5. WordPress
Awesomeness
Open source = YAY!
Large user community
Used by > 12% of the largest 1,000,000
websites on the web
Flexible deployment options
7. That sounds
AWESOME!
How do I get me
some of that?
8. Getting you WordPress
3 options:
1. Sign up for a blog at wordpress.com
2. Deploy WordPress in a hosted
environment
3. Download and install WordPress
yourself from wordpress.org
10. .com Basics
Requires an account for blog owners; no
account for browsing (can limit access)
URL is http://yourblogname.wordpress.com
Takes care of everything: setup, upgrades,
spam, backups, security, etc.
Free account comes with 3GB storage
but may have text-only ads
Premium option available for a fee (css
editor; domain mapping)
14. category
- cat e go ry
- noun
- definition: a class or group of things
possessing some quality or qualities
in common
All posts must be in at least one category;
can have more than one
Categories may be hierarchical
15. tag
- tag
- noun
- definition: a children’s game in
which one player pursues the other
until he or she is able to touch them
Not hierarchical
On wordpress.com, clicking on a tag
will show you all instances of that tag in
all wordpress blogs
17. widget
- widg et
- noun
- definition: a GUI element that
displays information in an
arrangement that is changeable by
the user
18. plugin
- plug-in
- noun
- definition: an accessory software
package that is used to extend the
capabilities of an existing
application
a widget is a type of plugin
19. .com Limitations
Can’t install a custom theme
Can’t hack the PHP or CSS*
Can’t use plugins
Your blog is tied into wordpress.com
community of blogs
22. With great power
comes great
responsibility
Have a good web host;
need a database and PHP
You’re responsible for
backups, upgrades,
managing spam, etc.
Mismanage the site and
you can lose it all
25. What’s New
New default theme and theme APIs
Multi-site functionality (formerly
WordPress MU)
Updated menu management
Custom post types
Custom taxonomies (with hierarchical
structure)
26. “ Matt Mulleweg
(WordPress creator)
Normally this is where I’d say we’re about to start work on 3.1, but
we’re actually not. We’re going to take a release cycle off to focus on
all of the things around WordPress. The growth of the community has
been breathtaking, including over 10.3 million downloads of version
2.9, but so much of our effort has been focused on the core software
it hasn’t left much time for anything else. Over the next three
months we’re going to split into ninja/pirate teams focused on
different areas of the around-WordPress experience, including
the showcase, Codex, forums, profiles, update and compatibility
APIs, theme directory, plugin directory, mailing lists, core
plugins, wordcamp.org… the possibilities are endless.
- June 18th, 2010
27. More Fun
Books. So many, many books
WordCamp! WordCamp Mid-Atlantic (DC)
is Sept. 11
Download WordPress app for iPhone,
Android or Blackberry
28. The Codex
The WordPress Encyclopedia
GREAT resources with tons of
information (primarily for installed
instances of WordPress)
wordpress.org also includes a blog,
forum and hosting info
