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Your developer just left and you don't know how to do some simple things like, add a hyperlink, image or video. This presentation -- with screen shots -- will help. Especially for nonprofits but anybody can get help here.
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Words you may not know
• URL: Universal Resource Locator | The “street address” of a web page
• Permalinks: The permanent link to a specific page within your site. Use it to send people exactly where you want them to go.
• Cache: Improves how fast a site is opened by saving a copy somewhere…
How to make WordPress your friend
Kerch McConlogueWeFixBrokenWebsites.com
GiveCamp Baltimore, October 19, 2013
The difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com
WordPress.org
Self hosted on your own domain… there are some costs
WordPress.com
Hosted at WordPress.com … but free
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• RSS: Rich Site Summary Really Simple SyndicationAutomatically delivers new content from your website to people who want to see it
Choosing a themeWordPress is not just for blogging anymore.
Someplace between 12% and 20% of the internet runs on WordPress!
Google results for Free WordPress Themes
About 112,000,000 results (0.15 seconds)
They aren’t all the same!• Some don’t work• Some come along with malware
• Remove the “admin” user login• Pick a good password which is NOT “Password”• Keep your WordPress installation and plugins
up to date. • BACK UP YOUR SITE REGULARLY!!
(wp-db-backup)• Use export function before you back up. (Tools |
Export)
Security
Spend money on • GravityForms (gravityforms.com)
($39 single site license)• Akismet plugin (akismet.com)
($5/month)• Sucuri.net ($89/year)
Removing “admin” user
1. Login as “admin”
2. Create a “new user” with administration permissions
3. Log out as “admin”
4. Log in as that “new user”
5. Delete the “admin” user
The difference between a Page and a Post
Pages tend to be more static.
• Posts show up in archive pages by month or category
• Do not show in archive pages
Posts are arranged in a specific order and a specific hierarchy
Good uses:• News updates• Traditional blog pieces
Good uses:• Home page• Contact page• About us• Products• Services
SEO: Search Engine Optimization
• Make sure your site is set to be accessible to search engines!
• Use keywords in the title, in headings, in bold
• Use HEADINGS, not just inline formatting
• Use “alt” tags for images• Plugin by Joast: yoast.com/wordpress/
Use the WHOLE URL… including the http://
Screen Options
Screen Options for Admin User
Options for editors
Adding images
Insert Media
Select file from your computer or an online image (URL) or
from the media library
Choose image from computer
Image has been uploaded
Aligning images
Format mess-ups
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE DIRECTLY FROM WORD• WP is getting better about importing directly
from Word• But if you’re not totally up to date…. It either
keeps the original formatting or strips it all• So FORMAT in WordPress!
Other Notes
• WPBeginner.com | Need I really say more? Videos and other tutorials
• Codex.wordpress.org | Everything about WordPress.
• Unroll.me | For decreasing the amount of mail you SEE by rolling into one email what ever subscriptions you get regularly, or not so regularly
• Irfanview www.irfanview.com/ Free image editor
• Responsinator.com | See what your site looks like on different devices
• How to make PDFs smaller | WeFixBrokenWebsites.com/how-do-i-make-my-pdfs-smaller/
From codex.wordpress.org
Summary of Roles• Super Admin – somebody with access to the site network
administration features and all other features. See the Create a Network article.
• Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
• Editor – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
• Author – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts. • Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own
posts but cannot publish them. • Subscriber – somebody who can only manage their profile. • Upon installing WordPress, an Administrator account is
automatically created.
• Twitter: @kerchmcc• Email: [email protected]• Slides: http://slidesha.re/1asuNHT
