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Follow these instructions VERY carefully If you make a mistake your work might not be visible and you cannot be graded for it Go to httpwwwwordpresscom Click on GET STARTED Click START WITH A BLOG ID: 638935

wordpress click site url click wordpress url site pages menu publish options comments

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Slide1

Setting up a WordPress SiteSlide2

Follow these instructions

VERY

carefullyIf you make a mistake, your work might not be visible and you cannot be graded for it.

Go to http://www.wordpress.comSlide3

Click on GET STARTEDSlide4

Click START WITH A BLOGSlide5

The themes show up in a random order

Look for

Hemingway Rewritten

Click Hemingway Rewritten

Do

NOT

pick another themeSlide6

Write a

FAKE NAME

hereSlide7

After writing your fake name, options appear

Click

SELECT

for the

FREE

optionSlide8

Click

START WITH FREESlide9

1.

Your email address

2. Make password

3. Click

4

.

Check email

Click

“Confirm Now” in

message

sent to

you

PROBLEM ?

If you

get stuck, YOU MAY HAVE TYPED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

INCORRECTLY.

CHECK

CAREFULLY

There will be a name here alreadySlide10

MENU

=

tools to

create the site

Clicking

MY SITE

makes menu disappear

This is what the reader seesSlide11

Click on

MY SITE

to make the menu appear againSlide12

Click

Add

beside Pages

MAKE SURE IT IS

PAGES

AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICESlide13

Write the title

This I Believe

Like thisSlide14

Options appear below

You want to see “Allow Comments”

Click

More OptionsSlide15

Click

PUBLISH

1

2

Click on the box

A checkmark will appear

Do not forget to do this

If a trash

can appears, just click

on the words “Allow Comments”

(not the trash can)

If the Publish button doesn’t appear, go to your email & confirm WordPress emailSlide16

In the top left of your page…

Click the arrowSlide17

Click

Add

beside Pages

MAKE SURE IT IS

PAGES

AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICE

D

o it again to create a

PROFILE

page

Click on My Site to get the menuSlide18

Write the title

ProfileSlide19

Options appear below

You want to see “Allow Comments”

Click

More OptionsSlide20

Click

PUBLISH

1

2

Click on the box

A checkmark will appear

Do not forget to do this

If a trash

can appears, just click

on the words “Allow Comments”

(not the trash can)Slide21

Click

Add

beside Pages

MAKE SURE IT IS

PAGES

AND NOT ANOTHER CHOICE

D

o it again to create a

REFLECTION

page

Click on My Site to get the menuSlide22

Write the title

ReflectionSlide23

Options appear below

You want to see “Allow Comments”

Click

More OptionsSlide24

Click

PUBLISH

1

2

Click on the box

A checkmark will appear

Do not forget to do this

If a trash

can appears, just click

on the words “Allow Comments”

(not the trash can)Slide25

We will make these pages appear on the menu

Next…Slide26

Click

Customize

beside

Themes

It takes time to load…

If the blue

menu bar

is not visible

click on My Site

Slide27

If you end up in a different place,

go back to a place that matches one of these slides and try again

Click

MenusSlide28

Be careful! Don’t click anywhere else

Click

PrimarySlide29

Click

Add Items

A new box will appear beside this oneSlide30

Click

This I Believe

Click

Profile

Click

Reflection

The + will turn into a checkmarkSlide31

Don’t Forget !

Click

Add ItemsSlide32

at the top left…

Click

Save & PublishSlide33

Make sure you clicked SAVE AND PUBLISH !

It’s at the top left of your screen beside the URL window

Click

GO BACK ARROWSlide34

THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU THE CORRECT URL

(the address)

Does the URL have the word WORDPRESS only once?

Does it follow this pattern? https://fakename.wordpress.com/

IF YES, GO TO SLIDE 38 (skip the next 3 slides)

If no, go to the next slide Slide35

IMPORTANT !

If the blue column is open on the left, the long URL is wrongSlide36

1

. Click on

Site Preview

A page before a page appears

The URL is still the wrong one (too long)

2.

Click

here to

maximizeSlide37

Don’t send bigger URL (https://wordpress.com/pagesfakename.wordpress.com)

The URL should be

https://fakename.wordpress.com/

1

Word before wordpress.com

Wordpress.com must appear only

ONCE

in the URL

See previous slide to fix this if neededSlide38

All Done !

Follow instructor instructions for how to share URL

Save the URL (Email, Word document etc). YOU NEED TO KNOW IT 

We will work with

This I Believe

,

Profile

and

Reflection

pages later

You have a blog. See next slide for how to blog…

Slide39

To start blogging, go to your menu & click on

ADD beside

Blog PostsClick the blue publish button when you are done your blog

See the NEWS section of D2L for

weekly blog prompts