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===Getting Started===
*'''[[Getting Started with WordPress]]''' - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?

===Working with the Longhouse Ethnobotanical Garden site ===

==== Logging in from the sites.evergreen.edu homepage ====
* Navigate to https://sites.evergreen.edu and click the login/register link in the sidebar
* Login via CAS using your Evergreen username and password
* Navigate to your site via the My Sites menu in the upper left admin bar

===Driving in WordPress===
*[[Dashboard Overview]]

===Writing and Managing your content===
*[[Get Published - Pages and Posts]]
*[[Categories and Tags]]

==== Adding media to a page ====
* You can upload and insert media (images, audio, documents, etc.) by clicking the '''Add Media''' button when editing a page.
* You can select from the images and files already uploaded to the Media Library, or upload new media to add to your page or post.
* '''To create an image gallery''', select the images to add and click the “Create a new gallery” button.

===Images and linked files===
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]'''
*'''[[Attach a file to a WordPress post or page|Link to a file]]'''

==== Embedding media from other sites ====
You can also embed media from many popular websites including Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr and others by pasting the media URL on its own line into the content of your post/page.

==== Built-in Help ====
Contextual help is always available from the upper right Help tab in your Dashboard. This is likely the fastest way to get your questions answered.

=== Editing a page ===
#Navigate to the page you want to update
#Click the Edit Page link in the admin topbar
#Make your changes and click Update to save

=== Adding a new page ===
#From the Pages left-hand menu choose Add New
#Enter the page title (directly under Edit Page)
#Click Update to save your changes

=== Navigation and new pages ===
*All top-level new pages added to your site should automatically appear in your primary navigation.
*For more see Navigation and Custom Menus.

===Create your own WordPress at "blogs" to practice with===
[http://blogs.evergreen.edu blogs.evergreen.edu] is Evergreen's WordPress instance primarily for community members looking to self-create a wordpres site/blog/academic journal. To create your own site, all you need is an [[Getting Started with Email|evergreen email address]] and [[Evergreen Login - Getting Started|login]]. Faculty looking to create a curricular site using WordPress should use [[WordPress Tutorial for sites.evergreen.edu|sites.evergreen.edu]].
*'''[[Create New Site - First Time in WordPress|Create your first site]]''' if you are new to blogs.evergreen.edu.
* Learn how to '''[[Create Additional Sites - WordPress | create additional sites]]''' if you already have a site at blogs.evergreen.edu.

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Irishb at 17:59, 24 October 2015

Irishb: Created page with "__NOTOC__ 75px ===Getting Started=== *'''Getting Started with WordPress''' - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen? ===Worki..."

Irishb: Created page with "NOTOC 75px ===Getting Started=== *'''Getting Started with WordPress''' - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen? ===Worki..."