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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.

New to blogs.evergreen.edu? Create your first site.
Create Additional Sites - WordPress

Driving in WordPress

Dashboard Overview

Writing and Managing your content

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.

Add external links to your sidebar
Widgets - add additional features 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

Plugin Overview

Embedding media

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 ===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]].
-*[[Create New Site - First Time in WordPress]]
+*New to blogs.evergreen.edu? [[Create New Site - First Time in WordPress|Create your first site]].
 *[[Create Additional Sites - WordPress]]