{"id":761,"date":"2019-11-27T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/?p=761"},"modified":"2019-11-27T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:12:33","slug":"installing-the-wp-dimensions-calling-card-splot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/installing-the-wp-dimensions-calling-card-splot\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing the WP-Dimensions &#8220;Calling Card&#8221; SPLOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A &#8220;SPLOT&#8221; is basically a WordPress theme developed especially for an educational setting. It installs WordPress on your cPanel account with a theme and some images and text ready for you to customize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setting them up is a little different to a normal WordPress install, so we&#8217;ve made a video walkthrough to help get you started: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L88zj20sdoA\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing to remember is that <strong>you&#8217;ll need to remember your username and password <\/strong>you create during the setup process when you install WordPress this way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-heading\">How to install the WP-Dimensions SPLOT: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s more detail in the video, but the basic steps are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click on <strong>All Applications <\/strong>in cPanel (not WordPress) <\/li><li>Choose <strong>WP-Dimensions Calling Card <\/strong>CMS and click <strong>Install <\/strong><\/li><li>Leave the installation path blank to install on your subdomain (i.e. example.coventry.domains) or add sometihng to add it as a seperate site (example.coventry.domains\/bio) <\/li><li>Leave all the default settings as they are, <strong>note your username and password<\/strong> and click <strong>Install <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the tutorial, you should be able to make your homepage look something like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-14.53.40-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-766\" width=\"857\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-14.53.40-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-14.53.40-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-14.53.40-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-14.53.40.png 1647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our thanks to Alan Lavine for developing these tools for free, available to all. 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