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MNREM Broadband for Business Webinar Series

Minnesota Renewable Energy MarketplaceAs part of the Minnesota Rural Intelligent

Communities (MIRC) Project


This webinar series is sponsored by MIRC – Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities in partnership with the MNREM - Minnesota Renewable Marketplace and the Blandin Foundation. MNREM is a project partner in the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities initiative. MIRC is a coalition of 19 statewide partners and 11 demonstration communities funded in large part through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant. The work of the coalition focuses on bringing the full promise of broadband technologies to rural Minnesota communities, businesses and people. Blandin Foundation serves as the project administrator. More about MIRC is available www.blandinfoundation.org

http://www.blandinfoundation.org/


Build a Free Website on WordPress

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Process• Set up with WordPress• Get Email Confirmation• Set up Look & Layout• Adding Content• Making Changes


www.wordpress.com


Sign Up


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Free BlogDomain name & mapping10 GB Space UpgradeNo AdsCustom DesignVideoPress


Wait for Email


Quick Note: More than an Author • You can follow blogs• You can easily post comments• You can “like” blog posts


Skip – for now…


Skip…


Choose a title & tag• Think of search

engines• Think of how this

will list• You can change

this later!


Choose a Theme


How to Choose a Theme• Consider the elements

you want– Pages– News/Blog– Logo– Images

• Consider layout and look– Colors – Tone– Columns– Top Navigation– Drop down menus


Create a Sitemap• Outline

elements and hierarchy

• Then draw it on paper

• Check out competition too


Posts vs Pages

Posts• Akin to articles• Can include categories• Will show up in your “blog”

Pages• More like traditional web

pages• You can change – but more

static by design• Can create hierarchy (drop-

down menus)


Customize It

You can change these options later!


Static Front Page• If you don’t want the

latest posts to show up on the homepage – choose a static page (or post)


First Post


Photo Info


Making Changes Later…• Log into

WordPress• Visit page you

want to change• Click on Edit


Adding New Info Later…• Login • Click on username to

get dropdown • Or ad wp-admin to

your address: http://mnremtest.wordpress.com/wp-admin


How Can I Change?

Title

Post

Page

Tag Line

Widget


Quick Tour of Writing a Post


Quick Tour of Widgets


Widgets Part 2• Text• Follow• Facebook/

Twitter• RSS Links


QUESTIONS?

If you have an interest in further training in your area, please let us know.

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