This document provides instructions for creating a basic website using WordPress. It is divided into three sections: 1. Creating pages (not posts) by giving them titles and content and publishing them. Sample pages are set to draft status. 2. Adding links, images, videos and galleries to pages. Links can be internal or external websites. 3. Setting a homepage page, adjusting sidebar widgets, choosing and activating a theme, and customizing theme settings and images. The instructions recommend experimenting with theme options to tailor the site as desired.

1. Creating a simple
website with
WordPress

2. Section 1: Prep

9. Section 2:
Make some
pages (not posts)
•What’s the difference?
• Posts are more suited to blogs
• Pages are more suited to websites

10. Go to Pages…
Add new

11. (1) Give your page a title
(2) Type some text
(3) Publish
(Always remember to
click Publish or if you
are making changes
then Update – I won’t
tell you every time)
(4) See what you
have made
(5) Make a few more pages. Call one of them
something like HOME then look at your All
Pages section

12. 1) Hover your mouse
over Sample Page
and click Quick Edit
2) Set status to draft.
This means the
sample page is not
published, but is still
there for you to look
at.
Remember to always
click Update (I won’t
tell you every time)
3) Go into Quick edit
for all your other
pages except for your
home page and make
the homepage the
parent
4) And you probably
want to turn off
comments on them
too

13. 1) To add links within
a page, select some
text
2) Click the
link button
2) Click the
link button
3) Copy and
paste a URL or…
4) Choose one of
your own pages
6) Click
Add Link
If it is a link within
your site, leave
this blank
If it is to another
website, tick this
box

14. To add
individual
pictures not in a
slideshow or
lightbox format,
use this button

15. Upload pictures
Choose
Insert

16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4THpbKZ0Zg
Use this to insert a YouTube
video
Paste URL here

17. To create a simple gallery
click here
Select images
Then click here

18. Adjust settings to your taste
Then click here

19. Click the pencil to edit the galley settings

20. Section 3:
Now we need to
make your
homepage
become the first
thing that people
see…
… and sort out a few things:
Sidebar Widgets
Themes

21. 2) Go to static front
page
3) Choose A static
page
4) Choose whatever
you called your
homepage
1) Go to Appearance
then
Customise
5) Save and Publish
6) Close
At any time
you can click
here to see
how your site
looks.

22. This is a sidebar. You
probably don’t want
all of these things.
You can turn them off
by going to…
Appearance
Then
Widgets
Then select
the widget
and delete
Or just choose
as theme with
no sidebar and
they will all
disappear!

23. Section 3:
Adjusting the
theme
… and sort out a few things:
Sidebar Widgets
Themes

24. Then
Add New
To change themes, go
to Themes
Install
something
you like
Activate, then
take a look at
your site!

25. To add your own
images to the theme
and tailor your theme
to your needs, go to
Appearance
then
Customise

26. Every Wordpress theme has different settings, so you will have
to experiment with them to get things as you want them. For
example…
This adjusts the header area
I would pick a theme with as
few options here as possible
to make your first site easier.