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===Writing and Managing your content===
 
*[[Get Published - Pages and Posts]]
 
*[[Get Published - Pages and Posts]]
**Create a page call "Project Description" and put your proposal here
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**Create a post on your initial thoughts on this afternoon film screening of 47 Ronin.
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**Create a page call "Hello Kitei" and put your about page here. A place where you can talk about yourself as well as your obsession.
 
*[[Categories and Tags]]
 
*[[Categories and Tags]]
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** We will all be using the same 3 categories for our posts. Please create each of these categories as listed in your site.
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**# rock
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**# paper
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**# scissors
  
 
===Images and linked files===
 
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====Front Page and Navigation====
 
====Front Page and Navigation====
*'''[[Front page of WordPress Site|Change what your front page displays]]''' if you'd prefer a static pages instead your latest posts (optional). Note: most everyone is opting to keep their front pages displaying their latest posts.  
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*'''[[Front page of WordPress Site|Change what your front page displays]]''' if you'd prefer a static pages instead of your latest posts (optional).  
 
*'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site
 
*'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site
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** not all themes support custom menus
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** add a link to the class Pop Culture blog at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/popculture/
  
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
*[[Plugin Overview]]
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*[[Plugin Overview]] - use plugins to connect your site with a variety of web content including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc. Want to connect to a popular service that you don't see listed in the available plugins? Let Academic Computing know and we can look into adding it.
 
====Embedding media====
 
====Embedding media====
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]

Latest revision as of 10:57, 9 January 2014

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Getting Started

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.

Driving in WordPress

Writing and Managing your content

  • Get Published - Pages and Posts
    • Create a post on your initial thoughts on this afternoon film screening of 47 Ronin.
    • Create a page call "Hello Kitei" and put your about page here. A place where you can talk about yourself as well as your obsession.
  • Categories and Tags
    • We will all be using the same 3 categories for our posts. Please create each of these categories as listed in your site.
      1. rock
      2. paper
      3. scissors

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.

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.

Front Page and Navigation

Adding functionality to your site

  • Plugin Overview - use plugins to connect your site with a variety of web content including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc. Want to connect to a popular service that you don't see listed in the available plugins? Let Academic Computing know and we can look into adding it.

Embedding media


Need More Help?



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