Difference between revisions of "WordPress Tutorial for wordpress.evergreen.edu"

Latest revision as of 17:22, 27 February 2026

Everything you need to know to get started using WordPress at Evergreen.

Getting Started

Request a Site

Submit site requests at help.evergreen.edu.

Navigating WordPress

Configure Site Settings

Writing and Managing Your Content

Adding Images and Media

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 add 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

Front Page and Navigation

Change what your front page displays if you'd prefer a static pages instead your latest posts.
Custom Menus - allow you to modify the navigation for your site

Adding Functionality to Your Site

Use plugins to enable new features in your site.
Popular WordPress plugins at Evergreen

Moving Your Site

If at any point you want to move your WordPress site off of "wordpress.evergreen.edu" for your own personal use, simply set up your own domain and web-host, export your WordPress site, and Import it onto your private hosting.

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