Lesson 3

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Today i’m going to talk about:

  • How to install WordPress onto your PC
  • What is WordPress Core
  • Themes
  • Plugins
  • Whats the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
  • How often you should update core, themes and plugins
  • What are the best practice when updating the core.

 

Installing WordPress

1.First Go to phpMyAdmin
Use Root as the user and blank as the password (unless you have your own password)phpmyadminThis is what it should be when you log in

database-tab

2.Now you create the database

addd-database-name

3.After that you go to User Accounts and go to new to make a new user accountuser-acoount

4. Fill out the information like what I have done below

user-account-info-pt1global-access-pt2

5. Now go to C:/wamp/www and copy our documents into the servercopy-wordpress-folder-to-www-folder

6. Now go to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php on your browser then click on let’s go

wordpress-setup-1

7. Fill out the information down belowwordpress-setup-2wordpress-setup-3

Now that you successfully installed wordpress on your pc  wordpress-setup-4

8. Now go to your WordPress web page after logging in and you have WordPress on your PC

logged-inadmin-view

 

Update Technical Journal

What is WordPress Core, Themes and Plugins?

WordPress Core is a bunch of files which becomes the admin interface.Core files make up the appearance and functionality of the WordPress platform, and content files are added by the user in the form of themes, plugins, and images. There is also a special file called wp-config.php that tells WordPress where to find your site’s database.
(ref. http://wpsupergeek.com/what-are-the-wordpress-core-files/ )

WordPress Themes can provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website.
(ref. https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes )

Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress.
(ref. https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins)

What is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org?

With WordPress.org you are the  host of  your own blog or website. WordPress.org is where you’ll find the free WordPress software that you can download and install on your own web server.

WordPress.com takes care of all of the hosting for you. You don’t have to download software, pay for hosting, or manage a web server.
(ref. https://ithemes.com/tutorials/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org/)

How often should we update Core, Themes, Plugins?

You should update your Core, Themes and Plugins all the time as it updates with new bug fixes, updates the security and makes you less hack-able.
(ref. http://www.wpcopilot.com.au/blog/update-wordpress-plugins-themes/)

What are best practices when updating Core?

The best way is to to backup all your contents and also a backup of just your database to your local computer in case a update fails or goes  horribly wrong as you can recover from the backup.
(ref. http://askwpgirl.com/updating-wordpress-plugins-themes-core/#backups)

Conclusion

In today’s lesson you have learnt the following:

  • How to install WordPress to your PC via phpMyAdmin,
  • What WordPress Core is which are a bunch of files that pretty much keeps everything together
  • You learnt what themes do in WordPress which decorate your website,
  • You learnt what plugins do in WordPress which adds more functionality to your website,
  • You now know the difference between WordPress.com(preexisting hosting, no need to manage anything) and WordPress.org(You host your own server for your website) is ,
  • You leant that you need  regularly update your Core, Themes and Plugins,
  • You should regularly backup your whole site and also your database before you update.