newbies, you are not alone

WordPress NewbiesYou Are Not Alone

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Coffee?

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Brandon Dove@brandondove

WordCamp Orange County Organizer

Commercial WordPress plugin developer

Custom theme developerCore Contributor

All around nice guy

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My daughter, Julianna, age 7www.juliannadove.com

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Things you’ll learn.• What is WordPress?

• What is the WordPress Community?

• Things that make you go, “hmm...”

• Core WordPress concepts

• Where to go to find help

• Get involved

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WordPress defined.“WordPress is web software you can use

to create a beautiful website or blog.”

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The WordPress Community

• Volunteers

• Commercial themes/plugins

• WordPress Consultants

• End Users

• WordCamps & Meetups

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Things that make you go, “hmmm...”

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WordPress iseasy to use.

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Except when it’s not.Saturday, October 6, 2012

WordPress is extensible.

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What does that even mean?!

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There’s a pluginfor that.

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Premium themes.

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Premium Commercial themes.

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Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade.

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Core Concepts

• The Dashboard - quick look at what’s going on around your site

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Hands-on Demo

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Core Concepts: Blog

• Posts – chronological content

• Categories are broad (i.e. Pets)

• Tags are specific (i.e. Tweetie Bird)

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Hands-on Demo

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Core Concepts: CMS

• Pages – hierarchical content

• Menus – website navigation

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Hands-on Demo

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Core Concepts: Custom

• Themes – design

• Plugins – functionality

• Widgets – design + functionality

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Hands-on Demo

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Where to go to find help• WordPress.org/support &

WordPress.com/support

• Codex.WordPress.org

• #wordpress on IRC

• WordPress for Dummies by LSW (http://bdove.me/wp4d)

• WordPress for Mere Mortals by RP (http://bdove.me/wp4mm)

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