Section 1:  Getting Started with Your Wordpress Theme

Exercise 1-2: Installation

Pre-installed by LuckyMarble - accessing your website when installed during purchased

Welcome Folks! Thanks for joining LuckyMarble / i3dthemes! There's just a few initial steps to go through, to set up your new Wordpress 'Theme' and website. Once you've gone through the initial setup you can access your website through your LuckyMarble / i3dthemes members page, or go directly to your website through your web browser and log in.

BEFORE we go through the installation process, I wanted to share a couple of 'tips' with you that will help you 'get back into your website' once you've set it up.

• the fastest way to access your website ( wp-admin ) page, is to go there directly via your web browser..
• just open your web browser, and type the address (URL) of your website into the address bar, followed by a forward slash /wp-admin ..
• for our example site, we would just type in ( www.frazoo.net/wp-admin )

• if logging back in through your members page, just click on the ( My Web Sites ) tab, then the icon.

Lets' Get Started! by logging into your members page at LuckyMarble.com

• you can log into the your LuckyMarble.com / i3dthemes.com members page from this link

• once logged in, click on the My Web Sites tab

• you will see your 'Web Hosting' and Theme listed on the page, now click on the icon to 'deploy' your 'Theme' into your web hosting space
• it may take a few minutes to deploy and install, once the site is ready you web page will change to the following

• the 'Blog Title' is the same as a 'Website Title' or the name for your website (very important if you have more than 1 website!)
• now type in a name for the 'Blog Title' ( can be any name, you can change it at any time through your 'Settings' panel )
• type in your email address.. ( used for retrieving lost / forgotten passwords )
  
  

• and finish by pressing the 'Install Wordpress' button
• the next page will create a 'Username' and 'Password' for you. You can change these once you press 'Log in' but for now, copy the Username and Password to a safe location or copy and paste into a text file as you'll be needing both the Username and Password for the next page ( it's a security thing )

• now you'll be viewing the WP-Admin login page, and you'll need to enter the Username and Password that you copied from the previous page ( and if you didn't write it down, press the 'Back' button on your web browser
• and if for any reason that doesn't work, there's always the 'Lost your password' link,
• and press the 'Remember Me' link to speed things up the next time
• and finally, click on the 'Log In' button

• the first thing you should see, at the top of the page is the 'auto-generated' password reminder.. now might be a really good time to change your password to something you can work with

• click on the red 'Yes, Take me to my profile page' link to edit your password
• enter your new password and click on the 'Update Profile' button when done

• once you click on the 'Update Profile' button, the page should scroll back to the top, if not, scroll back to the top and update the rest of the profile information ( might as well while you are here! )

• when you're done, click on the 'Visit Site' button to preview your site in a web browser ( just so you can see for yourself, your site is online! )

and that covers the installation information.. now you're ready to start editing your website. I would recommend you start with the next section  ....

Section 2 - Exercise 2-1: Take a tour of your 'Themes' WP-Dashboard