This document provides steps for building a basic website using WordPress.com. It recommends choosing a name, theme, and customizing colors and images. Key steps include selecting a user-friendly name and tagline with search engines in mind. The document also suggests considering free versus paid themes and desired layouts before customizing. Nothing is permanent, as themes and details can easily be changed later. Questions are welcome.

1. Building a Website
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2. Admin question: Can everyone
get an email message today?
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3. WordPress.com
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4. Get Set Up
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5. Wait for the Email
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6. Confirm Email
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7. Skip
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8. Name & Tagline
• Think user-friendly
• Think of search
engines
• Can be changed later
• This may appear in
the top banner
• Will appear in <title>
and search results
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9. Choose a Theme
• Consider
– Free versus paid
– Access to Pages
– Logo/banner at top
– Desired layout
• Customization
– Colors
– Header
– Background
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10. Nothing is set in stone!
You can easily change your
theme choice, your title, your
tag line…
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11. Customization
• Choose colors
• Upload image
– May need to crop images
• Static Page vs Posts
– Do you want your “news” on the
homepage or a static intro?
– You can create a sticky post to
have intro at top, news to
follow. (See mod on posts.)
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12. Visit your Site
add /wp-admin
to get to dashboard
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13. Questions
Thank you!
Ann Treacy
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