1. WORDPRESS 101 A presentation and hands-on session at NetrootsUK Ben Furber @benfurber A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO WEBSITES

2. The plan for today’s session A bit about me WordPress - why people keep going on about it What makes a good campaign website? Tutorial: Setting up your website

3. A bit about me Seven years as a freelance website designer/campaigner Two years in house at the TUC, now Asthma UK From community websites to international campaigns for MSF

4. WordPress – why people keep going on about it Used by ‘Dear Diary’ bloggers through to government departments It’s easy to use Open Source= Good Politics (This also this means it’s free!) It’s easy to use Designers and developers love it Clients love it too (because it’s easy to use)

5. Organisations using WordPress New York Times Liberal Conspiracy Number 10

6. It’s easy to use! It’s really easy to use You’ll see in a second

7. Open source= Good politics WordPress is an open source, collaborative project Thousands upons thousands have contributed to its development Not for personal profit but to help improve one of the internet’s seminal pieces of software (And because of all this, WordPress is free to use)

8. What makes a good campaign website? Meets the objectives – If it’s a campaign website, it should get people to campaign Tells everyone about you – Has a well written about page and a contacts page Use everything you have – Got photos? Use photos!

9. The hands-on bit Go to www.wordpress.com And sign-up!

10. What to do with your website now? Be patient – Something about ‘Rome’ and ‘days’ comes to mind Update regularly – not often – Be consistent with how often you publish news Engage and promote – Use social media to comment on uses and drive traffic to your website

11. If you remember just one thing from today... Everything you need to know is at http://learn.wordpress.com/

12. Thanks for coming Ben Furber @benfurber