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please welcome the representatives from summa laude Maggie Boltz Joanne Bitner Ethan Le Mans Cameron Martin Jack Leone Amelia Schmitz Lydia Taylor Eli tiemann and Abriana Woods [Applause] the first day of high school felt like we were entering into an entirely different world we are walking into a huge School filled with new people that all seemed to know what they were doing anxiety levels were high but so is excitement I'm sure many of you are feeling this way now we had come from being the oldest kids in school to being the Freshman the kids who got in the way and didn't know what they were doing we were the kids who walked on the wrong side of the hallway and asked for directions seriously on my first day I asked for directions to the cafeteria while I was in the foreign language hallway it's basically a straight shot we felt like we would be swallowed alive the minute we walked into the school coming from a place where we knew everyone to sitting next to someone that we've never seen before was really scary but we all eventually found a way to cope some of us chose to be quiet and shy While others said something to a classmate like do I have every class with you out of the blue just to try to make a friend each day got a little better and the seniors became a little less scary although I think we'd like to think were pretty scary other freshmen seem to open up and we all learned to walk on the right side of the hallway the transition wasn't easy but coming to a place like West made it just a little bit easier [Applause] freshman year was full of Firsts for all of us we went from the comfort of our own little middle schools to a school that is roughly 2 000 students strong that's more than an eighth of the size of the city oh I'm sorry Village of Millstadt although when you think about it that's not saying much regardless it was different and different is always scary it didn't take long for all of us to get acclimated to the new school and fall into our own niches once we did most of our anxiety was gone and we were able to begin to enjoy the first year of the best four years of our life or maybe for some of us we were able to begin the countdown to the last day of the best four years of our life either way we knew that Belleville West would be our home for the next four years and we started off with the mindset that we would make the best of the time that we had in high school and we sure started off strong at our first ever hobo day assembly the sophomores Juniors and seniors chanted the infamous go home freshman chant at us yet as many of you probably vividly remember we as freshmen walked away with first place while the senior class complained that it was rigged and gave us dirty looks it was supposed to hurt our feelings and put us in our place as freshmen but we all know that it only made the victory that much sweeter the rest of freshman year was a breeze compared to what the beginning of the year felt like the lock screen on our phones was no longer a picture of our schedule we stopped showing up to a majority of the clubs that we impulsively joined at the beginning of the year and West finally began to feel like home in August of 2014 we walked into West to start a new year this time we were excited for an entirely new reason we weren't freshmen we would finally be giving directions rather than asking for them the best part though was that we could yell go home freshmen with the upperclassmen we really thought we were cool didn't we we helped fill the gym with shouts during the hobo day assembly but we couldn't quite pull off another win I guess you can't have everything and three out of four is pretty good once we finally got over that loss we all looked forward to bigger and better things like driving this was the year of driver's ed the year of awkwardly quiet test drives many traffic law violations and 50 completely authentic hours on a log sheet some of us didn't start driving until junior year but this was a start our teachers on the other hand decided we'd had enough practice and classes started to get harder we might have wished we were freshmen again just for a day so we could at least get a little sympathy sympathy from them we got our introduction to chemistry and speeches in English class maybe you liked one both or neither of these things but I can tell you that I wish I had paid closer attention to miss slusher's speaking tips right now at the end of the year you might have felt like nothing special happened really of the four years it was probably the least memorable but like all our time spent at Belleville West it was definitely worth it [Applause] as sophomores we were now more comfortable in our surroundings for the first time Wes started to feel less like the place where we went to school and more like the place where we belonged it was no longer just a building full of strangers it was a building full of strangers and friends the faces in our classes were ones we knew ones we had already shared an entire year of memories with and we were looking forward to making more together granted our promotion to wise fools came with a cost of additional homework and less hand-holding but by this point we were more or less prepared for it even if we didn't feel prepared we weren't in Kansas anymore this was the real deal at the same time sophomore year is like the awkward middle child of the high school years we weren't the weird hippie freshman just entering the school we weren't as cool as the rock star Juniors and didn't have the seniority of the seniors we were the Nerds still struggling to figure out what exactly we would do in high school thus we don't have fond memories of it like we do the other years be honest how many of you remember more than very specific and humorous instances of teachers misspeaking from sophomore year but just because you don't remember these experiences it doesn't mean they aren't important in many ways sophomore year laid the foundation for all the fun we would experience in Junior and Senior year to come [Music] it's junior year and it seems like we're so close to graduation yet still so so far away for the class of 2017 this was the year of a monster calls a book we are supposed to read as a school but that most of us ended up losing within a few days junior year also marked the end of waiting in line to take School mandated yearbook photos and the beginning of standardized testing and Life After High School preparation for some of us who had been avoiding thinking about what we are going to do with our lives junior year became a brutal wake-up call to start thinking about college or the military or going straight into the Working World but for those of us who had been planning for the end of high school since Grade School junior years seemed to drag on and on it seems safe to say that by junior year we felt comfortable in high school we had our friends our lunch table and even our preferred staircase many of us had our own driver's license and a feeling of Newfound Freedom that came from driving on her own by this time in our lives many of us had started to form ideas about who we were and where we were headed something Michelle Obama once said seems particularly relatable to this time in our lives it goes you may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own it seems that not many of us remember a lot about their junior year probably because our brains have repressed the memories of standardized testing and preparation for Life After High School speaking of Life After High School kind of hits you like a brick during junior year Speak oh sorry everyone and their mother asks about your plans after high school but you're just trying to make it through the week the only thing that kept everyone going was the longing for senior year the thought that it would be only one more year to the best year of high school although from what little memories are left from junior year it seems like a lot of us had seniority to see me for the end of first semester everything seemed to be expected from us all at once and we weren't entirely prepared for it we had to know what we wanted to spend the rest of our lives doing which some of us still don't know the thought of Life After High School became real during junior year however that just added to the excitement of getting to try something new and choosing what path to go down