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“ ” AUTHOR Title Text We’ll focus on: Plans Blog Posts Pages Themes / Customisation Menus Sharing People Domains

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• Part 1: Plans & Domains • Part 2: People • Part 3: Posts & Pages • Part 4: Themes, Customisation & Menus • Part 5: Sharing Outline

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PART 1 Plans & Domains

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• Go to: Your website > My Sites > Plan • Select Premium > Upgrade • Select Have a coupon code? • Enter coupon code Plans

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What would be a good domain? • YES: Easy to type | Short | Keywords | Area • NO: Numbers | Symbols • Find something memorable • TLD: .com | .org | .net?
 (top level domain) Brainstorm 10 mins about a good name Domains

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• Go to: My Sites > Domains • Select Claim Free Domain • Enter a domain • If available, Select • If not, try different TLD • If still not, try a variation Domains

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• Select No thanks, I don't need email or will use another provider. • Enter details • Select Continue to Checkout • Select Complete Checkout Domains

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PART 2 People

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Roles Role Rights Viewer Read Contributor Write, not publish Author Write, publish and edit own posts Editor Write, publish edit all content Administrator Everything

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• Go to: My Sites > People > Add • Find out the usernames or email addresses • Type username/email address • Hit Enter or , • Choose Role: Administrator • Type Custom Message • Select Send Invitations ! Add people "

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PART 3 Posts & Pages

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• What are posts? And pages? • When would you use posts? And pages? • Discuss in groups • 10 mins • You can use Google Posts & Pages

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• Pages: static content (doesn’t change often) - About - Home - Contact - Collection of posts • Posts: dynamic content - News - Notices - Updates Posts & Pages

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• Go to: My Sites > Pages > Add • Select Featured Image • Select Set Featured Image • Drag image in pop-up • Select Set Featured Image Pages

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Pages • Give Title • Select HTML • Copy text from Word document • Go back to: Visual • Style to make it look good • Select Publish

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PART 4 Themes, Customisation & Menus

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• Go to: My Sites > Themes • Choose All > Free • Add search terms • Alternatively, go to
 wordpress.com/themes • Search • Select Demo Themes

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• How to get help? • Click on the theme image • Read the documentation • For example:
 wordpress.com/themes/affinity Themes

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When you’ve found one, select Activate Themes

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• Open theme info page (as back) • Go to: My Sites > Themes > Customize Customisations

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• Change title, tagline, logo • Change colours, background • Set up static front page • Set up blog page • Add widgets • (wait a bit with menus) Have fun!

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• Go to: My Sites > Customize • Select Menus > Add a Menu • Add Pages / Links / etc. • Don’t forget Menu Locations Menus

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PART 5 Sharing

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• Connections:
 Automatically publish posts on social media • Sharing buttons:
 Let others share your content Sharing