WEBSITE DESIGN COURSE SESSION 1

WORDPRESS WORDPRESS.COM ONLINE FREE SOFTWARE FREE HOSTING BUT WITH A TAG IN IT VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE WORDPRESS.ORG OFFLINE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SOFTWARE HAVE TO PAY FOR HOSTING USE CSS AND HTML CODE

STEP 1 – CREATE AN ACCOUNT GO TO WORDPRESS.COM AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT MAKE SURE YOU USE A SUITABLE URL AS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT

STEP 2 - THEMES THEMES DICTATE WHAT YOUR WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS THERE ARE SOME THAT YOU NEED TO PAY FOR BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH WITHOUT PAYING

STEP 3 – DYNAMIC + STATIC PAGES DYNAMIC PAGES – FOR BLOGS – CONSTANTLY CHANGING STATIC PAGES – FOR TRADITIONAL WEBSITES – NEVER CHANGES OR NOT OFTEN GO TO THE DASHBOARD TO CHANGE

EXT 1 – ADD + EDIT PHOTOS ANY GOOD WEBSITE NEEDS PHOTOS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PHOTO IS FREE TO USE ADD THEM THROUGH THE PAGE EDITOR

EXT 2 – ADD HYPERLINKS IF YOU WANT TO ADD A LINK TO ANOTHER WEBSITE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE HYPRELINKS GO INTO THE PAGE EDITOR AND HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT WHERE YOU WANT THE HYPERLINK THEN CLICK THE HYPERLINK AND INPUT THE LINK

EXT 3 – EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS YOU MAY WANT TO PUT YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN YOUR SITE TO DO THIS GO INTO THE PAGE EDITOR AND CLICK THE EMBED BUTTON PUT THE LINK TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO IN THE BOX AND CLICK OK.

THANKS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED GET READY FOR LESSON 2