My wordpress PDF file.

Assessment 1 … COM155… Wordpress and HTML5 video…
I have been asked to keep a wordpress blog based on html 5 video elements. In this report I am going
to show how I set up wordpress onto the uni scm server, how I customised my wordpress, they key
features I used, showing how I created posts and show group member comments.
Setting up wordpress...
This week I had to set up wordpress onto the scmweb using my B code. Below is step by step
screenshots on how I got wordpress to work.
Firstly I followed the link provided to be brought to the main Wordpress website where I was able to
download the folders I need to get started.
I clicked on download wordpress, then downloaded the zip file...
I was then instructed to change some of the code in the wp-config.php file...
Now that I have changed the code I need to copy over wordpress onto the scm web server. I used
finder...go...connect to server... then entered my details. This allowed me to copy and paste the
wordpress file into the scm folder...
Below is me showing the wordpress folder in the scm folder which is connected with my B code.
I then install the final wordpress my using my Bcode in the url - before you insert your Bcode the
webpage will not be found.
Finally the following screen shots show that my bcode is now used in the URL and my wordpress
blog opens up and I am able to edit all my settings.
Customising wordpress and key features…
When doing research on HTML5 I found that their colour scheme was orange, grey and a light blue.
As my wordpress blog is a bout HTML 5 I thought it would be a good idea to use a similar colour
scheme. Wordpress allows you to change the colour of heading text and backgrounds. This is what I
have done…
When customising a wordpress
blog you are also able to add in
your own background image. This
is a good idea when you are
setting up a business and using
wordpress as your main website.
After I changed the background
colour to orange I changed the
header text colour to a light blue.
Below I have included a screen
shot showing the final outcome.
I really like this colour scheme, it is positive and the colours work well together. On wordpress you
can also choose different themes, at the moment I am using twenty twelve as a theme but will look
into downloading other themes at some stage.
Adding a new page…
When you first log onto wordpress an automated post and page are already created to let you see
what each do and how you can edit them. I started by deleting the sample page and created my first
page.
This screen shot shows how I deleted the
sample page and below I am going to show
how I created my own page…
As you can see you name your new page, I chose “Starting out my new wordpress blog…”. This will
show on my page until I decide to delete and I can edit it at any time.
Above is a screen shot showing the page I just created. I have circled the part of the page where you
navigate to the different pages… you can add many different pages and they will show here in order
of newest first.
Above is a screen shot showing the edit screen when you want to change something about a post on a
page. You are able to change the visibility of the post, e.g if you want only group members to view
the post or can everybody view it.
After making my first page, I decided to try my first post, below is a screen shot showing that I
managed this…
Posts on wordpress are placed on the “home” page. This is what people will see once they enter my
site, posts will be shown from most recent first.
Within the dashboard section of wordpress you are also able to add media to your site. At this moment
I do not have any media I wish to upload but now I know how to when I need to. I will probably be
adding images of html 5 video examples.
I can also create different libarys for the different content I will be uploading.
General settings…
Being able to manage a website is very
important so wordpress give you access
to different setting options. On the
general settings you are able to chose
your own tag line, change how the date
appears and who can become a member
to your page. There are other settings
but these are the most frequent ones to
use.
With wordpress you are also able to manage the users,
the above screen shot shows you that I am the admin for
my page, this means I am in full control of what is
posted on my page and what can be removed. You are
also able to add other group memebers if you wish to
hold a group blog.
To the right is a screen shot of me updating my bio on
wordpress, this will be shown on my home page. It is
important that people know who I am and what I’m
about. This way they will come back to view my blog.
Wordpress allows you to use RSS feeds as well, so once I set up an RSS feed for my public uni work I
will add it on here so people will get my updates.
Obviously when you have a blog you would like people to be able to comment under your posts, and
you would also like to be able to comment on other peoples blogs. Our class group have made a group
facebook page where we have sent our links to our wordpress blogs. I will be showing how I have
commented on other people’s blog posts.
Above is a screen shot showing that I am leaving a comment on Johnny’s recent test post…
And below is showing the form that you need to fill out when commenting on a post on someones
blog…
You are also able to control what comments will be posted and have
the ability to remove any comments you no longer want to be there.
Adding plugins…
Finally I am looking at plugins. There are many pliugins that you can
choose from in wordpress and I have decided to look at a live chat plug
in for my blog. This would allow people who are reading my blog to
ask me questions without having to leave a comment everytime.
Unfortuanlly I could not get this to work at this time but it is something I can look into at a later date.
I have installed a new theme which allows me to add my facebook url so people can follow me on
the up to do social network systems.
I have finally finished setting up my wordpress, I am happy with the progress I have made. I know
wordpress has the ability to do a lot more but for what I need my blog to do I have achieved the
best. Now I am going to concentrate on adding content to my blog about html 5 video. I will show a
screen shot of my fianl blog outcome.
With my new theme I was able to have a proper header for my word press and a better layout for
the content.
As you can see this is a clean and simple wordpress set up which I feel works really well. From this
assignmnet I now know how to set up wordpress and I honestly think I will continue blogging on
wordpress.
I may not have got my video captions working but I have still learnt a lot from this assignmnet.