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'''Workshop Dates:''' October 11th and 28th
 
==Cities: Real and Imagined==
 
==Cities: Real and Imagined==
===Wordpress part 1 (1 hour)===
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====Centralia Project overview====
Oct. 11, 2010
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*create group WordPress sites to display photos/slideshows, audio and text/stories from Centralia, WA city elements
====technical overview of the project====
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*Create Google placemarks and link to WordPress posts (embed iframe in placemark description)
'''creating groups WordPress sites'''
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*Create folder in Google Earth and put placemarks in order to create tour
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*Export KML file and save. The KML file in conjunction with your Wordpress is the final product
  
*Addding audio, images, slideshows and/or video to WordPress
 
*WP or YouTube to GoogleEarth
 
*geotagging YouTube videos
 
  
====WordPress pt 1====
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====WordPress part 1====
 
#create [[Group Blogs - WordPress|group blogs]]
 
#create [[Group Blogs - WordPress|group blogs]]
#*one person creates group site
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#*one person [[Creating a new blog|creates site]]
#*everyone else creates a WordPress blogs.evergreen.edu account (if you don't already have one) #*add authors to the group site
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#*everyone else [[Create just a blog account|creates a WordPress blogs.evergreen.eduaccount]] (if you don't already have one)
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#*[[Group Blogs - WordPress|Add authors to the group site]]
 
#working with text
 
#working with text
#images and image galleries (nextgen image galleries)
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#uploading audio (MP3)
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====WordPress part 2====
#demo google earth: iframes and google earth points of interest
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#Customize the look of your site: '''Appearance > Themes'''
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#Customize your CSS to look good in Google Earth (see [[Cities Example CSS|Amy's Example CSS]])
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#[[Images - Wordpress|images]] and [[Image Galleries - WordPress|image galleries]] (nextgen image galleries)
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#[[Embedded mp3 player - Wordpress|uploading audio (MP3)]]
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#[[Video Embed - Wordpress|Embedding video]]
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====Google earth====
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#[http://earth.google.com/support/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=22364&topic=22367&answer=148142 Creating custom placemarks]
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#*add custom icon for your placemarks
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#[[iframes and google earth points of interest|Embed an iframe to your WordPress post ]] in the description of your placemark
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#Create a subfolder for your group's placemarks
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#Order your placemarks and modify camnera views to create [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuJwarqTLQA tour of your placemarks]
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#Export your placemarks
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#*Right click on your placemark's folder
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#*Choose '''Save place as'''
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#*Set the format to '''.kml'''
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#*Save your kml file to your program space on Orca
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===Accessing Orca program file space===
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see: [[File Space Overview]]
  
  
 
[[category:2010-2011]]
 
[[category:2010-2011]]

Latest revision as of 15:03, 28 October 2010

Workshop Dates: October 11th and 28th

Cities: Real and Imagined

Centralia Project overview

  • create group WordPress sites to display photos/slideshows, audio and text/stories from Centralia, WA city elements
  • Create Google placemarks and link to WordPress posts (embed iframe in placemark description)
  • Create folder in Google Earth and put placemarks in order to create tour
  • Export KML file and save. The KML file in conjunction with your Wordpress is the final product


WordPress part 1

  1. create group blogs
  2. working with text

WordPress part 2

  1. Customize the look of your site: Appearance > Themes
  2. Customize your CSS to look good in Google Earth (see Amy's Example CSS)
  3. images and image galleries (nextgen image galleries)
  4. uploading audio (MP3)
  5. Embedding video

Google earth

  1. Creating custom placemarks
    • add custom icon for your placemarks
  2. Embed an iframe to your WordPress post in the description of your placemark
  3. Create a subfolder for your group's placemarks
  4. Order your placemarks and modify camnera views to create tour of your placemarks
  5. Export your placemarks
    • Right click on your placemark's folder
    • Choose Save place as
    • Set the format to .kml
    • Save your kml file to your program space on Orca

Accessing Orca program file space

see: File Space Overview