1. Wordpress

2. Wordpress Powers over 33% of all the websites on the internet
Open Source Content Management Software (CMS)
Originally used primarily to create blogs – now you can create any type of website with WP
Extensible
Flexible

3. Thinking Like Wordpress

4. Dynamic vs Static Website
Static pages are complete sets of HTML waiting to be retrieved
Dynamic pages are chunks of HTML that are assembled at the moment of retrieval
Dynamic thinking means you want to keep that chuck of content separate and reusable, not welded to other content

5. CMS Creating HTML pages dynamically
Provided easy way for user to manage content
Easy to determine relationship between chunks of content
Separates content of individual pages into chunks
Dynamically loads contents
Requires creative thinking

6. How Pages are Assembled
3 basic structures
Core
Theme
Database (where content is store)
Web address goes to the core, which checks with the database, to determine which template file to load
The Core reads the template file and follows instructions about which chunks of content to load

7. Why Separate is Good Separates form from core
Core is completely separate from Theme and Content
Makes it easy to update
Plugins

8. How WP Manages Content Store chunks of content in the database
Primary chunk of content is called a Post
Another primary chunk of content is called a Page

9. WP is Extensible
Easily modify your website
Plugins
themes

10. WP is Flexible Can create any type of content E-commerce Blog
Information Website
Service Website
etc

11. Installing WP
When installing WP you are installing the Core

12. WP vs Static HTML

13. Advantages of WP Disadvantages of WP Easy to update
Professional templates
Powerful
Full control and ownership
Disadvantages of WP
Learning curve
Maintenance

14. Advantages of Static Site
Little or no maintenance
Low requirements
Disadvantages of Static Site
No updates
No easy to install additional features
Cost