wordpress for govt blogs & microsites
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Kristy Fifelski | City of Reno, Nevada
WordPressfor Government Blogs & Microsites
Agenda
• Tour of WordPress Sites
• Use in Government
• Installation Demo
• Plugins
• Themes
WordPressopen source blogging software
Why do I ?
Wow…
Top 5 reasonsto use WordPress for government sites
5. Vendor assistance not required
Top 5 reasonsto use WordPress for government sites
4. You get to tell management the site will be up in 2-3 months…. knowing it will only take 25 minutes
Top 5 reasonsto use WordPress for government sites
3. Using those extra months you saved, you can work on all the projects that you’ve been meaning to get to
Top 5 reasonsto use WordPress for government sites
2. Web designers can impersonate developers … and developers can impersonate web designers
Top 5 reasonsto use WordPress for government sites
1. It’s so easy…even he can do it
Slogan /image from GEICO ad campaign
WordPress is everywhere…
Customize high quality websites without being a developer…
British Prime Minister site
OpenSF blog (San Francisco)
RecoverySF microsite
City of Reno blog
Important WebsitesWordPress.comWordPress.orgCodex.wordpress.org
3 Ways to Host WordPress
1. On WordPress.com
2. In-house on your own server
PHP version 4.3 +
MySQL version 4.1.2 +
3. 3rd party host
Hosted Installation
1. Sign up for a hosted account at
1and1, Bluehost, GoDaddy, etc.
2. Login, locate WordPress install area.
3. Simple as clicking a couple buttons!
Hosted Installation
1. Create an admin login during
installation
2. Go to the WordPress admin area to
complete the rest of setup:
www.yoursite.com/wp-admin
WordPress admin area
Demo of Installation
Working with plugins
Customizing themes
Elements of WordPress sites
Microsite for city government “task force”
index.php
header.php
sidebar.php
footer.php
loop.php
Displays posts and post content
codex.wordpress.org
Free theme @ govfresh.com/wordpress
Theme template
City of Manor, TX
Contact Information
Kristy FifelskiWeb Services ManagerCity of Reno, [email protected]
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