while continuing life's journey finally after all the preparation of junior year we made it to our last year of high school for some of us this was highly anticipated one step closer to moving on with the rest of our lives others couldn't imagine leaving West behind so soon and planned on making the most of every moment we had left together whichever category you fell into I'm sure we can all agree that the end has been bittersweet as the end of our high school careers this year has been filled with last our last hobo week last high school finals last time to go to prom and after prom and our last time writing insult inside jokes and everybody's yearbooks and in a little bit it'll be our last time walking out of this building fortunately though we got to experience a lot of Firsts this year too this was the first year that we were allowed to play on a donkey basketball team participate in Mr maroon and go to the senior barbecue things we've been waiting for since freshman year for the first time our lives After High School were something we had to seriously consider and not just for the sake of all the worried adults around us because the real world was fastly approaching these past months alone have been filled with tons of important decisions that will affect our futures in so many different ways for me it's always helped to keep these words from Abraham Lincoln in mind the best way to predict your future is to create it and as our high school experience comes to a close we will finally be able to take this advice foreign whoever said that four years flies by was right it seems like just yesterday we were walking through the front doors on our first day of senior year it was weird to be called a senior then but we knew when we heard it that we had finally made it we became the true upperclassmen the top dogs at West we walked around the halls feeling right at home because during our time here we made West into our home the past three years started to blur together a little freshman year feels like it happened either yesterday or decades ago all of our favorite events have come and gone now but we will always remember the memories we made together as a class we will never forget how good Mr Lombardi's pancakes are or how he became the first class ever to win the hobo day assembly games for three out of our four years now as seniors most of us have figured out who we are and decided what we want to become the future is wide open for us we get to decide which path to go down even though we'll all be traveling down different paths whether it be towards College the military the workforce or someplace else we will always be connected to each other as members of the bevel West class of 2017.
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before we go our separate ways there are always some things to think about look ahead to where you are going and enjoy the ride but never forget where you came from or the memories you made along the way have fun be safe be careful make good decisions and good friends and don't forget to call your parents every once in a while and and one last thing to remember as the wise words of Mr Merton's go live the maroon way respectful responsible and kind congratulations Bellville West class of 2017. [Applause] tonight is your night graduates we celebrate you the class of 2017. all of us gathered here tonight at gymnasium in the Performing Arts Center and online are collectively applauding your accomplishments feeling proud of you and wishing you happiness and success 34 years ago as a member of the Bubba West class of 1983 I wore a cap and gown and was waiting at the old Belleville West for commencement to begin parents I know that many of you can relate seniors I've dressed your class numerous times over the past four years and today I proudly address you as the graduating class of 2017.
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your journey began the day you were born today your parents feel like that day was just yesterday there have been countless milestones and Rites of Passage that you have each experienced along the way your personal Journeys have been filled with a wide range of emotions that help to build your character and mold you into the person that sits before us today each person's journey is different and yet all of our paths converged at this point in this time you will forever have a bond with the young men and women who surround you take a moment to consider all the people who have supported you to get to this point look around and acknowledge the family friends and faculty have invested in you in your journey through much hard work perseverance dedication and planning you've arrived at this very important moment in time on your journey take it all in enjoy this moment today is your day to shine take pride in your accomplishments or no job well done today is one more momentous occasion that propels you to take the next steps on your journey your journey continues to places near and far for some college for others entering the workforce or enlisting in the military some may follow the call to travel and experience destinations that they have only read about in books no matter the option you choose remember the maroon way be respectful acknowledge the goodness and others show appreciation say thank you be responsible continue to dream prepare and make plans that are well thought out and be kind think of others make someone smile give compliments remember where you come from and as I have said so many times before be awesome as the Kid President says life is too short not to be awesome consider the option of what lies before you ask those you respect for insight and listen to others who fuel your dreams each New Day brings the chance to experience new things to meet new people and to see things from a new vantage point as your journey takes on unexpected twister turns capitalize on opportunity to expand your horizons try new things and don't be afraid to fail be realistic when you try sometimes you fail embrace the failure as actor Denzel Washington said Ferrier will help you figure out what path you want to be on he continued with the wise words fall forward here's what I mean Reggie Jackson struck out 2600 times in his career the most in the history of baseball but you don't hear about the strikeouts people remember the home runs fall forward Thomas Edison conducted 1 000 failed experiments did you know that I didn't know that because number 1001 was the light bulb fall forward every failed experiment is one step closer to success your life's journey is filled with problems to solve lessons to learn that most of all experience to enjoy commit to the journey your journey focus on your own success story be observant listen watch read and learn make someone proud think of others show the world what awesome looks like as Iran a russian-american novelist philosopher playwright and screenwriter once said the question isn't who's going to let me it's who's going to stop me apply yourself do your best hard work is expected but the rewards are incredible believe in yourself and invest in your journey I hope your dreams take you to the corner of your smiles to the highest of our hopes to the windows of your opportunities and to the most special places your heart has ever known and now certify the class of 2017 to the board of education and superintendent Dozier is having met the graduation requirements of the state of Illinois the Board of Education of District 201 and the faculty of Belleville West and now I ask the president of the Board of Education of District 201 Mr Kurt Schrader come forward to present the diplomas to the class of 2017 and accept the class good evening it's my honor to accept the class of 2017 on behalf of the Board of Education and the board wishes all the best to the graduates for your future may you have a bright future and at this time Mr Mertens will you please read the role [Applause] Austin Quant executive council president Carl Mason class president [Applause] Amanda Wegner class secretary Amelia Schmitz class treasurer Jacob Hutchison Renaissance ego Award winner along with Amelia Schmitz the next seven students to receive their diplomas have the designation of graduating summa laude on our way to grading system that rewards students for taking the most difficult of courses the school offers and they rank at the top one percent of the class of 2017.
