The first day of every class always brings about more information and more lessons than I ever have my mind prepared for. You would think that after three years of college, I would learn that syllabus day really is just a made up day for kids to not go to class for the first week so they can have an extra week of break.
Information from Day 1:
- CMS stands for Content Management System. This simply just allows you to control the content that is in any given one of your websites. The neat part about this is that it allows you to control all of this without having to know how to code or really be trained in the field.
- WordPress is an example of a CMS
- It is already set up to a specific code whenever you type anything, input any type of media, place any photo. It is already set up to allow you to do this without having to know what code to put in.
- By one click of a button (Nectar Shortcodes), you can input anything from graphs to videos to icons and animations all without the need for code, again. WordPress is simply a program that is so intelligently designed that it allows for diverse webpages to be made just by the click of a button from the editor.
- While practicing on WordPress today, it dawned on me that I have previously worked in a WordPress site when I was in a Special Topics class and helped with the 2015 State Games of America. The website can be found here: http://sga.cojmc.webfactional.com/
- I was in charge of updating the site and making sure that everything was up and functioning.