1. REMODEL
YOUR
WEBSITE
JAZZ UP YOUR WORDPRESS SITE FOR
FREE

2. TO DO TODAY
• Introductions
• Themes
• Where to find them
• What to look for
• How to customize it for your library
• Images
• Where to find them
• What to look for
• How to properly credit image creators
• Content
• Where to find it
• What to put on your site

3. THEMES - WHERE
• Right-click  View Source
• Look for “wp-content/themes/” in the source code (Ctrl+f)
• The folder after themes contains the name of the theme
• http://www.nekls.org/wp-content/themes/arras-theme
• Search Google for that theme
• Your favorite sites?

4. THEMES - WHAT
• Buzzwords
• Responsive Design
• Mobile-first
• HTML5
• Customizable
• Colors
• Images
• Widgets

5. THEMES - HOW
Dashboard  Appearance  Themes
Install Themes
Search | Upload | Featured | Newest | Recently Updated
Feature Filter (color, columns, width, etc.)

7. IMAGES - WHERE
• Compfight
• Includes WP plugin so you can search from post editing
box
• Can set the level of copyright
• Search.creativecommons.org
• Open Clip Art - http://openclipart.org/
• DPLA – http://dp.la
PicMonkey

8. IMAGES - WHAT
• Look for images that relate to your blog post
• File formats
• .jpg
• .gif
• .png
• Sizes
• Pixels (under 500 wide, sometimes
less than 300 wide, depends on
the theme)

9. IMAGES - HOW
• Find a CC, public domain or Open Access
image
• Download it to your computer (right-
click, Save Image)
• Use WP’s Media Library to upload it to your
site
• WP’s built-in tools are not comprehensive
• The Gimp
• Photoshop
• Pixlr, Splashup, Sumopaint

11. CONTENT - WHERE
• Analytics
• What are people searching for?
• What links are clicked most?
• Board Meetings
• Events and Programs
• New Materials (pictures you take of book covers are yours
– no copyright issues)

12. CONTENT - WHAT
• Location
• Hours
• Contact Information

13. Influx – weareinflux.com/onepager