WEBSITE DESIGN COURSE

SESSION 1

WORDPRESS

WORDPRESS.COM

• ONLINE

• FREE SOFTWARE

• FREE HOSTING BUT WITH A TAG IN IT

• VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE

WORDPRESS.ORG

• OFFLINE

• HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SOFTWARE

• HAVE TO PAY FOR HOSTING

• USE CSS AND HTML CODE

STEP 1 – CREATE AN ACCOUNT• GO TO WORDPRESS.COM AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT

• MAKE SURE YOU USE A SUITABLE URL AS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT

STEP 2 - THEMES

• THEMES DICTATE WHAT YOUR WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS

• THERE ARE SOME THAT YOU NEED TO PAY FOR BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH WITHOUT PAYING

STEP 3 – DYNAMIC + STATIC PAGES

• DYNAMIC PAGES – FOR BLOGS – CONSTANTLY CHANGING

• STATIC PAGES – FOR TRADITIONAL WEBSITES – NEVER CHANGES OR NOT OFTEN

• GO TO THE DASHBOARD TO CHANGE

EXT 1 – ADD + EDIT PHOTOS

• ANY GOOD WEBSITE NEEDS PHOTOS

• MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PHOTO IS FREE TO USE

• ADD THEM THROUGH THE PAGE EDITOR

EXT 2 – ADD HYPERLINKS

• IF YOU WANT TO ADD A LINK TO ANOTHER WEBSITE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE HYPRELINKS

• GO INTO THE PAGE EDITOR AND HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT WHERE YOU WANT THE HYPERLINK

• THEN CLICK THE HYPERLINK AND INPUT THE LINK

EXT 3 – EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

• YOU MAY WANT TO PUT YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN YOUR SITE

• TO DO THIS GO INTO THE PAGE EDITOR AND CLICK THE EMBED BUTTON

• PUT THE LINK TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO IN THE BOX AND CLICK OK.

THANKS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED

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