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Creating a WordPress Website

This presentation discusses the benefits and considerations of using WordPress for creating a website. Topics include assessing business needs, understanding content management systems (CMS), differentiating between websites and blogs, and exploring WordPress customization options. The presenter, Melody, shares her expertise as a web designer and developer, highlighting themes, templates, frameworks, and SEO optimization. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of whether WordPress is a suitable choice for their website goals.

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Creating a WordPress Website

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  1. Creating a WordPress Website Is WordPress for You?

  2. Today’s Presentation Objectives • About Me • Our Audience: What’s your Comfort-Level with WordPress? Please raise your hand if… • What is a Content Management System (CMS)? • Assessing Your Business Needs/Time/Money • WordPress: Website or Blog? • Advanced: How WordPressWorks

  3. About Melody • 15 years designing/developing websites • Not a coder but does know css intimately • Previous lives: Writer, author, magazine editor, independent books sales rep, flack for Cabrillo College. • New Skillsets: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, Filemaker—all at Cabrillo.

  4. What is CMS? Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress use a database (tables) to store information CMS uses a different technology than standard html/css sites The technology is open-source (free!) Allows people to update their owns sites You are the master of your own domain! Drawback: The one-night website fallacy

  5. WordPress or Traditional Technology? • Are you a Luddite? (destroy the loom) • How often do you plan to change your website? • Did your nephew build your existing site? • Do you like taking photos and videos? • Do you have more time than money? • Do want functionality or flare?

  6. CMS: Benefits vs Creativity

  7. Is it a Blog? Is it a Website? • Are you confused? Of course, because it’s confusing. Now a Blog = Website. • But why can’t it do this? Because websites are hard work. • WordPress has become a cult. It’s the future. • SEO problems do occur with CMS vs standard files • Hot Tip: You can add a blog feature to your existing site. • About WordPress: Yes, the dashboard is intimidating.

  8. Themes vs Templates vs Frameworks • Templatescan beused with HTML websites (yeah, let’s save 100+ hours of programming. • Themes are used with CMS • Frameworks: Built on a solid core theme with quality code that includes a lot of “inbuilt” functionality; continually being updated and improved; easier customization; doesn’t break. • Thesis, Genesis highly rated themes.

  9. The Dashboard • Link to Melody’s microsite • How to access a WordPress Site

  10. WordPress Appearance

  11. WordPressPlugins

  12. WordPress Pages

  13. WordPress Widgets

  14. Search Engine Optimization

  15. Designing with Thesis

  16. WordPress Customization

  17. WordPress Administration

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