WordPress 101Gregory Duval@gregorviosGREGORVIOS Graphic Design Studiowww.gregorvios.com

What is WordPress?

• WordPress is an open source web publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL

• Originally designed as a blog but has now grown way beyond it

What can WordPress do for you?• Blog• Static Website• Dynamic Website• Ecommerce Website• Portfolio/Gallery Website

Content Management System (CMS)

• Separates the Design, Functionality and the content of the site

• A CMS allows one area to be updated without effecting another

• WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

wordpress.com – A cloud based blogging platform. It is hosted on WordPress servers.Not very customizable

wordpress.org - Powerful web publishing platform hosted on your server. Very customizable

Post vs. Page

Page - Top tier information that does not change (about us, contact)

Post - Single article focused on a specific topic, event or interest. Usually presented in reverse chorological order. Posts can be categorized and tagged to help sort content.

Custom Post Type – Similar to regular post but may have a different layout or a specific purpose. (ex. galleries, events)

Categories and Tags

Category - Your website table of contents. Like a newspaper section or a table of contents in a book.

Tags - Are index words. Keywords. Like an index at the back of a book.

Widgets and Plugins

Plugins are bits of code that add functionality to your site.

Widgets are areas in the side bar, footer or

article that support plugins

Themes and Design

Themes are the look and feel of your website.

• Typography• Layout• Background• Navigation• Functionality• Color

Resources

• WordPress.org• NH WordPress Meetup (

http://www.meetup.com/WordPressDevNH/)• Boston WordPress Meetups (

http://meetup.bostonwp.org/)• WordCamps (http://wordcampboston.com/)

Thank You!Gregory Duval@gregorviosGREGORVIOS Graphic Design Studiowww.gregorvios.com