Slides from the Wordpress 101 workshop (morning session) at the Canadian Association of Labour Media Conference (CALM) in Hamilton, Ontario - May 26th, 2012
4. Morning Afternoon
session session
• Introductions and go around
5. Morning Afternoon
session session
• Introductions and go around
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why
so many are using it
6. Morning Afternoon
session session
• Introductions and go around
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why
so many are using it
• A look at some functions
Wordpress offers you to facilitate
building a website
7. Morning Afternoon
session session
• Introductions and go around
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why
so many are using it
• A look at some functions
Wordpress offers you to facilitate
building a website
• Some hands on building of a site
using the skills we have learned
8. Morning Afternoon
session session
• More functions & best practices.
• Introductions and go around
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why
so many are using it
• A look at some functions
Wordpress offers you to facilitate
building a website
• Some hands on building of a site
using the skills we have learned
9. Morning Afternoon
session session
• More functions & best practices.
• Introductions and go around
• Further hands on site building using
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why skills we have learned
so many are using it
• A look at some functions
Wordpress offers you to facilitate
building a website
• Some hands on building of a site
using the skills we have learned
10. Morning Afternoon
session session
• More functions & best practices.
• Introductions and go around
• Further hands on site building using
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why skills we have learned
so many are using it
• A brief look ‘under the hood’ at
• A look at some functions some of the features beyond the
Wordpress offers you to facilitate dashboard
building a website
• Some hands on building of a site
using the skills we have learned
11. Morning Afternoon
session session
• More functions & best practices.
• Introductions and go around
• Further hands on site building using
• Overview: what Wordpress is, why skills we have learned
so many are using it
• A brief look ‘under the hood’ at
• A look at some functions some of the features beyond the
Wordpress offers you to facilitate dashboard
building a website
• sum up, questions, additional
• Some hands on building of a site resources
using the skills we have learned
13. What is Wordpress?
• A publishing platform that
makes it easy for you to create
a website & publish on the
internet.
14. What is Wordpress?
• A publishing platform that
makes it easy for you to create
a website & publish on the
internet.
• It is open source, created by
Matt Mullenweg & developed by
his company, Automattic
19. Content Management
System (CMS)
• a computer system that allows publishing,
editing, and modifying content as well as
site maintenance from a central (web) page.
[modified definition from Wikipedia]
20. Content Management
System (CMS)
• a computer system that allows publishing,
editing, and modifying content as well as
site maintenance from a central (web) page.
• includes procedures to manage workflow in
a collaborative environment (multiple users).
[modified definition from Wikipedia]
22. Popular &
Growing
• 14.7% of all websites use Wordpress
23. Popular &
Growing
• 14.7% of all websites use Wordpress
• 22 of every 100 new domains are using
Wordpress
24. Popular &
Growing
• 14.7% of all websites use Wordpress
• 22 of every 100 new domains are using
Wordpress
• Some of the worlds largest, most complex
sites use Wordpress
38. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in
the 'cloud'
39. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes
(designs) to choose from
40. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is
predefined (no add-ons).
41. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is
predefined (no add-ons).
• very quick to set-up
42. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in • owned by you (own server or
host)
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is
predefined (no add-ons).
• very quick to set-up
43. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in • owned by you (own server or
host)
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes • set up site exactly as you
want
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is
predefined (no add-ons).
• very quick to set-up
44. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in • owned by you (own server or
host)
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes • set up site exactly as you
want
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is • installed & maintained by you
predefined (no add-ons).
• very quick to set-up
45. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in • owned by you (own server or
host)
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes • set up site exactly as you
want
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is • installed & maintained by you
predefined (no add-ons). • no restrictions. add ‘plugins’,
themes. complete control.
• very quick to set-up
46. .com .org
• owned by Automattic, in • owned by you (own server or
host)
the 'cloud'
• pre-configured themes • set up site exactly as you
want
(designs) to choose from
• it's functionality is • installed & maintained by you
predefined (no add-ons). • no restrictions. add ‘plugins’,
themes. complete control.
• very quick to set-up
• but if something goes wrong
you have to figure it out.