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in addition those qualifying for Renaissance distinction and for maintaining High honors for four years or wearing maroon and white cords Maggie balls [Applause] Jillian Bittner [Applause] Ethan LeMans Cameron Martin Jack Leone Lydia Taylor Eli team and [Music] Abriana Woods [Music] the next 16 students to receive their diplomas have the designation of magna laude they rank the top five percent in the class of 2017. Alexis Miller Doug stennick mandolin Wagner Tiffany Volkman Samantha early Avery Reed [Applause] Kalyn Goodrich Jillian Rosencrantz Carrie Evans Madison groaning Elizabeth bingheim Madeline Brown Jessica goldner [Music] Jack Langston Catherine gimmigan Cassie paproth along with Austin Quant and Amanda Wagner the next 23 students have earned the distinction of graduating laude they rank in the top 10 percent of the class of 2017. Trevor pentlin [Applause] Chloe Dozier Emily vanlith Casey kinnikin James Beverly Derek hinke Adam Harbison Cassidy schwabel [Music] celinda Gaskell Nicole Sexton Lucas flaningham Alyssa James Alexis parks [Music] Grant eschman Aubry catchy Madeleine Hansen John Yeager Brooke Bommarito Madison kocatovich Logan Betts Ian Kern El Hayden [Music] Claire Ackerman Jamie Adams Nigel Adams [Music] [Applause] Gabrielle Addison [Music] JC Heim Devin Alexander Richard Alexander [Music] Brianna Allard Stephen alfin Brandon Anderson Kermit Anderson Tiffany Anderson Uriah Anderson Bay [Music] Heaven angel Edie Austin Ethan Bach Austin Bailey no Noni baselich Craig Baker Nicholas Ball Jalen Ballard [Applause] [Music] Kyle baimer Carlos Banos Kelsey Barnes Azaria Barr [Music] [Applause] Chase Barton [Music] Matthew Bassey Zachary Bateman Bridget bear Courtney bear [Music] Gina bazile [Applause] Elisa bennick Thomas Berg Samuel bernoski Ricky Berry [Applause] Joseph Beasley Madison beavert Kaylee Bischoff William Bischoff Trevor bivor Benjamin blankert Anthony bocanegra Kaylee bold Casey bonnet Kayla Bowie Katie Boyer [Applause] Drew Boyles Brianna Bradley [Music] Taylor Bradley Jack Brannon Emily Bridgewater [Music] Brianna Brown Brittany Brown miles Brown Brendan Bunn Dylan Burkett [Applause] Connor Burns Paige burnworth dimondria bush [Music] Alondra Butler Bailey caldiero [Applause] see Andrea Campbell [Applause] Deja Campbell hope caps [Applause] Jacob Cason Haley Casper Tristan Caswell Julius Catchings [Applause] Samantha Cates Joseph Celestine Angela Chamberlain temaz Chandler Shakira Chapman [Applause] ishak choduri [Applause] Brendan chanard Cole Clark Monisha Clark Sharon clay [Applause] Jordan Claiborne Jack Clifton Joshua Coyle Jordan Cole Allison Colston Tyler Compton hope Conyers Mackenzie Cooper [Applause] Devin coppage Darris Cosby Matthew Cowden Dwight Cox Jessica craft Sumpter Jacob Craig [Applause] artez crape [Music] Tyler Curtis artez dabs [Applause] 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Stevenson Todd Stewart [Applause] Jacob Stout Brandon schroedy Austin Sutherland [Applause] Rasha Swanson [Applause] Sanchez Talley [Applause] Carter tasted Logan Taylor [Applause] Moshe Thomas Jordan Thompson Alyssa Thornton Dearest tipler titanisha Townsend [Music] Gerald Byron Turner III Tyrell Utley [Applause] Andre Valentine [Applause] [Music] Veronica vanderplume Copeland Van Winkle Daniel Walker [Music] Seth Walker [Applause] Travis Walker [Applause] Cameron Walther James Walton [Applause] Aaliyah where [Music] Stacy Ware [Music] [Applause] Lamonte Warren alarian Watson Keturah Watson peter whack Elena Wells [Applause] Cody Western [Music] Dylan Whetstone [Applause] Otto Whetstone [Applause] Sam Whitworth Aubry Williams Demond Williams thank you Williams Stefan Williams [Applause] Amaya Williams Justice [Music] Jacob wilmsmeyer [Applause] [Music] Austin Wilson John Wilson Marche Wilson [Music] Zane Wilson Amos Winters Elena worth Elena watch [Applause] Hannah woodhams Kyle's eagle [Applause] Disney Brianna Marie Lynn Hernandez [Applause] Savannah Paulette Andre hollyette and Levante Silas [Applause] [Music] well the class of 2 7 2017 please rise you may now Move Your Castle as a sign of your graduation and you may be seated [Applause] I asked the audience to remain seated for the senior farewell and recessional please welcome Mr Carl Mason class president as he gives the senior farewell [Applause] I still remember how over four years ago we all entered this gym during welcome West together for the first time as little 8th graders unaware of just how in a few months we would become the first freshman class in bevel West history to win hobo week [Music] [Applause] Hubble week our junior year and Senior years as well unaware of all the amazing people we would meet and spend the next four years of Our Lives creating memories and friendships that we remember and cherish for the rest of our lives I love the bevel West class of 2017 and have all the confidence in the world in US we are hard-working group that can accomplish anything we put our minds to if we are persistent and give it our all back in 2013 when we started this journey we were all young immature people who were largely dependent upon others for everything but over the past four years we have transformed into more mature more responsible more self-reliant young adults of course we know we know that none of this would be possible or I'm sorry of course we know that none of us would be where we are today without the guidance and support of all of our amazing parents Guardians and family members I'd also like to thank all the teachers at Bubba West for helping us grow and develop these past four years for devoting their lives to giving us the tools we need to succeed and inspiring us to do so now I'd like to ask a graduating class to give all the parents Guardians family members and teachers in the audience a big round of a big round of applause [Applause] lastly I'm sorry lastly I'd like to give thanks to the class of 2017 for all of their persistence and dedication over the past four years I'm honored to have walked the halls with the greatest class to ever walk the halls of Belleville West there's no other group of people I would have wanted to take this journey with now I hope now I hope you all have a great day the maroon way respectful responsible and kind thank you [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please remain seated for the recession of the above OS class of 2017 and thank you for joining us this evening [Applause] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music]
