Material for MCDM 2011 Orientation. http://bit.ly/2011mcdmorientation Continue reading
Category Archives: How-Tos – WP
WordPress and Widgets
WordPress widgets provide design flexibility by allowing you to customize “sidebar” content. I put sidebar in quotation marks because where — and how many — sidebar sections you have depends upon the design of your WordPress theme. A “sidebar” might actually live as a footer or it might contain two sections or there might be a right-and-left sidebar. It all depends on the theme.
How To: Restricting Access To A Post or Page
If you want to restrict access to a WordPress blog post or page, then you should password-enable the page. To do this: Continue reading
How To: Using Categories To Organize Content
When you create your first blog post in WordPress, there is one “category” option (over there on the top right of the administrative screen). We don’t ever want to use that default to categorize a post!
Categories are not to be confused with “tags” (a more modern, Web 2.0 concept). Think of categories as major subject headings. If you are in one of my classes, chances are you will be a discussion leader at some point in time. Thus I have you create a category, “discussion leader.” Continue reading
How To: Setting Up A WordPress Blog
To set up your account, go to WordPress.com. Follow the “create account” links. You’ll need to use a “real” e-mail address Life is easier for me if you use your UWNetID as your login, because it means the blog URL (address) is UWNetID.wordpress.com.
