Word press theme and plugins WordCamp Presentation
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This document profiles Angela Samuels, a technology educator. It outlines her areas of expertise including WordPress, social media, and internet marketing. She has an Associate's degree from Henry Ford Community College, a Bachelor's from Eastern Michigan University, and a Master's from Wayne State University. Her experience includes work at GM and Chrysler, and she has been a freelance trainer for authors and small businesses since 2008. Her clients include web developers and small business owners seeking training.
Word press theme and plugins WordCamp Presentation
- 2. • Love working with WordPress and Social media • Training Passion ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR
- 3. • Social media education - Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook • Internet marketing • WordPress website training Areas of Expertise ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR
- 4. • Associates of science – Henry Ford Community College • Bachelors of Science – Eastern Michigan • Masters of Education – Wayne State Education ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR
- 5. • General Motors • Chrysler • Freelance with authors and small businesses since 2008 Experience ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR
- 6. • Web developers refer me to people that need training • They may even include a couple hours of training in a new website build • Small business owners that need one on one training Clients ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR
- 7. WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR • SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO JUST DEVELOPING THEIR BUSINESS SITE • SOMEONE WHO IS CREATING A WEBSITE FOR A HOBBY • A NEW WORDPRESS DEVELOPER • AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS FOR THEIR WEBSITE
- 8. WHY THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU? THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO • CHOOSE A WORDPRESS THEME • INSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME • UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME • CHOOSE A WORDPRESS PLUGIN • INSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN • UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN
- 9. INTRODUCTION THINK OF BUILDING YOUR WEBSITE AS BUILDING A HOUSE
- 10. BUILDING A HOUSE COMPARE TO BUILDING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE • FIND A LOCATION • HOME DESIGN • ROOMS • FIXTURES • HOUSE DESIGNS: COLONIAL, CAPE COD, RANCH AND ETC. • URL (FOCUS KEYWORD OR NAME) • WEB DESIGN • PAGES • PLUGINS • OVER 7000 THEMES Prepare your site Create the foundation (WordPress Core)
- 11. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THEME AND A PLUGIN? • THEME PERTAINS TO THE DESIGN • PLUGIN PERTAINS TO THE BEHAVIOR FEATURES
- 12. WHAT IS A THEME? •A WORDPRESS THEME PROVIDES ALL OF THE FRONT END STYLING OF YOUR WORDPRESS SITE •RESOURCE: •DEVELOPER.WORDPRESS.ORG/THEMES/GETTING-STARTED/WHAT-IS-A-THEME/
- 13. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A THEME • IS IT UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS? • LOOK AT THE RATINGS TO SEE IF HAS A HIGH RATING • LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT COMMENTS
- 14. WORDPRESS THEMES • FREE THEMES – USUALLY GOOD QUALITY IF THEY ARE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS • COMMERCIAL / PREMIUM THEMES – PAID OR PREMIUM THEMES • THEME GENERATORS • OR COULD EVEN CREATE YOUR OWN THEME FROM SCRATCH!
- 15. THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO UPLOAD AND INSTALL A THEME IN WORDPRESS • USING FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) ADVANCED • UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD • SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
- 16. UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
- 17. SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
- 18. UNINSTALL AND DELETE A WORDPRESS THEME • CHOOSE ANOTHER THEME (A THEME IS REQUIRED) • APPEARANCE >THEMES> THEME DETAILS AND DELETE
- 19. RESPONSIVE THEMES • A THEME THAT ADJUST BASED ON SCREEN SIZE. (IPAD, ANDROID, KINDLE AND ETC.) • HTTP://MOBILETEST.ME • HTTP://QUIRKTOOLS.COM/SCREENFLY/
- 20. CHILD THEME • USUALLY USED WITH YOU HAVE CUSTOM UPDATES • THE MAIN THEME WILL OVERRIDE ANY CUSTOM CHANGES • HTTPS://CODEX.WORDPRESS.ORG/CHILD_THEMES
- 21. PURCHASING THEMES • BEWARE THAT YOU MAY NOT GET A REFUND BACK.
- 22. PLUGINS
- 23. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A PLUGIN • HOW LONG AGO WAS IT UPDATED • RATINGS • COMMENTS ON THE WORDPRESS.ORG WEBSITE
- 24. OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF PLUGINS • PLUGINS ARE SMALL “PROGRAMS” GIVING YOU THE POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONALITIES OF A BASIC WORDPRESS INSTALLATION. MOST PLUGINS CAN BE DOWNLOADEDAND INSTALLED FOR FREE. • THE SEARCH FOR PLUGINS CAN BE DONE BEST THROUGH THE WEBSITE OF WORDPRESS ITSELF.
- 25. HOW TO INSTALL A PLUGIN? (MOST USED)
- 26. HOW TO INSTALL A PLUGIN? (MOST USED)
- 27. HOW TO DELETE A PLUGIN • DEACTIVATE • DELETE THE PLUGIN
- 31. COUNT PER DAY PLUGIN
- 32. PRETTY LINK
- 33. DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION & FREE COUPON • FREE COUPON TO MY “HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE IN A WEEK” ONLINE COURSE ON UDEMY • HTTP://ANGELASAMUELS.COM/NEWSLETTER/
- 34. QUESTIONS
- 35. THANK YOU
- 36. • VisionaryMeetings.com or • AngelaSamuels.com • Website: AngelaSamuels.com • Email: [email protected] • Twitter.com/angelamsamuels • Facebook.com/angelamsamuels Contact ANGELA SAMUELS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR