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GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS

PROF DR. MOHAMED AMIN EMBI


STEP 1


Go to: http://wordpress.com/

http://wordpress.com/


STEP 2Signup/registration


To start registration, click ‘Sign up now’ button

Fill out the form to create your WordPress account and you blog

address.

Next, click ‘sign up’


After you click ‘sign up’, this page will appear. You need to check your e-mail inbox

to active you account.

You will received this email, and you need to

click this link to start activate your account

Fill out your profile form


Save your profile by clicking the ‘Save Profile’ button.

After you finished activate your

account, now you can login and start using WordPress.


STEP 3Editing your blog


On your blog homepage, click

‘About’

Click ‘Edit’ to start editing the

page


Click ‘preview changes’ before you click the

‘update’

Delete text, and start write up your

homepage about.

Click ‘update’

To return back to your homepage, click this button.


STEP 4To add links to your blog


Go to My Blog

Click ‘Dashboard’

Click ‘Add New’


Insert information and ‘Add Link’


STEP 5To change your blog appearance


Click ‘appearance’ at dashboard page

This page will appear and you can choose your favorites themes and appearance

Select a theme and

click ‘Activate’


STEP 6To comment on a post


At your blog page, you can see text ‘comment’ here. To start comment the post you need to click this ‘comment’

text.


This page will appear.

Write your comment here.

Click ‘post comment’ to submit/reply your

comment.


THE END