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Using Wordpress To
Create Your Website
 Nicole C. Engard
nengard@gmail.com
Outline
• What is Wordpress?
• Who is using Wordpress?
• Why Wordpress?
• Wordpress for Libraries?
• Create your own Wordpress site
What is Wordpress
• Open Source
• Free of Cost
• A blogging platform
• A content management system (CMS)
• Easy to Learn
Who is Using Wordpress
•   Businesses
    •   http://about.networksolutions.com/
•   Libraries
    •   http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/
    •   http://mykansaslibrary.org
•   Universities
    •   http://umaine.edu/
•   Publications
    •   http://magazine.wsj.com/
Why Wordpress?
• Easy to navigate
• Built in search engine
• Thousands of plugins/extensions
• Thousands of pre-made themes
• Tons of online documentation & help
Why Wordpress as a CMS
• It’s for more than just blogging
• Allows for multiple users/permissions
• No need for system admin - anyone can
  upgrade/edit files
• Easy, Easy, Easy!
Wordpress Varieties
•   Wordpress.com
    • Free hosted version of Wordpress
•   Wordpress.org
    • Free downloadable version of Wordpress
•   Wordpress MU (http://mu.wordpress.org)
    • Wordpress for multiple individual users
•   BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org/)
    • Social networking site built on Wordpress
For Libraries
• WP4Lib
  •   Community for Libraries using Wordpress

  •   http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com/

• Scriblio
  •   An OPAC based on Wordpress

  •   http://about.scriblio.net/
Doing it Yourself
Your Site
• Go to:
 • Firstname + Last Initial
    + .learninglibrarians.org/wp-login.php
  • ex: nicolee.learninglibrarians.org/wp-
    login.php
Login To Your Site
• Your username is your first name
• Your password is your last name
• Enter everything in lowercase
• Change password once logged in
 •   Click your name next to Howdy in the top
     right and scroll to bottom
Things to do
• Alter settings
• Confirm users
• Choose a theme
• Create a page
• Create a blog
• View and configure plugins
• Add Content
Add a Google Map
•   Basic Map
    • Go to http://maps.google.com
    • Search for your library address
    • Click the ‘link’ button in the top right
    • Copy the HTML to embed the map into your site
•   Can also use the Map Wizard: http://www.google.com/
    uds/solutions/wizards/mapsearch.html
Add a Google Calendar
• Embed your calendar
• Go to http://calendar.google.com
• Create new calendar
• Add an event or two to the calendar
• Go to calendar settings and share the
    calendar
•   Embed calendar in site
Add a Flickr Badge

• Log in to your Flickr account
• Go to http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne
• Choose your badge for embedding in your
  site
Add a Twitter Badge
• Visit: http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets
• Click ‘My Website’
• Choose the type of badge you want
• More Information on Twitter Badges:
 • http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/
    entries/15354
Add a RSS Mashup
• Let’s mashup a few RSS feeds to create one
    content source
    • http://pipes.yahoo.com
•   Learn More from Jody Condit Fagan
    • http://bit.ly/5Z2Zki
•   Learn More from Me
    • http://mashups.web2learning.net/ (ch 7)
On Your Own
Additional Tools
• Web server with MySQL and PHP installed
 • I use Hostgator.com
• Access to (or someone who can) alter the
  MySQL database interface
• FTP Software
 • I use Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)
Links
•   Beginner’s Guide to Tricking out Wordpress
    •   http://lifehacker.com/5365600/the-beginners-guide-to-tricking-out-your-
        wordpress-blog

•   300 Resources to help you become an expert
    •   http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/300-resources-to-help-you-
        become-a-wordpress-expert

• Wordpress Quick Start Guide
  • http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Quick_Start_Guide
• WordPress CMS for Library Web Sites
    •   http://lib20.pbworks.com/classes-wordpress-websites
Books
• WordPress 2.7 Complete by Hasin Hayder and
  April Hodge Silver
• WordPress For Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
• A Step by Step Wordpress Tutorial For Beginners by
  Mati H Fuller
• WordPress:Visual QuickStart Guide by Jessica
  Neuman Beck and Matt Beck
Thank You
                   Nicole C. Engard
                 nengard@gmail.com
Slides: web2learning.net > Publications & Presentations

