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What is WordPress?

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WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it. WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. The GPL from the Free Software Foundation is the license that the WordPress software is under. The WordPress platform is easily adaptable to all types of websites, from blogs to e-commerce storefronts. Here’s what you need to know about the world’s most popular Content Management System (CMS). If you want to create a successful website, you’ll need to start with the best platform you can find. This is easier said than done — since there are so many options available for building your new site, it can be hard to know what platform to choose. While there’s no […]

Learn WordPress Live at WP Bootcamp, Nov 10, Mills College, Oakland

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Learn WordPress Live. Do you need to learn WordPress or enhance and refresh your current skills? Many people start to use their WordPress website, and then forget some of what they may have already learned or never figured out things like uploading images correctly, how to name your images for search engine optimization, or things like the best plugins and tools to optimize and get the most out of your WordPress website. With our WordPress bootcamps, we offer you live and hands on help with WordPress. During WordPress bootcamp you will be working on live test sites with hands on help in a small classroom environment. Classes are limited to 8. Class sizes range from 4-10. We still have room for Mills College, Nov 10th, 2012 WordPress Bootcamp training class. In our half day bootcamp you will learn the topics below. 1. Logging In Several ways to login, and how to get to the dashboard. 2. The Dashboard Part One Media, Links, Pages, Posts, Comments. 3. Themes and Menus Custom Themes, Upgrade, Use free themes, search themes by color or layout. 4. Custom Menu Section, Parent and Child Pages Explained How to set up a custom menu, and what are parent and […]

WordPress and Self Publishing Bootcamp Schedule

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To see more details on either session you can visit: WordPress Bootcamp Sept 8th, San Domenico School, San Anselmo, Ca Oct 13th, 2014-Stanford University, Ca Nov 10th, 2012- Mills College, Oakland Self Publishing Bootcamp/Both Classes Sept 8th, San Domenico School, San Anselmo, Ca Oct 13th, 2014-Stanford University, Ca Nov 10th, 2012- Mills College, Oakland

Letting WordPress Provide the Solution to Your Blog and Website Needs

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Discoverability. It’s the most important word for an aspiring author to know and to master. The Internet is where everyone and everything gets found today. If someone searching for you, your book or subjects related to your book can’t find you on the Internet, you will remain obscure. Unknown. That’s not what any aspiring author wants. That’s not what a publisher wants in a writer. The fact that you can’t be found on line when someone searches for you, that you and your book aren’t discoverable, can feel pretty overwhelming, especially if you want to sell books to readers or to publishers. Yet, so many writers fail to develop an online presence. They don’t want to create a blog or a website, both of which provide them with a way to be easily found on the Internet. Why don’t they do so? Because it feels hard. It’s out of the realm of writing. It’s techy and unfamiliar. The task feels overwhelming. Creating an online presence with a blog doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Today, my webmaster and blogmaster, Linda Lee, offers a few basic tips on how to begin a blog, or a blog website, in a way that will […]