View the presentation recording (posted on YouTube) and review this site to find more resources and links.

Note: Want the short version? view the 10 slide summary here

 

Background

• Why?
• What does it do?
• Who was involved?

 

WordPress

Introduction to WordPress

• Open-Source
• User Friendly
• Quick Setup
• Easy Backup/Transfer

WordPress Basic Features

• Blog vs. CMS (fixed pages, update with posts)
• Flexible Organization: Hierarchical categories, Tags, Menu
• Dynamic Design: Themes, Widgets, Page templates
• Subscription options: RSS built-in, convert to email easily

Customizing WordPress

• Themes separate design
• Plugins automate tasks, add new features
• Page Templates within a theme can build on basic features
• Functions: using theme settings to avoid customized code

Setup

Import TOC

• handout on Word/Excel formatting
• Import Category plugin

Configure Header

• Book Image
• Create Author Links
• Select “featured” option
• other text

Descriptions (page numbers, links to content?)

• Add page numbers?
• Category Slug Description plugin

Subscriptions

• Feedburner Setup instructions
• Feedburner Feedsmith Extend plugin

Provide Training

• WordPress Checklist (pdf)
• Style Guide (internal plugin)
• Feedburner Setup instructions (pdf)

Additional Features

• Comments / Submission Form?
• Content Filters?
• Q & A?
• host ebooks?

Get Started

Where:

• Start here – not just a presentation, this is also a guidebook!
• Install your own: Classcaster or self-hosted

When:

• Anytime! Files already loaded in Classcaster
• Download files from this site for self-hosting
• Use Q&A for ongoing discussion
• Collaborate: build your own features, share them back into the project.