How to create a website in WordPress.com

1. WORDPRESS.COM
Lydia Rogers

2. Purpose?
•Portfolio
Source:Wikimedia Commons

3. Purpose?
•Portfolio
•Blog

4. Purpose?
•Portfolio
•Blog
•Small Business

5. Purpose?
•Portfolio
•Blog
•Small Business
•Non-profit

6. Purpose?
•Portfolio
•Blog
•Small Business
•Non-profit
•E-commerce

7. SET-UP
Your Host is WordPress.com

8. WordPress.com

9. WordPress.com - login or create a login

10. Free or add some options

11. Choose what meets your needs
(you can add on later)

12. YOUR NAME
Easiest Option is viaWordPress.com

13. Paid: Myname.com
Free: Myname.wordpress.com

14. THE STRUCTURE
Choose aTheme

15. Search by your need

16. Want a theme especially
to show off your work?

17. WordPressWill ShowYou
SpecializedThemes

18. Want a theme especially
to show off your work?

19. Almost allWordPress themes are Mobile
Friendly. These are especially so.

20. CREATE A PAGE
Pages have information that does not change often:
Your email address
Phone Number

21. CREATE A BLOG PAGE
This should be regularly updated with:
Examples of your work for your portfolio
Blog Posts
Articles you write related to your business

22. CREATETEXT
Much like writing in aWord document

23. ADD IMAGES
Beware of Copyrights!

24. Source of Free Images
• http://search.creativecommons.org/

25. Source of Paid Images
Example: iStock

26. Source of Paid Images
Example: Shutterstock

27. Source of Paid Images
Example: Clip Art

28. NOW FOR ADVANCED
ASPECTS
Bring your Internet presence to the next level.

29. PLAN YOUR
CONTENT UPDATES

30. SOURCES OF
INSPIRATION
http://www.timeanddate.com/

32. ADD COOL EXTRAS

33. DO A LITTLE SEO
Here is where to start…..

34. HAVE A GOODTITLE

35. USETHE IMAGE ALT
TEXT

36. USETHE IMAGE ALTTEXT
Google reads it.
So does software which reads for
the sight-impaired.

37. USE SUB-HEADINGS
FOR CLARITY

38. WRITE GOOD COPY

39. DO A LITTLE SEO
More details from Google itself
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//webma
sters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
https://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/

40. WORDPRESS.COM
Lydia Rogers