I had the pleasure of presenting the "Introduction to WordPress" session at WordCamp Miami 2011. Make sure to make it to the last two slides to see how committed I am to the software.

1. Introduction to WordPress
Adam W. Warner

2. Introduction to WordPress
Adam W. Warner

3. Who Am I?

4. Who Am I?
✤ Adam W. Warner

5. Who Am I?
✤ Adam W. Warner
✤ Web Development Consultant and Trainer Specializing in WordPress and WordPress Multisite

6. Who Am I?
✤ Adam W. Warner
✤ Web Development Consultant and Trainer Specializing in WordPress and WordPress Multisite
✤ How I started with WordPress

7. Who Are You?

8. Who Are You?
✤ Current or Aspiring Journalist/Blogger

9. Who Are You?
✤ Current or Aspiring Journalist/Blogger
✤ Business Owner

10. Who Are You?
✤ Current or Aspiring Journalist/Blogger
✤ Business Owner
✤ Graphic/Web Designer

11. Who Are You?
✤ Current or Aspiring Journalist/Blogger
✤ Business Owner
✤ Graphic/Web Designer
✤ Online Entrepreneur

12. What is WordPress?

13. What is WordPress?
✤ Open Source Web Publishing Platform

14. What is WordPress?
✤ Open Source Web Publishing Platform
✤ Started as Blogging Platform - Now considered a Content Management System (CMS)

15. What is WordPress?
✤ Open Source Web Publishing Platform
✤ Started as Blogging Platform - Now considered a Content Management System (CMS)
✤ Blogs and Content Management Systems perform the role of a website

16. What is WordPress?
✤ Open Source Web Publishing Platform
✤ Started as Blogging Platform - Now considered a Content Management System (CMS)
✤ Blogs and Content Management Systems perform the role of a website
✤ History of WordPress http://wordpress.org/about/

17. Two WordPress Flavors

18. Two WordPress Flavors
✤ Commonly referred to as .com and .org, both use the same WordPress software

19. Two WordPress Flavors
✤ Commonly referred to as .com and .org, both use the same WordPress software
✤ .COM - Hosting and managing of the software is taken care of by the team at Automattic

20. Two WordPress Flavors
✤ Commonly referred to as .com and .org, both use the same WordPress software
✤ .COM - Hosting and managing of the software is taken care of by the team at Automattic
✤ .ORG - You install the software on a web hosting account* or on your own server

21. Two WordPress Flavors
✤ Commonly referred to as .com and .org, both use the same WordPress software
✤ .COM - Hosting and managing of the software is taken care of by the team at Automattic
✤ .ORG - You install the software on a web hosting account* or on your own server
✤ Pros and cons of each depending on your usage. My preference is .ORG.

22. Websites Built with WordPress

23. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog

24. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog
✤ Non-profits

25. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog
✤ Non-profits
✤ Fortune 500 Companies

26. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog
✤ Non-profits
✤ Fortune 500 Companies
✤ Newspapers

27. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog
✤ Non-profits
✤ Fortune 500 Companies
✤ Newspapers
✤ Universities

28. Websites Built with WordPress
✤ Company Website/Blog
✤ Non-profits
✤ Fortune 500 Companies
✤ Newspapers
✤ Universities
✤ Small Businesses

29. Martha Stewart
http://themarthablog.com
The Martha Stewart blog – up close & personal

30. StoryCorps
http://storycorps.org/
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to
take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress.

31. Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
http://findinghope.cbcf.org/
The well designed and popular Finding Hope blog is run by a major non-profit in Canada.

32. Fisher-Price Expert Series
http://fisherpriceexperts.com.au/
The Fisher Price Expert Series website is a great use of WordPress by an exciting international brand to help promote issues beyond just selling products. The site has enabled Fisher-Price to provide a series of experts to easily share their knowledge via an easy to use CMS. Advice
and competitions are in turn then delivered to a wide parent audience.

33. Harvard Gazette
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/
The Harvard Gazette is Harvard’s official newspaper, highlighting faculty research, administrative staff, students, and events. Harvard is the oldest American institution of higher learning and it uses WordPress to power the Harvard Gazette’s entire website.

34. Red Dart Consulting
http://reddartconsulting.com/
Leanne Zinn-Cox is recognized as a visionary change agent possessing more than twenty years experience in consulting, executive management, sales and six sigma process improvement. Leanne has a proven track record of increasing revenue, quality, efficiency and profit
through the deployment of strategic organizational initiatives and production/process redesign.

35. Sarasota Dog
http://sarasotadog.com/

36. Fur Real’s Pet Sitting Services
http://furrealspetsittingservices.com/

37. More Websites Built with WordPress
http://wordpress.org/showcase/

38. Installing WordPress

39. Installing WordPress
✤ Manual - download the software to your local computer, then upload those files to your web host
and run through the “Famous 5-Minute” installation.

40. Installing WordPress
✤ Manual - download the software to your local computer, then upload those files to your web host
and run through the “Famous 5-Minute” installation.
✤ Automatic - many hosts allow one-click installations of WordPress software.

41. Installing WordPress
✤ Manual - download the software to your local computer, then upload those files to your web host
and run through the “Famous 5-Minute” installation.
✤ Automatic - many hosts allow one-click installations of WordPress software.
✤ Manual install is my preferred method.

42. WordPress Administration Area
“The Dashboard”

43. WordPress Administration Area
“The Dashboard”

44. WordPress Administration Area
“The Dashboard”

45. WordPress Terminology

46. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel

47. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page

48. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page
✤ Posts = Article/Essay (same as webpage to visitors)

49. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page
✤ Posts = Article/Essay (same as webpage to visitors)
✤ Categories = Organize Posts (Articles). Not Pages

50. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page
✤ Posts = Article/Essay (same as webpage to visitors)
✤ Categories = Organize Posts (Articles). Not Pages
✤ Blogroll = List of Links

51. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page
✤ Posts = Article/Essay (same as webpage to visitors)
✤ Categories = Organize Posts (Articles). Not Pages
✤ Blogroll = List of Links
✤ Media = Media Library

52. WordPress Terminology
✤ Dashboard = Administration Panel
✤ Pages = Web Page
✤ Posts = Article/Essay (same as webpage to visitors)
✤ Categories = Organize Posts (Articles). Not Pages
✤ Blogroll = List of Links
✤ Media = Media Library
✤ Themes and Plugins

53. The Fun Begins!

54. The Fun Begins!
✤ Creating Pages and Publishing Posts (articles)

55. The Fun Begins!
✤ Creating Pages and Publishing Posts (articles)
✤ WTF is a Widget?

56. The Fun Begins!
✤ Creating Pages and Publishing Posts (articles)
✤ WTF is a Widget?
✤ Themes

57. The Fun Begins!
✤ Creating Pages and Publishing Posts (articles)
✤ WTF is a Widget?
✤ Themes
✤ Plugins

58. Next Steps...

59. Next Steps...
✤ http://wpprobusiness.com/wordcampers/

60. Next Steps...
✤ http://wpprobusiness.com/wordcampers/
✤ http://wpmodder.com

61. Next Steps...
✤ http://wpprobusiness.com/wordcampers/
✤ http://wpmodder.com
✤ http://adamwwarner.com

62. I Hope I Don’t Become a Joomla Fan!

63. Thank You!