47. Ok, time to
dive into some
Wordpress functions!
50. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
51. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
1. Create (dated and categorized) updates
- things we normally associate with a blog
entry. These are called:
52. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
1. Create (dated and categorized) updates
- things we normally associate with a blog
entry. These are called:
POSTS
53. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
1. Create (dated and categorized) updates
- things we normally associate with a blog
entry. These are called:
POSTS
2. Create webpages such as an about page -
what we traditionally associate with
websites. These are called:
54. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
1. Create (dated and categorized) updates
- things we normally associate with a blog
entry. These are called:
POSTS
2. Create webpages such as an about page -
what we traditionally associate with
websites. These are called:
PAGES
55. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
56. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
3. Change the appearance of the site
(changing the colours, the fonts, and much
more) while preserving the content. These
are called:
57. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
3. Change the appearance of the site
(changing the colours, the fonts, and much
more) while preserving the content. These
are called:
THEMES
58. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
3. Change the appearance of the site
(changing the colours, the fonts, and much
more) while preserving the content. These
are called:
THEMES
4. Allows anyone with a username and
password to login and contribute and make
changes to the site. These are called:
59. 4 (of the many) things
Wordpress allows you to
3. Change the appearance of the site
(changing the colours, the fonts, and much
more) while preserving the content. These
are called:
THEMES
4. Allows anyone with a username and
password to login and contribute and make
changes to the site. These are called:
USERS
60. Posts VS.
Posts & Pages are the two main
places where you put content to be
viewed on your site.
But when do you use
one VS the other?
63. Posts Page
• time based materials
• what they have: date
published, author,
category, optional tags
64. Posts Page
• time based materials
• what they have: date
published, author,
category, optional tags
• usually in reverse
chronological order
65. Posts Page
• time based materials
• what they have: date
published, author,
category, optional tags
• usually in reverse
chronological order
• usually have images and
not a full page
66. Posts Page
• time based materials
• stuff that doesn’t really
change. permanent fixtures.
• what they have: date
published, author,
category, optional tags
• usually in reverse
chronological order
• usually have images and
not a full page
67. Posts Page
• time based materials
• stuff that doesn’t really
change. permanent fixtures.
• what they have: date
published, author,
• what they have: navigation,
category, optional tags custom page ‘looks’
• usually in reverse
chronological order
• usually have images and
not a full page
72. Users
• Accessing your profile: USERS > YOUR
PROFILE
• Different types of users:
1. Administrator - Somebody who has
access to all the administration features
73. Users
• Accessing your profile: USERS > YOUR
PROFILE
• Different types of users:
1. Administrator - Somebody who has
access to all the administration features
2. Editor - Somebody who can publish
and manage posts/pages as well as
manage other users' posts, etc.
74. Users
• Accessing your profile: USERS > YOUR
PROFILE
• Different types of users:
1. Administrator - Somebody who has
access to all the administration features
2. Editor - Somebody who can publish
and manage posts/pages as well as
manage other users' posts, etc.
75. Users
• Accessing your profile: USERS > YOUR
PROFILE
• Different types of users:
1. Administrator - Somebody who has
access to all the administration features
2. Editor - Somebody who can publish
and manage posts/pages as well as
manage other users' posts, etc.
77. Users
3. Author - Somebody who can publish
and manage their own posts
78. Users
3. Author - Somebody who can publish
and manage their own posts
4. Contributor - Somebody who can
write and manage their posts but not
publish them
79. Users
3. Author - Somebody who can publish
and manage their own posts
4. Contributor - Somebody who can
write and manage their posts but not
publish them
5. Subscriber - Somebody who can only
manage their profile
81. Themes
• Themes are look of your site plus some
added functionality - it's the Wordpress' way
of separating style and content
82. Themes
• Themes are look of your site plus some
added functionality - it's the Wordpress' way
of separating style and content
• Where are they? Wordpress theme directory
or use a theme from the web (careful!).
83. Themes
• Themes are look of your site plus some
added functionality - it's the Wordpress' way
of separating style and content
• Where are they? Wordpress theme directory
or use a theme from the web (careful!).
