WordShop

Support Documentation

Below is a dry outline of what we covered, go to http://umwblogs.org/wiki for more specific support material for WordPress that we covered during the workshop.

Edublogs

Go to EduBlogs.org and let’s get started…

Overview of the Administrative Backend

• Dashboard
• Write
• Manage
• Comments
• Blogroll (links)
• Presentation
• Plugins
• Users
• Options

Publishing

• Pages vs. Posts
• Formatting
• Images
• Videos
• Categories
• Tags

Management

• Editing posts
• Deleting posts
• Categories
• Importing
• Exporting

Presentation

• Determining the look and feel of your site/blog
• WordPress has a huge selection
• Widgets
• Custom Header
• Additonal options

Plugins

• A perfect example of the power of an open source community
• Third-Party applications that add extensibility
• A few examplesAdded third-party functionality

Options

• General
• Writing
• Reading
• Discussion
• Privacy
• Additional functionality…