WordPress 101 – Module 1

• Lets Begin Here! What is WordPress?
  http://wordpress.org/
  https://www.facebook.com/WordPress
  http://wordpress.org/about/
   

  WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet’s “top 1 million” websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new websites.[5] WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.[6][7] It was first released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullenweg[1] as a fork of b2/cafelog. As of December 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 65 million times.[8]Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress

  Read more:
  

  http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress
  http://wordpress.org/showcase/ – See how others are using WordPress
  http://central.wordcamp.org/ – Conference with WordPress Developers and Users

• What is WordPress Codex?
  http://codex.wordpress.org/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/Troubleshooting
• WordPress Support Forum
  http://wordpress.org/support/
• Setting Up WordPress Hosting
  http://greenhostusa.com/ – WordPress Hosting Provider
  http://greenhostusa.com/wordpress.html – WordPress Hosting Rates
  HostGator WordPress Hosting Save $9.94 with code “WordPress4Less”
  cPanel – http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/
  http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/CpanelMail
• Installing WordPress
  http://www.yourdomain.com:2082/ – Access your cPanel (this is where you would install WordPress, create any mailboxes and manage your hosting)
  Install WordPress using QuickInstall *Save 25 percent off your hosting with code “QuickInstall”
• Video: WordPress How-To Tutorial : Installing WordPress
  http://youtu.be/0FN3nbKvraY
• FTP For WordPress Files
  http://filezilla-project.org/ – Filezilla is used to access WordPress files on the hosting providers server. With this application you can upload, delete or modify files in the WordPress directory.
  
• First Steps with WordPress
  http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress
• Login to WordPress (Login using the username and password provided during the installation of WordPress)
  WordPress Login Page- http://yourdomainname/wp-login.php
• The Dashboard
  http://codex.wordpress.org/Dashboard_Screen
  WordPress 101 Video Training: The Dashboard
  WordPress 101 Video Training: Users
• WordPress Basic Settings (on the “Welcome to your new WordPress site!” screen look for “Basic Settings”. This is where you’ll set your privacy settings, select a tagline and time zone, turn comments on or off and fill in your profile. Make sure you choose a new password to protect your WordPress site.
  
• Searching for, picking and installing a great theme
  http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
  https://dennisjsmith.com/index.php/2011/07/18/wordpress-themes-the-ultimate-list/
  WordPress 101 Video Training Part : Appearance

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