Transcript ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ ΚΑΝΤΖΕΛΗΣ Use Worpress to create your own blog WORDPRESS 2.0 Νοέμβριος 2007

ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ ΚΑΝΤΖΕΛΗΣ
Use Worpress to create your own blog
WORDPRESS 2.0
Νοέμβριος 2007
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP MAIN POINTS
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INTRODUCTION TO BLOGGING
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INTRODUCTION TO WORDPRESS(HOSTED
VERSION)
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DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF INSTALLING WP
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CREATING A WORDPRESS ACCOUNT
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LOGGING IN TO A BLOG
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DASHBOARD-THE CONTROL PANEL OF THE
BLOG
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MANAGING THE ACCOUNT
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CREATING CATEGORIES
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CREATING POSTS
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MANAGING POSTS
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CREATING PAGES
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MANAGING PAGES
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WORKING WITH ACCOUNTS
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CUSTOMIZING THEMES
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OPTIONS
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WIDGETS
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POSTING FROM WORD
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CONCLUSION
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BOOKS & ONLINE RESOURCES
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Q&A
BLOGGING
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"Blog" is an abbreviated version of "web-log”
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Anyone can setup without any advanced computer knowhow
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frequently updatable
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personal website featuring diary-type commentary
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links to articles or other Web sites.
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Blogs range from the personal to the political
WHAT IS WORDPRESS
Started from people like Michael Adams,Ryan
Boren,Mark Riley,Matt Thomas
• Started in 2003
• The largest self-hosted blogging tool in
the world
• Hundreds of thousands of sites
• Seen by tens of millions of people every
day
• Was created by and for the community
• Is an Open Source project
• Hundreds of people all over the world
working on it
• Large user community and completely
customizable (themes and plugins)
Understanding WordPress
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It is not the typical computer program that runs on
your computer
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It is not a plugin for your web browser
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It is a system built on PHP and MySQL which run
on Unix
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Can set up your blog without knowledge of PHP
or MySQL
Anatomy of a Wordpress Blog
Header
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Appears at the top of the page
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Contains the name of the blog and a brief
description
Links to Static Pages
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One can include static pages to his blog
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They can be used to provide information about
the blog or any other content
Posts
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They are individual entries in the blog
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It contains a post title, post date and time and the post
author
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Posts can be as long or as short as you like
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Include images, text and links
Footer
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A footer appears at the bottom of the page
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Normally includes copyright information
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Includes details about the blog’s theme
Sidebar
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Appears on every page
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Includes navigation links and other features
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Search form
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Calendar
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Recent Posts
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Category
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Archive
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Feeds
Where are Wordpress sites hosted?
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On Wordpress.com (free-hosted)
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On your personal web server
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On a paid web server service
Things to consider regarding web hosting
service
 Wordpress.com does not give you direct
database access.
 If you pay for a web server, you probably
have FTP access and database access.
 Wordpress.com may limit some of the
add-ons you may wish to include (i.e.
widgets).
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Some Link options are not allowed.
Installing WordPress – Requirements(only if you
need to host on a different web server)
• web server (virtually any!)
• PHP version 4.2 or greater
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater
Choosing Blog software
1. What are the required technical skills needed
to install and edit the blog?
2. Can posts be easily created and modified?
3. Can pictures and multimedia be easily
uploaded?
4. Can posts and comments be displayed,
turned on/off?
5. Can posts be moderated before published
6. Can the blog generate RSS feeds?
7. Can the appearance and layout be easily
changed?
8. Is there technical support?
Choosing Blog software-cont
“We need to get up and running quickly, without
technical skills…”
• WordPress (hosted)
“We want to tailor the blog, and someone technical
can help set it up,
but non-tech-savvy folks will be posting.”
•WordPress (installed)
“Our organization is pretty technical all around, and
we want the most
flexibility in a blogging tool.”
• WordPress (installed)
Customizing WordPress – Themes
An example of the difference between
the Hosted and the Installed version
• Hosted: plug and play
• Installed: acquire, plug, tweak, and play
•Requires understanding of CSS and PHP
BLOGGING SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
CREATING A WORDPRESS ACCOUNT
CLICK
HERE
With one account you
can have more than
one blog
Or click here if
you have an
account and you
want to log in
SIGN-UP PROCESS
Username
cannot be
changed later
This email
address can’t be
used in another
wordpress blog
The username forms part
of the wordpress blog
URL-cannot be changed
later
The title is also dependent on the
username but can be changed
later
Site Administration-Login
Type your details
In case you want to log
in from the
wordpress.com.
