Week Three Exercises (MGDP2060)

Exercise handout

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: