Audio Recording - WordPress

Why a build a personal website?

• stake out your personal space/name on the web
• a stable location you control to point your social media accounts to

What to use to build a site?

• What is WordPress? How is blogs.evergreen.edu different from wordpress.com different from wordpress.org?
• Alternatives include Squarespace, Tumblr and Wix

Audio portfolio examples:

• http://www.gameaudiogirl.com/
• http://zacharyquarles.com/blog/

Create a WordPress Site at Evergreen

As an Evergreen student, you have access to create a site at http://blogs.evergreen.edu and get support. This is a great opportunity to explore the waters of creating your own website in preparation for managing your own after graduation.

To get started check out the WordPress Tutorial

Suggested themes for portfolio sites:

• Baskerville
• Hatch
• Hemingway
• Twenty Fifteen
• Fullscreen
• Onesie
• Snaps
• Wilson

Embedding media

• Adding sound files using soundcloud

What about after graduation?

• What happens to my blog when I graduate?

Getting your own website

Securing your own custom domain name

Every website has a unique web address. Best practices for choosing a custom domain name:

• short, descriptive, easily communicated, not easily confused with other websites
• first and last name .com
• domain registration happens via a domain registrar. Often times web hosts will also offer domain registration. Coupling domain registration and web hosting is the easiest way to manage as each will have to be renewed annually.

Web Hosting and Editing Platforms

Web hosts are the folks who host your website on their internet connected web servers. They can host simple html files but now, more often they additionally host web editing platforms such as WordPress, Wix or Squarespace. Before you commit to a web host:

• Create a trial account and make sure it feels easy to use and meets all of your site's requirements.
• Add up all of the recurring costs (domain + web hosting)
• some platforms are Open Source such as WordPress which means if you don't like your web host you can always move your code to another server
• some platforms are proprietary such as Squarespace - web sites built here will have limited export functionality

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

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Still have questions or problems with WordPress, send Academic Computing a message or call the Computer Center at 360-867-6227.