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this video in our WordPress series goes over creating a new post from the WordPress editor if you remember posts are blog entries that can be added whenever in a post you can type whatever you want and give it a title and it will be displayed as a post on your WordPress website clicking on the post on the WordPress site will take you to another page with more information about that post adding a post is as simple as going to the post section of the dashboard and hitting add new post on the add new post page you'll remember what we talked about during the editor video we have access to all of those features when editing our post and I'll go over some of the other settings when creating your post now - so let's give this post a title and some body content once the title has been added WordPress will give the post a permalink URL this URL can be customized as you see fit for SEO purposes next I'll put some content into the editor notice how the editor size increases as more content is added after we've done that it's a good idea to give your post a category over on the right side we can create categories for our posts and any categories you create will be available for any future posts you might have next let's add some tags tags are the keywords of your post they can be thought of as a summary of your post and are a way to enable your reader to find other articles containing the same tag tags will appear on the bottom of your post on your WordPress site you should also think about adding a featured image clicking on this you can upload your own files to the web server the publish module is located at the top this is where you will publish your post clicking save draft to save the post as a draft will not publish it yet preview allows you to preview what the post will look like here you can also choose if you want your post to be public password protected or private by default hitting publish will publish your post automatically but you can also choose to schedule it for another day or time or backdate the post once the post is published we can view it on our WordPress website next up we'll be going over some of the post formatting options in WordPress stay tuned to this channel for more helpful videos [Music]
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our last video had us looking at creating a new post for your WordPress site in this video we'll be looking at the post formats which enables you to create different types of posts in the post editor if you look to the right side you'll see the format module here you'll be able to choose the format of your post up until now we've been creating standard articles but looking at the list of formats you'll see we have many options here the standard post format contains a title section and a body content section for you to type into you can also create an aside which is a quick thought or side topic or you can upload a photo or video another option is a quote which allows you to create a quote post link is a link to another website Gallery is a gallery of photos and audio is an audio file similar to image or video files choosing a different format changes the style or appearance of the post if your chosen theme supports that format this post format module may not even exist for you if you've chosen a theme that doesn't support different formats the formats will look different on your WordPress site when a visitor visits it each post format is styled a little bit differently whether it be a video aside quote or a photo if you don't plan on using any different formats you can hide the post format module inside the screen options tab at the top of the new post screen if you don't have any specific ideas for what type of post you want to create it's best to stick with the standard article format in the next video we'll go over editing existing posts thanks for watching [Music] you [Music]
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in this video we'll be covering creating and editing pages on your WordPress website if you remember we talked about the difference between posts and pages pages generally contain static content that doesn't change very often pages are usually found outside of the blog with static content pages differ from posts in a few key ways some of these changes are that pages don't have categories or tags pages are also nested within the menu and can have a hierarchy to create a new page from the live preview of our site use the drop-down menu at the top and hit new page you'll notice this looks very similar to creating a new post so I can enter a title and also enter some body content to change the order that the page appears in your menu look to the right side you can choose a parent page from the list of parents or assign the page a number under the order section then you can hit publish and we can go view our page on our site you'll see that our page has been added to the menu on the top of our site the all pages section of the dashboard allows you to see all of the pages of your website you also have options to bulk edit or delete pages here you can also edit delete or view individual pages the bulk edit tool lets you edit the metadata for multiple pages at once these are things like author parent pages enabling comments or updating the status of a group of pages quick edit allows you to change the details for individual pages such as title date order and more now that you have a great understanding of both posts and pages we can move on to some more complicated topics stay tuned for more helpful videos thanks for watching [Music]
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all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance through the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all hi I'm right and I'm Andrew and this is cat TV news today June 6 mr. Jack Schwartz memorial softball game between students and faculty it happens after school at 3 p.m. the cost is 5 dollars and all money will go towards scholarships the school nurse is asking that all health forms be returned this year cat TV reporter lex had the chance to talk to her about it so I got some forums in their mail what's that about hi I'm the school nurse I'm just trying to get ready for next year and for all of our returning 9th 10th and 11th grade students we'd like to have forms about your health your parent fills it out you don't have to take it to the doctor and the good thing about that is that you can get either Tylenol or ibuprofen next year I won't have to call your parents each and every time and then we're prepared for you it looks like this it's just a white paper and then the first page is just instructions and the second page is the form that your parent completes with all the contact information emergency phone numbers and things of that nature and they sign it and you just return it to me directly I just want to remind you if you're going out for sport please make sure you get your annual sport physical you can check with me regarding that last state of that just want to let you know if you have working papers with us before this front office can just write on file and that would suffice for your physical part however if they you don't have it on the front office file just bring them back to me and I will sign your working papers for you - thank you I'm Alex what cat TV is and we'll catch you next time last week was the annual Art Show there was a lot of hard work that went into it here are a few comments from our students [Music] [Applause] [Music] some of selects how do you think the art show is going absolutely going nicely this year in the past we only had it for one day and they share it's two days we're having it too a lot of hard work setting up one day and taking down the next thank you very much what do you think the art show so far I think they did a great job I think all the kids of talented and I like everything I see all right what are you guys thinking about the arch Oh it's pretty good so far as we saw run around saw everything seems to be nice yeah I look pretty boiling on the recycling projects and the other put art the art the art class knows he'll active spree need stuff thank you very much guys hi all right guys are you enjoying the art show yes [Music] that's it before you have to say this sites did a good job and everyone else by teacher your students and it looks very good [Music] final exams start tomorrow for seniors next week starting Monday exams start for underclassmen good luck everyone well that's it for us today this is our last newscast for the year see you next year on cat TV news [Music] you
