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| − | *'''[[Front page of WordPress Site|Change what your front page displays]]''' if you'd prefer a static pages instead your latest posts (optional) | + | *'''[[Front page of WordPress Site|Change what your front page displays]]''' if you'd prefer a static pages instead of your latest posts (optional). |
*'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site | *'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site | ||
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| + | ** add a link to the class Pop Culture blog at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/popculture/ | ||
===Adding functionality to your site=== | ===Adding functionality to your site=== | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 9 January 2014
Getting Started
- Getting Started with WordPress - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?
Create a New WordPress Site
blogs.evergreen.edu is Evergreen's WordPress server. You can create your own site, all you need is an evergreen email address and login.
- Create your first site if you are new to blogs.evergreen.edu.
- Learn how to create additional sites if you already have a site at blogs.evergreen.edu.
Driving in WordPress
Writing and Managing your content
- Get Published - Pages and Posts
- Create a page call "Project Description" and put your proposal here
- Categories and Tags
- We will all be using the same 3 categories for our posts. Please create each of these categories as listed in your site.
- cat 1
- cat2
- cat3
- We will all be using the same 3 categories for our posts. Please create each of these categories as listed in your site.
Images and linked files
Designing Your Site
Working with themes
Themes allow you to change the design of your blog at anytime. Changing your theme will not affect the primary content of your site.
- Choose a theme
- Customize your header image - some themes allow for you to add your own header image Appearance > Header Image (may only appear if your chosen theme supports custom header images)
- Make additional changes to your theme (advanced)
Sidebars
Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't anything to your side bar a default set of "widgets" will appear. You can change this by adding your own widgets.
- Widgets - add additional features to your sidebar
- Add external links to your sidebar
- Change what your front page displays if you'd prefer a static pages instead of your latest posts (optional).
- Custom Menus - allow you to modify the navigation for your site
- not all themes support custom menus
- add a link to the class Pop Culture blog at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/popculture/
Adding functionality to your site
Embedding media
Need More Help?
- WordPress Tutorial - for a step-by-step tutorial to get you started
- FAQs - common questions about using WordPress at Evergreen
- All WordPress articles
Still have questions or problems with WordPress, send Academic Computing a message or call the Computer Center at 360-867-6227.
