UCBCHL - Guide to creating your online presence with Wordpress
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Wordpress is a free content management system that allows users to build and manage websites or blogs. It exists in two forms - Wordpress.org which gives users full control over the site but requires website hosting, and Wordpress.com which handles hosting but offers less customization. To get started with Wordpress.com, users simply need to sign up with an email and choose a blog name. The Wordpress dashboard then allows users to manage things like posts, pages, themes, and settings.
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UCBCHL - Guide to creating your online presence with Wordpress
- 1. Creating Your Online Presence with Wordpress
- 2. What IS Wordpress? Wordpress is a FREE (open-source) online publishing, blogging and content management system (CMS) for creating, editing and administering user-friendly websites. Wordpress powers hundreds of thousands of websites all over the web, including commercial, non-profit, news/magazine, campaign and many other types of sites.
- 3. Two ways to get online with WP Wordpress.org You have FULL control: Ability to upload themes Ability to upload plugins Complete control to change code if you’re technically minded Runs on your own domain & web host More customization to build a more powerful and dynamic website Wordpress.com It’s free and much easier to setup Everything is taken care of: setup, upgrades, spam, backups, security, etc Your blog is on hundreds of servers, so it’s highly unlikely to go down due to traffic Your posts are backed up automatically You get extra traffic from blogs of the day and tags You can connect like-minded bloggers using tag and friend surfer
- 4. Getting Started: Wordpress.com Go to http://www.wordpress.com What you’ll need : Valid e-mail address Name for your blog/site Check your e-mail for your account confirmation After you’ve signed up, you can begin building your site in a matter of seconds!
- 5. The Wordpress.com Dashboard – This is the back-end control for your entire site
- 6. The WP Dashboard From the Dashboard, you can : Create/edit Posts Select your site’s theme Create/edit Pages Upload media (audio, images, video, & more) Install upgrades Edit site settings
- 7. Managing WP Themes With a Wordpress.com website, you can select from over 100 free themes to give your site the appearance and functionality you want!
- 8. Site Settings Editing your site settings allows you to customize the front-end of your website: Posting & Reading settings Blog title & tagline Comment settings Home page And more !
- 9. Creating a Page Pages (unlike posts) are static – which means the content won’t change unless you manually edit it. Most Wordpress websites include a combination of dynamic posts (blog) and pages to help guide or inform visitors.
- 10. Pages (cont’d) To create a new page, select “ Pages ” from the left-hand toolbar on the WP Dashboard, and click “ Add New .”
- 11. Creating a Post
- 12. Posts (cont’d) Posts are shorter entries listed in reverse chronological order on the blog section of your website. Posts can be found in the Archives , Categories , Recent Posts , and other widgets . Posts are also displayed in the RSS feed of the blog. You can control how many posts are displayed at a time in the Reading Settings .
- 13. Components of a Post Post Title Post Date Post Category Post Author Post Tags Social Media Plugins
- 14. Questions?
- 15. Getting Started: Wordpress.org A few things about using Wordpress.org : Software is free – but you’ll have to purchase a domain and web-hosting plan You’ll have to install the Wordpress software directly onto your web server. If you ever need help, the Wordpress.org community and technical help forums offer great advice and services for troubleshooting almost EVERY issue.
- 16. Getting Started: Wordpress.org What you’ll need: Domain name (i.e. www. yourwebsite .org ) Web host (i.e. GoDaddy, NetFirms, etc.) FTP Client (i.e. Filezilla or through web host) Text Editor (i.e. Wordpad or Notepad) Wordpress software (download from Wordpress.org )
- 17. Dan Cohen, Principal Full Court Press Communications [email_address] @DCSTPAUL / @FullCourt Press 510-465-8294 Ana-Marie Jones CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster @CARDCanHelp & @MsDuctTape [email_address]