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WordPress Session 1
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Outline Setup account Administration Panel Blogs ◦ Themes ◦ Appearance ◦ Categories ◦ Links ◦ Write first entry
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Setup a wordpress.com account Refer to page 9 of the workbook Type: ◦ http://yourusername.wordpress.com (This is the URL of your blog) http://yourusername.wordpress.com ◦ http://yourusername.wordpress.com/wp- login.php (To log in to your Administration Panel) http://yourusername.wordpress.com/wp- login.php
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Administration Panel Change password ◦ Users -> personal Settings
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Enhance your blog Appearance ->Themes ◦ Choose the theme that matches your design Appearance -> Widgets ◦ Drag the widgets that you would want to be on your website ◦ Box.net http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/box net-widget/ http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/box net-widget/ Appearance -> Header ◦ Some themes allow you to upload your own image onto the header
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Community of Users Users -> Users ◦ Add user Gravatar: Users -> Personal Settings ◦ Upload your image for the Gravatar ◦ Change your Gravatar ◦ Gravatar will be shown in Users->Users
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Setting Frontpage: Settings -> Reading
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Personal Homepage (Static Page) Create a new page: Pages > Add New Type in ****** Homepage Uncheck the no comments box Then publish Go to Settings > Reading -> Static Page -> Front Page (Select the page you have created to be the Homepage) Live demo Trackbacks and pingbacks http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to _Blogging#Managing_Comments http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to _Blogging#Managing_Comments Save changes and click on Visit Site to confirm
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Create Static Pages Create a hierarchy of webpages for your conceptual design Example ◦ Sports Indoor Sports Badminton Squash Outdoor Sports Soccer Golf
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Create categories and subcategories for posts Example: ◦ Fruits Tropical fruits Papaya Pineapple Temperate fruits Apple Pear Demo
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Blog Categories Create a hierarchy of categories for your blog (dynamic page)
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Create a Blog Page The blog page will contain all your posts Create a new page called “My Blog” Go to Settings -> Reading -> static page ->post page -> select My Blog page
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