1. WordPress Session 1

2. Outline Setup account Administration Panel Blogs ◦ Themes ◦ Appearance ◦ Categories ◦ Links ◦ Write first entry

3. Setup a wordpress.com account Refer to page 9 of the workbook Type: ◦ http://yourusername.wordpress.com (This is the URL of your blog) http://yourusername.wordpress.com ◦ http://yourusername.wordpress.com/wp- login.php (To log in to your Administration Panel) http://yourusername.wordpress.com/wp- login.php

4. Administration Panel Change password ◦ Users -> personal Settings

5. Enhance your blog Appearance ->Themes ◦ Choose the theme that matches your design Appearance -> Widgets ◦ Drag the widgets that you would want to be on your website ◦ Box.net http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/box net-widget/ http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/box net-widget/ Appearance -> Header ◦ Some themes allow you to upload your own image onto the header

6. Community of Users Users -> Users ◦ Add user Gravatar: Users -> Personal Settings ◦ Upload your image for the Gravatar ◦ Change your Gravatar ◦ Gravatar will be shown in Users->Users

7. Setting Frontpage: Settings -> Reading

8. Personal Homepage (Static Page) Create a new page: Pages > Add New Type in ****** Homepage Uncheck the no comments box Then publish Go to Settings > Reading -> Static Page -> Front Page (Select the page you have created to be the Homepage) Live demo Trackbacks and pingbacks http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to _Blogging#Managing_Comments http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to _Blogging#Managing_Comments Save changes and click on Visit Site to confirm

9. Create Static Pages Create a hierarchy of webpages for your conceptual design Example ◦ Sports  Indoor Sports  Badminton  Squash  Outdoor Sports  Soccer  Golf

10. Create categories and subcategories for posts Example: ◦ Fruits  Tropical fruits  Papaya  Pineapple  Temperate fruits  Apple  Pear Demo

11. Blog Categories Create a hierarchy of categories for your blog (dynamic page)

12. Create a Blog Page The blog page will contain all your posts Create a new page called “My Blog” Go to Settings -> Reading -> static page ->post page -> select My Blog page