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How To Use Wordpress

This document provides a step-by-step guide for beginners on how to use WordPress to create a website and blog. It explains how to set up a WordPress account, choose a theme, publish blog posts, customize the site design, view site statistics, and manage pages, menus and other site content. Key steps include signing up for a free WordPress account, selecting a theme, writing and publishing blog posts, editing site settings and preferences, and tracking basic site analytics to measure readership over time. The guide aims to outline all of the basic features and functionality for new WordPress users.

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How To Use Wordpress

This document provides a step-by-step guide for beginners on how to use WordPress to create a website and blog. It explains how to set up a WordPress account, choose a theme, publish blog posts, customize the site design, view site statistics, and manage pages, menus and other site content. Key steps include signing up for a free WordPress account, selecting a theme, writing and publishing blog posts, editing site settings and preferences, and tracking basic site analytics to measure readership over time. The guide aims to outline all of the basic features and functionality for new WordPress users.

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How To Use

WORDPRESS
A Beginners Guide

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What is
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WordPress is ..

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an online website

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and a blog creation tool

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Lets Explore WordPress

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How to get started?

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Go to www.wordpress.com

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This will appear

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Click create website

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Choose a Theme

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Choose Domain or a Free


Wordpress.com address

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Type the address


you like to use

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Finalize your domain

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Click Select

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Pick a plan

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Select Free Plan


as beginner

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Then create your account

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Click Create My Account

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You now have your site

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But wait,

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To be able to post
and
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keep using WordPress.com

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you need to validate your


email address
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So you will be asked


to open your email

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Open your email account

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There goes the


WordPress email!

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Click Confirm Email Address

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Your Email has been verified.


Start a Post

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and start blogging!

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How to post a blog?

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Lets do this step-by-step

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Go to www.wordpress.com

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Login to your new


WordPress account

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Type your Email and


Password

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Click Log In

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This will appear

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Click Start a Post

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Start composing your blog.


Start with the title

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Then type your thoughts here

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When youre done,


click Publish

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Your post is now published

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Click View Post

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Heres your
WordPress Blog post

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Cool, Right?

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Yes!

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and theres more

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You can
customize
your site
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How to Customize?

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In your Homepage,
Click My Site

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This will appear.

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You can explore various themes.


Click Themes

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Select your theme


from the list that appears

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For this tutorial, lets use the theme,


Fanwood Light

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Preview and then


click Save and Activate

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Your site will look like this.

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Click Try & Customize

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Click the customize button


to continue editing

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This box will appear

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Select Site Identity

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Edit your Site Title


and Tagline

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Then click Save & Publish

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You can add a picture


in your header. Click This

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This box will appear.


Click Add new image

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Upload image from your files


click Select Files

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Select from your files.


Then click Open

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Click Crop Image

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Then click Save & Publish

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You can continue editing.


Just click the customize
button

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Select Colors & Backgrounds


to customize colors and
background

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Select Fonts
to customize your fonts

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Lets continue to
explore WordPress

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Your WordPress Site


has a Reader Page

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The Reader Page


is where you can see

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the posts of the pages


or people you follow

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Like this

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You can instantly check


your lists, tags and activities

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How to
Manage
Your Site
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Click My Site

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There goes your


My Site Page

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where you can manage


and track your site

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You can select options


from this panel

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Click Stats

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and you can


check your
sites statistics
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per day, per week


and even per year

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you can view


the following
statistics
for your site
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How to create
page, blog and menu
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You can add page,


blog and menu

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by selecting
from this panel
by selecting
from this panel

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by selecting
from this panel

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How to create
a blog post
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Click this button

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This page will appear

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You can now write your


Title
by selecting
from this panel

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and Article

by selecting
from this panel

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Click Publish when you


are through with your blog

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Edit your blog settings here

by selecting
from this
panel

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Now you are ready


to do blogging!

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