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

Resources

Wordpress.org

Chapter 5: Creating Posts

Chapter Objectives:

  • Learn how to publish, post, edit, and delete
  • Learn how to add categories and tags
  • Understand featured images

Assignment

  1. Watch the Videos below and answer the questions in the videos.
  2. Complete the Exercise below in your local site. (10 Pts)

Video 1

Video 2

Exercise

Instructions

Using the website test.mbitwebpagedesign.com as a guide recreate those 6 posts on your local website. Follow the notes below:

  1. There are (6) Posts on that Blog Page.  Using what you learned from watching the videos, recreate those 6 posts on your local website.
    1. Be sure to understand the order in which posts appear. (You should start with the last post first)
    2. You may just copy and paste the content – BUT BE CAREFUL, sometime when you copy and paste the formatting will change, be sure to keep the formatting and Edit the posts according to the original.
    3. Be sure to add the correct titles.
    4. Add the images to each post in the corresponding location as the original.  Be sure the images are placed to mirror the original website.
    5. Add the correct category for each post.
    6. Add the correct tags for each post.
    7. On the Post: Exercises you really can do at your desk – Add a More Block before the picture.
    8. Publish each post when completed.
    9. Be sure to Update all changes to the site. – Show the Instructor when complete for credit.

Grading (10 Pts)

  • Are all of the posts created
  • Are the posts hierarchy correct
  • Is all of the post formatting in tact
  • All the posts have the correct title
  • All the posts have the correct categories and tags
  • A read more block was used appropriately
  • All the posts are published
  • The exercise is submitted on time