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2 WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. 1. State of the Word 2. Flavors of WordPress 3. Themes and basic customization 4. _s 5. Learning more

3 @simpledream Lance Willett Excellence Wrangler, Automattic WordPress.com Who am I? I took Pima DAR classes about 12 years ago (Photoshop, Illustrator, and web design)

4 What's the state of the Word? _Very strong_ State of the Word

5 Strong! WordPress is the most popular and fastest growing publishing platform on the Web. 13 years old in 2016! WordPress began as a blogging platform but soon branched out into a platform for different types of websites, including news sites, corporate sites (for large brands and small businesses alike), e-commerce sites, and many more.

6 26.3% w3techs.com WordPress is the content management system (CMS) of the Web (up from 23.8% in 2015 when I was visiting Greg s classes)

7 59% w3techs.com Content management system market share of 59% Source

8 google.com/trends/ explore#q=blogger,drupal,sharepoint,wordpress

9 131 million unique visitors / month automattic.com/about 131 million unique visitors every month on WordPress.com

10 21.5 billion pages a month wordpress.com/activity 21.5 billion pages a month on WordPress.com Source: up from 15 billion

11 44,000+ plugins wordpress.org/plugins up from 37,000

12 2,100+ themes wordpress.org/themes up from 1,800

13 Free & open source wordpress.org/about/philosophy "It also means you are free to use it for anything from your cat s home page to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee and a number of other important freedoms"

14 WP jobs are hawt

15 253,000+ WordPress jobs (as of 2015) elance.com/trends/skills_central Up from 90,000 in 2012 when I last spoke in this classroom.

16 Flavors of WordPress There is confusion in the marketplace about how Automattic, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are connected even among its top users.

17 WP.com is a service run by Automattic The main connection is Matt M, co-founder of WP and founder of Automattic

18 Services and products built on and around WP

19 Make your own themes and plugins Or grab free ones from the directories

20 WP Foundation holds the trademark, and owns the IP

21 Differences

22 WordPress.com Free Worry free Fast and reliable Nothing to download Can t upload plugins Can t upload themes Can't edit any source files

23 WordPress.org Use any plugin or theme Edit source files Pay for hosting Learning curve You run backups & upgrades

24 Export/import freely, *you* own the data It s your data

25 get.wp.com Great resource to share with your friends, explain the various ways to install and use WordPress

26 Note 1-click installs as a sort of middle flavor

27 browsehappy.org

28 PSA: Help friends and family update to the latest browser version

29 Themes I love themes! I work on themes for WordPress.org: Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Fourteen, underscores.me

30 Themes are WP Your identity, your brand Themes are a really fun part of WP, knowing how to talk about them, find and choose, and *use* themes will give you a great jumpstart into getting the most out of WP

31 What is a theme?

32 A theme, template, skin, etc is a ready-to-use design and layout that you can pop right onto your existing WordPress site. WordPress handles all of the content for you (posts, pages, comments), while the theme transforms that content into a beautiful and clean layout for your visitors to see.

33 The key takeaway about WordPress themes any beginner must know is that at any moment a WordPress website s theme may be changed without adversely affecting the actual content of the website. Graph Paper Press beginner s guide

34 Think of it like a house. WordPress provides the foundation and framing, while your theme adds in the paint, flooring, curtains, etc. everything you need to construct the look of your site.

35 Find and choose a theme Key: you can change themes at any time without adversely affecting your content

36 Start at Theme Directory, expert reviews on WP sites, follow specific theme companies, word of mouth

37 Google? Not so much...

38 Which is best for me? Visual design Fun factor Fits your needs Supports WP features

39 Paid does not mean better. Commercial themes often come with dedicated support from the theme authors, and often have distinctive features. In general, paid themes have fewer users than free themes, so your design will be more exclusive. Ultimately you are trusting and following a company.

40 The best theme company Support and docs Community record User reviews Do they blog? Features Price License: GPL Design quality and aesthetic

41 Using WP built-in features Custom background: color or image (pattern, palette) Custom header image: logo, banner, abstract Customization

45 themeshaper.com/jumpstart Modifying a theme? great way to learn; _s or a default theme are great start From scratch: yes, go for it! That's where we all started More info? Check out my video and resources for "Find the Perfect Theme"

46 _s is the perfect starting point for your theme Just enough of what you need; nothing you don t underscores.me

47 _s is the perfect starting point for your theme Just enough of what you need; nothing you don t

48 Give me more

49 Code Reference developer.wordpress.org

50 WordPress.tv

51 Justin Tadlock justintadlock.com/tags/wordpress-tutorials

52 Otto on WordPress ottopress.com

53 What s happening? poststatus.com wptavern.com

54 Tucson WP Connect Coworking meetup.com/tucson-wordpress-meetup

55 Lance Willett ):} Thanks!

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