Category: Learning Wordpress

WordPress Beginner Tips

Repost: 12 Components Every WordPress Blog Must Have for Success  by Machielle Thomas, Content Manager READ Article Download Free WordPress User’s Guide (Dashboard wp-admin version) Cheat Sheets: How to start a free blog with WordPress WordPress For Dummies All-in-One WP Site Helpers

How WordPress Works and other Intro Stuff

Welcome to Intro to WordPress! Your “textbook” will be this blog, all pertinent material and class notes will be posted here, as well as a wealth of resources to peruse over. First great source material can be found at the The Codex site by WordPress.org. Here is the Introduction page. Second, what is the difference…

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Making Child Themes

We will use the excellent Generate Press theme (my latest favorite theme to customize) tonight to create a child theme. I. Using the WordPress Codex as a model, please copy the following code into a plain text document, : /*Theme Name: Learning Child Themes Theme URI: http://dinaalcalaypearlman.com/learning-child-themes Description: GeneratePress Child Theme Author: Dina Pearlman Author…

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Learning CSS and the Edit Dashboard

Before we learn how to make Child Themes, we are going to learn a bit about CSS and how it relates to HTML. SEE CSS in all it’s glory HERE at the ZEN GARDEN! We will be using the following Resources: CSS 101 Visual Guide W3 Schools Khan Academy

CE Students Getting Started

This link is to supplement and aid in the learning process of  Wordpress Introduction and WordPress Intermediate. To get started, you can see the WordPress Codex here The specific page for Terminology can be found here! Another third-party site that is worth checking out is WP Beginner. Though originally created for my matriculated students, you are…

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Update for CE Students

Last night of course review: ::: Create a NEW Blog (OR change themes) ::: ::: Find FREE CONTENT to (practice on only) here , here and here. (Generally, even though it’s legal if it’s designated FREE, it’s not a good idea to use free content for a real blog…. read HERE why) ::: :::  To create an additional…

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Monday April 20

WordPress Continuing Ed Class Review menus Learn about the Media Library! Image tags, editing images, adding Alt Tags

More about “re-blogging”

The Dos and Don’ts of Reposting Articles in Your Blog By Tyree Nelson – June 16, 2014 If you’ve known us for like five minutes or so, you know we’re BIG on content. Content is King, as they say. If you want your website to rank in Google searches, and you want your audience to see you…

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