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Elizabeth [Applause] Jensen on the first day of kindergarten my mom rode the bus to school with me I was afraid of the big kids and afraid that I would somehow get lost and get off at the wrong stop so when it pulled up at my house for the very first time my mom climbed right in behind me and the next day I climbed on all by myself on the first day of Junior High my mom went in early with me and let me open my locker a few hundred times she walked with me to all my classrooms so I could find them later when school started and we went to my locker in between each one so I could practice the combination just one more time the next day I opened that Locker all by myself on the first day of High School embarrassingly enough I came prepared with a map of the hallways I was terrified of getting lost so my mom went in early and mapped out all of the rooms all the doors on all the lockers mine was marked with a big red X on the second day I found my classes all by myself now I could find them in the dark on the first day of college all my possessions will be in place in my dorm room thanks to my family they'll help me put everything exactly where it needs to be they'll reassure me that I won't get lost and then they'll climb in their car and drive away so what then then I'll have to ride the bus by myself I'll have to make my own maps and Patch my own jeans I'll wake up and have no one to Grumble at as they say good morning often times love is expressed in small ways like that a good morning or a be safe or a sleeping figure on the couch when you get home late at night waiting with the light on I remember once as a a child I told my parents I never want to move out I want to stay here forever they laughed at me and told me I'd changed my mind and I'm sure all of you can agree with me when I say that they were right but I will still miss them every single day I love you Mom and Dad I know I don't say it enough I know many of us don't say it enough to those who have helped us through these past four years so often we forget to show our gratitude for the people close to us for the things they do every single day so thank you Mom and Dad thank you for making me the person I am today I don't know where I'd be without you but I certainly wouldn't be on this [Applause] stage next is our valedictorian Nick Lopes [Applause] since the dawn of our country the United States has been fueled by Innovation the principles of our society Champion individualism and creativity which has benefited not only us but the world in numerous ways our country system which allows improvements to be made upon many inventions benefits designers and the everyday consumer alike the profits of these inventions often help help the world through charity this great system has become an oversight to many the discussion of labeling groups by race gender and Creed often dominates the media and everyday conversation while these topics are important especially given the history of our country I feel that we must always remember the principles that endow us to discuss these topics without this system one which rewards hard work free thought thought and individualism many of us would struggle to accomplish anything in life as the burden against each of us would be nearly insurmountable I believe our high school experience has given us so many lessons on the principles of our country along with the tools with which each of us needs to succeed class variety Sports options and the Arts in the school have allowed each of us to have a truly different experience one that gives all of us regardless of our background and this labeling a chance to succeed in an economy rewarding being great at something some of us may become a great business owner some an invaluable parent one may become a person who gives a struggling kid with a bad home life a chance to succeed just by being a great mentor my favorite quote is by the late Victor Frankle a Nazi concentration camp Survivor quoted as saying live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you were about to act this quote presents the idea that each of us should strive to achieve truly great goals because we only get one opportunity now I know the world isn't as simple as high school but I hope each of us can use our experiences from from here to walk through those doors and succeed thank you Brown County it's been great [Applause] at this time the bchs choir will perform Joy be with you all e e for friendship and family for all in life that we hold let Fortune smile and the corner through Each Coming may all your days be ever of love may sorrow never come to and for now we sh wishwell and joy be with you all may all your days be fill with lovewell and joy be with you we said to you with all hearts [Music] and it to you you go andless blessings on your life may all your days be ever of love may sorrow never come [Music] to for we sh fwell and joy be with you all may all your days be filled with love fwell and joy be with you all joy be with [Music] [Applause] you e our guest speaker Dr Drew Waters grew up in Brown County and is 1996 graduate of Brown County High School he received the Lily scholarship and attended Wabash College and the suron Paris France for his undergraduate work he then attended Indiana University School of Medicine his studies and work have taken him to live in Arizona Arizona Kenya and Thailand Dr Waters will be leaving soon for a one-year sabatical to work and live in New Zealand and Bhutan there he will be a clinical professor of medicine for IU and will teach with a focus on Emergency Care stress response and Wilderness medicine currently Dr Waters is an Emergency Physician and the emergency medical director at IU Health in Bloomington Dr Waters is married his wife Melissa is an OBGYN and they have two daughters who eagerly await their next adventure it is my pleasure to welcome Dr Drew waters before I say anything else I just like to say congratulations to all of you uh every single person in the audience here has struggled some publicly some privately but every single one of you has struggled to get here today and that is a huge award and a huge Commendation to you so I'd like to collectively congratulate all of [Applause] you there are a few moments