remodel your website

REMODEL YOUR WEBSITE

JAZZ UP YOUR WORDPRESS SITE FOR FREE

TO DO TODAY• Introductions

• Themes

• Where to find them• What to look for• How to customize it for your library

• Images

• Where to find them• What to look for• How to properly credit image creators

• Content

• Where to find it• What to put on your site

THEMES - WHERE

• Right-click View Source

• Look for “wp-content/themes/” in the source code (Ctrl+f)

• The folder after themes contains the name of the theme

• http://www.nekls.org/wp-content/themes/arras-theme• Search Google for that theme

• Your favorite sites?

THEMES - WHAT • Buzzwords

• Responsive Design• Mobile-first• HTML5

• Customizable

• Colors• Images• Widgets

THEMES - HOW

Dashboard Appearance Themes

Install Themes

Search | Upload | Featured | Newest | Recently Updated

Feature Filter (color, columns, width, etc.)

IMAGES - WHERE• Compfight

• Includes WP plugin so you can search from post editing box

• Can set the level of copyright• Search.creativecommons.org

• Open Clip Art - http://openclipart.org/

• DPLA – http://dp.la

?PicMonkey

IMAGES - WHAT• Look for images that relate to your blog post

• File formats

• .jpg• .gif• .png

• Sizes

• Pixels (under 500 wide, sometimesless than 300 wide, depends on the theme)

DOESN’TREALLYRELATE

IMAGES - HOW• Find a CC, public domain or Open Access

image

• Download it to your computer (right-click, Save Image)

• Use WP’s Media Library to upload it to your site

• WP’s built-in tools are not comprehensive

• The Gimp• Photoshop• Pixlr, Splashup, Sumopaint

WIDTH X HEIGHT

CONTENT - WHERE• Analytics

• What are people searching for?• What links are clicked most?

• Board Meetings

• Events and Programs

• New Materials (pictures you take of book covers are yours – no copyright issues)

CONTENT - WHAT• Location

• Hours

• Contact Information

Influx – weareinflux.com/onepager

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