Jazzing Up Wordpress tips and tricks to streamline your class webpage Katrina Lehman Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 2012
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tips and tricks to streamline your class webpage Katrina Lehman
Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 2012
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Identify basic webpage components Learn new tips and tricks for
making your website look more creative
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insert images/photos into your webpage insert links to your
webpage change the size and color of your font password-protect a
page or post upload a document or newsletter onto your webpage
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Anyone in the world can see your site Be aware of online
privacy (avoid attaching names to photographs) When quoting a
published source, be sure to cite your sources Accuracy matters:
double check grammar and facts
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Pages (tabs at the top of your site with important, generally
static info) Posts (articles, reflections, current updates, timely
news: chronological, with most recent post at the top) Sidebars
(other info: categories, archives, and links) Banner: pictures that
users cant change
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Writing: short, sweet, to-the-point Language/word choice: whos
your audience? Visual effect: One image that captures attention.
Font: If audience is LS students: large, colorful font. Content:
Links to other websites, if appropriate
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File management: Create a folder on your desktop. Put all docs,
images, videos, photos you will use on your site in the folder so
that theyre easy to find Write content in Word Doc, use spell
check, THEN post the final copy. Avoid large files (the limit is
145 MB): large files are hard to download and take up
bandwidth.
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You can: Delete posts Edit posts Save posts as drafts to be
posted later Set a future publishing time and date
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You can create pages, save them, and add them to your website
later You can change and edit the content of your page easily You
can password-protect a page
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This icon is called the kitchen sink Clicking on it will
hide/show the second row of icons on your toolbar. Be sure to click
on this icon to show all of your toolbar icons.
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1. Copy the link address (url) 2. Highlight the text you want
link 3. Click on the hyperlink icon. 1. Paste the url address into
the url field. 2. Click save
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Place cursor where youd like the image to be inserted into your
post Click on camera icon above toolbar Click select, and choose
your file Before clicking insert, do the following: Choose
alignment Choose size Click Insert
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Highlight the text you want to change Click on formatting
toggle on your toolbar Select your desired font size
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Click on the toggle arrow to the right of the A icon on toolbar
Select desired color
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Open page in dashboard. Click on password protect Create
password Save
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In your post/page, name your document Save document to Media
Open document from within media Highlight and copy the url (at
bottom). In post/page, highlight the title of your document. Click
link icon on toolbar Paste url into url field and save.
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Identify basic webpage components Learn new tips and tricks for
making your website look more creative
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insert images/photos into your webpage insert links to your
webpage change the size and color of your font password-protect a
page or post upload a document or newsletter onto your webpage
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Thank-you. The End Katrina Lehman Attribution-ShareAlike CC
BY-SA 2012