Goal
In this workshop you will setup your very own author website and learn the basic skills to maintain it.
Structure
The workshop begins by explaining a few basic terms and resources. Don't worry, we've kept the technobabble to a minimum and have eliminated the acronym alphabet soup. And thrown in some humor as well.
We then jump into the hands-on section. During this section, we will walk you through six lessons to teach you how to setup and maintain your site. Each lesson is chock full of pictures to guide you through each step.
Lessons
Your Brand—Learn why the website name you choose is important, and how you can get one.
Your Home—Learn how to name your author website. And a few things to avoid as well.
Share Carefully—Learn what information you should have on your website.
Words of Advice—A few more bits of wisdom before we move on.
The Tools—We will introduce you to the basic tools you will need for this workshop: Bluehost and WordPress. (Don't worry, by the time you get to this section, you will know what this means.)
First Steps (hands on)—Your first visit to your site and the administrative page.
The Humble Page (hands on)—Learn how to put long-term information on your site using pages.
The Look (hands on)—Learn how to change the look of your entire site.
Words of the Wise (hands on)—Learn how to create and publish short-term information on your site using the blog feature.
Words of the Unwise (hands on)—Learn how to work with comments left by your fans.
Widgets, Widgets, Widgets (hands on)—Learn how to spice up your site with widgets.
Q & A—Questions? We've got answers.
Wrap Up—So long and farewell. And we promise not to sing to you—that would just be cruel.