編輯“WordPress:First Steps With WordPress使用WordPress第一步”（章節(jié)）

===Using the Information===

From this exercise, we've gathered a lot of information.  We've uncovered information on how you might layout and design your site.  If you know your audience is mostly made up of young people under the age of 25, you will probably want a fashionable look ranging from wild colors and crazy graphics to dark foreboding tones.  Something appropriate for that generation.  If you are providing factual information about a serious subject, then you will probably want a more conservative look where the information is more important than a lot of pop and flash.  

You probably already have a design idea in mind, or you will be copying over from your previous site, but take a moment to use this information to reconsider your design, and to see how what you want will work with the WordPress options.

You have also uncovered the possible categories for your site.  The topics and subjects you will be covering are listed in your purpose statement.  Let's say your purpose statement said,

:::''"The website will be dedicated to providing news and information on computers, web pages, and the Internet and cover the topics of computer tips, web page design, and Internet news."''

Your topics are your categories.  Write your categories down below your purpose paragraph and notes about your web page design.

Now, what subcategories might be under these topics?  Under '''Computer Tips''', you might want to segregate them by '''Windows''', '''Linux''', and '''Mac'''.  Or maybe '''Software''' and '''Hardware'''.  You can have sub-sub-categories, but let's stop with subcategories for right now.  Write these down.

Remember the question about ''why'' you are doing this?  Is it because you have valuable and timely information or knowledge to share, because you want to talk about a subject that interests you, or maybe because you just think it will be fun to do.  Why not? Everyone's doing it!

Understanding the timeliness of the information you want to present on your site helps you organize the information on your website.  Your website is organized by several different methods.  If the date of ''when'' you posted the information is critical to the success of the page, then having links to your [[Wordpress:Template_Tags/wp_get_archives|posts referenced by date]] is important.  If the information itself is more important and timeless, then having your posts [[Wordpress:Template_Tags/wp_list_cats|referenced by category]] is the best choice. 

Have you noticed that you are starting to lay out your website?  If you remember our earlier test drive of your new WordPress website, we examined the sidebar menu.  This is the area where your past posts are organized.  If you take another look (yes, you can go back to your computer for a moment), you will see the [[Wordpress:Styling Lists with CSS|sidebar is laid out in a list]] by Archives by date, Categories by category, and may even feature a calendar (turned off in the Default Theme but visible in the Classic Theme).

As you lay out your website on paper, consider whether you want both categories and dates, or just one of them in your sidebar.  What information you have and how you want to help the user find the information is critical to your website design.