Movements & Migrations - WordPress with Geolocation

Getting Started

Getting Started with WordPress - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?

Change your display name

You can control how your name appears next to your writings. Remember, these sites will be public so use a name you feel comfortable with being in the public sphere, such as first name and last initial.

To change your display name, click on Howdy, [your display name] in the upper right corner.
Click on Edit My Profile
Enter desired display name in the Nickname (required) field.
Select and set desired display name using the Display name publicly as drop-down box. Note: this will change all references in your site, even for posts that were already published.

Writing and Managing your content

Posts and Geolocation

You will be geo-mapping your posts using the GeoMashup Google Maps plugin.

Images, video and linked files

Insert an image
Video - embed video from Vimeo or YouTube
Link to a file
Image Galleries
Audio

Additional WordPress Resources

Built-in Help
- when you're logged into the Dashboard look in the upper right under "Howdy"
- Help is context aware so will show you help based on where you are in the WordPress Dashboard
- Built-in help videos (part of built-in help)
WordPress Tutorials
Lynda.com Video Tutorials

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

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