Wordpress Tutorial By Derek Ragland

Getting Started

1. Create a folder label it dynamic_php and place it into your public HTML folder.

2. Inside your public HTML folder create another folder and label it worpress.

3. Download wordpress from wordpress.org and place it in your wordpress folder you already created on your H drive.

Quick link to use when logging on:

https://php.radford.edu/~username/wordpress/wp-login.php

4. Create a password

5. Click on admin at the top right corner of your page to enter your profile

6. Once inside your profile you can edit your name, password, email, website, etc…

7. Once worpress is created, inside of your Dashboard update all settings to accommodate your needs which include: General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Privacy, Permalinks and Miscellaneous

Making Changes to your Site

1. From your Dashboard you may edit your page by clicking on Editor under Appearance. Here using PhP you can edit your blog by recording the current theme.

2. Under Templates you will find: 404 Template, Category Template, Comments, Footer, Header, Main Index Template, Page Template, Sidebar, Single Post, and Theme Functions which separates the code in PhP making it easier to change exactly what you want.

3. Widgets under Appearance can be used to change the overall structure of what your blog looks like. You can add other widgets by simply clicking the add button and then placing them in either sidebar1(left) or sidebar2(right) of your page.

4. Instead of adding only widgets you may also add plugins, which must be installed and activated before placing them onto you blog.

Changing Themes

1. Under Appearance from inside your Dashboard click on Themes.

2. From this page wordpress gives you access to many other themes already designed for you!

3. Under Available themes wordpress gives you a default theme which you do not have to choose.

4. At the bottom of the page under Get More Themes click WordPress theme directory.

5. Here you can choose any theme of your choice.

6. After finding a theme you like download it placing it into your themes folder. Help?--Inside your pubic HTML drive click on Dynamic_php, then click wordpress folder, then click the wp-content folder, then click on the themes folder where you will save the current theme to whatever you choose to save it as.
7. After downloading and saving it you must update permissions for you blog.

8. Log onto the terminal or under RU Networks click on PuTTY. Under Configuration inside the Host name just type ruacad.

9. Once on the terminal enter your current login name and password to log onto the Radford University Webpage.

10. If TERM = (vt100) appears just tap enter. When Have a great day appears just tap the enter key again.

11. Inside the Radford University Master Menu select 9-Exit to C-Shell (command prompt) as Your Choice:

12. **If your screen displays ruacad @ /home/username > ** enter chmod -R 755 dynamic_php. Hit the enter key wait to see if everything was done correctly.

If so ruacad @ / home/username will appear. This will change the permissions on your blog. After doing this you may exit the terminal.

13. Remember when updating anything to your blog, for things to look and work properly you will need to update permissions of the page first.

14. After logging back onto your Dashboard click themes under Appearance. Now under available themes the theme you choose will be there. By clicking on it an example page will appear. Within the example at the top right corner you can activate it.

Getting Plugins

1. Plugins are cool additions/features you can add to your blog.

2. Under Appearance click Plugins. At the bottom of the page click WordPress Plugin Directory. From here you can search to add any plugin you like.

3. After finding one you like click the orange download button.

4. Place the plugin inside the plugins folder. Help?--Inside your public HTML drive click on Dynamic_php, then click wordpress folder, then click the wp-content folder, then click on the plugins folder where you will save the current theme to whatever you choose to save it as.


5. Remember when updating anything to your blog, for things to look and work properly you will need to update permissions of the page first. Help?--see Changing Themes 8-13

6. After logging back onto your Dashboard click on plugins under Appearance. Inside plugins along the right side of page your can choose whether to activate your plugin or deactivate it.

7. Once activated another link under Settings on the left sidebar may appear. Under your plugin should be additional links to adjusting whatever plugin you choose.

CformsII

1. Google cformsII find www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin

2. Once inside deliciousdays download cformsll

3. Place cformsll plugin inside the plugins folder. Help?-- Inside your public HTML drive click on Dynamic_php, then click wordpress folder, then click the wp-content folder, then click on the plugins folder where you will save the current theme to whatever you choose to save it as.


4. Remember when updating anything to your blog, for things to look and work properly you will need to update permissions of the page first. Help?--see Changing Themes 8-13

5. After logging back onto your Dashboard click on plugins under Appearance. Inside plugins along the right side of page choose activate.

6. Inside your dashboard click on post. Select add new from the dropdown menu order to place cforms onto your blog.

7. If new post is currently running under html switch it over to visual.

8. Hoover over buttons displayed above text area to find the one that says insert a form. Click it!

9. Any adjustments on how you want to display your form can be edited from this post.

10. Click publish when finish.

11. Now that you have cforms added to your blog its time to change it so that it suits you.

12. From your dashboard under settings you will find cformsII. Cforms has form settings, global settings, tracking, and a help link within its tab.

13. To add fields to your form that do not pre-exist, you need to make adjustments to global settings, which allows you to access them from inside form settings. All settings and configurations from this page apply to all forms. Once you’ve found a setting you like you must click update settings from the right side of the page.

14. Once settings are updated you can now place it inside your form. Click Form Settings under CformsII from inside your dashboard.

15. To insert a field simply click the add button located below the form.

16. Beside each field there is a up or down arrow to adjust the order of the fields. Each field is labeled with a number, name, and type. Just to the right of the field name there is a box with a tiny magnifying glass inside it. To edit a field you must click it. To edit what type of field you want, click the down arrow that displays pick a field type when hovered over it. The check boxes beside the field type, you may choose from required (user has to input data), email (user has to provide email), auto-clear (default value), disabled (grays out field making it completely disabled) and read-only.

17. After making all adjustments to your form click update settings from above read-only to save.

18. Now you are ready to look at you blog click link at top left corner of page to show your blog.