Blogging with WordPress

Description

Blogging is a great way to get the word out about your product, expertise or anything that's on your mind. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging applications, readily available on a lot of web hosts. In this course you will configure WordPress options and customize its appearance. We explore options for blog topics and getting the word out about your blog. You will write blog entries, publish them and then set up accounts for allowing access to your blog.

Objectives

• Students will install and configure WordPress.
• Students will write and publish a post in their WordPress blog.
• Students will configure page settings and links.
• Students will manage comments on their WordPress blogs.
• Students will create themes and install plug-ins for their WordPress blog.
• Students will look back at what they have learned and build a plan for working with WordPress.

Book

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read Chapters 1-5

Lesson 2: Creating a Post

Read Chapters 6 and 7

Lesson 3: Pages and Links

Read Chapters 8 and 9

Lesson 4: Managing Comments

Read Chapter 10

Lesson 5: Themes and Plug-ins

Read Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14

Lesson 6: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 1-14

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