word press getting started
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Overview of Wimba Interface
• Please use Wimba Comment to ask Questions
• Yes, No, Raise Hand and Emoticons?
• Polls will be used
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Source: http://www.erikbrillo.com/helloooo-world/blog-cartoon/
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Overview of WordPress Session• Login to WordPress at VCU (http://wp.vcu.edu)
• Post an Entry to the Blog/Site(site)
• Edit Posted Blog/Site Entries
• Post a Comment
• Enable and control comments from readers
• Add and edit Pages
• Add Users
• Where to find additional help
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Exercise 1
Login to WordPress
Note: Your blog/site will automatically be created the first time you log in.
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Exercise 1: http://wp.vcu.edu
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Exercise 1: enter VCU eID and password
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Exercise 1: after logging in will be on “Dashboard” for blog/site
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Exercise 1: “Dashboard”
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Exercise 1: from Dashboard to Blog/Site
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Source: roystoncartoons.com
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Exercise 2
Post an Entry to the Blog/Site
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Exercise 2: click on Post and Add New
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Exercise 2: enter and publish post
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Exercise 2: Visit Site to view posting
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Exercise 3
Edit Posted Blog/Site Entries
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Exercise 3: edit posted site entry
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Exercise 3: make changes and update
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Exercise 4
Post a Comment/Reply
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Exercise 4: Leave a Reply/Comment
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Exercise 4: Type in a Comment
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Exercise 5
Enable and Control Comments from Readers
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Exercise 5: View comments and approve
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Exercise 5: Allow or Not Allow Comments on a Post
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Exercise 5: Default Comment settings for site
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Source: http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/JekyllnHyde_photos/May%252022nd%25202011/cartoon_blogging2.gif
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Exercise 6
Add Pages
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Exercise 6 – Add New Page
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Exercise 6 – Add New Page
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Exercise 6 - Site after “Page” is added
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Exercise 7
Edit Pages
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Exercise 7 – Quick Edit Page Entry
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Exercise 7 – Quick Edit
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Source: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-funnies-if-cavemen-were-bloggers/
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Exercise 8
Add Users
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Exercise 8 – Add “Existing” User
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Exercise 8 – Add Users
Select Role from drop-down: Subscriber, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor– Subscriber: Somebody who can only manage their profile– Administrator: Somebody who has access to all the administration features– Editor: Somebody who can publish and manage post and pages as well as mange
other users’ post– Author: Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts– Contributor: Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish them
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Source: http://theantisocialmedia.com/anti-social-media/a-day-without-blogging/
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Resources• http://www.ts.vcu.edu/kb/blog.html - VCU
Technology Services askIT Knowledge Base for Blogs.
• www.wp101.com – Part 1 The Dashboard (7 minutes) • http://wpapprentice.com/training-index/ - WP
Apprentice has some free WordPress training videos on specific topics. The ones I looked at were less than 10 minutes long.
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What’s the difference…..• http://wp.vcu.edu – VCU WordPress site
• http://wordpress.com – Free site, not associated with VCU
• http://wordpress.org - (Note: .org) – Used to
download WordPress software and install on your own server
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Questions? helpIT Center (VCU Technology Services)
• Website: http://go.vcu.edu/helpit • Phone: (804)828-2227• Email: [email protected]• Chat: http://go.vcu.edu/helpitlive• Address: James Branch Cabell Library
Room B-30901 Park Ave.