build a website on wordpress

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Building a Website

Ann Treacyatreacy@treacyinfo.comwww.byteoftheweek.com

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Admin question: Can everyone get an email message today?

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WordPress.com

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Get Set Up

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Wait for the Email

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Confirm Email

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Skip

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Name & Tagline• Think user-friendly• Think of search

engines• Can be changed later

• This may appear in the top banner

• Will appear in <title> and search results

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Choose a Theme• Consider

– Free versus paid– Access to Pages– Logo/banner at top– Desired layout

• Customization– Colors– Header– Background

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Nothing is set in stone!You can easily change your

theme choice, your title, your tag line…

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Customization• Choose colors• Upload image

– May need to crop images• Static Page vs Posts

– Do you want your “news” on the homepage or a static intro?

– You can create a sticky post to have intro at top, news to follow. (See mod on posts.)

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Visit your Site

add /wp-admin to get to dashboard

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Questions

Thank you! Ann Treacy

atreacy@treacyinfo.com