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1 WordPress Instructions WordPress is a blog service used to easily build, update, and maintain what really look like webpages. An example of a student organization who build a page using WordPress can be found here: Acquiring a Webpage If you would like to create a page using WordPress, please contact Student Life (stpda@uwgb.edu) with the following information: Primary Contact Person who will update your blog: SO Account (account you use for your orgs ): URL Slug (e.g. habitat which gets turned into blog.uwgb.edu/habitat) : Logging In Your blog is made up of a public site and an administration area (or "back end"). The public site is found at: directory]/ Example) The admin area is found at: directory]/wp-admin/ Example)

Log into the admin area of WordPress using your so-account (without @uwgb.edu) and password. After successfully logging in, you will see the main admin screen called the Dashboard.

Updating the Appearance Dashboard Is your page looking plain?

2 Log into the admin area of WordPress using your so-account and password. After successfully logging in, you will see the main admin screen called the Dashboard. If your login does not work or you are not able to make posts, you may not have access privileges to the blog. Contact Web Services if you should be added. Updating the Appearance Dashboard Is your page looking plain? You can customize the header, background, colors, layout, images, and more by clicking on Appearance and then Customize from the dashboard. Once you are satisfied with the appearance, make sure to click the blue Save and Publish button. Some great backgrounds to get started are found at this link:

Creating New Pages After clicking on the new page button from the menu bar, you will see a page that looks the one below. First, enter the title of the page.

3 Creating New Pages After clicking on the new page button from the menu bar, you will see a page that looks the one below. First, enter the title of the page. For example, Officers or Upcoming Events The content of the webpage can be added by typing content into the textbox. Finally, to add media click the add media button and choose the image to upload. When the page is complete, make to save it by clicking the blue Publish button. Adding Menus for Easy Navigation From the dashboard, click on Appearance and then Menus. This will bring you to a page where you will be able to choose the placement of various menus. On the left side of the page there are pages, links, and categories boxes. Select the boxes you wish to add to the menu bar and press the Add to Menu button.

When creating a new page, click screen options in the upper right corner to bring down a menu. Check the discussion box.

4 Circled in red is the Under About option. This will allow you to place menus as dropdown as seen above. How to disable Comments on webpages By default, each and every page you create will have a comment section. When creating a new page, click screen options in the upper right corner to bring down a menu. Check the discussion box. Now you will see a checkbox to disable comments located at the bottom of the page. Make sure this is unchecked. Simply uncheck this box for each page you make. If the page has already been created with comments enabled, simply click Pages on the left hand side, then click quick edit on the page you wish to disable comments. Now you can uncheck the box Enable Comments.

Failure to do so will result in a 404 (page not found) error. If you have any questions about using WordPress, feel free to let me know.

5 Removing a Webpage To remove a webpage, click Pages on the left then mouse over the page you wish to delete. This will bring up options for that page. Then click the Trash button. Note: It is important to remove all the links and menus that navigate to the page you just deleted. Failure to do so will result in a 404 (page not found) error. If you have any questions about using WordPress, feel free to let me know. You may Brandon (stpda@uwgb.edu) or John (landrumj@uwgb.edu) or drop in at Student Life (University Union 150) and we will be glad to help. Revised Monday, September 15, 2014.

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