2. WordPress
is
an
online
publishing
suite
that
allows
you
to
create
and
edit
a
blog.
3. Contents
1.
CreaDng
an
account
and
logging
in
2. Dashboard
3. WriDng
and
saving
your
blog
4. Toolbar
5. Making
pages
6. CreaDng
Categories
and
Tags
7. Designing
your
blog
8. Managing
comments
5. Open
your
web
browser
and
type
hOp://wordpress.com
in
the
url
bar
6.
If
you
do
not
have
an
account,
click
on
‘Get
Started”.
Type
in
your
email
address,
username,
password
and
blog
address.
An
email
will
be
sent
to
your
inbox
for
confirmaDon.
If
you
already
have
an
account,
enter
your
details:
username
or
email
and
password
and
sign
in.
Once
you
have
logged
in
with
your
ID
and
password,
click
on
the
“head”
icon
on
the
right
hand
side
of
the
window,
scroll
down
and
click
on
the
name
of
your
blog
to
access
the
Dashboard
8.
The
Dashboard
is
where
you
can
make
a
post,
edit
the
look
of
your
blog
and
manage
comments.
The
WordPress
Dashboard
is
where
you
can
control
all
of
the
funcDons
of
your
blog.
User
Name
&
Visit
Site
-‐
here
you
will
see
the
current
name
of
your
blog
and
a
link
to
visit
your
blog.
Write,
Manage,
Design,
Comments
-‐
These
categories
allow
you
to
create
posts,
edit
posts,
change
the
style
of
your
blog
and
moderate
comments
SeCngs
-‐
allows
you
to
edit
the
technical
informaDon
on
your
blog
including
the
Dtle,
subDtle
and
more.
New
Page
and
New
Post
–
these
buOons
allow
you
to
either
make
a
post
on
you
blog
or
create
a
new
page.
11.
• To
write
your
first
blog,
click
on
“New
Post”
on
the
upper
right
hand
side
of
the
window
and
give
your
post
a
Dtle
and
a
body.
• Aer
posDng
your
first
blog,
you
can
write
subsequent
blogs
by
clicking
on
“New
Post”
on
the
upper
right
hand
side
of
the
window
and
follow
the
instrucDons
that
were
given
when
creaDng
your
first
post,
including
giving
your
post
a
Dtle
and
a
body.
• At
any
Dme
when
you
are
wriDng
your
post,
you
can
always
stop
and
save
your
work
before
you
publish
it
by
clicking
on
the
“Save
Dra”
tab
on
the
right
of
the
screen.
• Your
work
will
remained
unpublished,
but
will
be
saved
for
future
ediDng.
• When
you
are
ready
to
publish
your
post,
click
on
the
“Publish
Post”
tab
on
the
right
and
that
will
enable
your
blog
to
be
seen
by
the
public,
unless
you
wish
to
keep
your
post
private.
If
so,
click
the
“Keep
this
post
private”
check
box.
12.
13.
14. TOOL
BAR
The
forma_ng
toolbar
is
used
when
wriDng
posts
and
pages
This
toolbar
contains
icons
for
common
forma_ng
acDons
such
as
bold,
italic,
strikeout,
numbered
list,
bulleted
list,
alignment,
spell
check,
tag
addiDon
and
full
screen
mode.
16.
CreaDng
pages
in
Word
Press
is
similar
to
wriDng
a
post,
but
pages
are
for
content
such
as
“About
Me”,
“Contact
Me”
and
any
other
informaDon
that
you
may
wish
to
highlight.
17. • To
create
a
page,
click
on
the
“Pages”
tab
from
the
Dashboard
and
then
choose
the
“Add
New”
sub
tab.
19. Note:
Adding
categories
and
tags
to
posts
and
pages
is
op1onal.
Categories
allow
you
to
group
posts
into
topics.
When
you
want
to
describe
a
post
in
more
specific
terms,
you
may
have
to
add
more
categories
or
start
adding
tags.
To
add
categories,
scroll
down
on
the
“Write
Post”
page
and
click
the
“Add
New
Category”
link
under
the
“Categories”
secDon.
You
will
then
come
across
a
type
and
drop
down
box,
along
with
an
“Add”
buOon.
You
can
start
introducing
categories
for
your
post.
20.
21. Adding
Tags
• Tags
are
similar
to
categories,
but
instead
of
a
list
of
words
to
choose
from,
you
write
them
in
a
list
separated
by
commas
in
a
text
box
below
your
post.
• They
are
words
that
generally
describe
your
post
in
more
detail.
23. CHANGE
THEMES
To
change
the
look
of
you
page,
go
to
the
dashboard
and
click
on
“Appearance”.
“Themes”
opDon
will
show.
Click
on
it
and
from
there,
you
can
scroll
through
and
click
page
numbers
for
other
theme
selecDons.
24. You
can
click
on
“preview”
to
see
how
your
blog
will
look.
Once
you
have
chosen
a
theme
and
want
to
add
it
as
your
new
one,
move
the
cursor
to
it
and
click
the
“AcDvate”
link.
26. People
have
the
opDon
to
leave
comments
on
your
site.
To
manage
comments
that
have
been
le
for
you,
go
back
to
the
dashboard,
click
on
the
“Comments”
tab
and
you
can
moderate.
27.
• You
will
view
each
comment
and
you
can
decide
if
you
wish
to
approve
the
comment
or
delete
it.
• To
do
this,
select
the
comment
you
would
like
to
manage
by
Dcking
the
checkbox
next
to
the
author
of
the
comment.
• Click
on
one
of
the
available
buOons:
“Approve”,
“Mark
as
Spam”,
“Don’t
Approve”,
or
“Delete”.
