Archive for September, 2012

September 30, 2012#

A Good Start

THIS is the way to get Sunday started right!

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September 26, 2012#

Creative Code: WordPress Intro

installation/pitfalls/concepts

WordPress History
http://codex.wordpress.org/History
since: 2003

Features
Plugins / Themes / Hooks / Filters

Current Version 3.4.2
http://wordpress.org/

Requirements
(min) PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0.15 / Apache Mod Rewrite (for pretty permalinks)
what does this mean? how are they related?

Installing WordPress Locally
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP
http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/28/developing-wordpress-locally-with-mamp/
http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-a-mac

Software

HTML Editor
http://www.sublimetext.com/

FTP
http://filezilla-project.org/
http://cyberduck.ch/
http://panic.com/transmit/
http://fetchsoftworks.com/

WordPress config file
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php

/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');
 
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');
 
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
 
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Next time we meet we will be diving into how to create a theme and explore what a theme is comprised of. Also you will need to have your own URL and FTP server before we meet next. We will work on getting a version of WordPress up and running online so that you all can show off your mad WordPress skills to your friends.

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