By Dale Knight
Mar 27, 2015
By Dale Knight
History of the WordPress NameBesides the technical terminology of WordPress, it's
also interesting to know the history of the name, WordPress. The name "WordPress" was originally coined by Christine Selleck (see related post) in response to developer Matthew Mullenweg's desire to associate his new software project with printing presses. In this sense, press refers to the world of reporters, journalists, columnists, and photographers. An aptly chosen name, because WordPress serves as the printing press that enables its users to publish their words. It's a good name, don't you think so?
This is your default blog
Kinda fuglicious.. Lets fix that.
Login
On the bottom right of your new site, click Login. If you don’t see that, the address will be http://web.jc-schools.net/wp-login
Login
This will be the login (lastname first initial) and password you been given!
Your Dashboard… and Adding a theme
Click Appearance and then choose Theme
Write a post
Click Posts, click Add New.Make sure you choose Post and not Page.(Pages are static things like About Us, or Contact.)
Clickity, click, click click
Enter a title, and content. You can add a category on the right hand side.
Future Posts - TimestampFuture Posts - Timestamp
Write many posts releasedover time.Let your blog work for you while you are off doing other things.
Tweaking site, using Widgets
Click Appearance and then Widgets
Widgets
Widgets allow you to add standard functionality to your blog. Stuff like having a list of posts in the side bar. Or showing a calender
Adding widgets
All you have to do is drag and drop any widget onto the sidebar. It will then be on your site.
How a widget looks
Here’s the widget we just added… this is the Recent Posts widget with a title I called Recent Hotness
Plugins
Click Plugins and then Add new.Plugins open up tons and tons of powerful functions. Think of them like a widget, but typically more powerfull.
FireFox Web BrowserFireFox Web Browser Use two tabs per blog. Allows WordPress Theme view of post before publishing. Copy post ID number from Administration Panels
WordPress Press-It & QuickPressWordPress Press-It & QuickPress
Quick posting to your blog.Built-in feature of WordPress.QuickPress found on the Dashboard
PanelPress-It on Tools Panel
Click and drag to your browser toolbar.
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