Part 4 – Audience

The plan for this part is still in development – a more final version will be available by the end of September 2020.

Audience and WordPress Introduction

Discussion

Who is the primary audience for your website? What are the basics of using WordPress?

Activity

Creating Bio/About page (Screencast walkthrough)

• Screencast walkthrough of creating pages and updating the menu
• Customizer walkthrough part 1: Site Identity, Menus, Homepage Settings
• Customizer walkthrough part 2: Header settings, including social settings
• Linking a Google Drive CV to the Menu

Linking ORCiD and/or Google Scholar to the site

• Adding custom links to the menu

Homework

Resources

Tutorials from the MSU Domains website that might be especially of interest:

• Customizing WordPress – getting started with some basics
• Transferring another WordPress website to your Domain of One’s Own WordPress
• Transferring a Previous Website (Wix, Weebly, or SquarespaceT) to WordPress
• Setting up Google Analytics in WordPress