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Date : 16 Sept 2014
Digital Publishing Tools:WordPress
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This afternoon
Quick: design concepts
WordPress overview
Lab
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Grids / Typeface /Visuals & Text
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Grids / Typeface /Visuals & Text
SanSerif v Serif
Points v Pixels
Best practices
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Grids / Typeface /Visuals & Text
Images should convey info (not just be pretty)
Writing style for screens:ChunkBulletsActive tenseShort graphsOptimal text for
hyperlinks (no “click here”)
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What Is A Blog?
A blog is a website with certain characteristics (n);To blog is a verb
It is characterized by a reverse chronological ordering of entries, which we call posts. We do not call them blogs!
Posts are grouped into categories for ease of finding like posts
Posts may also have tags. Think of categories like nouns and tags like adjectives. (Blue socks)
Posts are linked to RSS, a form of subscription/alerts.
You can also create pages (about-me is standard) which are stand-alone and do not show up on the blog home page
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What Is WordPress?
WordPress is a content management system
WordPress is a blogging platform
WordPress is an identity system
WordPress flavors .com .org
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Lab
Setting up a WordPress blog Creating an account Your first post Using categories Managing your user profile
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+1a. Set up account
Go to WordPress.com
Type your firstNamelastName in the box
Prepare to use an email address you can access from your lab computer
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+1b. Set up account It may be a
challenge to pick a unique username
You want the FREE version (scroll)
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+1c. Set up account Pick a name
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+1d. Set up theme Use Twenty Thirteen – you can change it later
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+1e. Set up theme Skip – you can customize it later
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+1f. Set up sharing Skip – you can figure out sharing later
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+1g. Confirm
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+1h. Confirm
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+1i. Confirm
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+2a. Your first post & categories Title: Hello,
world!
Body: something about the lab
New category: Class posts
Publish
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+2b. Your first post & categories
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+2c. Your first post & categories
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+3a. Manage personal profile
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+3b. Manage personal profileGravatar.com
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Resources
10 resources for beginning WordPress bloggers
Blogging glossary
Creating links (hypertext) in WordPress (YouTube)
Creating links (hypertext) in WordPress editor
Other WordPress and blogging resources
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+Contact
Kathy E Gill
kegill at uw dot edu or gmail or @kegill (fastest!)
http://faculty.washington.edu/kegill
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