Trib U: Creating Your Own Blog: Part Two, March 13

 
 
You understand how blogging works—now learn how to build your own blog. In this intermediate class, learn how to build your own blog on WordPress, a free blogging platform. Also learn how to customize your blog’s design and track your blog’s web traffic.
In three hours, you will learn how to:
·          Quickly create a blog on WordPress
·          Add multiple pages to your blog
·          Post entries to your blog and edit previous entries
·          Upload multimedia files to your blog, including… Show more photos, videos, MP3s, and PDFs
·          Change the design of your blog
·          Install customized widgets on your blog’s side rail
·          Adjust the privacy settings of your blog
·          Set up comment notification emails
·          Track the traffic to your blog and understand who your visitors are
 
Our class is a lively mix of discussions, presentations and short tutorials. A computer is not required for this class. At the start of class, attendees will receive a printed handout that follows the presentation. Afterwards, they will be emailed a PDF of the complete presentation.
 
 Our social media classes are designed and led by Tracy Samantha Schmidt, manager of educational programs at the Chicago Tribune. In the last year, Tracy has taught more than 2,000 people how to use social media effectively. Previously, Tracy was the editorial director of ChicagoNow, the Tribune’s network of 350 blogs.  She also taught several graduate-level classes on social media at DePaul University and has presented at conferences nationwide. 

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