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This article contains exercises for Week Three of Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060).

Exercises

See printed handout (PDF).

FTP for file sharing

• Create an FTP account for "client1"
• Be sure to use subfolder "client1" inside "public_ftp"
• Make arrangements with one or more other students to exchange files
  • Upload a file (an image, a document, anything) to the other student's FTP account
  • Download the file(s) you received
• Email you FTP credentials (FTP host, username, password) to the instructor

Chapter Four

• Dashboard Practice: Changing Basic Settings (pages 91-92)
• Choosing a Starter Theme (93) – use the "2012" Theme, per the book
• Creating a Post (91-97)
• Browse Your Posts (98-100)
• Delayed Publishing (100-102)
• Edit Post (102-103) – edit one or more of your Posts, your choice
• Delete a Post (103-104)
• Create a Sticky Post (104-105)
  • Then add another regular (non-sticky) post.
  • View your website. Confirm that the sticky post appears first, and the newer regular post appears second.
• Categories (107-109) – create one or more new Categories of your choice, and assign your Posts to these Categories as you see fit.
• Using Subcategories (110-112) – create subcategories under a category of your choice, and make the Categories Widget "Show Category".
• Managing Categories (112-113) – use the Categories page to view your Categories.
  • Optional: add, edit, or delete Categories
• Tagging Posts (114-115) – Add one or more Tags to each of your Posts.
  • Managing Tags – Use theTags page to view your Tags (optional: add, delete, edit tags)
• Permalinks (117-119) – review settings, change if you wish.
• Changing a Posts's Permalink (119-120) – change the Post Permalink for one or more Posts.
• Performing Bulk Actions () - study the Bulk Actions list, take any Bulk Actions you see fit.

Chapter Five

• Customizing the Header (145-150) – create or acquire an image, and upload to site.
• Background, other Theme options (150-151) – set Background and other options, your choice.
• Customizing Your Widgets (154-167) – and and edit Widgets of your choice. Try several.

Project planning

• Start planning to make a WordPress site of your own – a real-world website.
• Think about what kind of site you want: blog, portfolio, business, etc.
• Browse the WordPress Showcase for inspiration: https://wordpress.org/showcase/