Week 1 - How the Web Woks + Wordpress 101
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This document provides an introduction to the modern web, including static and dynamic websites, WordPress, and how content gets delivered from servers to users' computers. It explains that websites are powered by databases (SQL) to store content, stylesheets (CSS) to control appearance, and programming languages (PHP) to generate HTML pages. WordPress is introduced as a content management system that simplifies this process using common terms like posts, pages, themes, and plugins. The document concludes by stating it will guide the reader through setting up WordPress on a server to build their own website.
Week 1 - How the Web Woks + Wordpress 101
- 1. Intro to the Modern Web Static, Dynamic, Wordpress and How it all fits together.
- 2. But first... A (possibly redundant) primer on how a web site gets to your computer.
- 3. How nytimes.com gets to your computer: Reporters Photogs Editors Server Tubes of the Internet (big storage computer) Your Computer (or smartphone, Developers tablet, etc) Designers Producers
- 4. Web 1.0 - The Way it Was
- 5. Static HTML Hyper Text Markup Language...it’s what your web browser speaks.
- 7. What you see
- 9. It’s Dynamic! SQL (Dataabase): Organizes the web stuff. CSS: Cascading Style Sheets make things pretty. PHP: Programming language “prints” HTML. They work together (with others).
- 10. SQL The database of your content. It organizes and stores your stuff.
- 11. CSS Your Web site’s swatchbook. It sets the rules for how everything looks.
- 12. PHP The one-trick programming language. Picks the right content, gets the style rules, and prints out HTML.
- 13. How SQL, CSS and PHP work together:
- 14. SQL Data Flow PHP HTML (Your web CSS browser)
- 15. Front-end Back-end UI (GUI) Responsive Extra Terms FTP permissions HTML5 JavaScript web 2.0
- 16. Bottom line: That’s a lot of shit to keep track of.
- 17. There’s help: WordPress Content Management System
- 18. SQL Data Flow PHP HTML (Your web browser) CSS
- 19. CSS PHP SQL
- 20. Turns this...
- 21. Into this.
- 22. WordPress Terms
- 23. In the Wordpress World Your Stuff lives in SQL But its CALLED: Posts, Pages , Pictures, Links etc.
- 24. In the Wordpress World You have some CSS. But its CALLED: The Theme
- 25. The World of WordPress 3 Flavors — Unlimited Possibilities
- 26. WordPress.com Instant Noodles WordPressMU Thanksgiving Dinner WordPress.org Your Perfect Lunch
- 27. WordPress.org •It all lives on your server •You control everything down to the code. •FTP Access •Automatic custom URL
- 28. Terms and User Interface
- 29. Post Page Menu Media Theme Plugins Widgets Categories
- 30. Your Computer FTP Client Browser How WordPress FTP Server Dash board works. FTP Admin Server The Back End Your Server The Web Visitor’s @ Front Browser HostMonster End
- 31. Strap in... Let’s make some internet.