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Come to a half day version of this workshop at Internet Librarian 2009!
Wordpress in Libraries: Power Your Library Websites with WordPress
Class Description
Looking for a simple way to have an attractive and useful web presence? One that is easy to maintain as well? Sound too good to be true? Come learn how it can be done with Wordpress. Wordpress is a content management system (CMS) that lets you create and maintain a website without learning complex & expensive web development software.
Not sure if you have Wordpress available to you? Check with your website hosting service, they'll be able to help you. There are also services that let you set up a Wordpress site for free. During this workshop we'll provide you with a temporary Wordpress website that you can use as a model for later development.
In this session we'll cover:
- How Wordpress helps you organize your library information
- Setting up an easy to update page for library news
- Changing the look of your Wordpress based site through the use of themes.
- Options for letting people leave comments on your site.
- Incorporating content from blogs, flickr and other services.
- Adding media content to your pages.
- And much more!
Wordpress in Libraries
Library Website Examples
- Wp4lib - Growing list of libraries that run their websites on WordPress.
Some non-library examples
Articles, blog posts, etc.
WordPress Resources
Documentation, help and downloads
Video Tutorials
Free Hosting
Test server for class
Hosting Your Own
Some theme sites
Places to find new themes for your site.
Create your own themes
We’re not going to create our own themes today, but here are some useful resources if you want to explore.
Plugins Used in Class
Find more plugins at: WordPress.org
Blogging from flickr
Blogging directly from flickr is terrific, but the CSS code that flickr uses for some of the blog layout options is glitchy. The 100 px photo layouts in particular gave me problems working with WordPress. You may need to customize the CSS code if you want to use these layouts. (go to YOUR ACCOUNT --> EXTENDING FLICKR --> YOUR BLOGS --> EDIT --> LAYOUT to find the box for customizing your flickr layout.)
This is the CSS code I used to fix the 100 px left-aligned layout:
<a href="{photo_url}" title="photo sharing"><img style="border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 5px; margin: 8px 8px 8px 0" align="left" src="{photo_src_t}" alt="{photo_title}" /></a><br />
{description}
<br clear="all" />
Sample Headers
From http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.If you use someone else's graphics, make sure you give credit somewhere on your site.
http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/350/cat/509
http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/902/cat/500/ppuser/1878
http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/457/cat/509
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