Setting up a new Site with Wordpress and Semplice v1.0 20171023

VISC 404, 'Design for Social Interaction, Fall 2017
Monday / Wednesday @ 2:30-05:20pm
Matt Kirkland / mattk@ku.edu / Slack @matt

Setting up a new Site with Wordpress and Semplice

Step	Options
1	Domain & Hosting. I recommend Dreamhost, which is ~$10/month or less, with a free domain name. They also provide a nice one-click install of Wordpress. Here's a coupon for 25% off. Once you get through the registration and purchase process, Dreamhost will confirm that your domain is ready, and you can go to your new domainname.com and see a temporary 'This Site is Coming Soon' screen.
2	Install Wordpress. If you're using Dreamhost, Then look for Goodies > One Click Installs. Select Wordpress, and in the options that pop up, select: Install to: Select a Domain (pick yours here from the dropdown list): / and leave it blank after the slash. Select Database: Automatically Create Database Deluxe Install? Leave it checked. Some other web hosts have a handy automatic install of Wordpress too - they will look and work differently but are probably fine.
3	Create your Admin username and password / follow the prompts in email.
4	Download Semplice, a templating layer on top of Wordpress. You'll have to buy it, then download it. Unzip the file, and inside will be some instructions an another zip file called semplice4_single.zip. DON'T unzip that one - just leave it for now.
5	Install the Semplice theme. Log into your Wordpress installation, look in the left hand menu for Appearance > Themes. Or you can go directly to http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/theme-install.php. Click 'Add a new theme', then 'Upload a theme' and upload the zip file called semplice4_single.zip. After the theme uploads, click 'Activate.'
6	That's the hard part! Now you can use the Semplice control layer to make pages. Semplice has great help tutorials here.