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How To Use WordPress

The document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a basic WordPress website. It explains how to create an account on WordPress.com, select a theme, customize site settings like the title and background, add pages, and publish the site. Key steps include typing wordpress.com in the browser, filling out sign up forms, choosing a free theme, editing page content, and clicking "Save and Publish" to launch the site.

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How To Use WordPress

The document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a basic WordPress website. It explains how to create an account on WordPress.com, select a theme, customize site settings like the title and background, add pages, and publish the site. Key steps include typing wordpress.com in the browser, filling out sign up forms, choosing a free theme, editing page content, and clicking "Save and Publish" to launch the site.

Uploaded by

Elaine
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How

to use
WordPress
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WordPress is a FREE tool to


create Website

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Click Start

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Click your web browser

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Or on your desktop click the


browser shortcut

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Type www.wordpress.com

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Click create a website

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Type your desired site name

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Click create your site and continue

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Type your Email Address

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Type your desired username

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Type your desired password

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Click next step

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You can pay for your customize


address

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Or click no thanks for free account

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Select a theme

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You can pay for a plan

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Premium

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Or business

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Or you can choose free

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Dont forget to verify your email

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To be able to publish or save your


work

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Click Activate Account

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Youre ready to go!

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Click WP Admin

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You will be on your dashboard

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Dashboard is an area for


editing your site

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Click appearance

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Click customize

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Here is the part where you can edit


you site

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Custom Design is for editing your


themes, fonts and others

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Custom Design is for paid plans

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Moving on
Click Site and Tagline

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Type your desired site title

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Your tagline

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You can also set your logo

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Click Colors and Background

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Choose a background

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Click Header and Image

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Here you can put either your image


or your craft

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Click Widgets

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Here you can customize your sidebar

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You can add or reorder your sidebar

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Click Static Front Page

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If you choose latest post

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This means the front page of your

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site will be your latest post

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If you choose Static Page

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It means you will have a homepage

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Your new post will not go to


homepage

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Click featured content

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Here you can feature post with


featured tag

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Enter the tag name

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You can choose to hide the tag name

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Or display the tag

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Click theme

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Edit your theme

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After all the editing

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Click Save and Publish

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Close the page

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Back to Dashboard

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Click My Site

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Click view my site

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Here you can preview your work

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This page is your About page

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See, your About page is a


template post

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So you need to edit it

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Go back to Dashboard

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Click pages

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Click all pages

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Go to about

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Click Edit

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Part where you can tell


story about yourself

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You can insert a link

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Highlight a word

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Click insert/edit link

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Type the web address

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You can remove your link

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Highlight the word with link

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Click remove link

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Click to insert tag

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Click to proofread your writing

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You can add a media

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Photo or music

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Add a poll

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Poll

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Add a contact form

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Where can reach you

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Add a location

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Where you are

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When you are done


Click view page

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To preview your page

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Click update to save the changes

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For an organize site create


different pages

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To do that: Click Pages

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Click add new

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Start adding pages

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And thats it
Try it for yourself

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