1. Using WordPress as a Streamlined CMS More than just a blogging platform Case study of PMCoursefinder.ch

2. Website or Blog website A set of interconnected webpages on the Internet containing information on a particular subject blog A weblog; A type of website which has characteristics of a journal content management system A platform for authoring, editing, publishing and administration of websites

3. WordPress Posts and Pages http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages In WordPress, you can write either Posts or Pages. When you're writing a regular blog entry, you write a post. Posts, in a default setup, appear in reverse chronological order on your blog's home page. In WordPress, you can write either Posts or Pages.

4. WordPress Pages Pages are for content such as "About," "Contact," etc. Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology, and are often used to present timeless information about yourself or your site − information that is always applicable. You can use Pages to organize and manage any content… http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages

5. WordPress Pages http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages What Pages are Not:  Pages are not Posts... They do not cycle through your blog's main page.  Pages cannot be associated with Categories and cannot be assigned Tags. The organizational structure for Pages comes only from their hierarchical interrelationships, and not from Tags or Categories.  Pages and Posts may attract attention in different ways from humans or search engines.  Pages (or a specific post) can be set as a static front page if desired with a separate Page set for the latest blog posts, typically named "blog.”

6. Planning the Site Discovery of your data and content needs

7. Wireframes A set of images which display the functional elements of a website or page, typically used for planning a site's structure and functionality

8. Data Needs Wireframes help you understand the content needs for your website  Homepage content feed  Meta data

9. Solution  By focusing on Data needs we can determine needed features and functions  Display elements are more easily modified ✗ ✗ If we use Pages, we lose two WordPress features that will gives us core functionality for this website:  Pages do not cycle through your blog's main page  Pages cannot be associated with Categories and cannot be assigned Tags

10. Solution  By focusing on Data needs we can determine needed features and functions  Display elements are more easily modified We can use Pages to build a standard website, but we will need to organize the content and navigational hierarchy manually.

11. Solution  By focusing on Data needs we can determine needed features and functions  Display elements are more easily modified  Remove all references to comments, time and date, author, modified, posted by, posted in, or whatever else it is that makes it look like a blog ✓ If we use Posts, we keep the feed, categories, and tags features, but need to modified visual display elements:

12. Standard Blog http://sunnyingeneva.wordpress.com/ Theme: Ascetica By AlienWP A minimal theme with responsive layout, sticky posts slider, and a plenty of widget space to suit any blogger.

13. SunnyInGeneva CATEGORY SELECTION

14. Building the Site

15. WordPress Theme : Academica Academica is a non-profit/education theme with a modern layout and elegant design. http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/academica/

16. Homepage : Basic

18. Removing Comments, Date, Author… Inspecting Your Style Sheet RIGHT CLIGK ON THE ELEMENT TO INPSECT IT

19. Removing Comments, Date, Author… Private ServerOn WordPress

20. Removing Comments, Date, Author… Editing Your Style Sheet

21. Removing Comments, Date, Author… Amending Your Style Sheet.entry-meta { display: none; }

22. Removing the Search box

23. Removing the Search box… Amending Your Style Sheet.entry-meta { display: none; } #search { display: none; }

24. Homepage : Modified

26. Using Tags

27. Using Tags to Enhance Content

28. Using Sticky Posts for Featured Content

29. Using Sticky Posts for Heading Text

30. Using Sticky Posts for Heading Text Identifying “Post ID”

31. Using Sticky Posts for Heading Text

32. Using Sticky Posts

33. Customizing the Main Menu

35. Creating a Custom Menu

36. Using Widgets

37. Using Widgets Adding a Custom Menu

39. Using Widgets Adding a Site Footer  Copyright  Privacy Policy  Terms of Use, Legal

40. Category Archives : Basic DON’T FORGET TO CHANGE DEFAULT TEXT TO FIT THE CONTENT OF YOUR WEBSITE

41. Category Archives : Modified DON’T FORGET TO CHANGE DEFAULT TEXT TO FIT THE CONTENT OF YOUR WEBSITE

42. Resources WordPress Codex : http://codex.wordpress.org/ The online manual for WordPresshttp://codex.wordpress.org/ Google Searches : “How do I … “ w3schools.com : http://www.w3schools.com/ HTML Tag Reference CSS Referencehttp://www.w3schools.com/

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