wordpress demystified - part iii
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Third installment of the WordPress Demystified series. Installation. Read the full post at http://www.mpaolini.com/wordpress-3-0-demystified-part-3TRANSCRIPT
WORDPRESS DEMYSTIFIED Build a new site and/or blog in 90 minutes
JUST COMPLETED
Install WP
Login to WP
Install a theme
NEXT: THESIS AND WIDGETS
Thesis configuration
Widgets
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To add menu
items in WP you
need to first create
a page, then
configure the
system to show
the page.
Switch back to the
Dashboard.
On the WP menu
select the Thesis
“Site Options”
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Click on the plus
to the right of
pages.
Check the box
next to “About.”
Save the changes
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You now have two
menu items.
Part of a good site
is architecture and
SEO.
Thesis allows you
all the flexibility
you need to
properly apply
both a good
architecture that
works for your
prospects and your
friendly search
engine robot.
These items are
not part of the
workshop today.
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Click on the
dashboard tab.
Click on “Design
Options” in the
Thesis area
Click on the “plus”
next to “Body (and
content area)
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NOTE:
These changes apply to all the site ensuring consistency.
Change the font of the site. Use a font with an star.
e.g.: Arial *
Change the site background to grey.
Type: EEEEEE
Change the link color to Google blue.
Type: 2200CC
Save your changes
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The font is Arial,
the background is
grey.
Next let’s change
the number of
columns and the
width of the site,
remove the image
Text is Arial
Site background is grey
Links are Google blue
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Back to the dashboard.
Open the Columns in
the Thesis Design
section.
Change the columns
to 2
Change the width of the
content column (first
one) to 600
Save your changes
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Click on the “Site Options” in the Thesis section
Click to open the Comments section
Add a checkmark to “Disable comments on all pages”
Remove the checkmark from “If comments are closed, display a message”
Open the Sidebars section
Remove the check from “Show default sidebar widgets”
Save your changes
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The design now
has only two
columns with a
new width
The comments are
turned off on
pages.
The default
widgets are also
off.
Next we are going
to add a search to
the site through
widgets.
New site width
Two columns
WID
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Widgets are
powerful tools that
can enhance your
site with a variety
of functionality
Drag the search
onto the sidebar 1
area
Type a title for the
search
Click the save on
the search widget
WID
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Switch over to the
site tab and check
your work
We’ll come back to
Widgets later
JUST COMPLETED
Thesis configuration
Widgets
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