A quick video demo on how to create a local association website using WordPress.com
The Basics
Great new contact forms with wordpress
If you haven’t seen, WordPress has a great new contact form feature built into the tool bar. Check out all the details here: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/contact-form-2-0/
Adding a Link to a Page or Post
This page is designed to help you add links to your posts or pages. If you want to create a lists of links to your favorite blogs or sites in your sidebar, please visit the Links Menu (Blogroll) support page.
There are a couple of ways to add links to your posts or pages. You can use either the Visual, or HTML editors to create them so we’re going to outline both methods here.
Adding a Widget to the Sidebar
Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars of your blog. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your blog sidebar.
Take a look at this short video on how to add a widget to your WordPress website.
Creating and Editing Pages
Take a look at this short video on how to create and edit pages on your WordPress website.
Organize your Post by Categories
Take a look at this short video on how to organize your post by categories on your WordPress website.
Categories vs. Tags
Take a look at this short video on how to add a post to your WordPress website.
Find out more here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/dashboard/
Your WordPress Dashboard
Take a look at this short video on how to add a post to your WordPress website.
Find out more here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/dashboard/
How to add a new post to your site
Take a look at this short video on how to add a post to your WordPress website.
Find out more here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/
Does your IEA local association need a website?
IEA and WordPress are teaming up to help you create a great local association website. You can get a blog/website started in less time than it takes you to read this sentence. All you need is an email address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like you.wordpress.com), a selection WordPress.com free storage of great free and customizable designs for your blog (we call them themes), 3 gigabytes of file storage (that’s about 2,500 pictures!) and all the other great features listed here.
IEA Local Websites 