Creating a contact form on Wordpress

Today we're going to add a contact form to our wordpress site.

Contact forms allow websites to collect information from willing visitors. Instead of posting your email address on a website, which may be an invitation to spammers to start sending you things, using a contact form keeps your email address hidden. It also allows you to specify what information you want people to share with you to better help them.

Log into your wordpress site, click WP ADMIN. Add page, then look for the button that says "Add Contact Form.

Then we'll build a form that asks visitors for their:
Name
email address
phone number
And has a box for comments or what they want to share with us.

You'll also need to specify the email address you want the results of the form sent to, as well as subject line and a few other things we'll cover in class. Those are all options in the contact form builder.

Then test it and see if you receive the auto generated email from filling in the contact form.

Possible points: 100. Due at the end of class today, 2/11/2015.

Wordpress site: updating to include your video & a map

2.4.2015

We're going to go back to the Wordpress.com site you created a few months ago (or create a new one) and add a page that has the youtube video you created embedded and playable on the page. If you don't have an option for sharing / embed then you may have chosen to make your video private. In that case, change your video to 'unlisted' on youtube privacy settings. Then you'll be able to find the share / embed option.

Then you'll create another page that has an interactive map (google maps suggested) embedded in the page.

You should have TWO pages ready to show at the end of class today. You'll then need to create LINKS to those pages on your homepage or blog post...you need to do that to point to the new pages you created today.

Your embedded map should look like this below:

Upload picture slide show to Youtube

Today's assignment (1/28/2014) is to take the picture slide show you created last week and upload it to Youtube. You can chose to make it public (anyone can see it) or private so only you or someone you give the link.

You'll need to be signed into your Google account in order to be able to upload it to Youtube.

Picture collage and picture video

Your assignment to work on in class and after class is:
Create a picture collage using the 25 pictures you have on your computer from last week. You can use Picasa, another program, or an online service. Here are instructions for Picasa: https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/19539?hl=en

Create a song video with your pictures. You can also use Picasa, another program, or an online service. You'll use the mp3 song file you have saved on your computer as the background. We'll work on this in class.

Assignment is due at the beginning of class, 1/28/2015.

Picture video collage

Your assignment to work on prior to next week (due at the beginning of class 1/21/2014) is to have an MP3 file of a song you will use for your picture video. Make sure you have the mp3 file on your laptop...not somewhere on the internet. You will lose points if you don't have the mp3 file downloaded and on your laptop at the beginning of class.

Christmas Break assignment

Your assignment over Christmas break is to bring back at least 25 pictures that display some of what happened during your Christmas break. Include photos of your family celebrating, images of gifts you gave and/or received, and pictures of other events that you experienced over the holidays.

You need to have your pictures on your laptop when we return from class.

Online Photo Editing

Online Photo Editors

We’re going to have some fun with online photo editors. These online sites are a mini version of what you could do with Photoshop or other costly photo editors.

Photo editing gives you the ability to adjust photos. You can change the brightness, remove blemishes, erase or duplicate sections, remove red-eye issues that happen occasionally when using a camera flash.

Your assignment due by the end of class:

Using the five photo images you brought to class,

Take one picture and duplicate a persons head somewhere else on the photo. It could be on another person, or floating anywhere.

Convert one of of the pictures to black and white.

Create a picture collage with all five pictures becoming one image. Put some text at the top (as examples: My Family, My Pets, My Picture Collage).

Here are two of the better free online photo editors:

http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/

http://www.picmonkey.com/

Assignment is due at the end of class and will be graded today.