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FdA Creative Digital Media – Wordpress Portfolio Blog Step by step guide We have created a blog page template that you should visit to help understand how you will log your work: Please visit the following address and read through all of the pages so you get a good understanding of the course: http://fdacreativedigitalmedia.wordpress.com/ This is a guide to setting up your WordPress Blog and adjusting the settings so that you can record all of your work for individual units separately. 1. You should get this created before you start the course and get used to using WordPress. Go to: http://wordpress.com/ and click on: 2. Complete all of the details making sure that you select something very close to your name as the blog address. 3. Go to your email and activate your blog – this will take you to your Dashboard which is where you can create your WordPress blog. 4. Watch the little video that is in the middle of this screen as it is a good introduction to the site.
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FdA  Creative  Digital  Media  –    Wordpress  Portfolio  Blog  Step  by  step  guide    

We  have  created  a  blog  page  template  that  you  should  visit  to  help  understand  how  you  will  log  your  work:  Please  visit  the  following  address  and  read  through  all  of  the  pages  so  you  get  a  good  understanding  of  the  course:  http://fdacreativedigitalmedia.wordpress.com/        This  is  a  guide  to  setting  up  your  WordPress  Blog  and  adjusting  the  settings  so  that  you  can  record  all  of  your  work  for  individual  units  separately.      

1. You  should  get  this  created  before  you  start  the  course  and  get  used  to  using  WordPress.  Go  to:  http://wordpress.com/  and  click  on:      

   

2. Complete  all  of  the  details  making  sure  that  you  select  something  very  close  to  your  name  as  the  blog  address.  

                     

3. Go  to  your  email  and  activate  your  blog  –  this  will  take  you  to  your  Dashboard  which  is  where  you  can  create  your  WordPress  blog.  

         

4. Watch  the  little  video  that  is  in  the  middle  of  this  screen  as  it  is  a  good  introduction  to  the  site.  

           

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5. The  first  thing  you  are  going  to  want  to  do  is  select  an  appearance  –  to  keep  it  simple  it  would  be  best  if  we  all  just  selected  the  same  for  the  moment.  Click  on  Appearance  on  the  left  hand  side:  

   

 6. Then  do  a  search  for  the  theme  we  have  used:  

Motion        

7. Click  on  Activate  to  set  it  as  your  theme.                    

8. The  next  thing  you  want  to  set  up  are  all  of  your  own  categories  so  that  you  can  keep  different  blog  flows  running  depending  on  the  category  of  unit  you  are  working  on.  The  way  to  create  this  is  to  click  on  Posts  in  the  Dashboard  and  then  on  Categories  which  will  open  underneath  the  Posts  button:  

               

9. This  will  take  you  to  a  window  where  you  can  set  up  all  the  categories  that  you  will  work  on:  

                 

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10. Start  adding  categories  so  that  you  have  the  following  categories:  

• App  Study  Skills  • C+  Media  Studies  • C+  Writing  • Creative  Tech  2  • Glossary  +  • Graphics  and  Interactive  • Production  Tech  • About  • Study  Skills  • Work-­‐Based  Learning  

     Simply  writing  the  names  into  the  box  and  then  clicking  on  Add  Category  (don’t  worry  about  the  other  settings  for  the  moment):  

                 Please  note  –  the  “Read  First  –  About”  category  is  just  an  edited  title  of  the  1st  one  that  WordPress  gives  you  which  in  yours  will  be  called  “uncategorised”.  This  is  what  it  will  show  as  the  1st  page  when  people  log  into  your  blog.  You  can  change  this  to  “About  Me”  if  you  like  by  clicking  the  Edit  button  underneath  it:    

   

11. Once  you  have  done  that  you  are  ready  to  start  adding  posts.  Click  on  Add  New  in  the  Dashboard  under  Posts:  

               

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12. You  could  start  adding  the  information  that  you  have  found  so  far  on  the  Glossary  of  words.  You  can  keep  adding  to  it  later  on:  

                           

13. When  you  feel  that  you  have  done  enough  work  on  it  you  need  to  select  which  category  you  want  it  to  go  in  –  otherwise  it  will  appear  on  the  front  page,  select  Glossary  +  then  click  Publish  

               

 14. You  can  preview  your  

blog  at  any  time  by  clicking  on  your  title  at  the  top:  

           

15. You  can  get  back  to  the  Dashboard  from  your  blog  at  any  time  by  clicking  on  Dashboard  when  you  hover  over  the  Blog  button  at  the  top:  

           


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