WordPress

Jon Larsen

Omaha Linux User Group

July 5th, 2005

What is Wordpress?

Wordpress is a online weblog (“Blog”) content management system.

Written in PHP

Uses MySQL for backend

Provides RSS, ATOM feeds

Extensible via plugins

Write posts via email

User registration and comments

Quick Installation

Create a Mysql database for Wordpress

Uncompress the tar.gz (or zip)

Open wp-config-sample.php and fill in your database details and save as wp-config.php

Upload the files in to your web host dir

Run the installation file, relative to where you uploaded the files: http://url/wp-admin/install.php

Install WordPress

Title and Email

Databases populated

Login as admin and change options

Dashboard

Login to the Admin interface: http://url/wp-login.php

Dashboard is the landing page upon login

Dashboard contains recent entries from the Wordpress Dev Blog

Shows latest activity and other news tidbits

Writing an Entry

From the Dashboard, choose Write

Entries can be categorized

Entries can be a Post or a Page

Manage

Posts

Pages

Catagories

Comments

Awaiting Moderation

Files

Links

Add Links to appear on your blog

Extensive descriptions can be created for each link

Links can be categorized

Visibility can be toggled

Presentation

Select theme

Edit theme

Options

Change Title

Change Tagline

Add security

Add User

Manage Plugins

Links

wordpress.org

php.net

mysql.com

www.levania.org/~relayer/

2005-07-05T10:17:15