1. WordPress
Fall 2017

2. What is WordPress?
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a dynamic content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL
WordPress can be used to create a presence on the www – webpage, blog, e commerce site
WordPress is a very powerful, flexible, ever improving tool that can be used to create and present content on the www for free (or almost free!)

3. WordPress Stats
48% of Technology’s Top 100 Blogs Are Managed With WordPress
74.6 Million Sites Depend on WordPress
22% of New U.S. Registered Domains Run on WordPress
WordPress.com Gets More Unique Visitors Than Amazon (Us)
29,000 WordPress Plugins and Growing Daily*
**WordPress is used by over 16.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1 million" websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new websites.[4]
WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.[5][6]
* (2014)
**Source:

4. Notable WordPress Users
Etc…

5. vs wordpress.org http://wordpress.com/ http://wordpress.org/
is hosted by the wordpress .com site.
Use a wordpress.com domain name
Upgrading of features handled by wordpress.com
Free, but has paid upgrade features
Limited number of plugins
No affiliate marketing (way to make money)
Is self-hosted – user has to find his own server
Need your own domain name (cost about $20/year)
Upgrading managed by web creator-you!
Free
Over 16,000 free plug-ins

6. Getting Started
1. Type in your URL in search bar: vaniercollege.org/M17_your first name/

7. 2. Click on admin login button and enter :
User name: bawp
Password: Bawp$1234

8. 3. Click on Users/Add New

9. 4.Complete the required fields,
use your new G mail address for
, pick a password that is secure ,
That you can remember

10. Learning about WordPress
written explanations
videos of WordCamp lectures etc,
WordCamps
good introductory videos

11. Cont’d WordPress https://www.youtube.com/user/wpbeginner
Username: Password: majidmiami

12. Costs of setting up a web page
Hosting – cost about 10$ /month
while at Vanier – free!
Unlimited domains
Domain name – cost about 12$ /year – need unique name – buy through site such as
Godaddy.com (Hostgator in video- notice maker of video provides you with a coupon code when buying hosting services- he gets a commission..and you get a reduction in price – win-win-win)
Our domain name:

13. Getting started with WordPress
How to Make a Wordpress Website (in less than 45 MINUTES!) with Jameson
First 7 minutes : overview of what he will show you
min –skip talks about setting up domain name and hosting
13.21min on shows how to build site using Spacious Template
28 steps to creating a site (in writing) based on the video above: