Lesson 7: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

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Janina Hailey

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  • Online Platforms for ICT Content Development Social Media Platforms - Websites like Facebook allow you to create not only personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share comment. The only downside of this is that you are restricted to Facebook’s “one-size fits-all” design which means that no matter the agenda of your page, it will look the same as other pages. This design feature is also present in other social media platforms like Google+.
  • Online Platforms for ICT Content Development 2. Blogging Platforms. Websites like WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger focus on content and design. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given options to change the design to your liking. Though you can manipulate the design, social media platform’s popularity is still unrivaled. The amount of customization in blogs is also unrivaled depending on the content management system implemented by the provider.
  • Content Management System(CMS) - is application (sometimes online or browser-based) that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate, organize, and delete web content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites, and shopping.
  • Customizer Controls Site Identity - includes options of changing your site’s title, tagline, site icon, and footer credit.
  • Customizer Controls Colors - changes the header text color and the background color.
  • Customizer Controls Fonts - change the default fonts for headings and content.
  • Customizer Controls
    Header Image - changes the image at the top of your page. There are also suggested headers you can use.
  • Customizer Controls Background Image - changes the image of the page’s background.
  • Customizer Controls Menus - shows the navigation bar and the pages that will be accessible at the top of your page.
  • Customizer Controls Widgets - add-ons to the site, like a Twitter sidebar, calendar, and clock, among others
  • Customizer Controls Homepage Settings - allows you to have a static front page, meaning that visiting the site will make visitors see a static web page rather than your dynamic blog (Your blog is dynamic because every time you publish a post, it changes).
  • Customizer Controls AMP - stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. This allows you to change the design for mobile devices for it to load faster.
  • Post setting, includes the following settings (Creating a Blog Post, step 5): Status - changes the time and date shown of when the post was posted. This also includes option if you want to stick the post to the front of your blog regardless of when it was posted.
  • Post setting, includes the following settings (Creating a Blog Post, step 5): Categories and Tags - are important in organizing your posts. If used properly, readers can easily click on a category to see all posts related to it.
  • Post setting, includes the following settings (Creating a Blog Post, step 5): Featured Image - set a featured image as part of your post.
  • Post setting, includes the following settings (Creating a Blog Post, step 5): Sharing - allows you to share your posts to other social media accounts. You will need to link your other social media accounts to WordPress to do this.
  • Post setting, includes the following settings (Creating a Blog Post, step 5): Post Format – changes the format of your post to better suit its content.
  • Other Site Options View Site – shows a preview of your site;
  • Other Site Options Plan – option where in case your blog grows in the future, you may opt to change your plan to other paid subscriptions;
  • Other Site Options Blog Posts – allows you to add, delete and edit blog posts;
  • Other Site Options Site Pages – allows you to add, delete and edit pages on your blog;
  • Other Site Options Media – allows you to add images, documents, videos and audio, WordPress offers up to 3GB space for a free account;
  • Other Site Options Comments – view the audience comments done on your blog posts;
  • Other Site Options Customize - allows the editing of the site’s look;
  • Other Site Options Sharing - allows you to connect your blog to other social networking sites;
  • Other Site Options People – allows you to collaborate with other people in working with your blog;
  • Other Site Options Plugins - these are add-ons/tools that will enhance your blog’s popularity, security, appearance, and posting options. Some plug-ins are only accessible through a paid subscription;
  • Other Site Options Domains – allows you to purchase domains for your blog;
  • Other Site Options Settings – includes settings for your blog that involve your experience while writing a blog post and your reader’s ability to interact with your page (such as commenting);
  • Other Site Options
    WP Admin – contains more options for your blog. This is recommended for advanced users.
  • Cloud Computing When we created infographics, we used Piktochart, which has an infographic editor that uses cloud computing. The same goes in making your own blog and creating your first post: you used the editor from WordPress. These are referred to as cloud computing because we did not need to install any software in our computer. The software is in the “cloud” or on the Internet.