Saturday, March 20, 2010

I'd rather live blog about Wordpress

Wordpress from .com to Self Hosted by @JimDoran
(slides can be found at: http://jimdoran.net/joy/wordpress/fitbloggin-10 )

"The road to hell is paved with NON-intentions."


Blogging Landscape
  • Blogger
  • TypePad
  • LiveJournal
  • Tumblr
  • Wordpress.com

Wordpress.com
  • Easy to set up
  • 17th most popular webssite according to Alexa
  • Sub domain of wordpress.com, ie http://jimdoran.wordpress.com - jimdoran is the subdomain
  • They offer 82 themes - more than blogger
  • Upgrades - pay to... get rid of adds, custom css, etc. $239.82 to buy all of them
  • WordPress is open source software
  • Akismet - catches spam before it get to your blog.
  • Big Names are listed at wordpress.com: CNN, New York Tims, CIA etc

Register you kids names as domains for the future!  Post their art work for now.

Put your brand on your own server - stop putting content on other sites!  Build your own brand on your own site.

Wordpress self hosted:

  • Can bring your blog over, from multiple sources too, ie - blogger and posterous, etc,
  • Hosting - recommended via WordPress.org GoDaddy, Bluehost, Dreamhost, etc.
  • Can install as many blogs as you want to.
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • Wordpress is like playdough and no two themes are the same
  • Themes and plug-ins make endless possibilities
  • 1100+ free themes
  • Premium themes you must pay for.
  • Plugins
    • 8700+ plugins available
    • Favorites:
      •  All-In-One-SEO pack
      • Akismet (spam filter)
      • WP-Commerce (if your are selling anything - intergrate with paypal, etc.)
      • WP Super Cache (keeps your live if innundated with traffic) 
      • BuddyPress (social network for your website)
      • PollDaddy
      • Google Analytics
      • PODS CMS (build a website on your blog - posts AND pages)
      • bbPress
    • Some plugins are maintained - may need to go back and fix it later.
    • Plugins use code, theme's use code – some clash so be careful - don't use too many
    • You can't install plugins in dot.com
  • Other features:
    • Automatic Upgrades
    • Community support via Codex, Hackers List and IRC
    • WordCamps - self organized community events with user info and tech info 
    • Semantic Code (SEO, find-ability, accessibility)
    • Taxonomy - categories and tags (use different names for each, ie: Recipe tag, Recipes category) 
    • Non-destructive 
    • Change permalink directly
    • Past from MS word and remove goofy formating
    • Word Count
    • Paste pain text
  • Enhancements coming in June to Wordpress
"... pessimism robs ordinary people of their powers."  ~Colin Wilson




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