wordpress lab scientific skills bio200a, fall 2012
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Wordpress Lab Wordpress Lab Scientific Skills Bio200A, Fall 2012
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1. What is a website2. Remote and local sites3. What is wordpress4. Login on a wordpress site5. Create a page6. Insert a link to another pager7. Insert an image to the page8. Preview a page9. Publish a page10. Work with menus11. Plug-ins12. Table plug-in13. Form plug-in
What is a website?What is a website?
<html><head><title>this is my first webpage</title></head><body><H1>I went to Isla Guadalupe</H1><P>I dove with the great white shark</P><P> I took a lot of pictures but my best shot is </a></P><P> <img src="http://www.wildanimalfightclub.com/Portals/41405/images//Great-White-shark-South-Australia.jpg"></P></body></html>
HTML Language ExampleHyper Text Markup Langauage
Local and remote siteLocal and remote site
Lab computer
Your computer
URLwww.ucsc.edu
HOSTftp.ucsc.edu
How this works?
Making a terrible website is EASY!Making a terrible website is EASY!
… … Making a good website is also EASYMaking a good website is also EASY
6 principles of good web design
1. Visitor-centric, clear purpose (users are scanners!)
2. Displays quickly
3. Intuitive navigation
4. Spelling, grammar, writing
5. Attractive simple design, easy to read, less is more
6. No technical problems (broken links, buggy scripts)
Wordpress Wordpress
Lab computer
Your computer
URLwww.ucsc.edu
HOSTftp.ucsc.edu
How this works?
Dynamic Content Management System
Worpress interfaceWorpress interface
Time to login..Time to login..http://mysite/wp-adminhttp://mysite/wp-admin