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Блоги в библиотеке
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WordPress in Libraries
Internet@Schools West
Buffy J. Hamilton
Polly-Alida Farrington
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“…having a web presence, no–
that having a really good and
really useful web presence–is
[no longer] optional.
Joyce Valenza, “Things I think teacher librarians should unlearn (20 & counting)”, August 24th, 2010
“The new blog format is much more interactive”
Prianka Ghoshal, Westlake High student, Austin Texas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinavega/3353051874/
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What is WordPress?
Content Management System
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/4578260998/
Open Source is Unlocked
www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147/
Open Source is Community
www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/170691672
flickr.com/photos/cyberslayer/952121271/
Many Ways to Build a Web Site
Why WordPress??
Web Based Admin update from anywhere
Spread the Work Around
Easy to add external content
Creativity & Freedom
www.flickr.com/photos/nattu/895220635/
Before WordPress
www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/4375175725/
After WordPress
www.flickr.com/photos/glaciertim/4380929192/
WordPress in LibrariesExamples
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawvon/3414373319/
http://library-online.org.uk/
How do we get WordPress?
WordPress.com EduBlogs.org
• Free!
• Easy!
• But a bit limited
Commercial Services
• Around $10/month• Easy install• Tech support• Unlimited possibilities!
For more hosts: http://wordpress.org/hosting/
Self Hosting In House
• Cost of server
• Maintenance
• IT support
• Unlimited possibilities
Technical Requirements
• Current WordPress Version 3.0.1
• PHP version 4.3 or greater *
• MySQL version 4.1.2 or greater
• Linux & Apache
* Might find some plugins require more recent version of PHP.
WordPress.com
Ways to Use a Wordpress Blog for a School Library • Announcements and celebrations
• Showcase collaborative projects with teachers and students
• Positive publicity for library events and learning experiences in the library
• Space for inviting participation
Ways to Use a Wordpress Blog for a School Library • Students and teachers can create blog
posts
• Showcase library created videos or other educational videos from YouTube
• Integrate book widgets
• Integrate RSS feeds of interest to students
• Integrate your other library program social media stream
Advantages
• Free
• No special technical knowledge required
• Themes provide a professional appearance with minimal effort
• Easy to embed many kinds of HMTL code as sidebar widgets and/or into blog posts
• Excellent spam filter
Disadvantages
• Ads
• Themes limited in options for customization
• Can’t add plug-ins
• Can’t embed javascript widgets
Live demo!!
Getting Started
Writing a WordPress Post
Themes
Sidebar Widgets
Widgets on Sidebar
Appearance Widgets
Text Widget & 3rd Party Content
Manage Comments
Can WordPress do…???
There’s a PLUGIN for that!
Plugins add functionality & features
Plugins Page
WordPress.com Stats• Requires API
code from wordpress.com
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/
Akismet
• Requires API code from wordpress.com • http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
Simple Viewer Gallery
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-simpleviewer/
OpenBook Book Data
johnmiedema.ca/portfolio/openbook-wordpress-plugin/
WP Contact Form Plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-contact-form/
Add <!--contact form--> to a page
The Events Calendar
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/
Keep it Safe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maistora/3237164755
Don’t leave the door unlocked Run the latest version
Back it up!
1. Backup your database:– Via web host control panel– Or wp-db-backup plugin
(wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/)
2. FTP to server and copy: • wp-content/themes• wp-content/plugins• wp-content/uploads (images, files, etc.)
WordPress on the go
http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplelime/1569139115/
WordPress App
MobilePress
• Detects mobile device
• Displays mobile version of page
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mobilepress/
MobilePress
What else can we do with WP?
Set up a network of sites with WordPress MultiSite
Learning Mgmt System
BuddyPressbuddypress.org
… features – similar to Facebook, Twitter, etc – will probably seem familiar to many.
My philosophy of teaching includes instilling in my students a sense of exploration and play. And dealing with change.
The Buddypress site is an extension of that. In my email to my classes as school starts, I asked them to configure their blogs, get an RSS aggregator and explore the site. Explore is the keyword.
… features – similar to Facebook, Twitter, etc – will probably seem familiar to many.
My philosophy of teaching includes instilling in my students a sense of exploration and play. And dealing with change.
The Buddypress site is an extension of that. In my email to my classes as school starts, I asked them to configure their blogs, get an RSS aggregator and explore the site. Explore is the keyword.
Dr. Michael Stephens on his BuddyPress enabled course sites
Selected WP Books(There are tons more great ones!)
• Digging into WordPress by Jeff Starr & Chris Coyier (digwp.com)
• Beginning WordPress 3 by Stephanie Leary
• Smashing WordPress by Thord Hedengren
More Help!
• WordPress Codex - http://codex.wordpress.org/
• WordPress Forums - http://wordpress.org/support/
• WordPress FAQ’s - http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ
• New to WordPress? –tips http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_New_To_WordPress
Thank you!
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