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Should You Use For Your Non-Profit Website? .com (720) 771.3271 1 Presented by: Bethany Siegler at http://www.t4gdenver.org/ Slides available at www.UniqueThink.com/t4g Lets Connect: Pinterest:
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For Your Non-Profit Website?
Presented by: Bethany Siegler at http://www.t4gdenver.org/
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Let’s Connect:
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– Created for Blogging – To easy add new posts (content)
– Used to run a complete website
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websites whose content management system we know.
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http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all
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Thanks Sarah Mapes for pointing out these and other sites
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http://www.boettcherfoundation.org/ http://www.hungerfreecolorado.org/ http://cchn.org/ http://familyvoicesco.org/ http://www.ccmu.org/ http://coloradohealthstory.org/
– Lives online - NOT on your computer – Browser-based editing
to edit content
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– System that Manages Your Content:
– Pages, Posts, Media (images, video...) – Add, find, edit and archive content
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–GEEK TALK:
– PHP files: talks to the Database – MySql Database: stores YOUR content and settings
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– GEEK TALK: – HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
» displays web content » creates the site’s structure
– CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
» defines appearance » stylizes: fonts, colors and sizing
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– What You See is What You Get – Toolbar with buttons for stylizing your content (as in Word and other text editors) – Don’t need to know HTML (but sometimes helpful)
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http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/customizing-twenty-fourteen/
– Separate from Content (text and media) – Can be easily switched (to give a site a new look) – 1000s and 1000s of free and premium (paid) themes available – Not all are created equal
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http://www.healthislocal.org/
Built on the DonateNow Theme
Thanks Sarah Mapes for pointing these out
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http://historicorps.org/
Built on the Dandelion Theme
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http://AgingServicesFoundation.org/
Built on the Akita Theme
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featured? And how will it display?
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Free Premium
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Free Premium https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://weavertheme.com/ http://themeforest.net/user/ThemeBlvd?ref=uniquethink http://bit.ly/studiopresswpthemes
to your sidebar
Posts on your sidebar?
does the work for you
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– Some themes allow these codes/scripts in the footer area –Some themes also allow them to be placed within the content area of a page *check with your theme’s developer
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– A mini piece of software/app – Automates or adds functionality – May be for visitor or admin’s experience – Like the iPhone has Apps, WordPress has plugins to do most things you need
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doing it on their own time and giving it away free
future changes
insights: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins
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These are my free must have plugins
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in-one-seo-faq/ Helps you add keywords to titles and descriptions for search engines
broken links and missing images
blocks' to a widget - without knowing code
Analytics code (a tool to track visits to your site)
sitemap to help the search engines index you better
your editor tool bar.
backups of your WordPress installation. Decide which content will be stored (Dropbox, S3…).
Security plugin - with a notification system, of when plugins need to be updated
contact forms, sharing, photo gallery extensions, and can even handle the load time on images for you.
get access
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email at Bethany@UniqueThink.com
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Slides available at www.UniqueThink.com/t4g
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https://wordpress.org https://wordpress.com/
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contains WordPress.com: www.YourBlogName.WordPress.com
1. Use a domain you already own on WordPress.com account - $13.00 per domain, per year. 2. Register a domain thru WordPress.com, starting at $18.00 per domain, per year
ads from WordPress.com - No-Ads Upgrades cost $30.00 per year
OR get WordPress Value Bundle a $99 yr
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and maintain upgrades
1. hosting can cost about $83 in the first year with free domain registration thru HostMonster, BlueHost or HostGator 2. Use 1-click install to get WordPress set up
WordPress.ORG and use any theme (layout, the look of your site) or have someone custom create a look for you
.ORG Options: Get started at about $83 using Twenty Eleven or another free theme OR Use a Premium Theme OR Hire a developer for a unique custom look
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extend/themes/
category/how-to/
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Complete Online Presence with:
email at Bethany@UniqueThink.com
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