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WordPress Basics:Create Your Own Website
Today’s Session1. Defining terms
2. Setting up your site
3. Creating your first post
4. Creating your first page
5. Questions
Why WordPress?You’re in good company:
Blogs that use WordPress: The New York Times, CNNMusicians who use WordPress: The Rolling Stones,
Katy PerryFortune 500 companies that use WP: GM, UPS
It’s free, easy to use, and easy to learn.
So let’s get started!
Important Terms to KnowDashboard
Pages
Posts
Themes
Widgets
Media
What is your Dashboard?Your dashboard is your main administration
page
From your dashboard, you can: Create pagesCreate postsChange the appearance of your siteDo any other administrative tasks
What are Pages? Menu-driven divisions of your website
Unlike posts, which are displayed on your blog’s front page in the order they’re published, pages are better suited for more timeless content.
Common Pages: AboutContact me
What are Posts? Posts are your main content and are ideal for
blogs
Posts are arranged in reverse chronological order
This means that the newest posts appear at the top of the page, and each new post pushes down the older posts
Other Terms to KnowThemes – the appearance of your page, with
colors, sidebars, and text boxes formatted for youMany free themes are availableTry Twenty-ten, Twenty-fourteen, (2012, 2013)
Other Terms to KnowMedia – photos, videos, or other types of non-
text items for your site
Widgets – pre-formatted items to add to your site, for example: Links to social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)Blog statsPages menu
Let’s get started!Any questions so far?
Go to wordpress.com
What’s next? After activating your blog, it’s time to become
familiar with your dashboard
Left sidebar: The most common tabs you’ll use on the left are: PostsMediaPages
Hover over your blog name: This will give you a drop-down menu
Hover over your blog name and this drop-down menu will appear
What’s next? After becoming familiar with your dashboard, it’s
time to choose your theme
Remember – many themes are available for free
Ones to look for: Twenty-fourteen (2013, 2012, 2011, etc.) These are all good to begin with
Select one and realize you can always change it later
What’s next? After choosing your theme, decide how you’ll
share your blog
Lots of options here:You could add a “follow” widget so people can get
your new posts delivered to their email inboxYou could link to social media
Go to “Settings” on the left, and then “Sharing”Here you will see many of your options for
publicizing your blog
Now it’s time to create your first post:
What’s next? You’ve created a text post;
now try posting a photo
Now create PagesStart with two pages:
Contact meAbout me
Go back to your DashboardHover over “Pages” and then choose “Add New”
Questions?
Find this presentation online at elmlib.org/wordpress
Information from class:
Deleting your site: http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
Deleting your account: http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
Password HIDE button not working: This is due to those who were using an IE browser. Using a different browser (such as Mozilla Firefox) will fix this issue.
Maximum website size: All wordpress.com blogs/websites come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images.
Email Notifications: http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/
How to make entire site private (good when creating site): http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
Linking an Access database with Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-access-database-to-work-with-wordpress
Have follow-up questions? Direct them to our Technical Assistants at [email protected] with “Wordpress” in the subject line.