WordPress makes it easy for libraries of any size or budget to have a user-friendly web presence. Whether your library's website needs to be refreshed or rebuilt, this webinar will provide practical steps for creating, maintaining, and enhancing your website without technical expertise. Learn how the right WordPress template and plugins can help you provide your community with an informative and nimble website, 24/7.

Presented by: Sara Wright, NE Regional Consultant, Colorado Library Consortium (most recently Director at Berthoud); and Elizabeth Lawrence, Library Assistant, aka Library Ninja, Berthoud Community Library District, Colorado

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Webinar Attachments

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• View chat (xls)
• View captions (txt)
• Learner Guide (pdf) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.

Related Resources and Links

• WebJunction December 2015 Poll Results: Library Websites
  
• Open Source Systems Power Library Websites
• Facebook group, WordPress and Librarians
• How-to Videos and other Wordpress training material from Colorado Libraries Online project.
• Start a revolution : stop acting like a library, by Ben Bizzle and Maria Flora
• WPbeginner – Online guide for Wordpress beginners
• Pixlr, GIMP – Free photo editing software programs similar to Photoshop
• Berthoud uses
  
  • the Mantra WordPress Theme: https://wordpress.org/themes/mantra/
  • iThemes Security: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
• Shared in Chat
  • webinar: Data Visualization for the Rest of Us: A Beginner's Guide
  • ADA.gov (with info about Americans with Disabilities Act compliance)
  • Charlotte Community Library (uses WordPress)
  • Free Image Resources (collected on WebJunction)
  • WPbeginner answers the question about testing features on your website using WAMP
  • The Malverne Public Library (uses WordPress)
  • Evanced (for calendar option)
  • Selected Libraries using WordPress
  • Difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
  • Wordpress.org list of accessibility ready themes: https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/accessibility-ready/
  • This plugin helps with contrast, font size increased: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/