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:*Use [[Plugin Overview|plugins]] to enable new features in your site.
 
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:*[[Popular WordPress plugins at Evergreen]]
 
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If at any point you want to move your WordPress site off of the domain at "blogs.evergreen.edu" for your own personal use simply export your site and Import it on your private domain.
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If at any point you want to move your WordPress site off of "wordpress.evergreen.edu" for your own personal use, simply set up your own domain and web-host, export your WordPress site, and Import it onto your private hosting.
 
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 15 January 2020

Everything you need to know to get started using WordPress at wordpress.evergreen.edu


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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.

Sidebars

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.

Front Page and Navigation

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Adding Functionality to Your Site

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Moving Your Site

If at any point you want to move your WordPress site off of "wordpress.evergreen.edu" for your own personal use, simply set up your own domain and web-host, export your WordPress site, and Import it onto your private hosting.