wordpress 101

San Antonio Online Marketing Group&

The San Antonio WordPress Meetup Group

WordPress For Beginners 101

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Lets Start with the Basics!

• Domain • Web Hosting • Website

Domain Name• Domain name is your web address or URL,

such as meetup.com• Business Name• Keywords• Short • Easy to remember • Uncomplicated

Web Hosting • Home for your website files - not the same

as Domain Registration or Domain Name• Both can be provided from the same

company• Domain Name and Web Hosting can be

from two separate places• Change the DNS• Support team will help you

Types of Web Hosting Services

Type CostShared Hosting $4 - $10Dedicated Hosting $100 - $350Cloud Hosting $90 - $1,200VPS (virtual private server) $16 - $250WordPress Hosting $25 to $300

Domain & Web Hosting

Follow the checklistRegister Domain Name

Purchase Web Hosting Service

Install WordPress

Choose a Theme

Install responsive WordPress theme (Free or Premium)

Activate Theme

Plugins

Plugin:

A piece of code that gives you certain functionality that your site did not have before it was installed.

FREE PAID & Self Hosted

Free hosting Monthly/Annual Fees

Limited to 3GB only Limits?

Automatic backup & upgrades Backups, maintenance and updates – your responsibility

Technical maintenance taken care of for you

Some technical knowledge required

Limited Themes – no premium or plugins

Customize your themes & add plugins

No ownership: WordPress advertises on your site

Full Ownership with complete control of your site

No option to monetize Monetize your site

No custom analytics Customize Analytics

WordPress.COM vs. WordPress.ORG

Types of WordPress ThemesFree

Twenty Eleven - This is a free theme and the default theme when you install WordPress. You can search for more free themes within the WordPress Dashboard.

Paid

Theme Forest, Elegant Theme, Studio Press, Woo Themes and many more – These are also called Premium Themes

Before Building your Website

• Plan your contents• Blogs• Videos• Newsletter

• Services • Capture leads• Create a map of

your website

Add Essential WP Plugins - Shareaholic | email,

bookmark, share buttons- WordPress SEO- CommentLuv- Online Backup for WP- W3 Total Cache- - Google Analytics for WordPress

- Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in- Dean's FCKEditor For Wordpress- Social Metrics- WP optimizer- Sucuri SiteChec Malware Scanner

Resources

wordpress.tvsmashingmagazine.com

wpbeginner.comithemes.com/tutorials/