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* '''[http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/images/7/71/MITyr1-wordpress.pdf What you will be documenting for Fall quarter]'''
 
* '''[http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/images/7/71/MITyr1-wordpress.pdf What you will be documenting for Fall quarter]'''
  
===Getting Started===
 
*'''[[Getting Started with WordPress]]''' - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?
 
===Create a New WordPress Site===
 
[http://blogs.evergreen.edu blogs.evergreen.edu] is Evergreen's WordPress server. You can create your own site, all you need is an [[Getting Started with Email|evergreen email address]] and [[Evergreen Login - Getting Started|login]].
 
*'''[[Create New Site - First Time in WordPress|Create your first site]]''' if you are new to blogs.evergreen.edu.
 
* Learn how to '''[[Create Additional Sites - WordPress | create additional sites]]''' if you already have a site at blogs.evergreen.edu.
 
  
 
===Driving in WordPress===
 
===Driving in WordPress===
*[[Dashboard Overview]]
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* Accessing your site at http://blogs.evergreen.edu
 
====Settings====
 
====Settings====
 
* '''General''' - change your tagline; change your time zone to Los Angeles
 
* '''General''' - change your tagline; change your time zone to Los Angeles
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*[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]
 
*[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]
 
*[[Image Galleries - WordPress|Image Galleries]]
*Embed video from Vimeo or YouTube by pasting the hte URL link into the content area of your page/post
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*Embed video from Vimeo or YouTube by pasting the URL link into the content area of your page/post
 
*[[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]]
 
*[[Embed Audio - WordPress|Audio]]
 
*[[Embed Audio - WordPress|Audio]]
  
 
===Designing Your Site===
 
===Designing Your Site===
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====Front Page and Navigation====
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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).
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*'''[[Custom Menus]]''' - allow you to modify the navigation for your site
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====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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*'''[[Widgets]]''' - add additional features to your sidebar
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*'''[[Links -WordPress |Add external links]]''' to your sidebar
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** not all themes support custom menus
 
====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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* 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)
 
* 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)
 
*'''[[Custom CSS|Make additional changes to your theme]]''' (advanced)
 
*'''[[Custom CSS|Make additional changes to your theme]]''' (advanced)
====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.
 
*'''[[Widgets]]''' - add additional features to your sidebar
 
*'''[[Links -WordPress |Add external links]]''' to your sidebar
 
 
====Front Page and Navigation====
 
*'''[[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
 
** not all themes support custom menus
 
  
 
===Adding functionality to your site===
 
===Adding functionality to your site===

Latest revision as of 12:36, 9 October 2015

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What is an online professional portfolio?


Driving in WordPress

Settings

  • General - change your tagline; change your time zone to Los Angeles
  • Reading - change your site's privacy settings (defaults to Evergreen users only)
  • Permalinks - set this to Post Name

Writing and Managing your content

Images, video and linked files

Designing Your Site

Front Page and Navigation

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.

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.

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.



Need More Help?



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