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Build a Free Website on WordPress

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Process• Set up with WordPress• Get Email Confirmation• Set up Look & Layout• Adding Content• Making Changes

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www.wordpress.com

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Sign Up

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Free BlogDomain name & mapping10 GB Space UpgradeNo AdsCustom DesignVideoPress

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Wait for Email

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Quick Note: More than an Author • You can follow blogs• You can easily post comments• You can “like” blog posts

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Skip – for now…

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Skip…

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Choose a title & tag• Think of search

engines• Think of how this

will list• You can change

this later!

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Choose a Theme

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How to Choose a Theme• Consider the elements

you want– Pages– News/Blog– Logo– Images

• Consider layout and look– Colors – Tone– Columns– Top Navigation– Drop down menus

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Create a Sitemap• Outline

elements and hierarchy

• Then draw it on paper

• Check out competition too

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Posts vs Pages

Posts• Akin to articles• Can include categories• Will show up in your “blog”

Pages• More like traditional web

pages• You can change – but more

static by design• Can create hierarchy (drop-

down menus)

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Customize It

You can change these options later!

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Static Front Page• If you don’t want the

latest posts to show up on the homepage – choose a static page (or post)

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First Post

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Photo Info

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Making Changes Later…• Log into

WordPress• Visit page you

want to change• Click on Edit

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Adding New Info Later…• Login • Click on username to

get dropdown • Or ad wp-admin to

your address: http://mnremtest.wordpress.com/wp-admin

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How Can I Change?

Title

Post

Page

Tag Line

Widget

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Quick Tour of Writing a Post

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Quick Tour of Widgets

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Widgets Part 2• Text• Follow• Facebook/

Twitter• RSS Links

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