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Web 2.0 Workshop Series: WordPress 1 - The Basics

Web 2.0 Workshop Series: WordPress 1 - The Basics. About us. Instructor: Zac Matthews, TA/GA ITD & Help Desk matthws2@illinois.edu Instructor: Kelsey Bates, TA/GA ITD & Help Desk kbates2@illinois.edu. Overview of WordPress 1. Uses and Possibilities of WordPress Blogging Getting Started

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Web 2.0 Workshop Series: WordPress 1 - The Basics

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  1. Web 2.0 Workshop Series: WordPress 1 - The Basics

  2. About us Instructor: Zac Matthews, TA/GA ITD & Help Desk matthws2@illinois.edu Instructor: Kelsey Bates, TA/GA ITD & Help Desk kbates2@illinois.edu

  3. Overview of WordPress 1 Uses and Possibilities of WordPress Blogging Getting Started Using the Dashboard Interface

  4. What is WordPress?

  5. What is WordPress? • Website • Blogging Tool • Content Management System (CMS) • Micro-Site Generator • (more on this in Wordpress 2) • Community

  6. What do you want to do with WordPress?

  7. What Makes a Blog Successful? ?

  8. What Makes a Blog Successful? FOCUS!

  9. What Gives a Blog Focus? • A clear sense of purpose • A recognizable perspective & identity • An identifiable audience • A theme

  10. What Makes a Blog Successful? • Focus • Purpose • Perspective • Audience • Theme Creative Commons License- Some rights reserved by Menage a Moi http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearpark/3149679619/sizes/l/in/photostream/

  11. What Makes a Blog Successful? • Focus • Purpose • Perspective • Audience • Theme • Frequency Creative Commons License- Some rights reserved by Menage a Moi http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearpark/3149679619/sizes/l/in/photostream/

  12. What Makes a Blog Successful? • Focus • Purpose • Perspective • Audience • Theme • Frequency • Consistency Creative Commons License- Some rights reserved by Menage a Moi http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearpark/3149679619/sizes/l/in/photostream/

  13. What Makes a Blog Successful? • Focus • Purpose • Perspective • Audience • Theme • Frequency • Consistency Learn more on WordPress.com’s site! http://learn.wordpress.com/get-focused/ or is.gd/4NM6XZ

  14. Getting Started:Three Options • WordPress.com(free) • WordPress.com(paid) • WordPress.org(free*with your own hosting space)

  15. 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

  16. 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! • No $$$ Commitment • No plug-ins • No PHP customization • No customized themes • Less professional web address yourblogname.wordpress.com vs yourblogname.org or .com

  17. 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

  18. WordPress.org(free-- but you supply your own web hosting) • Infinity customization • Fully customizable themes • Fantastic for building technical experience • Infinity customization • $$$ investment for managing your own domain • No tech support • No automatic backups

  19. Enough with the Slide Show!Let’s Try It!!!

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