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===Portfolio Examples===
 
===Portfolio Examples===
 
*What are the elements of a good portfolio site?
 
*What are the elements of a good portfolio site?
*Find sites you like and identify the successful elements.
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*Find sites you like - what do you like about them?
  
 
===Create a WordPress Site at Evergreen===
 
===Create a WordPress Site at Evergreen===
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===Images===
 
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*[[SOS 3D - Digital Imaging|Intro to digital imaging]]
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]''' - add an image to the body of a page or post
 
*'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]''' - add an image to the body of a page or post
 
* [[Image Galleries - WordPress|Working with image galleries in WordPress]]
 
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* Working with themes at WordPress.com or a self-hosted WordPress site.
 
* Working with themes at WordPress.com or a self-hosted WordPress site.
 
*Some recommended portfolio themes:
 
*Some recommended portfolio themes:
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**Touchfolio
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**Hatch
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**Gridly
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** Full Screen
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====Sidebars (aka "Widgets")====
 
====Sidebars (aka "Widgets")====
 
Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't add anything to your side bar a default set of "widgets" will appear. You can change this by adding your own widgets.
 
Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't add 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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*[[Video Embed - Wordpress|Add Video]]
 
*[[Video Embed - Wordpress|Add Video]]
 
*[[Soundcloud - WordPress|Embed audio files using SoundCloud]]
 
*[[Soundcloud - WordPress|Embed audio files using SoundCloud]]
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===What else?===
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* comments, contact page/feedback
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* networking with other sites: facebook, tumblr, etsy
  
 
=== Additional Resources ===
 
=== 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 relevant to blogs.evergreen.edu
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*[http://www.lynda.com/portal/evergreen Lynda.com] WordPress 3 Essential Training  
 
*[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)]  
  

Latest revision as of 10:53, 16 January 2013

Getting Started

  • Getting Started with WordPress - What is WordPress and why should I consider using it to build my portfolio?
  • Where will my site live? self hosted, wordpress.com, other
  • What are some alternatives to WordPress?

Portfolio Examples

  • What are the elements of a good portfolio site?
  • Find sites you like - what do you like about them?

Create a WordPress Site at Evergreen

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

Images

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 in Appearance > Themes
  • 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)
  • Working with themes at WordPress.com or a self-hosted WordPress site.
  • Some recommended portfolio themes:
    • Touchfolio
    • Hatch
    • Gridly
    • Full Screen

Sidebars (aka "Widgets")

Many themes support sidebar content. Often times if you don't add 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

Plugins are used to extend the core functionality of WordPress. The majority of plugins are written by WordPress community members and freely available at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/.

  • Plugin Overview - activating plugins and list of available plugins at blogs.evergreen.edu

Embedding additional media

What else?

  • comments, contact page/feedback
  • networking with other sites: facebook, tumblr, etsy

Additional Resources