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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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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
Home
Products
Shoes Boots
News
Updates…
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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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