from today that will likely be memorable to you uh there are things I remember I remember someone telling me they thought one day I might be a senator I remember being naive to think that was a compliment uh I remember being given a a very treasured book by a wonderful teacher Miss Manning called the given and the made and that's somewhat would like to speak to you today about is about success and about failure all of you are about to graduate about to go out to the world with something the world's never seen before with yourselves something entirely new some of you are going to hit the ground running and some of you are going to stumble and I will talk a bit about how you move forward first and foremost we're going to finish high school with one last grammar lesson and that's on the idea of success and on failure you are not a success and you are not a failure those are not static nouns that you should think of think of that as succeeding and failing to succeed and to fail those are action verbs every day is a commitment every day you have to get up you're going to have days that you don't win you're going to have days that you feel really really bad but you have to get up and commit yourself to moving forward that's what it means to succeed I'm an Emergency Physician I've seen people in their absolute worst much of my job involves people treating themselves and others poorly but that's what I'm there for is to help people their worst so I want to try to Enlighten you with some of what I've learned from traveling the world ultimately no matter what the country what the culture what the disease process It ultimately doesn't matter it all comes down to taking care of people and to succeed and to fail comes down to two main things to care and to commit the most successful people in the world are not the smartest they're not the richest they're T typically the ones who are the most committed the most driven to continue that fight I show up every day at work many days I fail there are many any patience I can't save but the next day I show up and I clock in I'm back at it again and that's what I look forward to seeing you bring to the world that commitment whatever it is that is you bringing you to the world and every day no matter hard the how hard the day before was I look forward to seeing you get up and striving committing and caring the first of it has to start with caring the worst people in the world you will ever meet are those who lack empathy in your relationship with others and your relationship to yourself commit yourself to caring for yourself commit yourself to actually caring for others and that above all is going to matter the next step which is the committing it's very easy to make Grand ideas it's very easy to make grandiose you know claims of what you're going to do it's easy to blame other people for your setbacks but real success real failure that ongoing process is all about commitment how are you going to make your way in the world how you going to step up and find your way I'm a big fan and I teach my daughter is the term situational awareness what's the situation around you and what's your role minute where do you want to see yourself go every single one of you is going to take a path that's different from everyone else in this room no one else can make that path for you some of them are pretty amazing though I have no doubt and I personally look forward to seeing what you bring to the world and can't wait to find out where we find ourselves in another 21 years once again thank you and congratulations [Applause] now for the presentation of the class our principal Mr Shane [Applause] Killinger good evening I'd like to say what an honor it is to be part of this graduation this evening and I'd like to recognize five groups the first group I'd like to recognize is any veteran any current military personnel or any widows of a veteran that are in our audience today if you're in our audience today and you're in this group would you please stand [Applause] up we have several students in our senior class who are entered are planning on entering into the military After High School if you're a senior and this is you will you please stand [Applause] up I would also like to thank the parents relatives friends Educators anyone in this audience that has helped one of these seniors make it here today thank you very much seniors we need to thank [Applause] them now let's talk about the class of [Music] 2017 first off I want to thank you for for five wonderful years together it has been filled with many accomplishments and ups and downs it has been an honor to be part of this journey that we started together in e8th grade and that is ending in this celebration this evening I'm also very proud of the fact that this senior class did not have one senior prank this is a principal's dream thank you the last group I would like to talk about are the bears from Nashville Elementary if you are a senior and you went to Nashville raise your [Applause] hand I have had the pleasure for being their principal for 10 out of their 13 years in educ education obviously they are survivors and they can overcome any obstacle after those 10 years there's a rumor that I'm taking a position at IU that's not true you guys are finally on your own and I can't wait to see what this group and what this senior class accomplishes in the future thank [Applause] you it is now my pleasure to present the class of 2017 to the school board trustees Dr Laura hammock and the Brown County Community Mrs Evans if you would come forward let's announce the names of our graduating class w [Applause] Shan Nicholas [Applause] Lopes Elizabeth M [Applause] Jensen Delaney Grace Bond Haley Jordan [Applause] Abraham Tara Brielle Addington [Applause] Tommy Alexander [Applause] Atkins Sydney Lee [Applause] Acres Warren Cole Acres Victoria Nicole Ackles Logan Alexander [Applause] Allison Gage Michael and [Applause] Anderson Jason Braden [Applause] Anderson Jaylen Lee Armstrong [Music] [Applause] Josephine Simone [Applause] Armstrong Molly an [Applause] Austin will Remington Austin [Applause] Crystal Dawn [Applause] barngrover Sarah Emily [Applause] baric Allison Arlene [Applause] Basham Riley Kate [Applause] Billings Ruth an [Applause] Bolan Ross Jackson Boyd Trevor William [Applause] Braden Taylor Danielle [Music] [Applause] [Music] brassy Kay Marley [Music] [Applause] [Music] Brock Tanner Joseph [Applause] Brock Jory Kate Bruner [Applause] Evan Dean [Applause] Bullock Ezra Christen Burke [Applause] Andrew Kenneth [Applause] Burker Logan Tyler [Applause] Seer Alexandria Grace chittum [Music] [Applause] Alicia Dawn [Applause] Clemens Joshua Matthew Cochran [Applause] Zoe Autumn [Applause] Conrad Robert Dalton [Applause] Cox Jacob Thomas cumber Joseph Lee [Applause] Dean Tessa Lyn [Applause] Dean Ivy se de glandon [Applause] hay Marie [Applause] [Music] Dart Elijah James [Applause] Duff Dawson Everett dunck [Applause] Madison Kennedy [Applause] EDS Leandra k eper [Applause] Rachel Marie Ferguson Ellie Elaine [Applause] fig Madison Paige fields [Applause] Hunter Lewis [Applause] first Kelsey Brook [Applause] Fleer Cameron Alexander