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SOS/TLC Workshop

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Colin Koteles (koteles@cod.edu)

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Spring, 2017

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Site Tools:

Set-up

 

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  • Whenever you need to login to your, go to:

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Site Tools:

Creating additional sites

 

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Site Tools:

Set-up

 

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  • Choose layout (“A list of my latest posts”)

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  • Choose a Theme (Or “Skip for now”)

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  • Choose a domain

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  • Provide e-mail and password

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  • Check your e-mail and click “Confirm”

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Site Tasks:

1. Set blog title and tagline

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“Settings” > “General”

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2. Set comment settings

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“Settings” > “Discussion”

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3. Set sharing settings

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“Sharing” > “Sharing Buttons”

 

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Site Tasks:

4. Set privacy

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“Settings” > “General”

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5. Set theme

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“Themes”

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5a. Customize theme

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Site Tasks:

Advanced Theme Info

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Site Tasks:

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6. Create a page

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“Pages ” > “Add new”

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Site Tasks:

7. Set your menu

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Click “Menus”

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8. Create a post

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“Posts” > “Add new”

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9. Set front page & Posts page

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“Themes” > “Customizer”

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Choose any of your pages to display recent posts

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Multimedia:

Images and Other Media

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Multimedia:

Video/Other formats

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  • Paste YouTube videos directly into your pages or posts

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  • Use the Media Uploader to insert downloadable PDFs, Word docs, etc.

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Widgets

Customize/remove any widgets

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  • Customize > Widgets

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Multimedia:

More Help

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Advanced WordPress.com (Level 1)

  • Buy premium themes or subscribe to “Custom Design”

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Hosted WordPress (Level 2)

Commercial website and WordPress hosting

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  • Most commercial hosts have “one-click” WordPress installs or dedicated WordPress hosting
  • Costs money ($10-$20 month)
  • Very few restrictions
  • Higher learning curve
  • E-commerce

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Hosted WordPress (Level 2)

  • Cost based on volume
  • Learn CSS and PHP scripting

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Hosted WordPress (Level 2)

  • With a hosted service you can install any theme 
  • WordPress themes (Thousands to choose from)

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Hosted WordPress (Level 2)

  • Install any plugin/widget
  • WordPress plugins (49,000+ plugins)

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Custom WordPress Install (Level 2+)

  • Get a Web host and do your own install

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  • Upgrade when you want to 
  • More control over customizations 

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WordPress Guru (Level 3)

  • Develop your own themes & plugins

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  • Need to know CSS, HTML

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  • And PHP and MySQL

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WordPress Guru (Level 3)

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WordPress Guru (Level 3)

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WordPress Guru (Level 3)

  • Begin with a development theme

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WordPress Guru (Level 3)

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  • Develop your own plugins

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  • What, are you crazy?
  • Don't reinvent the wheel.

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  • Need to know HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL

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Create a Lynda.com Account

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  1. https://www.lynda.com/email-signup

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  • Sign-up with your dupage.edu e-mail

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  • Confirm receipt of e-mail

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  • Create a profile

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  • Search “wordpress”

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Questions?

Contact me:

 

Colin Koteles

koteles@cod.edu

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