WordPress School: Video
Images and video are the most common content published in WordPress and the web in general. In today’s tutorial from Lorelle’s WordPress School you are going to learn how to embed a video into a...
View ArticleWordPress School: Links
I’ve dreamed of teaching a class or workshop on nothing but links. Web links fascinate me. They are the connective tissue of the web, the glue that binds us all together in the virtual space, an...
View ArticleWordPress School: Gallery
It is time to work on the third post in your article series on your test site. This post is your gallery post. We’ve been working through some basic content features in WordPress including links,...
View ArticleWordPress School: Sharing WordPress Links
In Lorelle’s WordPress School many participants are active in our WordPress School Google+ Community and eager to share links to their work on their test site for others in the group to review their...
View ArticleWordPress Lessons: All the HTML You Need to Know
In my WordPress community class the other night, we had 15 minutes left when I told the class I was about to teach them how to speak HTML before class ended – well, enough HTML to publish in WordPress....
View ArticleWordPress School: Week 6
In Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course last week, we covered: WordPress School: Video WordPress School: Links WordPress School: Gallery WordPress School: Sharing WordPress Links WordPress...
View ArticleWordPress School: Blockquotes
No matter what you do on the web, you will quote or cite someone, some place, or something. In today’s assignment and tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course, I’m going to teach you...
View ArticleWordPress School: Intrasite Links
On the test site for Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course you started a five part article series, each one exploring different content features and functions of WordPress. So far, you’ve...
View ArticleWordPress School: The Article Series
To help me teach you WordPress from the inside out in this free online course, we’ve been focused on creating a five-part article series to learn the various WordPress content features and...
View ArticleWordPress School: Header Art
It is time to begin to customize the design elements of your test site in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course. We begin with the header art in the Twenty-Eleven WordPress Theme. When you set...
View ArticleWordPress School: Post Slug
In the tutorial on creating links in your WordPress content, I mentioned that I’d love to do an entire college course dedicated solely to the power of the hyperlink – it is that fascinating and...
View ArticleWordPress School: Background Images
A few days ago the tutorial was on changing and setting the header art in your test site. Today’s tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course is about customizing your site with a...
View ArticleWordPress School: Category Names
In Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course you are to create a test site on WordPress.com or wherever you choose to experiment. It is your WordPress personal sandbox. This doesn’t mean you can do...
View ArticleWordPress School: Week 7
In Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course last week, we covered: WordPress School: Blockquotes WordPress School: Intrasite Links WordPress School: The Article Series WordPress School: Header Art...
View ArticleWordPress School: Blavatars
About a month ago in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course you added a Gravatar image to your WordPress.com test site. A Gravatar image and profile is linked to your email address and displays...
View ArticleWordPress School: Google Maps
We’ve experimented with image and video embeds in your test site in Lorelle’s WordPress School. We’ve also worked a with WordPress shortcodes in the contact form on the Contact Page, and you’ve gotten...
View ArticleWordPress School: WordPress Login
The word login is a strange word with an odd spelling, yet it is the gateway to our online world. We have to login to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, email, even our computers now require logins for...
View ArticleWordPress School: Text Editors
Coming very soon, I’m dedicating a couple weeks to learning about web browsers and HTML and CSS in preparation for moving into the site design and customization aspects of Lorelle’s WordPress School...
View ArticleWordPress School: Week 8
In Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course last week, we covered: WordPress School: Category Names WordPress School: Blavatars WordPress School: Google Maps WordPress School: WordPress Login...
View ArticleWordPress School: Pageviews
A student trying to explain how WordPress Themes worked to another student used the following metaphor: Think of WordPress Themes like a poker hand. They are all cards but the value of the playing hand...
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