Dashboard
The Dashboard refers to your control panel, you can access
everything for your blog from the dashboard.
CHANGING THE THEME
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Inside your “Dashboard” click on the
“Presentation” link in the top navigation
panel.
WordPress has 57 different pre-made
themes you can choose from, to add a
theme to your blog simply find the one
you like and click on it.
Select the
theme you like
most
Viewing & Customizing your Blog
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To view your blog in it’s new theme, scroll back
up to the top of the page and click on the “View
Site” link.
Most of the themes allow you to customize some
aspect of them, such as color and the location of
the navigation. So play around until you get
something you like!
Customize the theme
Changing the profile
This
picture is
called
Avatar
Change personal
information
Managing your Blog
The dashboard is where you
access all the different
management functions of your
blog. Yours will probably look a
bit bare at the moment, but it
will be full info in no time!
Blog Stats
To access the Blog Status click on
“Dashboard” then “Blog Stats”
Blog Surfer
My Comments
Tag Surfer
Here you can view posts
from other bloggers with
similar tags like yours
Start Blogging Adding Text & Images & Doc’s
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The most important thing in any blog is the “Post”
While writing a post you may want to refer to an image or
document. WordPress allows you to upload images files
(.jpg/.jpeg/.png/.gif) PDF and Word documents and
PowerPoint Presentations into your blog posts.
How Posting works
To add a post you simply type in the title, the
content and then click on ‘publish’. Posts are
automatically added chronologically, with the
most recent appearing at the top of your blog
first.
If you want to attach a file (e.g. a PowerPoint,
word document, picture etc) then you can do
so from the ‘upload panel”.
Write a Post
Title of the Post
Main body of the post- Visual
editor-option to see the html
code
Post Options
Attach a category to the
post. You can have a post
attached to more than
one category
Attach a tag
Control Buttons
Adding Images & Doc’s
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As we saw earlier, under the “Write” tab you will see two area’s, the
first box is where you write your blog post, the second box is to
upload files. Click on the “Browse” button and locate the file you
would like to add to your post. Provide a title/description and click
“Upload”
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Depending on what you upload the next menu box will vary, the
options for an image are related to size and if you would like the
image to link to a file or another page. To finish click on the “Send to
editor” button and the file will be added to your blog post.
Write Page
Page Title
Page Body
Page Structure
Alternative Page Title
Manage Posts
Filtering Options
Post
Optio
ns
Manage Pages
Filtering Options
Manage Uploads
Manage Categories
Manage Import
Manage Export
Manage Comments
Search for Comments
Comments Moderation
You have the Option to have
comments not directly
published but awaiting for your
approval
Spam Posts
Manage Blogroll
Add Link
Import Links
Create – Edit Categories
Many themes to choose from
Widgets
Configure a widget by
clicking the configure
button
Presentation Extras
Theme Options
Edit CSS
In case you upgrade to
CSS editing, you can
write you own CSS code
and apply the code to the
HTML elements
Adding users
In the dashboard click on “Users”
WordPress allows you to add users and give them a specific
role in the blog.
First your users need to sign up for a WordPress account at
wordpress.com so back to step 1, but this time the users
just need to check off that they want an account, so no
need to set up another blog.
List of various Users
Explanation of Roles
Under the “Users” tab in the Dashboard enter the
users email address and then select the role you
would like to give them in the blog, you can choose
from Administrator, Editor, Author or Contributor
To finish click the
“Add User”
Button
Invite users to join
Options General
Options Writing
Options Reading
Options Discussion
Options Privacy
Options Delete Blog
Please note that if you
delete your account, you
cannot get it back!!
Options OpenID
Options Domains
Upgrades
Gifts
Domains
Posting from MS Word 2007
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With MS word 2007 you have the option to post
to your blog using as editor the MS Word
environment
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This gives you many options when it comes to
formatting your text and applying stunning effects
to text and images
Create a new post from MS Word
Create a new post by
clicking here
Create the account
Wordpress account through MS Word
Publish the post
Then after you finish with the
post click the publish button
Published post
Conclusion
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Wordpress is great for starting your own blog or
website.
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Wordpress is free software.
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Wordpress.com hosts these websites free of
charge, but does have limitations.
WordPress Resources
wordpress.org
January 2006
June 2006
October 2006
August 2007
On-Line Resources
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http://www.wordpress.com
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http://www.wordpress.org
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http://blogs.sync.gr/index.html
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http://www.mindblog.gr
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http://www.blogspace.gr
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http://www.mpouligator.com
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http://www.greekbloggers.com/feed
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!