The Puget Soundings

USSVI Bremerton Base WordPress Training

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🧭 WordPress Training – Session 1: Introduction & Simple Posting

Duration: ~1 Hour
Audience: USSVI Base Members and Puget Soundings Editorial Team
Goal: Understand the WordPress dashboard and create a basic post for the website/newsletter.

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📌 Part 1: Welcome & Objectives

• Quick welcome and purpose of the training
• Overview of the transition from printed newsletter to online publication
• Session goals:
  • Understand WordPress basics
  • Learn how to create and publish a simple post

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🖥️ Part 2: What Is WordPress?

• WordPress = A content management system (CMS)
• Used by ~40% of the world’s websites (reliable, flexible, and free)
• Difference between Posts vs. Pages
• Key components of the Dashboard:
  • Posts
  • Media
  • Pages
  • Appearance
  • Plugins
  • Users

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🔍 Part 3: Tour of the Dashboard

• Live walkthrough (or screenshots if no projector):
  • How to log in
  • Navigating the sidebar
  • Customizing the profile (user roles: Admin, Editor, Contributor, Subscriber)

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✍️ Part 4: Creating a Simple Post

Step-by-step demo:

1. Go to “Posts” > “Add New”
2. Enter a Title (e.g., “Welcome to the New Puget Soundings!”)
3. Add body text using the block editor (Gutenberg basics)
4. Insert an image from the Media Library
5. Add a category (e.g., Newsletter, News, Events)
6. Preview the post
7. Publish the post

Hands-on practice:
Attendees create a post draft with help

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🧩 Part 5: Questions & Troubleshooting

• Open Q&A
• Clarify login issues, roles, and the publishing process
• Common gotchas: saving drafts vs. publishing live, formatting errors

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📘 Part 6: Homework & Next Session Preview

• Homework: Write and save a short post (story, event recap, photo reflection)
• Tease next session:
  • Working with Pages
  • Uploading PDFs of back issues
  • Creating a newsletter landing page or blog roll

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