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<div class="intro">[[Image:Blue-l.png|left|75px]]WordPress is a web publishing platform and is available at Evergreen at http://blogs.evergreen.edu<br /><br /> </div>
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<div class="intro">[[Image:Blue-l.png|left|75px]]Create a Process Blog at http://blogs.evergreen.edu using WordPress, a web publishing platform. See an example of what you'll be building at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/demarcken/. <br /><br /> </div>
===You Assignment===
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Create an individual WordPress site at blogs.evergreen.edu
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===Create a New WordPress Site===
 
===Create a New WordPress Site===
* Login at [http://blogs.evergreen.edu blogs.evergreen.edu]
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* Login at [http://blogs.evergreen.edu blogs.evergreen.edu] (each of should should already have accounts that were created last quarter)
* Learn how to '''[[Create Additional Sites - WordPress | create your site ]]'''
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* '''[[Create Additional Sites - WordPress | Create your site ]]''' by clicking "Create new blog/account" from the front page of blogs.evergreen.edu
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===Change Some Important Settings===
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[[File:General-settings.png|150px|right]]
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*Change your Site's subtitle or Tagline '''Settings > General'''
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*Change the default Discussion settings '''Settings > Discussion'''
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*Change the Permalinks (URL structure) settings '''Settings > Permalinks''' to '''Postname''' - this will allow category pages to work properly
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*Change your privacy settings '''Settings > Privacy''' - by default your site is closed to the world
  
 
===Writing and Managing your content===
 
===Writing and Managing your content===
 
*[[Get Published - Pages and Posts]]
 
*[[Get Published - Pages and Posts]]
 
*[[Categories and Tags]]
 
*[[Categories and Tags]]
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** create a category to capture all posts in your Process Journal
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** create sub-categories to further catalog each post by week of the quarter
  
 
===Images and linked files===
 
===Images and linked files===
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]'''
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]'''
 
*'''[[Attach a file to a WordPress post or page|Link to a file]]'''
 
*'''[[Attach a file to a WordPress post or page|Link to a file]]'''
* '''Featured Image''' - Set your featured image for all posts. Featured images will appear in the global map balloons.
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* '''Featured Image''' - Set your featured image for all posts. Featured images will appear in the global map balloons when using the Geo-mashup plugin.
  
 
===Designing Your Site===
 
===Designing Your Site===
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[[File:Manage-themes.png|150px|right]]
 
====Working with themes====
 
====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.
 
Themes allow you to change the design of your blog at anytime. Changing your theme will not affect the primary content of your site.
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*'''[[Custom CSS|Make additional changes to your theme]]''' (advanced)
 
*'''[[Custom CSS|Make additional changes to your theme]]''' (advanced)
  
====Sidebars====
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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.
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[[File:Widgets.png|150px|right]]
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====Sidebar "Widgets"====
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Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't set anything to your sidebar a default set of "widgets" will appear. You can change this by adding your own widgets.
 
*'''[[Widgets]]''' - add additional features to your sidebar
 
*'''[[Widgets]]''' - add additional features to your sidebar
 
*'''[[Links -WordPress |Add external links]]''' to your sidebar
 
*'''[[Links -WordPress |Add external links]]''' to your sidebar
  
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[[File:Menus.png|150px|right]]
 
====Navigation====
 
====Navigation====
 
'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site.  
 
'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site.  
*Create a custom menu that allows navigation to key category pages
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*Create a custom menu that allows navigation to daily writing practice page with weekly sub-navigation structure
 
*Create a menu link to go to your global map page
 
*Create a menu link to go to your global map page
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[[File:Plugins.png|150px|right]]
  
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
*[[Plugin Overview]]
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Activate plugins to extend the core functionality of WordPress. For more about plugins see: [[Plugin Overview]].
 
* Enable the [[GeoMashup Google Maps plugin]]
 
* Enable the [[GeoMashup Google Maps plugin]]
 
**configure to your global map page to display a category legend using the shortcode <nowiki>[geo_mashup_category_legend]</nowiki>
 
**configure to your global map page to display a category legend using the shortcode <nowiki>[geo_mashup_category_legend]</nowiki>
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====Embedding media====
 
====Embedding media====
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]
*[[Video Embed - Wordpress|Video]]
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*[[Video Embed - Wordpress|Video]] - we will be using [http://vimeo.com/ Vimeo] to host our video-based work. Please set up an account if you don't have one already.
 
*[[Embed Audio - WordPress|Audio]]
 
*[[Embed Audio - WordPress|Audio]]
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=== Additional Resources ===
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*[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>
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*[http://www.lynda.com/portal/evergreen Lynda.com] WordPress 3 Essential Training
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*[http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)]
  
  

Latest revision as of 17:20, 8 January 2013

Blue-l.png
Create a Process Blog at http://blogs.evergreen.edu using WordPress, a web publishing platform. See an example of what you'll be building at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/demarcken/.

Create a New WordPress Site

  • Login at blogs.evergreen.edu (each of should should already have accounts that were created last quarter)
  • Create your site by clicking "Create new blog/account" from the front page of blogs.evergreen.edu

Change Some Important Settings

General-settings.png
  • Change your Site's subtitle or Tagline Settings > General
  • Change the default Discussion settings Settings > Discussion
  • Change the Permalinks (URL structure) settings Settings > Permalinks to Postname - this will allow category pages to work properly
  • Change your privacy settings Settings > Privacy - by default your site is closed to the world

Writing and Managing your content

Images and linked files

  • Insert an image
  • Link to a file
  • Featured Image - Set your featured image for all posts. Featured images will appear in the global map balloons when using the Geo-mashup plugin.

Designing Your Site

Manage-themes.png

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 - make sure to use the "feature filter" and choose a theme that supports custom menus
  • 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)
  • Make additional changes to your theme (advanced)



Widgets.png

Sidebar "Widgets"

Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't set anything to your sidebar a default set of "widgets" will appear. You can change this by adding your own widgets.




Menus.png

Navigation

Custom Menus - allow you to modify the navigation for your site.

  • Create a custom menu that allows navigation to daily writing practice page with weekly sub-navigation structure
  • Create a menu link to go to your global map page




Plugins.png

Adding functionality to your site

Activate plugins to extend the core functionality of WordPress. For more about plugins see: Plugin Overview.

  • Enable the GeoMashup Google Maps plugin
    • configure to your global map page to display a category legend using the shortcode [geo_mashup_category_legend]


Embedding media

Additional Resources


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