Websites with WordPress by John Gregory: Class 1

Agenda

1. Introductions - personal history with websites, plans for the future, what do you hope to get from the class
   1. http://livingstonyouthsoccer.org/, http://connectedlearning.us/, http://pblj.net/, http://nightowlrun.com/, http://livingstonace.org/
2. Basic HTML
   1. Make an html file with Notepad, save it, open it with Internet Explorer
   2. Show source for a webpage
   3. Good reference http://www.w3schools.com/
3. WYSIWYG editors: Adobe DreamWeaver ($400)
4. CMS - Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal
5. Open Source Software
6. WordPress.org
   1. What is WordPress? blog software, website software, database, frontend, backend / control panel, multi-user
7. Domain names, Registrars & Web Hosts
8. WordPress.com
   1. Create account, login
   2. Difference between .org & .com
9. Content Management vs Design
   1. Posts & Pages & Media
   2. Lorem Ipsum, http://www.lipsum.com/
   3. Cutting & Pasting dangers
   4. The extra space when using "Enter"
   5. Fonts
   6. Insert Media: picture, audio, other doc, poll, forms
   7. make a change, check the website
   8. screen options
   9. Assignment 1
      1. 3 posts: 1 with link & comments, 1 with picture & no comments, 1 with document & password protected
      2. 3 pages: 1 with link, 1 with picture, 1 with document
   10. Polls & Forms
   11. Assignment 2
       1. Make a Poll
       2. Make a Form