Phone
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Introduction to WordPress Workshop Description:
Learn a high-level overview of why and how to build a WordPress website with discussion about tools, resources and important considerations for your website.
You will learn:
What are the requirements?
What to Bring
We will be going over the Enfold WordPress theme, which is a $60 premium third party designer WordPress theme. You need not purchase this specific theme, but we will be discussing why buying a premium theme will save you loads of time. You can decide later if you want to use a free theme or a paid theme.
Tips, resources, and important links for our training.
Bluehost: http://www.bluehost.com
To watch a video about purchasing hosting from Bluehost, click here: http://youtu.be/UlV9DDWAjHg
Normal WordPress login page:
www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin
(We removed this login and plugin information until the next class)
Websites that have WordPress Tips, Tricks, Plug-in Reviews, etc.
WordPress Documentation – http://codex.wordpress.org
WPMUDEV – https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog
WP Beginner – http://www.wpbeginner.com
iThemes – https://ithemes.com/blog
Bizzy Bizzy – https://bizzybizzycreative.com/blog
WordPress User Manual (a bit outdated)
Backing up Your WordPress Website
10 Things to Do After Your Website Launch
WordPress Security: Important Things to Know
Grow Your SEO: Search Engine Concepts Even Your Grandma Could Understand
Bizzy Bizzy offers one-on-one WordPress training.
Theme Forest
The best WordPress Theme we have ever discovered: Enfold
Divi Theme Demos: http://www.elegantthemes.com/demo/?theme=Divi
Elegant Themes – 80 themes
WPMUDEV
http://premium.wpmudev.org/projects/category/themes
iThemes
Most WordPress plug-ins are free for use, but others have paid options. Use your own judgment when vetting plug-ins and installing them on your website. Make sure they have been recently updated and have lots of downloads.
Woocommerce
The most popular e-commerce plug-in for WordPress with hundreds of extensions to make your online shop flexible and powerful.
http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce
Fundraising
Adds the ability to do crowd funding and fund raising on your website.
https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/fundraising
[license key needed]
Powerful form builder that has a drag and drop interface and options without have to look at code.
Personal License – $39
Developer License – $199
FREE form builder with good support to build standard contact forms.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7
WordPress SEO by Yoast
Helps you optimize your WordPress website for search engines
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo
WordPress Backup to Dropbox
Just choose a day, time and how often you wish your backup to be performed and kick back and wait for your websites files and a SQL dump of its database to be dropped in your Dropbox!
Free!
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox
Back up 2 sites – $80 / yr
Back up unlimited sites – $150 / yr
https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy
Monarch –
Adds exciting social media integration into any theme.
Year membership $69 for all plug-ins and themes
http://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/monarch
Blooms Theme for email pop-ups
Year membership $69 for all plug-ins and themes
http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/theme-releases/bloom
Discus
A comment system replaces built-in WordPress and allows people to log in using various social media accounts:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system
Plug-in to comment using WordPress sites. This plugin also adds a few useful widgets including recent activity and recommendations.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook
Duplicate posts
Allows you to easily duplicate any page or post.
Free!
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post
Black Studio TinyMCE
Adds a WISYWIG editor to your widgets area so you can format text, add images and links without using html.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget
Ewwwoptimizer
The EWWW Image Optimizer is a WordPress plugin that will automatically optimize your images as you upload them to your blog.
Free!
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer
http://deathtothestockphoto.com
Canva
Very simple graphic design with beautiful templates and free stock photos.
Picresize
Easily crop, resize, and edit your images online for free.
Color Picker for Hex Codes:
Inkscape
An open source vector and graphics editor.
PDF File Size Reducer