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WordPress Site DesignACE #CT01756 Intro to WordPress
By Adrian Mikeliunashttp://learnwp.us/week-4
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* Comments & Pingbacks* Plugins: find & install plugins* Popular and useful plugins* Adding Functionality & 3rd party services
Week 4 Agenda
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* Do you want an interactive website? * Wouldn't it be nice if the readers of a website could
leave comments, tips or impressions about the site or a specific article?
* WP allows visitors or registered users to leave comments on pages or posts…* Posting comments is one of the most exciting features
of blogs, allowing 1 to 1 or 1 to group conversations…
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WordPress Comments
* Discussion Settings * Affects NEW pages or posts from that POINT ON…* IT does NOT CHANGE ALL PREVIOUS pages or posts!!!
* Individual Pages or Post Settings * Affect only those pages or posts [manual process!]* They can BYPASS the DEFAULT Discussion Settings!
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Discussion vs. Post Settings
* Dashboard * Settings* Discussion
* Allow people to post comments
* Or in each page or post!
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Comments Configuration
* Comment Approval
* Manual or Automatic?
* If you have time or low comments, manual may be OK…
* If not, Automate!
* Why? to filter spammers!
* How? with Plugins!
* Plugins
* Use this plugin if you don't want comments at all on your site:http://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments
* Bulk deletion: http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-comments-management
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Comments Management
NOT REAL PEOPLE!
* There are also nifty ways for authors of other blogs to leave “comments” without even visiting the blog! * A way of remote communication between bloggers* Called "pingbacks" or "trackbacks", they can inform
other bloggers whenever they cite an article from another site in their own articles.
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WordPress Pingbacks
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Pingbacks Example
* Dashboard * Settings* Discussion
* Allow pingbacks and trackbacks
* Or in each page or post!
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Pingbacks Configuration
* Add interactivity* Slides [images or text/overlays]* Popup when going away…* Newsletter subscription
* Support or Chat boxes
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Interaction Plugins
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Plugins
* Plugins are like mini-programs that do lots of things, from adding social buttons to your post to installing a media player so that you can play your own photo gallery, podcasts, or videos on your blog
* Plugins can serve ads, play a slide showsuggest how to increase your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or visibility, backup your site, protect from intruders, point out frequent commenters, …
* They can filter SPAMMERS!
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Plugins for Everything
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* Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine! * In this directory of more than 40,000 plugins you can find, download,
rate, and comment on all the best plugins the WordPress community has to offer: http://wordpress.org/plugins
* Recommendations on which plugin to install:* Rated 3+ stars out of 5 stars
* Version 1.0 or higher
* Less than 1 year old to be compatible with your version of WordPress!
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Plugin Installation
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Plugins Spam
* Akismet* Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the
world to protect your blog from comment & trackback spam
* It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep
* Needs an activation key! http://akismet.com
ALTERNATIVES:* Search for “spam” 1000+ results!
http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=spam
The All-in-One Anti-Spam Plugin for WordPress - Without CAPTCHAs
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spamshield
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WordPress Statistics
* How many visitors does my blog get? * Which pages they read the most? * Two major analytics services [both free!]:
* Google Analytics * WordPress Jetpack Site Stats
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WordPress Plugin Families
* Elegant Themes subscription $* http://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins
* Jetpack by WordPress.com * http://jetpack.me/* Jetpack enables you to connect your blog to a
WordPress.com account to use the powerful features normally only available to WordPress.com users
* Mostly FREE, 30+plugins
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* Statistics & Central Management* Publicize - Free Connect your site to popular social networks and
automatically share new posts with your friends* Simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server* Email subscriptions for your blog's posts and your post's comments* Social networking enabled comment system* Monitor and manage your site's activity with Notifications in your
Toolbar and on WordPress.com* Simple, Akismet-backed contact forms
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WP JetPack Components-1
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* Hovercard popups for your commenters via Gravatar* Easily embedded media from popular sites like YouTube, Digg, and
Vimeo* The ability to post to your blog from any email client* Integration with social networks including Twitter, Facebook,
Tumblr, and LinkedIn* For the Math geeks, a simple way to include beautiful mathematical
expressions on your site
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WP JetPack Components-2
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* A widget for displaying recent tweets* Your readers can easily share your posts via email or their favorite
social networks * An artificial intelligence based spell, style, and grammar checker * Full-screen photo browsing experience (Carousel)* A mobile theme that automatically streamlines your site for visitors
on mobile devices* Mobile push notifications for new comments via WordPress mobile
apps* Creative formats for your image galleries: mosaic, circles, squares,
and a slideshow view
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WP JetPack Components-3
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* SPEED, one stop shop!* CONVENIENCE* REVIEWS:
* websynthesis.com/jetpack-plugin/* www.shariff.org/wordpress-jetpack-plugin-review.html
* Too many OPTIONS? Try the Lite version:* Jetpack Lite http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-lite
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JetPack Benefits
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* Akismet – register it & say goodbye to spam!http://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet
* Content Aware Sidebars * Display sidebars according to the content being viewed
http://wordpress.org/plugins/content-aware-sidebars
* Enhanced Text Widget * enables a more feature-rich text widget
http://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-text-widget
* Digg Digg http://wordpress.org/plugins/digg-digg* adds a floating box on your website that enables your users to
quickly and easily share the page* WordPress SEO by Yoast - best SEO plugin
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo
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Top 5 FREE WordPress Plugins
* Backup Buddy ($80-$150)
* http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy
* Visual Composer for WordPress ($25)
* feature-rich editor that allows you to add columns, image galleries, accordions, tour sections, videos: http://vc.wpbakery.com
* Gravity Forms ($39-$199) forms & directories
https://katz.co/plugins/
* Atlas Directory & Listings – $55
* the best directory and listings theme for WordPress
http://themeforest.net/item/atlas-directory-listings-premium-wordpress-theme/5736374
* WP Security $80/year
* https://ithemes.com/security or https://www.wordfence.com3/2018WordPress #4 22
Top 5 PAID WordPress Plugins
* Ecommercewordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=ecommerce
* Membership wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=Membership
* Marketing wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=marketing
* Media Site https://wordpress.org/plugins/meteor-slideshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/contus-video-gallery
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Other Functionality
YOUR IMAGINATION!!!
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Woothemes.com
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Plugins Directory
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* Elementor #1 https://elementor.com* https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor
* Page Builder by SiteOrigin* https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels
* Visual Composer* https://visualcomposer.io/download
* Live Composer* https://wordpress.org/plugins/live-composer-page-builder
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Page Editors--Free
* Divi Page builder* https://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/divi-builder
* Live Composer* https://visualcomposer.io/premium
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Page Editors--Paid
* Comments & Pingbacks* Plugins: find & install plugins* Popular and useful plugins* Adding Functionality & 3rd party services
Week 4 Review
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