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Instructional Technology & Design Office itd@support.lis.illinois.edu 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892. Start the Presses! Using Wordpress for Website Design. Presented by Laura Miller. Overview of WordPress Website Builder. Non-Blogging Possibilities of WordPress
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Instructional Technology & Design Office itd@support.lis.illinois.edu 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892 Start the Presses! Using Wordpress for Website Design Presented by Laura Miller
Overview of WordPress Website Builder • Non-Blogging Possibilities of WordPress • Content Management Systems • Levels of WordPress’ Flexibility • Fighting with the Interface • Free WordPress sites • Freemium WordPress sites • Full Domain Management of a WordPress site
Non-Blogging Examples Bonner Springs City Library http://www.bonnerlibrary.org/ 365awesomedesigners http://365awesomedesigners.com/ Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland http://kansasgirlscouts.org/ DC Diaper Bank http://www.dcdiaperbank.org/ How to Draw App http://howtodrawapp.com/
Content Management Systems (CMSs) • Manages pictures, video, audio, page layouts, etc. for easy collaboration with other users • Uses PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, etc. without you having to know about them • Other examples of CMSs: • Drupal • Omeka • Joomla!
Why choose WordPress as a CMS? • Ease of Collaboration • Rich community of users & documentation • Ease of setup • Flexible! • Commonly used by employers • Stepping stone to more a complex CMS
Why choose WordPress as a CMS? • Ease of Collaboration • Rich community of users & documentation • Ease of setup • Flexible! • Commonly used by employers • Stepping stone to more a complex CMS • It can get complicated • It is limited
Publish Illinois • www.publish.illinois.edu • Expires after graduating
Modifying Your Site What you can do depends on where the site lives • WordPress.com(free) • WordPress.com(paid) • WordPress.org(free*with your own hosting space)
WordPress.com (free) • Quick and Easy! • Never goes down • Always backed up • Potential for extra traffic from tied-in WordPress community • It gets you started! • No $$$ Commitment
WordPress.com (free) • No plug-ins • Possible Ads • No PHP customization • No customized themes • Less professional web address yourblogname.wordpress.com vs yourblogname.org or .com • Quick and Easy! • Never goes down • Always backed up • Potential for extra traffic from tied-in WordPress community • It gets you started! • No $$$ Commitment
WordPress.com (paid) • Quick and Easy! • Never goes down • Always backed up • Potential for extra traffic from tied-in WordPress community • It gets you started! • CSS customization • Pro web address
WordPress.com (paid) • Quick and Easy! • Never goes down • Always backed up • Potential for extra traffic from tied-in WordPress community • It gets you started! • CSS customization • Pro web address • No plug-ins • No PHP customization • Some customized themes • Moderate $$$ investment
WordPress.org (paid) • Infinity customization • Fully customizable themes • Fantastic for building technical experience
WordPress.org (paid) • Infinity customization • Fully customizable themes • Fantastic for building technical experience • Infinity customization • $$$ investment for managing your own domain • No tech support • No automatic backups
Modifying Your Site • Themes • Content • Menus & Pages • Widgets • Plug-ins • Mobile