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Everything you need to know to get started using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu.

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 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 evergreen email address and login. Faculty looking to create a curricular site using WordPress should use sites.evergreen.edu.

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

Dashboard Overview

Site Settings

General Settings - Change the title and subtitle of your site
Change the default Privacy Settings. All newly created blogs are set to private (requiring login to view), change this under Settings > Reading.

Writing and Managing your content

Images and linked files

Insert an image
Link to a file

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

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.

Embedding media

Still have WordPress questions?

Create a Help Ticket or call the Computer Center at 360-867-6227
WordPress FAQ - common questions
WordPress Tutorial - step by step introduction

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 *'''[[Getting Started with WordPress]]''' - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?
 ===Create a New WordPress Site===
-[http://blogs.evergreen.edu blogs.evergreen.edu] is Evergreen's WordPress server. You can create your own site, all you need is an [[Getting Started with Email|evergreen email address]] and [[Evergreen Login - Getting Started|login]].
+[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.