WordPress Fundamentals
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This class contains step-by-step exercises designed to help you setup and manage your very own blog using WordPress.com. WordPress.com makes it easy to maintain a website, even if you have no web design background. You will learn how to set up an account with WordPress.com, create posts, add pages, embed media (images, movies, PDFs), choose custom fonts, and more!
Section 1
Setting Up Your WordPress.com Account
Topics
Creating an Account
Logging Into Your Account
Writing Your First Post (using QuickPress)
Customizing Your Account
Topics Covered: Updating Personal Settings
Updating Profile
Editing General Settings
Changing Themes (How the Blog Looks)
Writing Posts
Topics
Adding a Post
Using the Visual Editor
Adding Hyperlinks
Categories, Tags, & Reading/Writing Settings
Topics
Using Categories and Tags
Managing Categories and Tags
Controlling the Number of Posts That Are Displayed
Understanding Comments
Topics
Managing and Moderating Comments
Trackbacks and Pingbacks
Section 2
Making Pages
Topics
Adding and Deleting a Page
Pasting from Text Files
Changing the Page Order
Adding and Managing Media
Topics
Adding a Photo
Adding a Video
Adding Other Content (.pdf, .doc, etc.)
Managing Uploaded Content
Media Settings
Working with Link Lists
Topics
Adding Links
Managing Links
Appearance Customization
Topics
Changing the Header Image
Customizing the Sidebar with Widgets
Previewing Custom Fonts
Using the Dashboard
Topics
Managing Recent Comments
Tracking Statistics
Customizing the Dashboard’s Appearance