or Twitter Feed

179. Recommended plugins

180. Recommended plugins
Subscribe2

181. Recommended plugins
Subscribe2
subscription management and email
notification system that alerts a list of
subscribers when you publish new
content to your blog

182. Best Practices
Backup
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183. Best Practices–Backup
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184. Best Practices–Backup
What if your site went down and all the
data were lost?
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185. Best Practices–Backup
What if your site went down and all the
data were lost?
Remember, only back up the data that is
important to you.
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186. Best Practices–Backup
What if your site went down and all the
data were lost?
Remember, only back up the data that is
important to you.
How Often?
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187. Best Practices–Backup
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188. Best Practices–Backup
Depends
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189. Best Practices–Backup
Depends
How often the site changes?
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190. Best Practices–Backup
Depends
How often the site changes?
How important is the site to your
business?
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191. Best Practices–Backup
Depends
How often the site changes?
How important is the site to your
business?
Form good habits and stick to them.
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192. Best Practices–Backup
Depends
How often the site changes?
How important is the site to your
business?
Form good habits and stick to them.
Compare the sinking feeling vs. reassured
feeling? What feels better?
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193. Best Practices–Backup
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194. Best Practices–Backup
Complete Backup
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195. Best Practices–Backup
Complete Backup
Database
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196. Best Practices–Backup
Complete Backup
Database
Files
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197. Best Practices–Backup
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198. Best Practices–Backup
Data
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199. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
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200. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
Pages
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201. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
Pages
Tags
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202. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
Pages
Tags
Comments
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203. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
Pages
Tags
Comments
Categories
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204. Best Practices–Backup
Data
Post
Pages
Tags
Comments
Categories
Custom forms
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205. Best Practices–Backup
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206. Best Practices–Backup
Files
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207. Best Practices–Backup
Files
wp-content directory
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208. Best Practices–Backup
Files
wp-content directory
wp-config.php
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209. Best Practices–Backup
Files
wp-content directory
wp-config.php
.htaccess
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210. Best Practices–Backup
Files
wp-content directory
wp-config.php
.htaccess
Xcloner(free) and Backup
Buddy($75 for 2 sites)
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211. Best Practices–Backup
Files
wp-content directory
wp-config.php
.htaccess
Xcloner(free) and Backup
Buddy($75 for 2 sites)
Do search for Backup Buddy Coupons
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212. Best Practices–Backup
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213. Best Practices–Backup
Getting There
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214. Best Practices–Backup
Getting There
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215. Best Practices–Backup
Getting There
Saves a copy of the data to a local drive
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216. Best Practices–Backup
Recommended: All content–keep
everything in one place
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217. Best Practices
Update Wordpress
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218. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
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219. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why Update?
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220. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why Update?
Bug Fixes
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221. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why Update?
Bug Fixes
Security Fixes
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222. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why Update?
Bug Fixes
Security Fixes
Feature enhancements
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223. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why Update?
Bug Fixes
Security Fixes
Feature enhancements
New Functionality
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224. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
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225. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Possible problems
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226. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Possible problems
update conflicts with your once stable
site
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227. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Possible problems
update conflicts with your once stable
site
Plugin not kept current with WP
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228. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Possible problems
update conflicts with your once stable
site
Plugin not kept current with WP
That’s why it is good to back up data–can
roll back to previous version of
Wordpress if needed
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229. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
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230. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
To Minimize problems, follow these steps
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231. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
To Minimize problems, follow these steps
Backup the site
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232. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
To Minimize problems, follow these steps
Backup the site
Deactivate all plugins
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233. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
To Minimize problems, follow these steps
Backup the site
Deactivate all plugins
Update Wordpress
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234. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
To Minimize problems, follow these steps
Backup the site
Deactivate all plugins
Update Wordpress
reactivate plugins–ONE AT A TIME
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235. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
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236. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why reactivate plugins–ONE AT A TIME
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237. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why reactivate plugins–ONE AT A TIME
Kind of like an allergy test–eliminate
all possible allergens and bring them
back one at a time
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238. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Why reactivate plugins–ONE AT A TIME
Kind of like an allergy test–eliminate
all possible allergens and bring them
back one at a time
Just because adding a plugin creates
a problem doesn’t mean that is the
problem plug-in–could be a conflict
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239. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
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240. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
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241. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
Web Host
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242. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
Web Host
Wordpress Administrator
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243. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
Web Host
Wordpress Administrator
Wordpress Mentor
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244. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
Web Host
Wordpress Administrator
Wordpress Mentor
wordpress.org discussion boards
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245. Best Practices– Update Wordpress
Problems with Update–Resources
Web Host
Wordpress Administrator
Wordpress Mentor
wordpress.org discussion boards
Support from third party plugin
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65

247. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar
65

248. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar
User Profiles
65

249. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar
User Profiles
Posts
65

250. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar
User Profiles
Posts
Static Pages
65

251. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar
User Profiles
Posts
Static Pages
Media
65

252. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar Categories
User Profiles
Posts
Static Pages
Media
65

253. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar Categories
User Profiles Plugins/Widgets
Posts
Static Pages
Media
65

254. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar Categories
User Profiles Plugins/Widgets
Posts Backup
Static Pages
Media
65

255. Best Practices– Review
Dashboard Toolbar Categories
User Profiles Plugins/Widgets
Posts Backup
Static Pages Updating WP
Media
65

256. Question?
66

257. Resources
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258. Resources
General
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259. Resources
General
wordpress.org
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260. Resources
General
wordpress.org
Download requires password
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261. Resources
General
wordpress.org
Download requires password
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
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262. Resources
General
wordpress.org
Download requires password
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
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263. Resources
General
wordpress.org
Download requires password
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
Comments
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264. Resources
General
wordpress.org
Download requires password
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
http://aparnam.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/wordpress-asking-for-ftp-
usernamepassword-while-installing-plugin/
Comments
http://wpweaver.info/disabling-comments-and-talkbacks/
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