Wordpress for Photographers 1
From nothing to a web site prepared to house your finest photography.
In order to realize Wordpress’ full potential as a kickass photo publishing platform you need to plan ahead. You’ll never run into an irreversible dead end if you take a wrong turn somewhere, but if you follow the steps I line up here you should get a good course immediately – thus saving you time and money.
Evaluate
101. Do you need a website?
102. Is Wordpress right for you?
Get the technical foundation in place
103. Find a good host and get yourself a domain name
104. Install Wordpress
Set up your site
105. Choosing a theme
106. Navigate Wordpress and tweak settings
101: Do you need a website?
The first thing you need to do is to straighten out your photographical life. This’ll decide what kind of website you need to create – a photoblog, a portfolio or something else entirely. It’s time to ask yourself a few questions and get some brutal answers.
102: Is Wordpress right for you?
Creating a site using Wordpress isn’t difficult. You can leverage the power of a great community to put together a professional site – for very little money. Or you can pay for premium services to customize the site exactly as you want it, still at a fraction of the cost you would pay for many other web design services. But in order to get the most out of Wordpress it’s important that you understand what the application is. This article examines if Wordpress is for you.
103: How to find a good host and get yourself a domain name
Before the real fun begins you need the technical foundations in place. You need two things: a web host to host the files and a domain name so you can refer people to your site. This step seems hard for many, but it’s not difficult at all. I’ll give you three easy key points to help you on your way, and tell you how I’ve set up my hosting as inspiration.
104: How to install Wordpress
Installing Wordpress is no back breaking experience. Here I’ll take you through the manual install process step by step, accompanied by fancy pictures. I’ll also point you towards two videos that describe how Bluehost’s and Webfaction’s one-click installers work.
105: Choosing a theme
Themes are used to give your site a new look. There are many however, and it’s difficult to know what factors you need to consider. I’ll break it down into two point that plays the biggest roles for photo sites: looks and workflow.
106: Navigate Wordpress and tweak settings
The last step before adding content is to familiarize yourself with the Wordpress administration area, think a bit about your content structure and tweak some settings. I’ll brief you on the important stuff.