This is the post for the Friday, February 6, 2015 class meeting.
Class for February 6 will work online, as I will be traveling to a conference. There will be no classroom meeting for Friday.
Working on Your Blog’s Appearance
In lieu of the class meeting, please watch the lynda.com videos on “Changing the Appearance of Your Site” (39m 36s).
- Apply what you have learned by choosing a theme for your WordPress site and customizing what you have on the site.
- Go to the Appearance tab on the left, and choose Themes. Be sure to choose the FREE link on the upper right. Please don’t spend money on a Theme.
- Begin looking at Widgets and Menus. We will talk about them more on Monday.
- By 5 PM on Saturday, write a second blog post with the headings (1) What I Did, and (2) Why I Did It. You do NOT need to send me your link (unless you failed to do so on Wednesday).
Homework
- For Monday, 2/9:
- We will talk about the work you have done with Themes, and we will explore Themes, Widgets, and Menus in more detail.
- Be ready to work on customizing your site further in class. You will have most of the class time to work, and I will answer questions about your sites.
- For Wednesday, 2/4:
- Read Chapter 1 of Writer/Designer so that you are familiar with the terms we’re using in class as we discuss multimodal projects. I will post a reading quiz for the chapter as well.