This workshop helps people to understand what WordPress is and to make a better decision of whether it's for them or not. I go over WordPress.com vs. a self-hosted site, hosting, themes, plugins and widgets, as well as touching on security and other features and options that WordPress has.

1. What Is WordPress
and Why Should I Use It?
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2. Bob Dunn - WordPress Trainer & Coach
bobwp.com | @bobwp
@godaddy

3. I’m all about finding the easiest and
best ways to use WordPress
I do not do code

4. WordPress.com WordPress.org

5. WordPress.com
vs.
A Self-Hosted WordPress Site

6. WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted
free software
setup
space, domains and hosting
updates, backups and security

7. themes
WordPress.com
419 free and premium themes
Self-Hosted
3,119 free themes on WordPress.org
thousands more from other vendors
WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted

8. widgets & plugins
WordPress.com
limited widgets - no plugins
Self-Hosted
37,064 free on WordPress.org
thousands more from other vendors
WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted

9. ownership
WordPress.com vs. Self-Hosted

10. hosting
cost | space | accessibility
uptime | support | WordPress friendly

20. How To Find a Good Host For You?
Ask people you know and trust

21. Is WordPress Easy?

22. A Peek Inside
of WordPress
The Dashboard

29. Categories and Tags
the way to organize your content for
yourself and your readers
think of categories as a chapter in a book
tags as the index

32. Navigation/Menus

36. Media

39. Do you need a blog?

40. Themes
Plugins
Widgets

41. What is a theme?

42. free vs. premium
updates - support - security

45. themes, themes and more themes
blog, magazine, portfolio, eCommerce, etc.
mobile, parallex, one pagers, landing pages
parent themes, child themes, frameworks,
page builders

53. So what does it take
to set up a theme?

66. Plugins and Widgets
search engine optimization - event calendars
donations - forms - eCommerce
formatting - customizations
galleries - slideshows - advertising
and on and on and on

71. And now some
widgets and plugins

72. Akismet
WP Super Cache
Regenerate Thumbnails
Related Post for WordPress
Jetpack

73. Connecting with you
Simple Social Icons
Sharing your content
Shareaholic
Mashshare
Floating Social Icons

74. The Text Widget

76. SEO For WordPress by Yoast

77. Image Widget

78. WooDoJo Plugin

79. Gravity Forms Plugin

80. Gravity Forms Plugin

81. Gravity Forms Plugin

82. Gravity Forms Plugin

83. Gravity Forms Plugin

84. A Couple Plugin Examples for
Customizing

85. CSS

86. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin

87. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin

88. Genesis Design Palette Pro Plugin

89. Controlling Your Layout - PHP Files

90. Conductor Plugin

91. Conductor Plugin

92. Conductor Plugin

93. Plugins to grow your site
membership
forums
eCommerce

94. Security

95. WordPress Is Secure
It’s everything else that isn’t.
but my hosting says they have security

96. A few tips:
1. Do not use the default “admin” as your user name
2. Use a strong password and a unique password
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3. Keep WordPress up-to-date
4. Keep your theme up-to-date
5. Keep all your plugins up-to-date
6. Delete any unused themes or plugins
7. Be careful of giving out your login info

97. Security Plugins

98. Lastly consider using a service to help.

99. thank you!