flesher [Applause] Hannah Danielle Marie [Applause] Fletcher Jacob Maurice [Applause] Ford James Vernon Fox II Madison Nicole [Applause] fry Leah Gabriel [Applause] ster Taylor Alisia Gatlin [Applause] Hannah Jordan [Applause] gold Wesley Allen [Applause] Gordon Noah Payton [Applause] [Music] GW Ethan Logan HCK [Applause] Carly June [Applause] Hammond Justin Robert [Applause] Paris Kevin Aaron Allen [Applause] Hatchet Dylan Antonio [Applause] hazelgrove Paige Madison Sue [Applause] Holt Vanessa severine Hoskins [Applause] Cassidy Hayden Wilson [Applause] Hostetler Blake Allen [Applause] Hudson Elizabeth ma holes [Applause] Kindra Alexis Lee [Applause] Eisley Alexis Taylor [Applause] Ivans Andrew Jacob [Applause] Justin Nolan Isaac Kelly rain Alexander [Applause] Kelly Victoria Jane kelp [Applause] Kyle McKenzie [Applause] km Nathan Allan [Applause] Kilburn Cody Allen Krebs [Applause] Tyler Matthew [Applause] Krug Tyler Michael [Applause] kma Alex Matthew lson [Applause] job Daniel [Applause] Lawson Micha kaen [Applause] Layman Colton Aaron Lee [Applause] Tyler Jacob [Applause] Lee Brandon Lee [Applause] luster McKenzie liener Harley Trevor [Music] [Applause] mctarsney Alexander Wallace [Applause] [Music] Miller Britney Nicole Miller [Applause] Christopher Damien [Applause] Miller Samuel Lucas [Applause] Miller Asia Grace Morgan Bailey Jacob [Applause] moer Amy Joe M [Applause] ran cash William Meyers [Applause] Hannah Ruth [Applause] Neil David Alexander [Applause] Norman David Lee O'Neal [Applause] Jacob [Applause] partica Elijah Joseph [Applause] Patterson Monica Shay [Applause] perfield Tyler David [Applause] poing Wy aora [Applause] poing Maxwell Thomas pots quend Ireland [Applause] pery Haley Michelle [Applause] riddle Wayne Darren [Applause] Robbins Bailey Catherine Robinson [Applause] Shan Michael [Applause] Rogers Benjamin Jacob [Applause] Roman Alexandria Michelle root [Applause] Austin Allen Rose [Applause] Brock Austin Miller [Applause] Rous Noah Joseph Ryan Jordan Alexander [Applause] samples Jasmine Leandra [Applause] [Music] Sanders Derek James William Scott Tiffany Nicole [Applause] Seagraves James Noah cidal [Applause] Abigail Rose [Applause] schaer Travis Lee [Applause] shekele Alexis Ruth Shepard [Applause] Aaron sha [Applause] seore Jennifer Lynn [Applause] Seymore Mary Jive [Applause] scvan Ryan Danielle [Applause] Smith William Cole [Applause] Smith Matthew David [Applause] Snyder Molly Joe Snider [Applause] Jordan Ashley K [Applause] Spencer August Reed [Applause] Spiegel April Renee Spurlock [Applause] Taylor Nicole [Applause] Stratton Sierra shyenne [Applause] Strickland Mason Nathaniel Thompson Haley Alexis [Applause] Tucker Jonathan Luke [Applause] [Music] vender Caleb Stewart Vasquez [Music] Cole Michael [Applause] voles Nathan sha [Applause] [Music] Wade Megan lenee Wagers [Music] [Applause] Caitlyn Marie [Applause] Walsh Eleanor Grace [Applause] warts Alex Ivory Lynn Wilkerson [Applause] Dawson Daniel [Applause] Williams Faith Renee [Applause] Williams Jesse torren Williams [Applause] cyana Marie [Applause] wood Lara Shay Wright Jaylen James York [Applause] at this time please welcome our superintendent Dr Laura [Applause] hammock thank you class of 2017 as you are my first class for whom I have served as superintendent you are officially now and will forever be my favorite [Music] class true it's been an absolute joy and honor to watch you all experience these very special moments that have been a part of your senior year while for me this year has flown by in a Flash I sincerely hope that you were able to make memories that are lasting and memories for which you will hold eternally dear please please know that the board and I wish you each great success and sincere happiness in your days ahead I'd like to take a moment to thank your parents your grandparents and your Caregivers for the opportunity to allow us Brown County Schools to work with your sons and daughters over the duration of their experience in this school district for many of you we have had the honor of serving you since kindergarten and that gift is one for which we eternally treasure parents you've done an extraordinary job and your support has meant the world to us if you're a parent or a caregiver would you please stand so that we can honor you at this time seniors we also wanted to take a moment this evening we genuinely believe that your education your ability to be here as a senior graduate of brown beny high school it's really the result of kindergarten through 12th grade right you had to get here because of a whole lot of Educators that got you to this point so at this point we would like to recognize all of our Educators and we mean that from from teachers to bus drivers to custodial staff to Food Service would you all if you're a member of the Brown County Schools team would you please stand thank [Applause] you we're almost there to our dear senior class I've had the gift of knowing many of you since you were in kindergarten and I am confident that all of you are ready to take this next exciting step ladies and gentlemen you have the benefit of living in the greatest nation in the world and I expect that you will be outstanding citizens who will continue to advance this great nation well into the future I was genuinely touched by your senior class motto you chose one by Myers Jr where it said go into the world and do well but more importantly go into the world and do good we have the utmost confidence that you'll do just that please don't forget that as you go off into the world and as you go off and do that good Brown County will always be your home and we will always be here for you we are so proud of you and we hope that you will always be proud to say that you graduated from Brown County high [Applause] school and with that it is time I'd like to invite Delaney Bond Nick Lopes and Lizzie Jensen to the front as they help to make this official senior class would you please stand graduates it is my honor to confer your graduation upon you at this time please turn your tassel it's time to celebrate congratulations [Music] h la [Music] oh [Music] hey [Music] I have pictures of you walking across actually getting to well I have you getting your portfolio thank we're done y we did it I'll see you all summer [Music] there are
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Hi, my name's John. I lead the search and machine learning teams at Google. I think it's amazingly inspiring that people all over the world turn to search engines to ask trivial questions and incredibly important questions. So it's a huge responsibility to give them the best answers that we can. Hi, my name's Akshaya and I work on the Bing search team. There are many times where we will start looking into artificial intelligence and machine learning, but we have to address how are the users going to use this, because at the end of the day, we want to make an impact to society. Let's ask a simple question. How long does it take to travel to Mars? Where did these results come from and why was this listed before the other one? Okay, let's dive in and see how the search engine turned your request into a result.
