1. Build Your Own Website Using WordPress Robert Meade Robert.Meade@gci.org go.gci.org/easyweb

2. Our goal by the end of today: a webpage not unlike this one, but for your church http://sample.gcichurches.org

3. About WordPress

4. Logging In

5. Site Control Panel Control Panel

6. Key Terminology: Pages – Stuff that changes rarely or never Posts – Stuff that changes weekly, or on an occasional basis, or that you want to show a history of changes Home Page About the Pastor Weekly Audio Events Pastor Thoughts Contact Us Mission Ministries

7. Editing a Page

8. Edit Pages

9. Editing the Home Page 3 Key Elements: 1. Page Name 2. Upload/Insert 3. Update/Add (Optional – Discussion)

10. Add Home Page Picture Adding A Picture 1. Click where picture will go 2. Click this “picture” box

11. Add Home Page Picture

12. Adding Picture Dialog Title Caption Alignment Size Link URL Insert Into Post

13. Editing the Home Page When done: Preview Changes, or Update/Publish

14. Questions?

15. Key Terminology: Pages – Stuff that changes rarely or never Posts – Stuff that changes weekly, or on an occasional basis, or that you want to show a history of changes

16. Adding a Post – from main page

17. Adding a Post – post listing

18. Adding a Post – Add New Post 4 Key Elements: 1. Page Name 2. Upload/Insert 4. Preview/Publish (Optional – Discussion) 3. Categories

19. Completed Post (with comments)

20. Questions?

21. Personalizing Site Look

22. Changing Your Theme

23. Same Content – New Look!

24. Questions?

25. Additional Features

26. Links

27. Modify Side Content Drag to/from Available & Sidebar Click dropdown to set options

28. System Maintenance

32. Comments

33. Approving Comments

34. General Settings

35. Statistics

36. Final Questions? Be sure to tell us about your new website!

37. Contact Information Robert Meade – Robert.Meade@gci.org Robert.Meade@gci.org Pam Morgan – support@gci.org support@gci.org – 800-350-4466