The Power of WordPress

AN I NTRODUCTI ON TO THE OPEN S OURCE CONTENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Power of
WordPress

•
WHAT I S
WORDPRESS
?

•
WHAT ARE I TS QUALI TI ES?

•
WHAT CAN I T DO?

•
WHAT CAN I T DO
FOR YOU
?

Overview

WordPress

is…


Content management system (CMS)


Blogging


Web Design


Open, Usable, Adaptable, Professional

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WHERE DO I START?

•
HOW MUCH?


Open

Where do I start?


www.wordpress.org


Options for running
WordPress


Web host


Self host


Wordpress.com

How much?


Free!


Downloading
WordPress


WordPress.com blog


Not Free!


Web hosting


Premium themes

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CREATI NG CONTENT

•
POSTS

•
PAGES

•
CATEGORI ES


Usable

Posts


Delivering content


Best practices


Clear, concise, constructive


Update regularly


Enable comments

Pages


Organizing content


Best practices


Major areas


For important material


Fewer, but enough

Categories


Classifying content


Best practices


Like Subject headings


Broad, but informative


Include a map or list

•
DESI GNI NG CONTENT

•
EDI TI NG

•
THEMES

•
PLUGI NS


Adaptable

Editing


Visual editor
–

“WYSIWYG”


HTML editor


Centralized interface

Themes


Redesign in total, easily


Customizable


Free options

Plugins


Add functionality


Easy to manage


Examples:


Widgets for displaying Twitter information


Site traffic stats


Adapt your site easily for mobile browsers

•
REACHI NG AN AUDI ENCE

•
CAREER DEVELOPMENT

•
I NSTRUCTI ON POSSI BI LI TI ES


Professional

Audience


Determine audience


Structure site and content


Tone

Career development


Online portfolio


Professional topic


Organization/Association

Instruction possibilities


Specific class


Subject specific


Advantages:


Discussion


Group learning


Tech literacy

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Assessment

S E NNE MA
, G. ( 2 0 0 7 ). US I NG
WOR DP R E S S

F OR OUR L I B R A RY B L OGS.
PA RT NE R S HI P: T HE C A NA DI A N J OUR NA L OF L I B R A RY & I NF OR MAT I ON
P R AC T I C E & R E S E A R C H
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2.



B R A E NDE R
, L. M., C R A I G M., K., &
J E DDE L
, Y. ( 2 0 0 9 ). US I NG WE B
T E C HNOL OGY T O T E AC H S T UDE NT S A B OUT T HE I R DI GI TA L WOR L D.
J OUR NA L OF I NF OR MAT I ON S Y S T E MS E DUC AT I ON
, 2 0 ( 2 ), 1 4 5
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1 5 3
.


C HA S E, D. ( 2 0 0 8 ). US I NG ONL I NE S OC I A L NE T WOR K S, P ODC A S T I NG,
A ND A B L OG T O E NHA NC E A C C E S S T O S T ONY B R OOK UNI V E R S I T Y
HE A LT H S C I E NC E S L I B R A RY R E S OUR C E S A ND S E R V I C E S.
J OUR NA L OF
E L E C T R ONI C R E S OUR C E S I N ME DI C A L L I B R A R I E S
, 5 ( 2 ), 1 2 3
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1 3 2.


Further Study

The End