{"id":211,"date":"2020-04-03T16:57:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2023-08-30T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:17:40","slug":"create-a-wordpress-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/manage-digital-information\/create-a-wordpress-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a WordPress Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All KPU students have access to a KPU WordPress site.  Your instructor may ask you to use WordPress to create a portfolio or other online assignment.  Creating a WordPress ePortfolio or website allows you to think reflectively and creatively about what you are learning in your course, and to consider how you can showcase your knowledge to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steps to Creating a WordPress Site<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Go to dev.wordpress.kpu.ca  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the green button that says <em>sign up here<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/files\/2023\/08\/Wpgetsite-1024x294.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/files\/2023\/08\/Wpgetsite-1024x294.png 1024w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/files\/2023\/08\/Wpgetsite-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/files\/2023\/08\/Wpgetsite-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/files\/2023\/08\/Wpgetsite.png 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Visit the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/how-to-get-started\/\">How to Get Started Page<\/a><\/em> and follow the instructions for creating your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Once you have your account, you can begin to build website or ePortfolio.         Need help getting started?  View the online tutorials linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/appearance\/selecting-your-theme\/\">Select the theme for your site<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/dashboard\/dashboard-menu-options\/\">Use the dashboard menu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/posts-versus-pages\/\">Add pages and\/or posts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/adding-your-site-content\/block-editor\/adding-content-with-blocks\/\">Add content to your pages with the block editor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/media-library\/\">Use the media library <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/\">View the full manual here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All KPU students have access to a KPU WordPress site. Your instructor may ask you to use WordPress to create a portfolio or other online assignment. Creating a WordPress ePortfolio or website allows you to think reflectively and creatively about what you are learning in your course, and to consider how you can showcase your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6901,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions\/6901"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}