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Getting to Know WordPress
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BEFORE WE BEGIN
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WordPress Essentials
Admin Panel and Optimal Settings
Creating & Optimizing Post / Pages
Getting to Know WordPress
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The Dominant CMS
Content Management System
WordPress Essentials
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• WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
• Getting Familiar with Wordpress.org
• How to manage plugins
• Resources and tools for all levels of users
• Working with themes and frameworks
• Choosing a web hosting company
Source - http://wpbeginner.com
WordPress.org vs Wordpress.com
WordPress.org vs Wordpress.com
Who Uses WordPress.org?
Source - http://wordpress.org/showcase/
Get Familiar with WordPress.org
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WordPress.org Website
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Plugins
Source - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/Over 23,000
plugins!
How to Search and Select Plugins
Source - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=yoast+seo
Watch out!
How to Search and Select Plugins
Source - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/
Plugin Favorites
Source - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
Plugin Resource
Source - https://managewp.com/free-plugins-of-the-year-2012
Learning Resources
Source - http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
Source - http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress
Learning Resources
Learning Resources
Source - http://www.wpbeginner.com/
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Use Responsive Themes
Consider a Framework
Invest in a Theme
Source - http://foxxr.com/themeforest
Invest in a Theme
Source - http://foxxr.com/themeforest
Choosing a Web Hosting Company
http://foxxr.com/bluehost http://foxxr.com/hostgator
WordPress Essentials
Wednesday Night Workshops | Brian Childers | foxxr.com
• WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
• Getting Familiar with Wordpress.org
• How to manage plugins
• Resources and tools for all levels of users
• Working with themes and frameworks
• Choosing a web hosting company
Admin Panel & Optimal Settings
Wednesday Night Workshops | Brian Childers | foxxr.com
• Dashboard and section modifications
• Media library & images
• Difference between posts and pages
• Properly configuring your site settings
• Best practices for settings
Admin Panel & Optimal Settings
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Posts
• Publishing date
• Author
• Category
• Tags
Indexed by
• Reverse chronological
• Categorical
• Break points
• Featured images
• Meant to be shareable
• RSS
Presentation
Custom Screen Options
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Pages
Organized As Presentation
• Static elements
• Parent / Child
• Individual
• Custom templates
• Custom sidebars
• Dedicated URL
When to Use What
Posts Pages
• Time-based material
• Relational material
• Part of a group
• Needs to be organized
• Static Content
• Non Relational
• Permanent
• Site Information
Media Library
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Best Practices for Images
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General Settings
Writing Settings
Writing Settings
Discussion Settings
Media Settings
Permalink Settings
topics
index
Admin Panel & Optimal Settings
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• Dashboard and section modifications
• Media library & images
• Difference between posts and pages
• Properly configuring your site settings
• Best practices for settings
Creating & Optimizing Posts / Pages
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• Creating posts / pages
• Anatomy of a post / page
• Optimizing for SEO
• Must have plugins for optimization
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Creating a New Post
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Anatomy of a Post
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Content area
Yoast SEO Plugin
Categories
URLTitle Area
Tags
Sidebar
FeaturedImage
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Anatomy of a Page
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Content area
Yoast SEO Plugin
Attributes
URLTitle Area
Sidebar
FeaturedImage
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Content Optimization
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What you write here
Can be optimized here
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SEO Optimization
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SEO Optimization
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A complete page analysis is performed by SEO Yoast.
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SEO Optimization
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Community Workshops | Brian Childers | foxxr.com | 831-531-7771
Optimizing Posts / Pages
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• Creating posts / pages
• Anatomy of a post / page
• Optimizing for SEO
• Must have plugins for optimization
Introduction to WordPress
Admin Panel and Optimal Settings
Creating & Optimizing Post / Pages
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