Difference between revisions of "WordPress Tutorial for wordpress.evergreen.edu"
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| − | + | :* [[Getting Started with WordPress|About WordPress]] | |
| − | + | :* [[WordPress at Evergreen]] | |
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| − | *[[ | + | :* [[Create New Site - First Time in WordPress|Creating a site (for first time users)]] |
| + | :* [[Create Additional Sites - WordPress|Creating additional sites (for return users)]] | ||
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| − | *[[ | + | :* [[Dashboard Overview|Dashboard or Admin Bar for editing your site]] |
| − | * | + | :* [[Customize Your Screen Options - WordPress|Customize your Screen Options]] |
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| − | + | {{Collapsed2|Configure Site Settings| | |
| − | *[[ | + | :* [[General Settings - WordPress|Change the Title, Subtitle and time zone in General Settings]] |
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| − | * | + | :* [[Posts and Pages - Wordpress|Posts and Pages and what’s the difference?]] |
| − | * | + | :* [[Create a New Post - WordPress|Creating a New Post]] |
| + | :* [[Create a New Page - WordPress|Creating a New Page]] | ||
| + | :* [[Categories and Tags|Categorizing Posts]] | ||
| + | :* [[Comments - WordPress|Controlling comments]] | ||
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| + | :* [[Images in Wordpress|Upload and insert an image into a post or page]] | ||
| + | :* [[Image Settings - WordPress|Image details and display settings - size, alignment, caption]] | ||
| + | :* [[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image galleries]] | ||
| + | :* [[Media Embeds from External Sites - WordPress|Embed Media from external sites (YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, SoundCloud, etc.)]] | ||
| + | :* [[Embed Audio - WordPress|Upload a short MP3 audio file and embed with a player]] | ||
| + | :* [[File Sizes - WordPress|About file storage space]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:22, 30 December 2015
Everything you need to know to get started using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu
Getting Started
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 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 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.
WordPress Tutorial
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
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
