Create a Self-Hosted Professional Responsive WordPress Website

Introduction and Getting Started

Each of the following will have a short (5 to 10 minute) pre-recorded video to show you how to accom
Each of the following will have a short (5 to 10 minute) pre-recorded video to show you how to accomplish the following for your project:
- Learn about local development environments.
- Download and install XAMPP for Mac, Windows, or Linux.
- Create a database.
- Download and install WordPress.
Share Your Progress
Create a project in the Project Repository and post a screenshot of your WordPress admin area running under localhost.

Customization: Make it Your Own

Each of the following is a short (5 to 10 minute) pre-recorded video:
Each of the following is a short (5 to 10 minute) pre-recorded video:
- What is a CMS?
- What is the WordPress Admininstration Area?
- What is a WordPress Plugin and which are recommended?

Hosting and Domain Names

Share Your Final Project
Post a link to your final project. Tell us anything about it you haven't yet. What plugins did you use? What would you like to do with it that you haven't been able to?

Additional Resources

In this unit, we'll learn all about WordPress: what it is, what it has to offer, who's using it, and what we'll be doing with it.

Overview of WordPress resources on the web, including the following:
Learn about CMSs, the WordPress Administration Area and the power of plugins.

Resources:

https://github.com/jishuabo/conqueringwordpress/archive/master.zip - Twenty Twelve Child Theme

http://thereisathemeforthat.com/ - large repository of WP themes

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ - official theme repository

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/41-great-looking-free-wordpress-themes/ - free theme list

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/themes/ - search on smashing magazine for themes

http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress - paid theme

http://diythemes.com/ - theme framework

http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/ - theme framework

http://wpcandy.com/shows - plugin of the day podcast
How to Move a WordPress Site Manually
1. Back up old site files.
2. Back up old database.
3. Move old site files into archive folder (either locally or remotely).
4. Move the Wordpress files into the new site directory via FTP.
5. Export the the database to be moved and import it into its new location.
6. Through a SQL client (e.g., phpMyAdmin through cPanel), change "siteurl" and "home" in the database table "wp_options" to reflect the new location.
7. Re-save the Settings > Permalinks page (if the site uses permalinks).
8. Through a SQL client, you'll need to update hard-coded paths for the new site location. Below are the queries. (In phpMyAdmin, enter under the SQL tab and run one at a time--be sure to replace http://www.oldsiteurl.com and http://www.newsiteurl.com with you actual old and new domain names).
- UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (post_content, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com');
- UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = REPLACE (guid, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com');
- UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE (meta_value, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com');
Links

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress - the (semi-)official documentation on moving WordPress
http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/ - moving from Wordpress.com to WordPress.org

Sheila Lewis

Video Producer + Aspiring Filmmaker

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