1. Instructional Technology & Design Office itd@support.lis.illinois.edu 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892 Start the Presses! Using Wordpress for Website Design Presented by Laura Miller

2. Overview of WordPress Website Builder 1.Non-Blogging Possibilities of WordPress 2.Content Management Systems 3.Levels of WordPress’ Flexibility 4.Fighting with the Interface Free WordPress sites Freemium WordPress sites Full Domain Management of a WordPress site

3. What Do You Want to Do With WordPress?

4. Non-Blogging Examples Bonner Springs City Library http://www.bonnerlibrary.org/http://www.bonnerlibrary.org/ 365awesomedesignershttp://365awesomedesigners.com/http://365awesomedesigners.com/ Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartlandhttp://kansasgirlscouts.org/http://kansasgirlscouts.org/ DC Diaper Bankhttp://www.dcdiaperbank.org/http://www.dcdiaperbank.org/ How to Draw Apphttp://howtodrawapp.com/http://howtodrawapp.com/

5. Content Management Systems (CMSs) Manages pictures, video, audio, page layouts, etc. for easy collaboration with other users Uses PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, etc. without you having to know about them Other examples of CMSs: Drupal Omeka Joomla!

6. Why choose WordPress as a CMS? Ease of Collaboration Rich community of users & documentation Ease of setup Flexible! Commonly used by employers Stepping stone to more a complex CMS

7. Why choose WordPress as a CMS? Ease of Collaboration Rich community of users & documentation Ease of setup Flexible! Commonly used by employers Stepping stone to more a complex CMS It can get complicated It is limited

8. Publish Illinois www.publish.illinois.edu Expires after graduating

9. Modifying Your Site What you can do depends on where the site lives WordPress.com (free) WordPress.com (paid) WordPress.org (free*with your own hosting space)

10. 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

11. 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 No plug-ins Possible Ads No PHP customization No customized themes Less professional web address yourblogname.wordpress.com vs yourblogname.org or.com

12. 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

13. 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

14. WordPress.org (paid) Infinity customization Fully customizable themes Fantastic for building technical experience

15. WordPress.org (paid) Infinity customization Fully customizable themes Fantastic for building technical experience Infinity customization $$$ investment for managing your own domain No tech support No automatic backups

16. Modifying Your Site Themes Content Menus & Pages Widgets Plug-ins Mobile

17. Questions?