CMS-WordPress

What is Word Press?

Who created WordPress and Why??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=283&v=yUCFRL43Zm4

Answer: Matt Mullenweg; Founder of WordPress Shares Everything (2014) I will always be learning (https://automattic.com/creed/)

https://automattic.com/about/ - is the

What each student can do on CLASSweb.ccv.edu

Each CCV student in a CIS class will have access to CLASSweb.ccv.edu, and can Install WordPress

1. Shared Web Server space for their code

2. A full WordPress site(s)

3. Access to a MySQL database (set up with the WordPress site but with the ability to add tables and updated tables)

4. login & password

JilMac's WordPress Default Theme http://jam08260.classweb.ccv.edu/wp2

JilMac's WordPress Free Theme http://jam08260.classweb.ccv.edu/wp

What is a CMS? My good friend Jen Kramer explains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb8MkRr9gu0&feature=emb_logo

There are two ways you can Create a WordPress website

1. Use WordPress.com - which is housed on the WordPress.com website - you do NOT have to Install Word Press, it is already installed at WordPress.com

Use this page for Tutorials: WordPRESS.com TRAINING

2. Installing WordPress on CLASSweb.ccv.edu or your own Shared Web Hosting platform - see instructions below

Installing WordPress (this is a very generic overview of the process)

NOTE: it is highly recommended that if you choose to use WordPress you work with JilMac one-on-one in Zoom/Hangouts/Skype/etc. so she can walk you through the initial setup. 802-254-8628 call and set up a time.

If you need to install WordPress, there is a (mostly!) one-click install available. Before you

can do this, however, you'll need to set up a database and a database user for WordPress to

use.

To create a database, click on the MySQL Database in the Database Management pane. Fill

in a name for the database (for WordPress we suggest "wordpress"), and click Create. Note

that the actual name of your database. ex. userid_wordpress, because your databases are

always prefixed with your user ID and an underscore.

You will need to remember the name of your database for a future step.

To create a database user, go back to the Home dashboard, then click on "MySQL Users".

Fill in a userID (we suggest using your own Portal/Moodle/CCV userID), pull down the

database list in Map Database to select the database you just created, and click " Create" you will see that it has created this userID and assigned a random password to it. We recommend just leaving that password, as you will only need it once, for the actual

WordPress install process. Remember the password (or highlight and copy it) for a future step.

Now go back to the Home dashboard, and click on "Sentastico" in the Admin panel.

You will see the list of installable applications. As you are most likely doing this because your instructor

has asked you to, please click the Install button next to the application they have

asked you to install. WordPress instructions are given here if your instructor chooses

Joomla, they will provide instructions for that.

On the WordPress install screen, the domain should already be in place

(userid.classweb.ccv.edu as specified above).

Fill in a directory name as specified by your instructor. JilMac suggests WP1

Note: to install WordPress at the top level of your domain, check the box that says "Click to install to (the students) domain root",

Then click the Install button. <-- WARNING !!! Installing to ROOT will DELETE EVERY FILE on YOUR SERVER, JilMac recommends using WP1

When it finishes copying files, you will get a results page indicating The FOLDER was created Successfully

Two buttons: Install Now and Install Later.

Install Now should bring you to the WordPress Install Window ...

IF IT DOES NOT ... you manually need to do these three steps:

  1. From your browser go to the directory you just created

CHANGED Spring2020 - Sentastico installed the WordPress FILES in your ClassWeb account. now you need to SETUP WordPress to INSTALL the Database TABLES that you can see in phpMyAdmin.

  1. Open a New Browser Window

  2. Go out to your ClassWeb site: Mine would be jam08260.classweb.ccv.edu/WP1

  3. It will display the WordPress Install screen. you will be in the wp-admin/setup-config.php

    1. Select ENGLISH and click the continue button

    2. The Welcome to Word Press will ask you for:

      • database,

      • database userID

      • password for the database userID

so remember to have those handy from the previous steps.

Students - your Instructors will be able to SHADOW each of your accounts.

Shadowing allows your instructor to see your files, directories and to run your programs.

Basically, they can do everything they can, including add/modify/remove files and

folders, create a database and database user, and install WordPress.

Tutorials for Beginner Word Press

WP Beginner https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=WPbeginner

WordPress All-in-One for Dummies 4th Edition

WordPress Instructions

Books for purchase (You do NOT have to purchase anything - but these have been recommended by others)

CCV's Hartness Library has many WordPress e-books available electronically (you need to be logged into CCV)

Word Press Themes:

Instructions to install another WordPress Site on CLASSweb.ccv.edu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3zsXTtZTg&feature=youtu.be

Options that are BUILT INTO WordPress

Plugins/Add-On's

  • Screaming Frog SEO Spider", which will show you things like all of your your page titles are crammed with your domain name TWICE! Your domain name should NEVER be in a page title. Use the available 68 characters or so to create more effective ones. More than half of your meta descriptions also seem to be missing.

  • Yost SEO - Search Engine Organization

  • SEOmas

  • Add a WordPress Image SLIDER - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/

Making WordPress More Secure

WordPress Security Tip - move the wp-config.php file: http://www.sitepoint.com/easiest-wordpress-security-tip-ever

Other LINKS

Adding a Favicon to your WordPress site

Assigning a Domain Name to your WordPress site

Domain Names are like Car License Plates - you buy them separately from a car - you register them each year - and when you purchase a new car - you transfer them from your old car to your new car.

Web Sites live on Web Servers - Each of your Web Sites Live on a Web server, in a sub-folder that is open to the Internet - and can be viewed by anyone who knows the address or what to search for.

Domain Names average approximately $12 per year - however by adding features or if you wanted a certain name could cost much more.

Space to put your web site (the code either HTML or WordPress) can be kept for free for 2 years on CLASSweb.ccv.edu

You can purchase a Domain name and have it Forwarded with Masking to your space on CLASSweb.

After the two years is up - you can copy the files to a new shared Web Host that you rent space from and point/transfer the Domain Name to that location.

Here is my WordPress site with a Domain Name: http://VermontButter.com which I purchased from GoDaddy.com

Here is the same WordPress site with the natural link: http://jam08260.classweb.ccv.edu/wp

in fact, http://classweb.ccv.edu has an iIP address of 52.40.105.115 http://52.40.105.115

and jam08260 is just a subdomain of 52.40.105.115

If you are interested in haveing a Domain Name point to your Class Project - give me a call and we can work on it together. It is work - but you really learn a lot doing this process. IT IS NOT REQUIRED for the Project.

Analytics for Word Press

Modifying the CSS for a WordPress Site

Adding a WordPress Photo Gallery

WordPress.com - is different that WordPress.net which is installed on CLASSweb.ccv.edu

Export a WordPress.com site so you can load it on your own Shared Web Host

User Groups

More JilMac videos for ClassWEB.ccv.edu https://sites.google.com/site/jilmactraining/web-development/CLASSweb_ccv_edu

Linux Cron Job - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/cronjob-ransomware-attack/