1. Setting
up
Your
WordPress
Account
1. Go
to
www.wordpress.com
2. Scroll
down
the
page
and
click
on
“Get
Started”
3. Enter
your
information
to
create
an
account
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2.
4. Click
on
“Create
Blog”
under
the
Free
option.
5. Check
your
email
to
complete
the
registration.
6. Click
on
Activate
blog
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3.
7. Edit
information
to
“Set
Up
Your
Blog”
and
click
on
“Next
Step.”
8. Choose
a
theme.
Be
careful….some
of
them
cost
money;
choose
a
free
one
instead.
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4.
9. Don’t
worry
about
customizing
your
theme
now.
You
can
do
it
later.
Click
on
“Next
Step.”
10.
Click
on
“Text
to
Create
Your
First
Post.”
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5.
11.
Add
the
title
to
your
post
and
then
add
some
detail
in
the
body
of
the
post.
Click
on
“publish
post”
when
you
are
finished.
12.
Click
on
“done.”
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6.
13.
Click
on
“My
Blogs”
14.
Click
on
“Blog
Admin.”
15.
The
Dashboard
gives
you
the
ability
to
add
new
posts
and
pages,
to
edit
existing
content,
and
to
control
settings
such
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7.
16. To
add
a
new
blogpost,
click
Post
on
the
lefthand
side
of
the
screen
and
click
Add
New.
17. You
will
end
up
on
this
page.
This
is
where
you
write
your
blogpost
and
its
title.
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8.
18.
Go
to
youtube,
find
a
video
you
like,
and
copy/paste
the
URL
of
the
youtube
video
directly
into
the
body
of
the
post.
19. Click
on
Preview
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9. 20.
You’ll
see
a
preview
of
what
your
post
will
look
like.
21.
Click
back
to
the
last
screen,
and
decide
if
you
want
to
save
a
draft
or
publish
the
blog
post.
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10.
22. If
you
want
to
add
pictures
or
PDF
to
go
along
with
the
text
on
your
post,
click
Add
Media.
You
will
see
a
page
that
looks
like
this
and
all
you
have
to
do
is
drag
your
pictures
or
PDFs
in
the
middle
of
the
page.
23. After
your
picture
or
document
is
uploaded,
click
on
“Insert
into
Post”
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11. 24. Your
picture
will
now
show
up
on
your
page.
To
create
a
hyper
link,
type
in
your
text,
and
then
click
on
the
“chain
link”
in
tool
bar.
25. Type
in
the
URL
of
the
website
you
want
it
to
link
to,
click
on
“Open
link
in
new
window,”
and
click
on
“add
link.”
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12. 26.
You’ll
now
see
the
text
has
turned
blue,
which
means
when
you
preview
or
publish
your
page,
it
will
lin
to
the
designated
page.
27. The
left
menu
is
what
allows
you
to
either
add
“Posts”
or
“Pages”.
The
“Post”
are
the
entries
that
occur
on
the
front
page
of
your
website,
and
they
are
organized
by
date.
“Pages”
(depending
on
your
template)
are
links
on
the
top
or
the
side
of
your
site,
and
these
are
“static”
pages,
not
indented
to
be
update
d
everyda
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28. This
handout
has
given
you
a
crash
course
in
Wordpress.
Go
to
http://en.support.wordpress.com/
for
tutorials
that
show
you
additional
functions
wordpress.
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