Wordpress Michael Stachiw, Jr. Lauren Gatcombe. Who We Are Michael Stachiw, Jr. – Political...

Wordpress

Michael Stachiw, Jr.Lauren Gatcombe

Who We Are

• Michael Stachiw, Jr.– Political Science Major at

Mizzou– Creator of Wordpress

site Patriotparadise.com– Helped design dozens of

Wordpress websites

• Lauren Gatcombe– Journalism Major at

Mizzou– Writer at Wordpress site

Facekitt.com– Helped design dozens of

Wordpress websites– Creator of Wordpress

site Legatcombe.com (portfolio site)

What is Wordpress?

• Wordpress is free web software that you use to create a website– Very user friendly and intuitive– Very customizable– Changes are instantaneous– Allows for multiple users (can edit from any

computer anywhere in the world)

• You have Wordpress downloaded and installed

• Now what?

Dashboard

• You login and come to the Dashboard• The Dashboard is where you make changes

Appearance

• Edit what the website looks like• Themes– Changes the look of the website but not the

content

• Widgets– Change what the sidebar looks like (show a

Twitter feed or put a picture on the sidebar for example)

Themes

Preview

New Theme

Widgets

• Change the sidebar– Google Maps/Mapquest Directions– Twitter Feed– Store hours– Contact Information

Widgets

Widgets

<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&.....

Widgets

Plugins

• Adds features– SEO Optimization– Google Analytics– Spam filter

• More customizable• Many out there– Free

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Plugins

Posts

• Posts are for content that is always changing• This is where articles or blog posts would go

Posts

Pages

• Pages, unlike Posts, are for static information– “About” section– “Contact” section– Homepage

Pages

Websites that use Wordpress

• www.boyslife.org• www.newyorktimes.com/blogs• www.eastgatefeed.com (we helped design

this)• www.afcountrystore.com

Contact Us

• Michael– 314-518-7590– MASYG2@mail.missouri.

edu

• Lauren– 314-691-6404– LEGQ7B@mail.missouri.

edu– www.legatcombe.com