The slides from the second class of the January 2012 session.

1. Administration and
Management

2. Today's Plan
● Resources for WordPress online ... and in Philly
● The WordPress "Backend"
○ Changing your site's settings
○ Content types in WordPress
○ Writing in WordPress
○ Changing the theme
Goals
● You will have added some resources to your toolbelt (or
bookmarks bar)
● You can update your site's settings
● You can update your site's content and themes in the backend

3. Resources Online ... and in Philly
● WordPress Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org
● GDI Philly's WordPress Group: http://www.facebook.
com/groups/gdiphillywordpress/
● Philly WordPress Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-
WordPress-Meetup-Group/
● Philadelphia WordPress website: http://phillywp.org/
● The GDI Intro to Programming has some more seats! Get on the
waitlist: http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Philadelphia/

4. More resources ...
● PANMA list: http://www.panma.org/community/listserv
● Girl Geek Dinners (social): http://www.ggdphl.com
● WordPress mailing lists: http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists
● WordPress Development Updates: http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/
● wptavern.com
● wpcandy.com

5. We have a website - now what?
What's your site's story?
Hooray.com is a site that posts awesome things. They also consult on
being awesome.
Now let's walk through setting up Hooray.com on the admin
side.

6. Exercise: Changing your site's settings
Complete/Answer the following:
● Change your site's "tagline"
● Update your permalink structure
● What tab would you go to to change the default image sizes?
● What version of WordPress are you using? Where did you find
out?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Disable comments by default
● Turn off pingbacks from your site
● Change your RSS feed to show 20 items. What
was the default number?

7. Activity: Content Types
Here are some examples of content that could appear on your site.
Should they be Posts or Pages?
● Contact us
● 10 reasons you should get a kitten
● An item for sale on an e-commerce site
● Privacy policy
● A job listing
● Meet my cat Luna
● Bio of an artist for a gallery with many artists

8. Exercise: Writing and Updating
Complete/Answer the following:
● Write a Post and a Page on edit screens in two different
windows. Note the differences.
● Make a category and add your post to it. Can you add pages to
categories?
● Add tags to your post. What are the benefits of tags?
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Go to your Post edit screen and choose "Screen
Options." Add/remove areas and drag and drop for
your preferred layout
● Trash a post and restore it
● Schedule a post for 2 minutes in the future
● Add a "Featured Image" to a post. What happens?

9. Media, Links, Comments
● Links can help you organize links outside
your menu
● Approve and manage
comments in the Comments area

10. Exercises: Media, Links, Comments
Complete/Answer the following:
● Upload a picture to the Media area (from your computer or the
Web)
● Unapprove the default comment added by WordPress
● Add a link to the Links area
Gold Star! [Extra Credit]
● Crop the image you uploaded to a new size and
save it
● Write a comment on a post on your site and see
what happens
● Make a new link category and organize the links
in a new way

11. Lessons Learned
Do you ...
● Remember what our main resources are?
Are you ...
● Able to update the name of your site and other settings?
Can you ...
● Write and update content on your site?
Are you ...
● Able to change your theme?

12. Homework!
● Join the Facebook group!
● Work on your site - updating the
settings, writing sample content ...
● Research themes and find one that relatively fits your site's
goals
And ...
● Find hosting if you want to launch next week