1. Go to WordPress.com. 2. Click on the “Sign Up Now” button. 3. Add the information requested, go to your e-mail, and click on the link. 4. Make sure you send your sign-on information and password to your e-mail or save it on the password keeper of your cell phone so that you don’t forget it.
Customize Your Blog Go to the top of the page and you will see a gray bar with “My Account,” “My Dashboard,” “New Post,” and “Blog Info” on it. 1. Click on “My Dashboard.” 2. There is a column on your far left hand side. Go all the way down to the bottom of that column, and you will see the word “Appearance.” Click on it. 3. The first category under “Appearance” is “Theme.” Click on Theme. 4. You are given various options for viewing themes for your blog. CHOOSE A FREE ONE!!
Choose a Theme 1. Don’t choose a theme only for what it looks like. Look for a theme with tabs or drop-down menus for pages. This will be the easiest type of theme to use for your portfolio. 2. Click on the theme you have chosen. Now click on your blog title to view what your page looks like. 3. If you don’t like how the theme looks, go back to “Appearance,” choose “Theme,” and start again. It is very simple to change themes on WordPress.
Create Pages In order to use WordPress as an electronic portfolio, it is important to know how to create pages. Each class will require a page of it’s own. You do not want to make blog posts because they cannot be organized easily. 1. In your dashboard, in the left-hand column, click on “pages.” 2. Choose “Add New.” 3. Create a Page for “Sources.” 4. Now go to the right-hand column and click the “Update” button.
Make a Subpage 1. Find “pages” in the left column and click the “add new” button. 2. Put “Works Cited” in the title section. 3. In the right hand column, look at the second section “Page Attributes.” 4. Under “Parent” use the pull-down menu to choose “Sources” This will make “Sources” the parent page of “Works Cited.” In other words, “Works Cited” will be located under “Sources” in your menus. 5. Now click “update.” 6. Check your work. Click on your page title in the left hand top corner of your screen to view your website. See if there is a tab or pull down menu labeled “Sources,” and that, under that tab or pull-down menu is “Bibliography.” 7. If your pages and subpages are not appearing correctly, you may need to choose a different theme. Not all themes will display pages and subpages.
Get Credit!
Go to the WIKI under “Blog Addresses” and enter your blogs URL next to your name for a quiz grade.
1. Go to WordPress.com.
2. Click on the “Sign Up Now” button.
3. Add the information requested, go to your e-mail, and click on the link.
4. Make sure you send your sign-on information and password to your e-mail or save it on the password keeper of your cell phone so that you don’t forget it.
Customize Your Blog
Go to the top of the page and you will see a gray bar with “My Account,” “My Dashboard,” “New Post,” and “Blog Info” on it.
1. Click on “My Dashboard.”
2. There is a column on your far left hand side. Go all the way down to the bottom of that column, and you will see the word “Appearance.” Click on it.
3. The first category under “Appearance” is “Theme.” Click on Theme.
4. You are given various options for viewing themes for your blog. CHOOSE A FREE ONE!!
Choose a Theme
1. Don’t choose a theme only for what it looks like. Look for a theme with tabs or drop-down menus for pages. This will be the easiest type of theme to use for your portfolio.
2. Click on the theme you have chosen. Now click on your blog title to view what your page looks like.
3. If you don’t like how the theme looks, go back to “Appearance,” choose “Theme,” and start again. It is very simple to change themes on WordPress.
Create Pages
In order to use WordPress as an electronic portfolio, it is important to know how to create pages. Each class will require a page of it’s own. You do not want to make blog posts because they cannot be organized easily.
1. In your dashboard, in the left-hand column, click on “pages.”
2. Choose “Add New.”
3. Create a Page for “Sources.”
4. Now go to the right-hand column and click the “Update” button.
Make a Subpage
1. Find “pages” in the left column and click the “add new” button.
2. Put “Works Cited” in the title section.
3. In the right hand column, look at the second section “Page Attributes.”
4. Under “Parent” use the pull-down menu to choose “Sources” This will make “Sources” the parent page of “Works Cited.” In other words, “Works Cited” will be located under “Sources” in your menus.
5. Now click “update.”
6. Check your work. Click on your page title in the left hand top corner of your screen to view your website. See if there is a tab or pull down menu labeled “Sources,” and that, under that tab or pull-down menu is “Bibliography.”
7. If your pages and subpages are not appearing correctly, you may need to choose a different theme. Not all themes will display pages and subpages.
Get Credit!
Go to the WIKI under “Blog Addresses” and enter your blogs URL next to your name for a quiz grade.