Let's Learn Wordpress! http://sandfire1on1.com/letslearnwordpress Let's Learn Wordpress is a short video series designed with the intent to instruct the general public on how to use Wordpress and related web development tools. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Video #6: New Users http://sandfire1on1.com/letslearnwordpress/?p=47 http://sandfire1on1.com/letslearnwordpress/?p=47#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:00:17 +0000 Christopher Arendt http://sandfire1on1.com/letslearnwordpress/?p=47 In this video I explain:

- the different kinds of user roles and their capabilities
- adding new users manually
- setting up links so users can handle registering themselves

www.youtube.com/watch?v=brN_ACxDY10

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- Using themes to quickly & easily change your blog’s appearance
- Finding and installing new themes using the search and upload tools
- Adding the Search widget to your sidebar
- Installing and activating a Twitter plugin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiOZBSpWUfc

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- The content portion of the Wordpress dashboard in detail
- Basics of managing a Wordpress blog
- Editing the links and adding the links widget to our blog
- Adding our first post

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYPLfLBeLxk

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- Some important dates in the history of blogging
- Reasons for blogging
- Twitter & Facebook and how they interact with blogs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPDu_2h1KI

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- Getting your own domain name and web host
- Downloading Wordpress.org’s Wordpress package
- Uploading the package to the web
- Installing the package
- Setting up your new Wordpress account

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9B4k-SLxg0

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  • The purpose of my video series
  • Wordpress.com vs Wordpress.org
  • Features of Wordpress
  • Examples of Wordpress usage, from blogs to robust websites

It does not cover:

  • Technical details
  • Starting your own Wordpress blog
  • Customization or feature design

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJkSIzOGv4

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