Websites with WordPress by John Gregory: Class 3

Agenda

Review
1. Show class info on LivingstonACE.org
2. Collect any remaining websites
3. Themes
  1. Demonstrate by installing Vigilance
  2. ask students to find and install a theme
4. Widgets
  1. demonstrate with calendar and pages
  2. ask students to put “text” in sidebar
5. Menus
  1. demonstrate with “Test Menu”
  2. demonstrate a custom Link
  3. ask students to do the same
6. Demonstrate adding custom menu widget to third column only on one page using ConnectedLearning.us
COM vs ORG revisited http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Plugins
1. What WordPress.com says about plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
2. Demonstrate searching and installing a plugin
  1. Add New - Search for Widget, Use Sidebar Login, demonstrate
  2. Discuss Editor
  3. Deactivate & delete
3. Discuss ones I have used
  1. WP-Table Reloaded - discuss & demonstrate
  2. Contact Form 7 - discuss & demonstrate
Fonts
1. History
  1. fonts only work if they are installed on a person’s computer
  2. font are proprietary, must be purchased
  3. web fonts - don’t have to be installed on computer
2. Format: <p> <h1> <h2> <h3>...
  1. consistent style across website
  2. controlled by CSS (cascading style sheets)
  3. controlled by theme
3. WordPress.com
  1. Appearance → Custom Design
4. WordPress
  1. Appearance → Editor
    1. Demo with Classic
  2. Dean’s FCKEditor
    1. Style, font, size
  3. Google Fonts - http://www.google.com/webfonts
5. Molly’s theme - http://themeforest.net/item/udesign-wordpress-theme/253220
6. Web Browser control
Users
1. Difference between WP.COM & WP
2. Add new
3. Plugin - User Role Editor - discuss & demonstrate
Tools
1. Import / Export - demonstration
2. Plugin - search for Backup
Settings
1. General: title, tagline, timezone
2. Writing
3. Reading: frontpage
4. Discussion: comments, avatars
5. Media: image sizes
6. Privacy
7. Permalinks (just WP)
8. Sharing (just WP.COM)
  1. plugins...