Today’s Goals:

• Continue learning WordPress, one of the most popular content management systems in the world
• Continue using WordPress by adding content to your page on the class website

 Key skills you’ll learn:

• WordPress basics: logging in, editing a page, and adding text, images, and links

 Today’s featured website:

• http://hackertyper.com/ – Impress (or scare) your friends and family by typing feverishly!

 WordPress

• Good to know:
  Security issues
  User roles- subscriber, contributor, author, editor, administrator
  Classic editor vs Gutenberg editor- let’s take a look (you’ll use the Gutenberg editor later in the year)
• Logging in:
  • Go to this link 
  • User name is first name, password is whatever you chose when I had you set up your account.
  • Find your page: from the Dashboard, click Pages in the left menu, then type your first name in the white search box on the top left and hit enter. When you find your name, point your mouse to it and then click Edit below your name. You should now see your page editor.
• Adding content:
  • Write a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, family, favorite food/music/tv/movies, sports, random quotes, favorite celebrities, teams, clubs, etc.
  • Need images? Feel free to take some from your social media accounts. You can also grab royalty-free stock images from: https://unsplash.com/, https://www.pexels.com/, or Bing.com (do image search, then choose free to share and use under filter).
  • Make sure you hit the blue Update button frequently to save your work!
• When you’re done:
  • Use the Checklist for Success below to review your page when you think you’re done.
  • Code-peeking: click here  to learn about the HTML you’ve used while building your page

 WordPress Checklist for Success

• Make sure you do the following to end up in the “wildly successful”, A-range category.
• Wildly successful (A-range):
  1. Models: Rebecca , Rachel , Deryck , Anamol 
  2. Student includes 7-10 pieces of information
  3. Student includes 2 or more images
  4. Student includes 1 link or more
• Moderately successful (B/C-range):
  1. Student includes 4-6 pieces of information
  2. Student includes 1-2 images
  3. Student includes at least 1 link
• Not so successful (C or lower-range):
  1. Student includes 1-3 pieces of information
  2. Student includes 0-1 images
  3. Student doesn’t add any links