Tips and Tricks Presented by Christina Drain For Pensacola State College All College Day
WordPress is software that allows you to create a website or blog easily with little knowledge of HTML coding. WordPress is a content management system.
Software that keeps track of every piece of content on your site Uses templates for page design rather than hand-coding in HTML Multiple users can access and provide content to the site Access can be control through user roles Easy to use, requires little knowledge of HTML
WordPress.comWordPress.org Sites are hosted on WordPress Servers. No software to download. Free, with.wordpress.com URL To use your own domain name, you must buy domain mapping - $12 per year Limited to available themes Open source software that can be downloaded to any server and manipulated. Software is free but there may be monthly web hosting costs. Unlimited themes or design your own!
For content you want to keep and display from quarter to quarter outside eLearning A site for student input Or to practice new technology related to a career
As a resume site for you or your students
For projects and collaboration PJC Multimedia Bootcamp
For training
For the public to view and use Santa Rosa Virtual Museum Pensacola State athletics site
Tutorials on WordPress.tv Choose domain name that can also be used for the domain mapping option
Decide what content you want to display on the site What will the navigation look like? Make a rough drawing of your ideas for the site
PagesPosts Static, not listed by date Do not use tags or categories Can be displayed across the top or in the sidebar using a widget Listed in reverse chronological order Always associated with a date Can be found in Archives, Categories, Recent Posts and other widgets Also displayed in the RSS feed for the blog
160 themes to choose from Most are free 20 are premium themes, ranging from $45 to $100 to purchase ◦ Gives user access to developer support ◦ More choices to make site unique
Themes Widgets Menus Background Theme options Mobile and iPad