• add themes in Appearance > Themes
Activate or switch them here as well.
85. Themes:
Changing Styles
• You make theme changes in the
appearance tab. Or customize styles
through cascading style sheets.
• Can also do custom themes
86. Widgets:
• Small applications that show
info in the sidebar and footer.
eg - Twitter feed, links to recent
posts.
• Found in Appearance > Widgets
About me: short story, why I am here\nAbout you all (go around): who you are, why you are here, what you want out of this\n- Slides will be sent later, so don’t need to take super-detailed notes\n( If you have used WP before, you can skip this! )\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
What to expect: we are going to do this, this and this, and you will learn this.\n\n\n
- First ask the crowd what they know about Wordpress or what they think of when they think of Wordpress.\n- [Then the fade-in]\n- go to Wordpress.org \n- go to Automattic.com\n\n
- First ask the crowd what they know about Wordpress or what they think of when they think of Wordpress.\n- [Then the fade-in]\n- go to Wordpress.org \n- go to Automattic.com\n\n
Wordpress got it's start as blogging software and it continues to be used by millions of blogs.\n-[Go to example blogs] \nhttp://www.radioopensource.org\nwww.zeldman.com\n\n- [Fade-in]\n- [2nd fade in] then say: “you can make small well-designed and simple sites all the way to large-scale and very powerful websites.”\nwww.cnn.com\n\n
Wordpress got it's start as blogging software and it continues to be used by millions of blogs.\n-[Go to example blogs] \nhttp://www.radioopensource.org\nwww.zeldman.com\n\n- [Fade-in]\n- [2nd fade in] then say: “you can make small well-designed and simple sites all the way to large-scale and very powerful websites.”\nwww.cnn.com\n\n
[Before Fade In] Ask if people have ideas of what a CMS is.\n\n[FADE IN] - Point 1 - place to do all your work pertaining to the site (...expand...)\n - Point 2 - place to collaborate with others in that work on the same site. (...expand...)\n \n\n
[Before Fade In] Ask if people have ideas of what a CMS is.\n\n[FADE IN] - Point 1 - place to do all your work pertaining to the site (...expand...)\n - Point 2 - place to collaborate with others in that work on the same site. (...expand...)\n \n\n
\n\n[After fading in the last one - go to example sites WEB]\n\n\nhttp://cyberunions.org/\nhttp://collectivebargainingfacts.com/\nhttp://www.lollapalooza.com\nhttp://www.tribunemediagroup.com\n\n\n
\n\n[After fading in the last one - go to example sites WEB]\n\n\nhttp://cyberunions.org/\nhttp://collectivebargainingfacts.com/\nhttp://www.lollapalooza.com\nhttp://www.tribunemediagroup.com\n\n\n
\n\n[After fading in the last one - go to example sites WEB]\n\n\nhttp://cyberunions.org/\nhttp://collectivebargainingfacts.com/\nhttp://www.lollapalooza.com\nhttp://www.tribunemediagroup.com\n\n\n
[1.Fade In and discuss]\n\n1. easy, nothing to be scared about -managing the website is straightforward once you get the hang of it. Sure, some of the set up can be a bit technical, and customizing/styling as well, but overall day-to-day use of Wordpress is quite easy.\n\n2. Wordpress out of the box is just the base. It’s the adding of ‘stuff’ that make is so powerful, and allows you to make it your own.\n \n
[1.Fade In and discuss]\n\n1. easy, nothing to be scared about -managing the website is straightforward once you get the hang of it. Sure, some of the set up can be a bit technical, and customizing/styling as well, but overall day-to-day use of Wordpress is quite easy.\n\n2. Wordpress out of the box is just the base. It’s the adding of ‘stuff’ that make is so powerful, and allows you to make it your own.\n \n
3. You can do your full web communications workflow within Wordpress - drafts, reviews, different levels of publishers,... assign roles\n4.\n5.\n
3. You can do your full web communications workflow within Wordpress - drafts, reviews, different levels of publishers,... assign roles\n4.\n5.\n
3. You can do your full web communications workflow within Wordpress - drafts, reviews, different levels of publishers,... assign roles\n4.\n5.\n
12 years ago you needed to have a great deal of technical knowledge to publish to the web and it wouldn't be strange for this type of functionality to cost $100,000. Now the price is way down and it is manageable\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just name them (...expand...)\n - Point 2 - state self-hosted VS cloud hosted. (...expand...)\n \n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just name them (...expand...)\n - Point 2 - state self-hosted VS cloud hosted. (...expand...)\n \n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just name them (...expand...)\n - Point 2 - state self-hosted VS cloud hosted. (...expand...)\n \n\n