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Building a Library Website with WordPress

  • 1. Using Wordpress To Create Your Website Nicole C. Engard nengard@gmail.com
  • 2. Outline • What is Wordpress? • Who is using Wordpress? • Why Wordpress? • Wordpress for Libraries? • Create your own Wordpress site
  • 3. What is Wordpress • Open Source • Free of Cost • A blogging platform • A content management system (CMS) • Easy to Learn
  • 4. Who is Using Wordpress • Businesses • http://about.networksolutions.com/ • Libraries • http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/ • http://mykansaslibrary.org • Universities • http://umaine.edu/ • Publications • http://magazine.wsj.com/
  • 5. Why Wordpress? • Easy to navigate • Built in search engine • Thousands of plugins/extensions • Thousands of pre-made themes • Tons of online documentation & help
  • 6. Why Wordpress as a CMS • It’s for more than just blogging • Allows for multiple users/permissions • No need for system admin - anyone can upgrade/edit files • Easy, Easy, Easy!
  • 7. Wordpress Varieties • Wordpress.com • Free hosted version of Wordpress • Wordpress.org • Free downloadable version of Wordpress • Wordpress MU (http://mu.wordpress.org) • Wordpress for multiple individual users • BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org/) • Social networking site built on Wordpress
  • 8. For Libraries • WP4Lib • Community for Libraries using Wordpress • http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com/ • Scriblio • An OPAC based on Wordpress • http://about.scriblio.net/
  • 10. Your Site • Go to: • Firstname + Last Initial + .learninglibrarians.org/wp-login.php • ex: nicolee.learninglibrarians.org/wp- login.php
  • 11. Login To Your Site • Your username is your first name • Your password is your last name • Enter everything in lowercase • Change password once logged in • Click your name next to Howdy in the top right and scroll to bottom
  • 12. Things to do • Alter settings • Confirm users • Choose a theme • Create a page • Create a blog • View and configure plugins • Add Content
  • 13. Add a Google Map • Basic Map • Go to http://maps.google.com • Search for your library address • Click the ‘link’ button in the top right • Copy the HTML to embed the map into your site • Can also use the Map Wizard: http://www.google.com/ uds/solutions/wizards/mapsearch.html
  • 14. Add a Google Calendar • Embed your calendar • Go to http://calendar.google.com • Create new calendar • Add an event or two to the calendar • Go to calendar settings and share the calendar • Embed calendar in site
  • 15. Add a Flickr Badge • Log in to your Flickr account • Go to http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne • Choose your badge for embedding in your site
  • 16. Add a Twitter Badge • Visit: http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets • Click ‘My Website’ • Choose the type of badge you want • More Information on Twitter Badges: • http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/ entries/15354
  • 17. Add a RSS Mashup • Let’s mashup a few RSS feeds to create one content source • http://pipes.yahoo.com • Learn More from Jody Condit Fagan • http://bit.ly/5Z2Zki • Learn More from Me • http://mashups.web2learning.net/ (ch 7)
  • 19. Additional Tools • Web server with MySQL and PHP installed • I use Hostgator.com • Access to (or someone who can) alter the MySQL database interface • FTP Software • I use Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)
  • 20. Links • Beginner’s Guide to Tricking out Wordpress • http://lifehacker.com/5365600/the-beginners-guide-to-tricking-out-your- wordpress-blog • 300 Resources to help you become an expert • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/300-resources-to-help-you- become-a-wordpress-expert • Wordpress Quick Start Guide • http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Quick_Start_Guide • WordPress CMS for Library Web Sites • http://lib20.pbworks.com/classes-wordpress-websites
  • 21. Books • WordPress 2.7 Complete by Hasin Hayder and April Hodge Silver • WordPress For Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson • A Step by Step Wordpress Tutorial For Beginners by Mati H Fuller • WordPress:Visual QuickStart Guide by Jessica Neuman Beck and Matt Beck
  • 22. Thank You Nicole C. Engard nengard@gmail.com Slides: web2learning.net > Publications & Presentations