Build Your Own Website Using WordPress Robert Meade Robert.Meade@gci.org go.gci.org/easyweb

Build Your Own WebsiteUsing WordPress

Robert MeadeRobert.Meade@gci.orggo.gci.org/easyweb

Our goal by the end of today: a webpage not unlike this one, but for your churchhttp://sample.gcichurches.org

About WordPress

Logging In

Site Control PanelControl Panel

Key Terminology:Pages – Stuff that changes rarely or never

Posts – Stuff that changes weekly, or on an occasional basis, or that you want to show a history of changes

Home Page

About the Pastor

Weekly Audio

Events

Pastor Thoughts

Contact Us

Mission

Ministries

Editing a Page

Edit Pages

Editing the Home Page3 Key Elements:

1. Page Name

2. Upload/Insert

3. Update/Add

(Optional – Discussion)

Add Home Page Picture

Adding A Picture

1. Click where picture will go

2. Click this “picture” box

Add Home Page Picture

Adding Picture Dialog

Title

Caption

Alignment

Size

Link URL

Insert Into Post

Editing the Home Page

When done: Preview Changes,

or Update/Publish

Questions?

Key Terminology:

Pages – Stuff that changes rarely or never

Posts – Stuff that changes weekly, or on an occasional basis, or that you want to show a history of changes

Adding a Post – from main page

Adding a Post – post listing

Adding a Post – Add New Post4 Key Elements:

1. Page Name

2. Upload/Insert

4. Preview/Publish

(Optional – Discussion)3. Categories

Completed Post (with comments)

Questions?

Personalizing Site Look

Changing Your Theme

Same Content – New Look!

Questions?

Additional Features

Links

Modify Side Content

Drag to/from Available & Sidebar

Click dropdown to set options

System Maintenance

System Maintenance

System Maintenance

System Maintenance

Comments

Approving Comments

General Settings

Statistics

Final Questions?

Be sure to tell us about your new website!

Contact Information

• Robert Meade– Robert.Meade@gci.org

• Pam Morgan– support@gci.org– 800-350-4466