This video takes you through the process of selecting your web hosting plan at Reclaim Hosting, choosing your domain name/URL, and activating your ePortfolio site. You’ll need the Validation Code for the Mellon Engaging Humanities program to “purchase” your hosting and URL. This PDF has a brief written version of the instructions presented in more […]

Install WordPress at your website following the steps in this tutorial. You’ll log in to your Reclaim Hosting account, navigate to your cPanel, and use the Installatron (!) to set up WordPress.

Get started adding content to your ePortfolio by creating posts in WordPress. This tutorial shows you how to create, edit, and publish posts as well as to work with blocks in WordPress.

Once you’ve published several posts, you can explore different themes in WordPress that enable you to change the look of your ePortfolio. There are literally thousands of WordPress themes to choose from, and it takes just a few clicks to explore the themes, install ones that you like, and activate each theme to see how […]

You can use the Customize panel that comes with every WordPress theme in order to adjust features of your ePortfolio. For instance, you can change the colors, add header and background images, and change the title of your site by customizing the theme you’re using.

This tutorial shows you how to add images to your Media Library and then include those images in your posts. You can also set a Featured Image for each post that indicates something of the content of the post.

This tutorial provides more instruction on the finer points of posts, including setting different categories for your posts so that your readers can see the key themes in your ePortfolio.

Find out more about configuring your posts, with options that depend on the WordPress theme that you’re using. This tutorial also explains how to set up pages in your ePortfolio.