1. Tips and Tricks Presented by Christina Drain For Pensacola State College All College Day

2. WordPress is software that allows you to create a website or blog easily with little knowledge of HTML coding. WordPress is a content management system.

3.  Software that keeps track of every piece of content on your site  Uses templates for page design rather than hand-coding in HTML  Multiple users can access and provide content to the site  Access can be control through user roles  Easy to use, requires little knowledge of HTML

4. WordPress.comWordPress.org  Sites are hosted on WordPress Servers. No software to download.  Free, with.wordpress.com URL  To use your own domain name, you must buy domain mapping - $12 per year  Limited to available themes  Open source software that can be downloaded to any server and manipulated.  Software is free but there may be monthly web hosting costs.  Unlimited themes or design your own!

5.  For content you want to keep and display from quarter to quarter outside eLearning  A site for student input  Or to practice new technology related to a career http://netjourno.com/

6.  As a resume site for you or your students http://wpaulsmith.wordpress.com/

7.  For projects and collaboration PJC Multimedia Bootcamp

8.  For training http://thecorsair.wordpress.com/

9.  For the public to view and use Santa Rosa Virtual Museum Pensacola State athletics site

10.  Tutorials on WordPress.tv  Choose domain name that can also be used for the domain mapping option

11.  Decide what content you want to display on the site  What will the navigation look like?  Make a rough drawing of your ideas for the site

12. PagesPosts  Static, not listed by date  Do not use tags or categories  Can be displayed across the top or in the sidebar using a widget  Listed in reverse chronological order  Always associated with a date  Can be found in Archives, Categories, Recent Posts and other widgets  Also displayed in the RSS feed for the blog

13.  160 themes to choose from  Most are free  20 are premium themes, ranging from $45 to $100 to purchase ◦ Gives user access to developer support ◦ More choices to make site unique

14.  Themes  Widgets  Menus  Background  Theme options  Mobile and iPad