Beginner's WordPress

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Beginner’s WordPressGuide to Creating Your Social Media World

Gregory [email protected](623) 556-3616

Training Class

• CONNECTCONNECT• MINGLEMINGLE• LEARNLEARN


Agenda

Blog – a definition Your Blog: Creating a WordPress Account The WordPress.com site Review Dashboard, General Settings,

Posts, About Me Using Your Blog Use Google to search for Blogs Build a Blogging Strategy Build a Topic Bank


Place to Get More Info – Mashable.com

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Blog – a definition

Blog - A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.


Your Blog

www.WordPress.com,

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Create Your WordPress Account

We Start Here!


Create Your WordPress Account

Complete theinformation

Brand yourself accordingly


WordPress Dashboard

Here is where you Navigate around WordPress, posts, settings, media and more cool stuff


General Settings


WordPress Theme Settings

Themes

Appearance Settings


Create a Post

Post Title

Post Content

Edit Tools

Tags

Add Pictures, VideoPublishing

Categories


Managing Posts

Edit doesn’t appear until you hover


Create About Me Page

Looks just like a posting page


Review Your Blog

www.WordPress.com,


Using Your Blog

Post entries to your blog on a regular basis Use any personally created content (not

someone else’s) CONNECT: Invite Your friends to your blog

site (via email, etc) MINGLE:

Review other pertinent blogs and comment

Your blog will be shown on Linkedin, and posted to Facebook and Twitter pages

LEARN: Read information from other blogs then SHARE it on your sites!


Create a Blogging Strategy

How often will you blog? Will your blog be a video blog? pictures?

Just text? What will appear on you blog page? (i.e.

categories, archives, links, tweets, calendar, Facebook or Twitter buttons)

What will your “About Me” page say? What colorful template will you use?


Build a Topic Bank

Month 1 Month 2 Month 3


Search with Google

Drop down “More”

Choose “Blogs” to search for blogs


Next Month – Intermediate WordPress

Intermediate WordPress• Posting with Pictures and Video• Uploading Media• Linking Media• Creating Links Libraries• Changing Your Appearance with Themes• Understand / Adding Widgets

Technology

Beginner's WordPress