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MNREM Broadband for Business Webinar Series
Minnesota Renewable Energy MarketplaceAs part of the Minnesota Rural Intelligent
Communities (MIRC) Project
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This webinar series is sponsored by MIRC – Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities in partnership with the MNREM - Minnesota Renewable Marketplace and the Blandin Foundation. MNREM is a project partner in the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities initiative. MIRC is a coalition of 19 statewide partners and 11 demonstration communities funded in large part through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant. The work of the coalition focuses on bringing the full promise of broadband technologies to rural Minnesota communities, businesses and people. Blandin Foundation serves as the project administrator. More about MIRC is available www.blandinfoundation.org
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Build a Free Website on WordPress
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Process• Set up with WordPress• Get Email Confirmation• Set up Look & Layout• Adding Content• Making Changes
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www.wordpress.com
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Sign Up
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Free BlogDomain name & mapping10 GB Space UpgradeNo AdsCustom DesignVideoPress
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Wait for Email
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Quick Note: More than an Author • You can follow blogs• You can easily post comments• You can “like” blog posts
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Skip – for now…
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Skip…
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Choose a title & tag• Think of search
engines• Think of how this
will list• You can change
this later!
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Choose a Theme
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How to Choose a Theme• Consider the elements
you want– Pages– News/Blog– Logo– Images
• Consider layout and look– Colors – Tone– Columns– Top Navigation– Drop down menus
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Create a Sitemap• Outline
elements and hierarchy
• Then draw it on paper
• Check out competition too
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Posts vs Pages
Posts• Akin to articles• Can include categories• Will show up in your “blog”
Pages• More like traditional web
pages• You can change – but more
static by design• Can create hierarchy (drop-
down menus)
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Customize It
You can change these options later!
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Static Front Page• If you don’t want the
latest posts to show up on the homepage – choose a static page (or post)
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First Post
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Photo Info
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Making Changes Later…• Log into
WordPress• Visit page you
want to change• Click on Edit
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Adding New Info Later…• Login • Click on username to
get dropdown • Or ad wp-admin to
your address: http://mnremtest.wordpress.com/wp-admin
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How Can I Change?
Title
Post
Page
Tag Line
Widget
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Quick Tour of Writing a Post
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Quick Tour of Widgets
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Widgets Part 2• Text• Follow• Facebook/
Twitter• RSS Links
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QUESTIONS?
If you have an interest in further training in your area, please let us know.
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