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2 Introduction to WordPress Sites.ewu.edu Resources & Help Online Basics Training Videos Lynda Campus Knowledge Base Documentation WordPress Wednesday Hands On Create Your Blog Login Creating a Post Creating a Page Adding Images Dashboard Theme Customizer Site Identity Colors Header Image Background Image Menus Publish Your Site

Categories: Dashboard Posts Pages Media Library Organizing Content Appearance Managing Content The Editor Working With Image Tools & Settings Online

3 Categories: Dashboard Posts Pages Media Library Organizing Content Appearance Managing Content The Editor Working With Image Tools & Settings Online Video Training Over 40 continuously updated, high quality, video user manuals for WordPress. These videos will guide you through everything you need to know.

and publish your images and posts with the opensource WordPress content management system.

4 Too Much WordPress Training and Tutorials Learn how to build a website or blog in WordPress with our video tutorials. In these courses, you'll learn how to install WordPress and configure it for SEO, design a WordPress theme, create an ecommerce website, and publish your images and posts with the opensource WordPress content management system. Online Training and Tutorials Online Training Library offering access to over 90 WordPress related courses that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. EWU Recommended Course WordPress Essential Training

5 EWU Documentation Topics: Getting Started FAQ Theme Page Builder Gravity Forms more to come Help and support articles geared towards EWU users ranging from beginners to experts

6 WordPress Calendar Dedicated times in Cheney and Spokane to drop in and talk to a WordPress Guru WordPress Wednesday HUS202K WordPress Monday EWU Center 131

7 Search for: "EWU WordPress" Menu Learn Calendar Login Quick Links Knowledge Base Office Hours Training Videos Featured Items Request For Help

8 Search for: "EWU WordPress" Menu Learn Calendar Login Quick Links Knowledge Base Office Hours Training Videos Featured Items Request For Help

9 EWU faculty that would like their own website where they can publicly display their academic interests and work may utilize the EWU WordPress Platform. This service is free of charge. WordPress sites with specific names can also be setup for research, grants, and community outreach projects. Click below to create your faculty blog. Get Started

10 There are a number of ways to easily log into your WordPress sites. 1. Add /wp-admin to the end of you home page 2. Bookmark the URL 3. Try the Login button on the WordPress Platform homepage. References WordPress Platform homepage: Your blog uses your netid. Most login URLs look like this:

11 From the Dashboard's Home page, you can quickly access your site's content and get glimpses into other areas of the WordPress community. References Training Videos Catalog (Look for Dashboard" tab on left)

12 Posts are entries that display in reverse order on your home page. Posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your site's RSS feed. References Creating a Post KB Article Training Videos Catalog (Look for "Posts" tab on left)

13 Pages are typically used for non-chronological content, or content that presents information that is considered permanent, or relevant regardless of time. References Creating a Page KB Article Training Videos Catalog (Look for "Pages" tab on left)

14 There are three ways to add media to a post or page: 1. With the Media Library 2. With a URL or embed code 3. With Page Builder References Adding Images to A Post or Page KB Article Training Videos Catalog (Look for "Working With Images" tab on left) -also- ("Media Library")

15 You can use the Customizer to preview and modify many of your site s appearance settings, from your Custom Header Image to widgets and more. To access the Customizer from the dashboard, you can go to: My Sites Themes Customize (it s under the Personalize section). WordPress Documentation

16 This menu allows you to specify basic site information.

17 Colors menu allows the customization of color of site, title and background as displayed by the theme.

18 Select an optional header image to use in place of the header on small screens and the sidebar on wide screens.

19 Select an optional background image to use in place of the solid color specified in Colors above.

20 Navigation allows the definition of the placement of your menu. Select which menu appears in the location.

21 The Screen Reading Settings control the read permissions of your site. Recommended Site Visibility Public: Allow search engines to index this site Private: Visible only to administrators

22 Questions? Our Addresses Our Web Sites

Creating Post(s) In WordPress

Creating Post(s) In WordPress Posts In WordPress: Here is what posts are in WordPress: Posts are regular blog entries i.e. dynamic content. When any Post(s) are published, they appear automatically in