\nDARREN: GO OVER THE DASHBOARD (but first --> discuss INSTALLATION of Wordpress.org. Decided not to go through this process with you as there are a few things we would have to have set up that might be a bit technical for beginners and would eat up a bit of our Wordpress time. \n\nA few steps: \n -set up database where everything will go\n-set up hosting with hosting company\n-download Wordpress from wordpress.org\n-configure a few things and upload the files\n\nShow book, then go to next slide \n
Show \n\nThen go back one slide to dashboard\n
this morning (or perhaps into the afternoon) we will be discussing and implementing 4 of the many features of Wordpress which will help you get started building a website. Quickly name each one, we will be coming back to each one in much detail.\n\n1. Allows you to create dated and categorized updates- things we normally associate with a blog entry. 1a.These are called POSTS\n2. Allows you to create pages such as an ‘about’ page\nwhat we traditionally associate with websites 2a. These are called PAGES\n\n\n
this morning (or perhaps into the afternoon) we will be discussing and implementing 4 of the many features of Wordpress which will help you get started building a website. Quickly name each one, we will be coming back to each one in much detail.\n\n1. Allows you to create dated and categorized updates- things we normally associate with a blog entry. 1a.These are called POSTS\n2. Allows you to create pages such as an ‘about’ page\nwhat we traditionally associate with websites 2a. These are called PAGES\n\n\n
this morning (or perhaps into the afternoon) we will be discussing and implementing 4 of the many features of Wordpress which will help you get started building a website. Quickly name each one, we will be coming back to each one in much detail.\n\n1. Allows you to create dated and categorized updates- things we normally associate with a blog entry. 1a.These are called POSTS\n2. Allows you to create pages such as an ‘about’ page\nwhat we traditionally associate with websites 2a. These are called PAGES\n\n\n
this morning (or perhaps into the afternoon) we will be discussing and implementing 4 of the many features of Wordpress which will help you get started building a website. Quickly name each one, we will be coming back to each one in much detail.\n\n1. Allows you to create dated and categorized updates- things we normally associate with a blog entry. 1a.These are called POSTS\n2. Allows you to create pages such as an ‘about’ page\nwhat we traditionally associate with websites 2a. These are called PAGES\n\n\n
3. It allows you to change the appearance of the site while preserving the content. You can change the colours the fonts, whatever 3a. These are called THEMES.\n4. Allows anyone with a username and password to login and contribute and make changes to the site. These are called users. We will discuss users and the different roles they can be assigned in a few minutes.\n
3. It allows you to change the appearance of the site while preserving the content. You can change the colours the fonts, whatever 3a. These are called THEMES.\n4. Allows anyone with a username and password to login and contribute and make changes to the site. These are called users. We will discuss users and the different roles they can be assigned in a few minutes.\n
3. It allows you to change the appearance of the site while preserving the content. You can change the colours the fonts, whatever 3a. These are called THEMES.\n4. Allows anyone with a username and password to login and contribute and make changes to the site. These are called users. We will discuss users and the different roles they can be assigned in a few minutes.\n
3. It allows you to change the appearance of the site while preserving the content. You can change the colours the fonts, whatever 3a. These are called THEMES.\n4. Allows anyone with a username and password to login and contribute and make changes to the site. These are called users. We will discuss users and the different roles they can be assigned in a few minutes.\n
\nPosts & Pages are the two main places where you put content to be viewed on your site. But when do you use one VS the other?\nPosts-time based e.g. blog entries\nPages-static web pages eg. “About”\n[After reading the above - point out where on the dashboard by showing red arrows] \n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
