Introduction to WordPress &
   Theme implementation


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What is Wordpress?
• Free open source
• Blogging tool & CMS
• Based on PHP and MySQL
• Many features like plug-in architecture and a template
  system
• It was started in May27, 2003 with a single bit of code
  with a version 0.7 by Matt Mullenweg
Requirements
To run Wordpress on your host you need
• PHP version 4.3 or greater
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater
• Apache server is recommended to get a faster speed and
  featureful server for running wordpress
Features
•   No rebuilding
•   Wordpress Themes
•   Cross Blog communication
•   Comments
•   Spam protection
•   Full user registration.
•   Password Protected Posts
Features..
•   Easy installation and upgrades
•   Workflow
•   Multiple authors
•   Ping away
Installation
The Blog Frontend
How WordPress Theme Works
Splitting The Files
Index.php
Understanding The Loop
Preview The Theme

• Congrats! You've done the front page (the main part of the
  theme). Now, login to your admin panel, go to the Design
  tab, you should see the GlossyBlue theme, activate it and go
  to the front page to preview the theme.
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Introduction to wordpress & theme implementation

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    Introduction to WordPress& Theme implementation Presented by:
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    What is Wordpress? •Free open source • Blogging tool & CMS • Based on PHP and MySQL • Many features like plug-in architecture and a template system • It was started in May27, 2003 with a single bit of code with a version 0.7 by Matt Mullenweg
  • 3.
    Requirements To run Wordpresson your host you need • PHP version 4.3 or greater • MySQL version 4.0 or greater • Apache server is recommended to get a faster speed and featureful server for running wordpress
  • 4.
    Features • No rebuilding • Wordpress Themes • Cross Blog communication • Comments • Spam protection • Full user registration. • Password Protected Posts
  • 5.
    Features.. • Easy installation and upgrades • Workflow • Multiple authors • Ping away
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    Preview The Theme •Congrats! You've done the front page (the main part of the theme). Now, login to your admin panel, go to the Design tab, you should see the GlossyBlue theme, activate it and go to the front page to preview the theme.
  • 13.
    USA (New York) NETGAINSAMERICA LLC 87 Wolfs Lane, 2nd Floor Pelham, New York - 10803 Office: + 1 (917) 779-0480 Toll Free: +1 (866) 693-5132 W: www.netgainsamerica.com INDIA (Chandigarh) Mobile: +91 9876597755 Office: +91 (172) 2700428 Fax: +91 (172) 2700428 Email: sales@netgains.org W: www.netgains.org

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Personal publishing system, It is mature and stable product
  • #5 Norebuilding - Changes make to your templates or entries are reflected immediately on your site, with no need for regenerating static pages. Themes - Helps designing simplest blog to the most complicated website. Spam- Prevent comment spam with help of open proxy checker. User reg – If u want that only registered users can post or comment only. Password- comment level, post level.
  • #6 Workflow: you can have types of users that can only posts drafts, not publish them on front page. Multiple authors – Allows upto 10 levels of users, with diffferentpriviligies with regards to publishing, editing, options, and other users. Ping – Supports pinging, which means maximum exposure to your blog to search engines.
  • #12 The image below illustrates how The Loop works. The Loop is used to display blog posts and it also lets you control what to display. Basically, The Loop checks if there are posts in your blog, while there are posts, display it, if no post found, say "Not Found".