Creating A Website With Wordpress

Getting an account with WordPress.
com
• Open your web browser ( mozilla firefox,

internet explorer, opera, etc.,)
Getting an account with WordPress.com
• In the address bar of your web browser, type:

http://wordpress.com then press the enter key.
• In the WordPress.com homepage, click Sign

up now button.
• Fill up the form leaving no blank fields.

• After filling out the form, click the Sign up

button found at the bottom to submit it.
• Check the activation message from

WordPress.com in your mailbox
• Click the provided link to activate your

account
• This will be the page look after activating your

account. Click Login.
• Sign in with your username and password.

Exploring your Dashboard
• When you’re signed in, you’ll see a tab at the

top of your page which says “My Blog”. This
allows you to quickly access your dashboard.
Description/Use of Dashboard
• Referred to as the “back end” of your blog or

site.
• Behind-the-scenes control panel which stores
all settings and information.
• Used to modify or update sites/blogs.
• If the dashboard is the back end, the front end

is what the world sees.
• To access the front end, click the title at the
left side of the dashboard.
• The picture below is a screen shot of the front

end or the actual view of the site/blog.
• The left-hand navigation menus are a way to access

almost all the powers of your blog/site.
• You can open any left-hand menu by hovering over
the text, and then clicking on the arrow that appears.
Exploring the WordPress Toolbar
• Your other menu is the toolbar across of your

blog/site.
• You can access fewer tools with this toolbar than you
can with your left-hand menu.
• The idea is just to put some essentials up there for
secondary access to your administrative site.
Changing your general settings
• Open up the settings menu, click General and

you’ll be taken right there.
• You can now adjust your blog/site to your liking. You

can also add a tagline here which will appear under
your title usually at the top of your site.
• You can also change your timezone, email address, date and
time settings , and language settings here. Don’t forget to
save changes.
• It is also possible to upload an image to represent your
site/blog when it appears in various places in WordPress.com.
• Once you’ve found the image you want,

choose upload image. You can always change
this image later. Once uploaded you can crop
the picture according to your desired size.
• Once it’s Uploaded, it will look like this in the

General settings:
Using WordPress to Create a Website
• Check out the Theme Showcase by typing in

the browser address bar:
http://theme.wordpress.com
• Browse themes from A-Z:

• Choose a theme for your site:

• Click activate to apply the theme in your site:

• View the theme in your site by clicking the site

title at the upper left side of the screen:
• This is now the front end view of your site

after activating the theme.
• Apply a custom header to your site by clicking

the header link under Appearance Menu:
• In the Custom Header page, click Browse.

• Crop the image for your header by clicking the

Crop and Publish button.
• After cropping the image, click upload, then

save changes.
• This is now the new look of your page:

• Create a Static Homepage:

– Click Pages->Add New in your Dashboard.

– This is the add new page view:

– Title this page “Home”

– You can type the content you want displayed on
the front page of your blog or upload an image.

– Click Publish:

– Create another page, title it “Posts” then publish
it.In the settings menu, click readings, then
follow the settings as shown. Save changes.
• This screen shot shows the home as the

static homepage.
• After creating a static page you may have

created two home pages. You can delete one
by editing the page and setting another page
as the Parent in the Attributes module.
• The Page Attributes module allows you to

set page parents and templates, and to
change the order of your pages.
• It can be found to the right of each page

editor, under the Publish module.
• Add more Pages Using the Pages Menu:

• Creating a Custom Menu.

– To create a custom menu, go to Appearance ->
Menus in your blog’s dashboard..
To create a custom navigation menu, type

in a name for it (only you will see this) and
click Create Menu.

– To create a custom navigation menu, type in a
name for it (only you will see this) and click Create
Menu.

– Adding pages to your menu is as simple as
checking the proper boxes for the pages you want
and then clicking Add to Menu.

– Want a menu tab to link directly to another
website? No problem! Type in the URL, the label
name, and then Add to Menu.
• Changing the arrangement of your menu.

– You can arrange your pages in hierarchies. For
example, you could have an “About” page that
has “Organization” page under it. Under
“Organization ” you might have another pages
titled “History”, Mission and Vision, etc.
• Changing the Order of Menu Items and

Creating Sub-Menus:
– Drag and drop the items up and down to change
the order of menu items. Drag and drop the items
left and right (as shown on the next slide) to
create sub-menu items.
• Add Widgets and Other Goodies from the

Appearance Menu
• Adding Media Files could be done in the Edit

Page view:
• Creating Links:
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Getting an account with WordPress.

• Open your web browser ( mozilla firefox,

• In the address bar of your web browser, type:

• In the WordPress.com homepage, click Sign

• Fill up the form leaving no blank fields.

• After filling out the form, click the Sign up

• Check the activation message from

• Click the provided link to activate your

• This will be the page look after activating your

• Sign in with your username and password.

• When you’re signed in, you’ll see a tab at the

• Referred to as the “back end” of your blog or

• If the dashboard is the back end, the front end

• The picture below is a screen shot of the front

• The left-hand navigation menus are a way to access

• Your other menu is the toolbar across of your

• Open up the settings menu, click General and

• You can now adjust your blog/site to your liking. You

• Once you’ve found the image you want,

• Once it’s Uploaded, it will look like this in the

• Check out the Theme Showcase by typing in

• Browse themes from A-Z:

• Choose a theme for your site:

• Click activate to apply the theme in your site:

• View the theme in your site by clicking the site

• This is now the front end view of your site

• Apply a custom header to your site by clicking

• In the Custom Header page, click Browse.

• Crop the image for your header by clicking the

• After cropping the image, click upload, then

• This is now the new look of your page:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• Create a Static Homepage:

• This screen shot shows the home as the

• After creating a static page you may have

• The Page Attributes module allows you to

• It can be found to the right of each page

• Add more Pages Using the Pages Menu:

• Creating a Custom Menu.

To create a custom navigation menu, type

• Creating a Custom Menu.

• Creating a Custom Menu.

• Creating a Custom Menu.

• Changing the arrangement of your menu.

• Changing the Order of Menu Items and

• Add Widgets and Other Goodies from the

• Adding Media Files could be done in the Edit

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