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Wordpress as a tool for scholarly textual production.
Ryan TraumanDigital Media and Composition
Institute, 2011
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What is Wordpress?
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform• Evolved into a content management system
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform• Evolved into a content management system• Other content management systems
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform• Evolved into a content management system• Other content management systems– Blogging (Blogger, Typepad, LiveJournal)
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform• Evolved into a content management system• Other content management systems– Blogging (Blogger, Typepad, LiveJournal)– Course management (Blackboard, Angel)
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What is Wordpress?
• Originally designed as a blogging platform• Evolved into a content management system• Other content management systems– Blogging (Blogger, Typepad, LiveJournal)– Course management (Blackboard, Angel)– General (Drupal, Moodle)
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What’s under the hood?
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What’s under the hood?
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What’s under the hood?
Content (posts, media,
etc)
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What’s under the hood?
Content (posts, media,
etc)
Theme (layout, fonts)
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What’s under the hood?
Content (posts, media,
etc)
Theme (layout, fonts)
Plugins/Widgets
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What’s under the hood?
Content (posts,
media, etc)
Theme (layout, fonts)
Wordpress Platform
Plugins/Widgets
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But blogs aren’t scholarly, right?
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But blogs aren’t scholarly, right?
• Yes and No
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But blogs aren’t scholarly, right?
• Yes and No– peer-review
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But blogs aren’t scholarly, right?
• Yes and No– peer-review– durability
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But blogs aren’t scholarly, right?
• Yes and No– peer-review– durability– formality
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So, what’s a blog?
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So, what’s a blog?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice
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So, what’s a blog?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice– Regular updates
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So, what’s a blog?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice– Regular updates– Informal, conversational tone
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So, what’s a blog?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice– Regular updates– Informal, conversational tone– Comments, discussion
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So, how is Wordpress scholarly?
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So, how is Wordpress scholarly?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice• “Scholarship” – is a text structured by a
textual conventions and editing processes
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So, how is Wordpress scholarly?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice• “Scholarship” – is a text structured by a
textual conventions and editing processes– Regular updates– Durable, no updates
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So, how is Wordpress scholarly?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice• “Scholarship” – is a text structured by a
textual conventions and editing processes– Regular updates– Durable, no updates– Informal, conversational tone– Formal, academic tone
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So, how is Wordpress scholarly?
• “Blog” – is a text structured by a practice• “Scholarship” – is a text structured by a
textual conventions and editing processes– Regular updates– Durable, no updates– Informal, conversational tone– Formal, academic tone– Comments, discussion– Response happens outside the text
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Types of Content
• Alphabetic text• Pictures• Video• Audio• PDFs• PowerPoint or slides• (or Combinations)
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How far you wanna take this?
Wordpress.com• “Apple model” - limited• Free• Quick to start• No coding necessary• Templates• Modular• Large, generous community• Range of tutorial modes
Self-hosted WP Installation• Highly customizable• Free, but…• One-click installs• More themes• More plugins/widgets• “Gateway” code
– CSS (HTML)– PHP– Javascript
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So let’s make a blog!
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(Actually, you’re going to watch me make one.)
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Here’s the plan…
• Gather, organize content elements• Sign up for a Wordpress.com account & blog• Working Title• Create alphabetic-texts, links, pages• Choose a theme• Organize some widgets• Embed: Pictures, Videos, Quotations
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Come on, gang! Let’s go to Wordpress.com!
(read: tongue-in-cheek)