Post on 12-Apr-2017
HOWTO
SET UPWORDPRESS
WEBISTE/BLOG FROM
SCRATCH
WHAT IS WordPress ??
WordPress is a free software, this means you
are free to download, install, use and modify it. You can use it to create
any kind of website.
It is also open source which means the source code of the software is available
for any one to study, modify and play with.
There are currently 2600+ WordPress
themes and 31,000+ plugins available for free. You can download, install
and use them on any website.
To run WordPress, all you need is a domain and web
hosting.
HOW TO SET UP WordPress 1) Go to www.wordpress.com and click on Get Started
SELECT A GRID OF MY LATEST POSTS
CHOOSE A ROWLING THEME
SELECT A FREE DOMAIN NAME. Example:abc6766.wordpress.com
SELECT A FREE PLAN
YOU WILL NOW AUTOMATICALLY GET THE USERNAME THAT YOU SELECTED. NOW ENTER YOUR EMAIL AND PASSWORD.
AND CLICK ON CREATE MY ACCOUNT
THIS IS THE HOW YOUR ACCOUNT WILL LOOK
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
www.yourusername.wordpress.com is your website address
www.yourusername.wordpress.com/wp-admin
is your admin panel(Dashboard) where you can make and add various
things.
NOW GO TO YOUR ADMIN PANEL URL(DASHBOARD)
NOW LETS CREATE PAGESClick on pages->Add new
And fill up the details
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3) Enter title
4) add your content with images
5) Click on publish
How to create menu for our home page ?Go to Appearances->Menus->Select all your pages->Save Menu
Make sure that under menu setting Bottom Header Menu box is always selected for rowling theme. For any other theme Primary Menu will be
selected.
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Select only your
pages .keep default
home page
You can adjust the menu items . Always keep contact page at end
You can see all your selected pages
How to create Category?
What is Category?• Category is one of the pre-
defined taxonomies in WordPress. It is used to sort and group content into different sections.
• A website publishing content on a variety of topics can divide their website into sections using categories.
Example: A news website can have categories for
articles filed under News, Opinion, Weather, Sports,
etc.
If no category is specified for a post then the post is
automatically filed into the default category. In a new
WordPress installation, the default category
is ‘Uncategorized’.
How to create Category?Dashboard->Posts->Categories
Then enter all the details like name and description and click on add new category
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How to create a Post and add to a particular Category?Dashboard->Posts->Add new
Enter title and description.And on the right hand side at the bottom select the category which you want to add to that
post and click publish.
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Now to view all our Categories on the home page we need to create
a widget on the sidebar. Lets see how to do that.
How to add Category Widget to Sidebar?Dashboard->Appearnces->Widgets->Categories
Now just drag this Categories to Sidebar and click save
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That’s it, you have successfully added a Category Widget to Sidebar.
THANK YOU