WordPress for Beginners
2021 - @NabeelMolham
Who am I?!
- Software Engineer @ GoDaddy
- Web Developer, WordPress Expert
- Working since 2005
- Started with Macromedia Flash MX (ActionScript)
- Dynamic Content: Server-side <=> XML <=> Flash
- Got into ASP.NET, SQL Server, Oracel
- Very quickly moved to Open Source
- Tried many PHP CMSs and Frameworks
- Started with WordPress version 2.8 and loving it
- Joined Codeable.io in December 2015
- Joined GoDaddy in September 2020
Nabeel Molham
Why WordPress in the first place?!
- Most popular robust and flexible CMS
- ~ 65.2% market share - W3Techs
- Free and Open Source
- it's a framework underneath
- Default behavior is a Blog but User extendable
- End-User comes first all the time
- Cheap and easy to run
- Fully Customizable (Plugins, Themes, Custom Dev.)
Installing WordPress on your Computer
- XAMPP
- EasyPHP
- Desktop Server
- WampServer
- Local By Flywheel (+)
Nabeel Molham
Questions? Reach out!
