Week Four Exercises (MGDP2060)

This article contains exercises for Week Four (MGDP2060).

Do these tasks on your classroom workstation.

• You may also do this on your laptop or other device.

Create exercise folder

In your local root folder, create a folder named wordpress.

• All of the WordPress files go in this folder
• Do not non-WordPress files in this folder

Download WordPress

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Move files to exercise folder

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Create database using phpMyAdmin

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Edit WordPress config file

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= Browse configuration page

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Installation is complete. Wordpress is ready for use.

Browse website

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• http://localhost/wordpress - Example, not working link -- enter the URL in browser address bar

Manage website

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• http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin - Log in to WordPress admin console (example, not working link)

Change Themes

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Change Permalinks

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Update home page

On your Home page, make a link to your WordPress page. Like this:

<a href="./wordpress">Week Four: WordPress</a>

You are free to change "Week Four: WordPress" to something equivalent.

• This is standard classroom style practice: you may change the wording, so long as:
  • The meaning is the same
  • Your style is consistent

Link from WordPress to Home page?

This is not an exercise, but a topic of inquiry.

How would you make a link from your WordPress page to your Home Page?