WordPress: After The Install
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The document provides a comprehensive guide on post-installation steps for WordPress, covering key settings, theme selection, plugin usage, widgets, and menus. It emphasizes the importance of customizing settings for user registration, reading, discussion, and permalinks, along with choosing appropriate themes and plugins for site functionality. Additional tips and tricks are also included for optimizing the dashboard and managing content effectively.
WordPress: After The Install
- 1. You've Installed WordPress Now What? March 20, 2012 | WPNYC Meetup | Rindy, Krista, Dana and Kevin | New York City
- 3. Settings > General "Anyone can register" ● When unchecked, this "Register" link will disappear from the login page. ● Helpful for preventing bot accounts (spammers) ● Does not prevent commenting
- 4. Settings > Writing XML-RPC Wha??? "Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protocols." Translation: Publish from your phone.
- 5. Settings > Reading ● Front page: Latest posts or static page? ● Number of posts per page (applies to archive pages as well as front page ● Full or summary RSS - this only affects your feed
- 6. Settings > Discussion ● Pingbacks and trackbacks - generally, turn these on if you are building a traditional "blog" ● Regulate comments, or turn them off
- 7. Settings > Privacy ● Turn off search engine indexing for test sites, not-ready-for-prime-time, etc ● This does not hide your site - it's still online! ● Not all search bots respect this
- 8. Settings > Permalinks ● Make your links readable and SEO-friendly http://mysite.com/tags/parties/fourth-of-july vs http://mysite.com/?p=241 ● Customize, but beware! Best to use one of the options. Details at http://codex.wordpress. org/Settings_Permalinks_Screen
- 9. Pick a Theme ● Change themes without changing content ● Search from within the dashboard ● Change at will!
- 10. Themes
- 11. What is a theme? A group of files that affect how your site looks. Theme files are stored separate than WP core, plugins and your content.
- 12. Free vs Premium Free Commercial/Premium · Try as many as you like · A good developer, will for free! provide good support. · Most are unsupported so · If building a niche website, you rely on community for some are built with industry- help. specific features. Is one better than the other?
- 13. How do we find themes? · wordpress.org/extend/themes 1,518 free themes available in .org/extent theme repository · wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial 65 commercial theme development companies listed
- 14. Where else? · Developer websites - Elegant Themes, Themify, WPMU · Lots of developers sell their work on other marketplace sites such as themeforest.net (owned by Envato) and mojo- themes, as well as many others · Theme reviewers - WPCandy, WPTavern, Smashing Magazine.. BEWARE!! Do not use Google to do random non-specific theme searches, BUT instead use it to find a specific theme or developer by name that you may have heard about or read a review on.
- 15. Things to look for and consider · Visual design · Fits your needs · Supports WP core features · Options and Features · Browser compatibility · Software compatibility · Last updated · Available Support · Comments · Price
- 16. How do you choose? Know what you want, but be open to creativity and ideas.
- 17. Plugins vs. Themes ● Plugin applies to all themes, it's not limited to a specific theme "Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine."
- 18. Plugins
- 19. How to search for Plugins ● Free (WordPress.org) ● Premium (links from WordPress.org) ● WordPress Information Sites ○ WP Candy (http://wpcandy.com/) ○ WP Mail (http://wpmail.me/) ○ WP Beginner (http://www.wpbeginner.com/) ○ WPMU (http://wpmu.org) ○ WP Lift (http://wplift.com/) ○ Smashing Magazine (http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/)
- 20. How do I know it’s a good Plugin ● Version Check ● Developer ● Downloads ● Changelog ● Conflicts ● Forums No Multiple Plugins same purpose
- 21. Activation
- 22. Must Have Plugins ● Backups ○ Backup Buddy ○ WP-DB-Backup ● Related Content ○ YARPP ○ nrelate ● Spam Control ○ Akismet ○ Anti-Spam Bee ○ SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam
- 23. Must Have Plugins ● Widgets ○ Display Widgets ○ Widget Logic ● Email ○ WP SMTP Mail ○ Better Emails ● Sharing/follow ○ Social Sharing Toolkit ○ Sociable ● Caching ○ Super Cache ○ W3 Total Cache
- 25. Widgets Code free way to add options and features to your site Place to display content and bring forward functionality from your theme and plugins Widgets are placed in areas defined by your theme
- 26. "Core" Widgets Widgets are theme dependent, but certain widgets come with the core install Search Recent Posts Recent Comments Pages Archives & Calendar RSS Text Widgets
- 27. Manipulating Widgets Drag and Drop Recent Posts, Comments and Archives Re-order and change options Display Widgets Plugin Additional functionality in a code free way Removing a Widget Delete vs. Inactive
- 28. Menus Main Navigation area of your site They tell your visitors where to find and access your content Style Old Style of Menus was hard coded in theme :( New Style is User configurable in the admin panel Theme Support is required for the new menus How Do I know? From Dashboard go to Appearance --> Menus
- 29. Building Menus Start with Menu name Save and you should see 'Theme locations' Add the menu to the theme location Add Pages (5) Point out Top Level auto add Order them through Drag and Drop Special Home item (view all) Add Categories (3) Order them Custom Link wpnyc.org
- 30. Useful Links Widgets The Codex Article http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets Creating Widget Areas (Advanced Topic) http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/26/the-complete-guide- to-creating-widgets-in-wordpress-28 Menus The Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide
- 31. Tips and Tricks
- 32. Tips and Tricks Dashboard 101 Screen Options What do we want to see, columns Drag and Drop
- 33. Tips and Tricks Post Screen Searching for posts Sorting Quick edit / Bulk Edit Add New and Review Screen Options Preview
- 34. Tips and Tricks Drag and Drop Media Gallery Link URL
- 35. Presented by Rindy Portfolio @portfola / [email protected] Krista Gonzalez www.720creations.com Dana Skallman [email protected] Kevin Cristiano wpnyc.org/members/kcristiano