ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 1 of 24 How to Create a Wordpress Site This presentation was submitted to fulfill the first assignment in ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors, at USF Sarasota-Manatee, by student Alissa Jones in September For additional information, please consult the instructions at To send a message to Alissa, please use the ENC 3242 Blackboard message board or send it to T. E. Roberts, Instructor [thorsdag (at) comcast.net] and I will forward it to her.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 2 of 24 Go to and click the orange button on the left that says “Get started here.”

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 3 of 24 Create a blog address relative to the topic you plan on blogging about. For example, if your blog will cover the medical industry in your area consider a blog address like “tampamedicalnews.wordpress.com.” You also have the option to create a.com,.net, or.org domain for $17 per year.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 4 of 24 Create your own username or allow Wordpress to prefill this field with your blog address.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 5 of 24 Type a password for your account into both password fields. Wordpress will display a security level based on your password’s complexity, with “strong” meaning a very secure password.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 6 of 24 Blog alerts like comments and blog traffic updates will be sent to the address you supply in the “ Address” field.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 7 of 24 Before creating your blog read the Terms of Service by clicking the “fascinating terms of service” link at the bottom of the page.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 8 of 24 Submit the form by clicking the orange “Sign up” button.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 9 of 24 On this new page Wordpress will prompt you to check the you supplied for your blog’s activation link. From this page you may update your blog profile with some basic information until that is delivered.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 10 of 24 When the from Wordpress arrives, click the second link to activate your blog.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 11 of 24 The link sends you to your blog’s Dashboard. From the Dashboard you are able to create new posts.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 12 of 24 Under the “Right Now” section on your Dashboard click “Post” to access a list of existing entries.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 13 of 24 This page displays one existing blog post. Click on “Hello world!” to access and edit this post.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 14 of 24 After reading this entry, click the link that says “Move to Trash” in the upper right column to delete it. This post will remain on your blog for readers to see until it is deleted.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 15 of 24 If you clicked “Move to Trash” the post has been deleted and your list of posts will now be blank. To write your first blog post click “Add New” in the upper left corner of the page under “Posts.”

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 16 of 24 From this “Add New Post” page you can create your posts. First create a title and enter it into the very top text box. The entirety of your post can be written in the larger text box. Above this main text box you can insert photos, audio, video, polls, and other media. You can also use text tools like bold and italicize to style your blog posts. Title Insert media Text Tools Main text box

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 17 of 24 On the right side of your blog entry in the “Publish” column you can modify your post further by adjusting visibility to public, password protected or private. You can choose the date you want the post published or you can choose to publish immediately. If you need to finish the blog at another time click the “Save Draft” button at the top of the column.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 18 of 24 If you want feedback from others click “Request Feedback” in the “Writing Helper” section. Enter the addresses of the friends, colleagues and associates who you want to receive feedback from and then click “Send Requests” to share your post. Note: This feature will not work once a post has been published.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 19 of 24 In the “Post Tags” column at the bottom of the page include some one-word tags separated with commas. These tags should be concise, pertinent words to describe your post and bring appropriate traffic to your blog. Click the “Add” button to save your tags.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 20 of 24 You can arrange blog entries by category to keep your entries organized. In the “Categories” column click the “Add New Category” link.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 21 of 24 Type in the name of your new category and click the “Add New Category” button at the bottom of the column.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 22 of 24 Click the checkbox next to the category title to add your post to that category.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 23 of 24 Click the blue “Publish” button on the right side of the page to publish your entry. Wordpress will now redirect you to the entry’s URL.

ENC 3242, Technical Communication for Majors Assignment 1, by student Alissa Jones Slide 24 of 24 You have now posted your first blog. You may now return to your Dashboard and create a new entry.