Chapters & Exercises

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

WordPress Project

Wordpress Project: Ultimate Fitness
Wordpress Project: Part II

Resources

Wordpress.org

Chapter 1: Up and Running with WordPress

Chapter Objectives:

  • Understand what is WordPress
  • Differentiate between the different types of WordPress

Assignment

  1. Watch the 2 videos below and answer the questions in the videos. (Graded)
  2. Complete the Exercise Below and Print and Submit your answers in the bin.

Video 1: What is WordPress?

Video 2: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

Exercise

Instructions: Complete the WebQuest below by watching the Introduction videos, visiting WordPress.org and Wikipedia. Copy and paste the questions below into a Word Document and answer the questions. Print your answers and submit them in the bin with your name on it.

  1. WordPress is a free and Open Source___ system (CMS).
  2. The goal of WordPress is to ____ publishing.
  3. WordPress first appeared in___.
  4. WordPress is an___ project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it.
  5. WordPress was used by more than___% of the top 10 million websites as of February 2017.
  6. True or False: All WordPress themes are free.
  7. WordPress is built using ___ and ___.
  8. ___ allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website without altering the core code or site content.
  9. WordPress ___ allows users to extend the features and functionality of a website or blog.
  10. True or False: All WordPress plugins are free.
  11. The current version of WordPress is ___.
  12. WordPress’ primary support website is___.  This support website hosts both WordPress___, the online manual for WordPress and a living repository for WordPress information and documentation, and WordPress Forums, an active online community of WordPress users.
  13. Name one website that is well known by you that is built using WordPress. ___
  14. From the video: What is the difference between WordPress and WordPress.com?