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*Change the default Discussion settings '''Settings > Discussion'''
 
*Change the default Discussion settings '''Settings > Discussion'''
 
*Change your privacy settings '''Settings > Privacy''' - by default your site is closed to the world
 
*Change your privacy settings '''Settings > Privacy''' - by default your site is closed to the world
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===Writing and Managing your content===
 
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*[[Categories and Tags]] - create a taxonomy for your site's content - only works with Posts
 
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====Adding Media====
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]''' - add an image to the body  
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]''' - add an image to the body  
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===Designing Your Site===
 
===Designing Your Site===
 
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*[[Custom Menus]] - allow you to modify the navigation for your site (optional)
 
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===Adding functionality to your site===
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
 
*[[Plugin Overview]]
 
*[[Plugin Overview]]
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*[[Soundcloud - WordPress|Embed audio files using SoundCloud]]
 
*[[Soundcloud - WordPress|Embed audio files using SoundCloud]]
 
*AwesomeFlickr - for embedding Flickr galleries
 
*AwesomeFlickr - for embedding Flickr galleries
 
* [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zotpress/ ZotPress] to list your Zotero citations in your WordPress site
 
* [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zotpress/ ZotPress] to list your Zotero citations in your WordPress site
  
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===Wrapping it up===
 
===Wrapping it up===
 
*[[What happens to my blog when I graduate?]]
 
*[[What happens to my blog when I graduate?]]
  
=== Additional Resources ===
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==== Additional Resources ====
 
*[http://learn.wordpress.com/get-acquainted/ Wordpress.com Getting Started Tutorials] - these tutorials are for working on wordpress.com but is nearly identical to using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu<br>  
 
*[http://learn.wordpress.com/get-acquainted/ Wordpress.com Getting Started Tutorials] - these tutorials are for working on wordpress.com but is nearly identical to using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu<br>  
 
*[http://iplogin.lynda.com Lynda.com] (on-campus) WordPress 3 Essential Training - this is another training geared towards using Wordpress.com but if you skip the account setup portion most of the rest is relavent to blogs.evergreen.edu  
 
*[http://iplogin.lynda.com Lynda.com] (on-campus) WordPress 3 Essential Training - this is another training geared towards using Wordpress.com but if you skip the account setup portion most of the rest is relavent to blogs.evergreen.edu  
 
*[http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)]  
 
*[http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)]  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 2 March 2012

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WordPress is a web publishing platform and is available at Evergreen at http://blogs.evergreen.edu

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

  • Dashboard Overview - get comfortable navigating the Dashboard and moving between Admin and Public view

Change Some Important Settings

  • Change your Site's subtitle or Tagline Settings > General
  • Change the default Discussion settings Settings > Discussion
  • Change your privacy settings Settings > Privacy - by default your site is closed to the world

Writing and Managing your content

Adding 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)

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.

Navigation

  • Custom Menus - allow you to modify the navigation for your site (optional)

Adding functionality to your site

Embedding other media types


Wrapping it up

Additional Resources