{"id":559,"date":"2011-01-03T15:48:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T22:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordcampvictoria.ca\/?p=559"},"modified":"2011-01-03T15:48:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T22:48:39","slug":"quick-start-wordpress-blogging-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoria.wordcamp.org\/2012\/quick-start-wordpress-blogging-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick-Start WordPress Blogging for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest Post by <a href=\"http:\/\/campbellduke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Campbell Duke<\/a>. Beth is <a href=\"\/speaker-biographies\/\" target=\"_self\">speaking<\/a> at 9am, and on the Genius Bar at 10am.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thinking about starting a blog? Or in using WordPress as a \u201ccontent management system\u201d to give you more control over your website?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then WordCamp is for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to have a WordPress blog, or even a whole lot of knowledge about WordPress to attend WordCamp. For those of you just starting out, the first workshop of the day in the \u201cBeginner\u201d stream is designed to get your first WordPress blog up and running.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your own laptop so we can help get you set up with a WordPress account, and your first blog. Over the course of the hour, you&#8217;ll learn not just WordPress skills but valuable blogging lingo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choosing a WordPress <strong>theme<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>Completing your <strong>profile<\/strong>, setting up a <strong>Gravatar<\/strong> and <strong>Hovercard<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>The difference between a <strong>page<\/strong> and a <strong>post<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>The kinds of <strong>widgets<\/strong> you can add to your <strong>sidebar<\/strong>(s),<\/li>\n<li>An introduction to <strong>categories<\/strong> and <strong>tags<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>Setting up your <strong>blogroll<\/strong> and displaying <strong>links<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>Finding help on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.forums.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.org<\/a> forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll leave this first workshop knowing enough about WordPress that you can make the most of your day at WordCamp. 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