Title: Self-Hosting a Website with Wordpress

Welcome to Self-Hosting a Website with Wordpress!

In this course you will purchase a domain name, set up your computer as a server, set up and style a Wordpress blog, create posts on your blog, and comment on other students' posts.

Blogging is a way to connect with people all over the world who share the same ideas you do.

Upon completion of this class, you will be able to help others get started with their Wordpress blogs, and maybe even discover a new career path!

Role: Student — Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.

Section 1
  News forum
  Get Ready... Computer requirements to take ...
  Look at these examples of Wordpress Sites
  Look at these designer using Wordpress for their websites
  Assignment: Powered by Wordpress Forum: 10 points
  Glossary of Web Design Terms
Section 2
  How to download and install Wordpress on a Mac
  Download the Sandbox theme
  How to connect to your Internet Service Provider
  Assignment: Screenshots of where things are on your computer: 10 points
  Ms. D's Get Set blog post
Section 3
  Copy and paste this dummy text into your Post section
  Assignment: Post a second blog entry
  Ms. D's sample text post, styled just the way she likes it
Section 4
  Cascading Style Sheets
  Upload yout CSS quiz results screenshot here
  How to make a screenshot
  Ms. D's CSS quiz results
Section 5
  Upload your header image screenshot here
Section 6
  Upload your Starkers screenshot here
  Ms. D's Starker site
Section 7
  Upload your theme screenshot here
  Ms. D's Theme
Section 8
  Upload your child stylesheet screenshot here
Section 9
  Jquery tutorials and podcasts
  Downloading JQuery
  Download a Jquery Plugin and add it to your blog
  Add more JQuery features to your blog
  Upload your two jQuery screenshots here
Section 10
  Upload your screenshot here
Section 11
Section 12
  Self-Hosting a Website with Wordpress Created by Connie DeMillo Alignment to NETS Student Standards
Section 13