Categories - overall descriptions of your content\nTags - relate content to other content - more horizontal relationship\n\n- explain each of these things one by one.\nSLOW DOWN _ DO THIS SLOWLY - when done, go to reWORKit DEV (www.calm reworkit.net/wp-admin) to show around the various PARTS of 1. a post and 2. a page. [ABOUT 15 minutes]\nfor eg. IMAGE: \nVIDEO USE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IYkX2lPSI\n\n\nTO COVER:\nreWORKit POST A- Create new post - TOOLBAR > NEW > POST or POSTS > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - go over the formatting bar [tell them to do it all in Wordpress, don't use word or something like that]\n- text tool bar - bold/italicize, lists, insert more, spellcheck, full screen,\n- headings very important for search engines.\nC- Links - making them and formatting them\n- in text tool bar - click link and add URL, title, new window?\n- + can link to existing content\nD- Images - Add Media button\n(Title, Alternate text - must use) (Alternative - Caption, Description)\n- URL, alignment (text wrap)\n- Can edit image after posting\nE- Embedding video - add a YouTube video to your post\n\nreWORKit PAGE A- Create new PAGE - TOOLBAR > NEW > PAGES or PAGES > ADD NEW\n B- Text formatting - same as posts\nC- Links - same as posts\n\n\n\n
I’ve built a subsite on my site for you to work with, so we don’t have to install and do the initial setup. calm.reworkit\n\n each group will add one post and one page with various functionality. In the end we will have a website with 5 pages and 5 posts, and then we can come back and check out the site we built!\n\n- HAND OUT WORKSHEETS (groups of 2 - 10 groups and worksheets TOTAL)\nON worksheet: \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN to each] - just show around on web (reWORKit). But don’t do an exercise.\n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just show around on web. But dont do an exercise.\n\nScroll down chart at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities\n\n \n \n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just show around on web. But dont do an exercise.\n\nScroll down chart at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities\n\n \n \n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just show around on web. But dont do an exercise.\n\nScroll down chart at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities\n\n \n \n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - show around reworkit.net for 5 minutes. show an example of a site and then the backend. Maybe go to springforward.com\n\n[FADE In] Point 2 - show where you find themes (below) and warn about using random free themes that arent either in Wordpress directory or reputable.\n\nhttp://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ go to woothemes.com elegantthemes.com\n[FADE In] Point 3 Appearance > themes show how you can add (Use ‘Responsive’) and switch themes using reWORKit... 10 minute\nExercise 2 - adding a theme to site - back to the exercise files.\n\n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - show around reworkit.net for 5 minutes. show an example of a site and then the backend. Maybe go to springforward.com\n\n[FADE In] Point 2 - show where you find themes (below) and warn about using random free themes that arent either in Wordpress directory or reputable.\n\nhttp://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ go to woothemes.com elegantthemes.com\n[FADE In] Point 3 Appearance > themes show how you can add (Use ‘Responsive’) and switch themes using reWORKit... 10 minute\nExercise 2 - adding a theme to site - back to the exercise files.\n\n\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - show around reworkit.net for 5 minutes. show an example of a site and then the backend. Maybe go to springforward.com\n\n[FADE In] Point 2 - show where you find themes (below) and warn about using random free themes that arent either in Wordpress directory or reputable.\n\nhttp://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ go to woothemes.com elegantthemes.com\n[FADE In] Point 3 Appearance > themes show how you can add (Use ‘Responsive’) and switch themes using reWORKit... 10 minute\nExercise 2 - adding a theme to site - back to the exercise files.\n\n\n
Exercise - adding a theme to site\n
[FADE IN] - Point 1 - just show theme in Appearance tab. Show that some things can be done right in the Appearance tab Name the other stuff (name that fit’s in the files but don’t show files). But dont do an exercise.\n\n\n\n \n \n\n
read out this page and then go to Widgets in reWORKit - Appearance > Widgets\n