more wordpress kathy e gill 3 february 2011. what is wordpress? a content management system
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More WordPressKathy E Gill3 February 2011
What Is WordPress?
A content management system
Recap:Widgets & Themes
Not all themes are widget-capable
Themes vary in widget options, location
Access via Dashboard, Appearance -> Widgets
Today
General Settings
Links
Categories
Design Considerations
Text Widgets
Basic HTML
General Settings
Lab: modify the tag line and set time zone to Pacific
Links
What are they
Where are they
How to edit/delete
See Links SubPanel tutorial
Lab: review existing links, add course site
Categories and Tags
What are they
Where are they
How to edit/deleteShould never have “uncategorized”
posts
Tutorial; categories sub-panel; tags sub-panel
Design Considerations
Dark on light is easier to read
San Serif fonts are easier to read on screen
Fixed versus variable widths: impact on readability
Text Widgets
The Text Widget allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar, which makes it powerful and flexible.
You can use a text widget to display links, plain text, images, tables or CSS styled HTML.
For Portfolio Sites
Consider adding links to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
To do this, we will use a Text Widget.
Adding Facebook Badge
Drag Text Widget to sidebar
Go to Facebook Profile Badges
Pick style, Select “Other”, Copy code
Paste into Text Widget; save
Code
We Need A Header!
Use the “Title” Field in the Text Widget
Or include the code in the body of the widget: <h2 class="widgettitle">Learn About
Me</h2>
Adding Twitter Badge
We’ll upload an image to your media gallery and link the image to your Twitter account (or a Twitter account).
HTML learned:img src – image tag,
required src and alta href – anchor tag for hyperlinks,
internal or external
Code
Credits
Kathy E Gill, @kegill
Creative Commons: share-and-share alike, non-commercial, attribution