introduction to wordpress innovation academy may8 2015
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Introduction
Catherine Duggan
About Me
Introduction
Free Content Management System•Blogs
•Websites
Wordpress
• News
• Fortune 500
WordPress Websites
Aim
Aim:• To introduce WordPress
Content Management System
Objectives:1. Demonstrate how to register an account
2. Explain how to configure basic settings
3. Illustrate differences between pages and posts
4. Importance of responsive design themes
Getting Started
Get started in 4 easy steps:
1. Register
Go to Wordpress.com
Set up Username and Password
2. Pick a web address
Free: YourAddress.wordpress.com
Getting Started/cont
Get started in 4 easy steps:
3. Choose a planBasic (free), premium or business
4. Navigate to your blog’s dashboardGet a profile
Dashboard: Users >> My Profile
Set your title
Dashboard: Settings >> General
1. Register
2. Pick a Web Address
3. Choose a Plan
4. Navigate to Dashboard
Get a Profile
Set Your Title
Getting a Personality
Free WordPress Theme: Sequential
Customising
Final WordPress Website
3. Pages & Posts
Pages
•Static and are not listed by date
•Do not use tags or categories
Posts
•Entries listed in reverse chronological order on blog home page or on the posts page
3. Pages & Posts /cont
Website
Pages Pages (menu)
Page
Blog
Posts
Post
Blog
4. Responsive Design Themes
Responsive design• Displays correctly across all devices
Desktop
Tablet
iPhone
Android
All websites now ranked on Google according to whether they’re mobile friendly
4. Responsive Design Theme /cont
Website Design Packages
Coded
http://www.coded.ie/web-solutions/index.php
Aim
Aim:• To introduce WordPress
Content Management System
Objectives:1. Demonstrate how to register an account
2. Explain how to configure basic settings
3. Illustrate differences between pages and posts
4. Importance of responsive design themes
Additional InformationWordPress: Get Started
• https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/
Google Mobile Friendly Checker (Responsive Theme)
• https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
WordPress: Domains
• Your WordPress.com blog comes with a free address, like example.wordpress.com. You can get rid of the .wordpress.com part and use a custom domain name instead, like example.com. Adding a domain is a paid upgrade:
• https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
• https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/your-own-domain-address-on-wordpress-com-absolutely/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog
Catherine Duggan
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: ie.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-kearns/40/b4a/126/
Conclusion
Thank you for your attention
Any questions?