creating a website with wordpress

8/12/2019 Creating a Website With Wordpress

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Getting an account with WordPress.com

Open your web browser ( mozilla firefox,

internet explorer, opera, etc.,)


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In the address bar of your web browser, type:

http://wordpress.comthen press the enter key.
http://wordpress.com/http://wordpress.com/


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In the WordPress.com homepage, click Sign up

nowbutton.


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Fill up the form leaving no blank fields.


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Check the activation message from

WordPress.com in your mailbox


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Click the provided link to activate your

account


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This will be the page look after activating your

account. Click Login.


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Exploring your Dashboard

When youre signed in, youll see a tab at the

top of your page which says My Blog. This

allows you to quickly access your dashboard.


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Description/Use of Dashboard

Referred to as the back end of your blog or

site.

Behind-the-scenes control panel which stores

all settings and information.

Used to modify or update sites/blogs.


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If the dashboard is the back end, the front end

is what the world sees.

To access the front end, click the title at the

left side of the dashboard.


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The picture below is a screen shot of the front

end or the actual view of the site/blog.


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The left-hand navigation menus are a way to access

almost all the powers of your blog/site.

You can open any left-hand menu by hovering over

the text, and then clicking on the arrow that appears.


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Changing your general settings

Open up the settings menu, click General and

youll be taken right there.


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You can now adjust your blog/site to your liking. You

can also add a tagline here which will appear under

your title usually at the top of your site.


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You can also change your timezone, email address, date and

time settings , and language settings here. Dont forget to

save changes.


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It is also possible to upload an image to represent your

site/blog when it appears in various places in WordPress.com.


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Once its Uploaded, it will look like this in the

General settings:


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Using WordPress to Create a Website

Check out the Theme Showcase by typing in

the browser address bar:

http://theme.wordpress.com
http://theme.wordpress.com/http://theme.wordpress.com/


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Choose a theme for your site:


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Click activate to apply the theme in your site:


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View the theme in your site by clicking the site

title at the upper left side of the screen:


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Apply a custom header to your site by clicking

the header link under Appearance Menu:


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In the Custom Header page, click Browse.


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Create a Static Homepage:

Click Pages->Add Newin your Dashboard.


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This is the add new page view:


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Title this page Home


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You can type the content you want displayed on

the front page of your blog or upload an image.


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Click Publish:


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Create another page, title it Posts then publish

it.In the settings menu, click readings, then

follow the settings as shown. Save changes.


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After creating a static page you may have

created two home pages. You can delete one

by editing the page and setting another page

as the Parent in the Attributesmodule.
http://support.wordpress.com/pages/page-attributes/http://support.wordpress.com/pages/page-attributes/


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The Page Attributesmodule allows you to set

page parents and templates, and to change

the order of your pages.


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Creating a Custom Menu.

To create a custom menu, go to Appearance ->

Menus in your blogs dashboard..

To create a custom navigation menu, type

in a name for it (only you will see this) and

click Create Menu.


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To create a custom navigation menu, type in a

name for it (only you will see this) and click Create

Menu.


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Want a menu tab to link directly to another

website? No problem! Type in the URL, the label

name, and then Add to Menu.


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Changing the arrangement of your menu.

You can arrange your pages in hierarchies. For

example, you could have an About page that

has Organization page under it. UnderOrganization you might have another pages

titled History, Mission and Vision, etc.


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Adding Media Files could be done in the Edit

Page view:


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Creating Links:


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Thank You

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