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Introduction to WordPress Homework – Class 16 – Exporting, Importing, and Content Writing Tips

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In Class 16 of Introduction to WordPress, we covered:

  • Exporting from WordPress
  • Importing to WordPress
  • Writing styles tips and tricks for publishing with WordPress

Homework

  • Child Theme article due
  • This weekend is site reviews
  • Q&A for Tuesday Guests
  • Final Project: March 13 deadline

Reading

Content Writing Styles and Tips

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Creating a Blogging, Social Media, and Editorial Calendar and Schedule

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Nothing to blog about on picture of desert sandsSportsBusiness Journal has one. So does eSchool Media Marketing, GeneaBloggers Genealogy Blog, SheKnows Magazines, and REALTOR® Magazine. Not only do they have one, they redo it every year. What could these very diverse companies have in common? An editorial calendar.

An editorial calendar is critical for the online publisher and web worker today. In traditional media, an editorial calendar was the year planned out in advance on editorial topics, articles, themes, article series, and events. Today, the editorial calendar goes even further covering social media, marketing, advertising, and virtual and direct social interaction. Whether for the individual blogger or a company, an editorial calendar sets goals and deadlines to keep you on track.
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Introduction to WordPress Class 3 Homework

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In Class 3 of Introduction to WordPress, we cover:

  • More on what can go into a WordPress blog post.
  • More on the differences between a Page and a post.
  • WordPress.com Shortcodes.
  • Uploading multimedia and publishing it.
  • Posts verses Pages

Homework Assignment

  • See Shortcodes — Support — WordPress.com and Shortcode – WordPress Codex for examples of how to use shortcodes in WordPress.com sites to add functionality.
  • Paste text file from Post Content Sandbox into blog post and preview it in the current WordPress Theme.
    • Change WordPress Themes to test that post by going to Appearance > Themes > Activate
    • Write a blog post describing which Themes you liked for your blog and why.
  • Publish a PRIVATE post with the password ctec280 as the password. Make it a funny story, cartoon, or graphic that will make the students laugh.
  • Add to your Policy Page another blog policy (comments policy, reprint policy, liability/hold harmless…).
  • Visit other student’s blogs and leave comments.

By January 24 You Will Have the Following on Your Blog

  • About Page
  • Contact Page
  • Policy Page
    • Copyright
    • Other polices
  • 5 blog posts under each of 5-7 categories
  • Class assignment posts
    • 1 with video
    • 1 with three images and text wrapped around them
    • 1 gallery post
    • 1 list post
  • Comments from every student in the class.

REMINDER: The classroom is open for tutoring an hour before the WordPress class. Alex and Lorelle will be available to help you, so come on in early.

Reading

The following are recommended reading assignments from the WordPress books in the 24×7 Book program. Please note the notes on book naming conventions and confusion in the class preparation post.

  • WordPress 24-Hour Trainer
    • Section VII – Lesson 27 – Overview of WordPress Themes
    • Section 4 – Lesson 15 – Working with Image Galleries
    • Section 5 – Lesson 18 – Managing Posts and Pages
    • Section 5 – Lesson 20 – Managing Post Categories and Tags
  • WordPress All-In-One for Dummies
    • Book 4 – Chapter 2 – Examining the Difference between Posts and Pages
    • Book 4 Chapter 3 – Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries
    • Book 6 Chapters 1-3 Customizing the Look of Your Site

Outcome

For those keeping track of overall outcomes, the goals of the third class were:

  • Learning the content management areas of WordPress.
  • Learning the difference and how to use the Visual and HTML Editors.
  • Learning how to include multimedia and galleries in a WordPress blog post.
  • Basic blog writing tips with WordPress structure and format.
  • Further exploration of the WordPress UI.