1. Setting up a WordPress Site

2. Follow these instructions VERY carefully If you make a mistake, your work might not be visible and you cannot be graded for it.
Go to

3. Click on GET STARTED

4. Click START WITH A BLOG

5. The themes show up in a random order Look for Hemingway Rewritten
Do NOT pick another theme
Click Hemingway Rewritten

6. Write a FAKE NAME here

7. After writing your fake name, options appear
Click SELECT for the FREE option

8. Click START WITH FREE

9. 4. Check email 1. Your email address
Click “Confirm Now” in message sent to you
1. Your address
There will be a name here already
2. Make password
PROBLEM ? If you get stuck, YOU MAY HAVE TYPED YOUR ADDRESS INCORRECTLY. CHECK CAREFULLY
3. Click

10. This is what the reader sees
Clicking MY SITE makes menu disappear
MENU =
tools to
create the site
This is what the reader sees

11. Click on MY SITE to make the menu appear again

12. Click Add beside Pages
MAKE SURE IT IS PAGES AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICE

13. Write the title This I Believe
Like this

14. Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”
Click More Options
Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”

15. Click PUBLISH 1 2 Do not forget to do this  Click on the box
A checkmark will appear
If the Publish button doesn’t appear, go to your & confirm WordPress
If a trash can appears, just click
on the words “Allow Comments”
(not the trash can)

16. In the top left of your page…
Click the arrow

17. Click Add beside Pages Do it again to create a PROFILE page
Click on My Site to get the menu
Click Add beside Pages
MAKE SURE IT IS PAGES AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICE

18. Write the title Profile

19. Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”
Click More Options
Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”

20. Click PUBLISH 1 2 Click on the box A checkmark will appear
Do not forget to do this 
If a trash can appears, just click
on the words “Allow Comments”
(not the trash can)

21. Click Add beside Pages Do it again to create a REFLECTION page
Click on My Site to get the menu
Click Add beside Pages
MAKE SURE IT IS PAGES AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICE

22. Write the title Reflection

23. Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”
Click More Options
Options appear below You want to see “Allow Comments”

24. Click PUBLISH 1 2 Click on the box A checkmark will appear
Do not forget to do this 
If a trash can appears, just click
on the words “Allow Comments”
(not the trash can)

25. We will make these pages appear on the menu
Next…
We will make these pages appear on the menu

26. Click Customize beside Themes
If the blue menu bar is not visible click on My Site 
Click Customize beside Themes
It takes time to load…

27. Click Menus
If you end up in a different place, go back to a place that matches one of these slides and try again

28. Be careful! Don’t click anywhere else
Click Primary
Be careful! Don’t click anywhere else

29. A new box will appear beside this one
Click Add Items
A new box will appear beside this one

30. The + will turn into a checkmark
Click Reflection
Click Profile
Click This I Believe
The + will turn into a checkmark

31. Don’t Forget !
Click Add Items

32. at the top left…
Click Save & Publish

33. Make sure you clicked SAVE AND PUBLISH !
It’s at the top left of your screen beside the URL window
Click GO BACK ARROW

34. THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU THE CORRECT URL (the address) Does the URL have the word WORDPRESS only once? Does it follow this pattern? IF YES, GO TO SLIDE 38 (skip the next 3 slides) If no, go to the next slide

35. IMPORTANT !
If the blue column is open on the left, the long URL is wrong

36. 1. Click on Site Preview 2. Click here to maximize
A page before a page appears
The URL is still the wrong one (too long)

37. The URL should be https://fakename.wordpress.com/
Don’t send bigger URL ( 
1 Word before wordpress.com
Wordpress.com must appear only ONCE in the URL
See previous slide to fix this if needed

38. All Done !  Follow instructor instructions for how to share URL
Save the URL ( , Word document etc). YOU NEED TO KNOW IT 
We will work with This I Believe, Profile and Reflection pages later
You have a blog. See next slide for how to blog…

39. To start blogging, go to your menu & click on ADD beside Blog Posts
Click the blue publish button when you are done your blog
See the NEWS section of D2L for
weekly blog prompts