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our website!

www.nvcc.edu/woodbr

idge/computer-lab

Contact Us

Location: Open Computer Lab

Seefeldt Building #336

NOVA Woodbridge Campus

Hussna Azamy

(OCL Supervisor)

Phone: 703-878-5714

E-mail: hazamy@nvcc.edu

Hamna Chaudhri

(OCL Trainer)

Phone: 703-878-5713

E-mail: hchaudhri@nvcc.edu

WordPress

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Disclaimer: All screenshots in this document are taken from the

following website: www.wordpress.com

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Introduction: WordPress is a web application used for creating and managing websites and

blogs. WordPress is free; however, paid versions are also available offering more features and

interactivity to the user.

Creating a WordPress Account:

Visit: http://wordpress.com/ to create a new account or to login to your account

Creating a Blog/Website:

Sign in to your WordPress account and click on My Sites| Create Another WordPress

Fill out the required fields and click on Create Blog

Selecting a Theme:

After creating your new website, click on Change Your Theme

Select your desired theme and click on Activate

Dashboard: Dashboard includes all the options needed to manage your website. It allows you to change your

theme, add and view your webpages, insert media to you website and more.

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To access Dashboard, click on your website name and select Dashboard from the drop

down menu

Adding Media to your Website: Click on Media (located on the left navigation menu of Dashboard) to access the library of your

website where your website’s files, images, videos, documents, and other media are stored.

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Click on Add new to add a new media to your website library

Next, click the “Select files” button to browse to your file, or drag and drop the desired

file to the designated area

Click on the Media on the left hand side of your Dashboard to view your uploaded files.

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Editing Images:

Click on Dashboard| Media| Library and click on the desired image

Click on the Edit

Click on the icons marked with red arrows to crop and scale an image

Change the image title by typing it on the title textbox and add an alternative text using

the designated textbox

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ALWAYS Update: Click on Update button to save any changes made to an image, page,

or any other settings of your website.

Working with Webpages: Click on Dashboard| Pages

All Pages: Allows you to view a list of all the webpages

Add New: Allows you to create a new webpage

Copy a Page: Allows you to duplicate a webpage

Adding Content to a Page:

Type a name for your webpage

Type your text on the text box (use the text formatting icons to change the color, style,

and alignment of your text)

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Click on Add Media to add an image or other media files to your webpage

Click Preview (1) to preview your webpage content (NOTE: Previewing does not mean

that the changes are saved – to save your page, click the Publish button)

Click Save Draft (2) to save a draft of your page. Use this option if you are still working

on a webpage and it is not ready to be published yet.

Click Publish (3) to make a webpage live

Click Move to Trash (4) to delete the page

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Editing a Page:

Click on Dashboard |Pages then click on edit link located at the bottom of the desired

page name to edit the page

Make the desired changes and click on update to save the changes

Comments: Click on Comments on Dashboard menu to view all comments posted on your website

If you don’t want the comments to appear on your website click on Pages| Quick Edit

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Uncheck the Allow Comments box and click Update

Appearance

Themes: Click on Dashboard| Appearance| Themes to change your website theme, then

choose the desired theme

Customize: Use this option to customize your website’s current theme

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o Banner: Click on header to change your site’s banner

o Title: Click on site title to change your website title

o Tag Line: Click on site title to change your site’s Tag line

o Front Page: Click on Front to change your site homepage

o Color scheme: Click on Colors to change your Color scheme

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Widgets: This option allows you to add interactive widgets to your website

Menus: This option allows you to manage the navigation menus of your website

o To create a new menu click on Create a new menu at the top of the page, enter a

name for your new menu in the Menu Name box, and click on Create Menu button

o To add/remove items from a menu, click on Menus

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1. Select View All tab to bring up a list of all currently published Pages on your site

2. Select the pages that you want to add by clicking the checkbox next to each page title

3. Click the Add to Menu button then save button

Mobile: This option allows you to manage the settings of your website for mobile

devices