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The first thing you need to know is when you do a search, the search engine isn't actually going out to the World Wide Web to run your search in real time. And that's because there's over a billion websites on the internet and hundreds more are being created every single minute. So if the search engine had to look through every single site to find the one you wanted, it would just take forever. So to make your search faster, search engines are constantly scanning the web in advance to record the information that might help with your search later. That way, when you search about travel to Mars, the search engine already has what it needs to give you an answer in real time. Here's how it works. The internet is a web of pages connected to each other by hyperlinks. Search engines are constantly running a program called a Spider that cross through these web pages to collect information about them.
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Each time it finds a hyperlink, it follows it until it has visited every page it can find on the entire internet. For each page the spider visits, it records any information it might need for a search by adding it to a special database called a search index. Now, let's go back to that search from earlier and see if we can figure out how the search engine came up with the results. When you ask how long does it take to travel to Mars, the search engine looks in each of those words in the search index to immediately get a list of all the pages on the internet containing those words. But just looking for these search terms could return millions of pages, so the search engine needs to be able to determine the best matches to show you first. This is where it gets tricky because the search engine may need to guess what you're looking for.
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Each search engine uses its own algorithm to rank the pages based on what it thinks you want. The search engine's ranking algorithm might check if your search term shows up in the page title, it might check if all of the words show up next to each other, or any number of other calculations that help it better determine which pages you'll want to see and which you won't. Google invented the most famous algorithm for choosing the most relevant results for a search by taking into account how many other Web pages linked to a given page. The idea is that if lots of websites think that a web page is interesting, then it's probably the one you're looking for. This algorithm is called page rank, not because it ranks web pages, but because it was named after its inventor, Larry Page, who's one of the founders of Google.
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Because a website often makes money when you visit it, spammers are constantly trying to find ways to game the search algorithm so that their pages are listed higher in the results. Search engines regularly update their algorithms to prevent fake or untrustworthy sites from reaching the top. Ultimately, it's up to you to keep an eye out for these pages that are untrustworthy by looking at the web address and making sure it's a reliable source. Search programs are always evolving to improve the algorithms wo they return better results, faster results than their competitors. Today's search engines even use information that you haven't explicitly provided to help you narrow down your search. So, for example, if you did a search for dog parks, many search engines would give you results for all the dog parks nearby, even though you didn't type in your location. Modern search engines also understand more than just the words on a page, but what they actually mean in order to find the best one that matches what you're looking for.
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For example, if you search for fast pitcher, it will know you're looking for an athlete. But if you search for large pitcher, it will find you options for your kitchen. To understand the words better, we use something called machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence. It enables search algorithms to search out not just individual letters or words in the page, but understand the underlying meaning of the words. The internet is growing exponentially, but if the teams that design search engines do our jobs right, the information you want should always be just a few keystrokes away.
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in the previous couple of videos we've taken a look at uploading media files such as images or audio for use on your site in this video we'll take a look at the media library and how you can upload other file types such as PDF or even Word documents using the media uploader menu you can drag and drop in media for use or from the dashboard head to the media section and go to the media library to see all of the media that has been added to your site from here you can edit delete or view the media files you can also upload new media files here as well you can view your media files in a list view or in a grid view or even filter the media files go ahead and click add new and we'll be uploading a PDF file to our media library now our file is ready for use on any of our wordpress posts or pages on this media library page we can see what posts our media files have been attached to we can also attach the files to post from here as well by clicking attach and then choosing the page or post to attach the file to then head to the editor for that post and go to the add media menu from here we can choose media library to see only the files attached to this specific post I'll attach this PDF into this post you'll see WordPress has created a link for a user to click to download the file back to the media library you have the ability to edit the various types of files uploaded for example with an image you can crop rotate or change the caption these changes will be general across all of the posts that use this file on your site the media library provides a quick and easy way to view and edit all of your WordPress sites files that you've uploaded so far thanks for watching and stay tuned for more helpful videos [Music]
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we've already gone over how to create posts for your site but did you know that visitors to your WordPress site can leave comments on those posts in this video we'll explore comments on your WordPress posts comments give your readers the opportunity to share their own thoughts or discussions on your website on the dashboard you'll be notified if you have any new comments on your WordPress posts from here we can approve comments if they're pending approval reply edit Marcus spam or even trash the comments for example if you have a comment praising your company but the comment has your company name spelled wrong you can correct the typo by editing the comment you can also post quick replies to the comments here clicking on view on the comment will bring us to our website and to the post that the comment is located on comments are posted on your site using a forum at the bottom of the post which will look different depending on if you're logged into the site or not you can also access the comments module from the sidebar in the dashboard here we can bulk edit comments much like you can bulk edit posts there are also filter options or search options as well one of those filter options is comments with pings which are comments made somewhere else that links to your post or site comments can also be controlled or regulated before they're visible on your website this is very useful for comment spam to access the settings for comments go to the discussion section under the settings panel on the sidebar here we have default article settings such as pingbacks or notifications for your website some other comment settings are things like setting what they need to fill out before they can post a comment or disabling comments after a certain amount of time has passed you can also enable threaded or nested comments which lets viewers view responses to a comment as a group you can also change your email notifications for when a comment is posted or held for moderation approval settings such as manual approval previously approved comment errs or if the comment contains links or some other options available to you designed to help you moderate comment spam you can also create a list of words that when used in a comment will make the comment automatically help for moderation the comment blacklist action lets you enter a list of words that will make a comment that contains the words you have here be automatically list as spam finally you can enable or disable avatars you can choose an age rating for profile images or even set a default avatar for commenters on your site a thing to note if you haven't created an avatar for yourself already you can visit gravatar.com to create your own avatar for use when commenting on other wordpress users posts and that was a quick look at managing comments on your WordPress site thanks for watching and stay tuned for more helpful video tutorials [Music]
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we've gone over the post editor before and how to create hyperlinks in brief detail but this video is all about creating links on your WordPress website in this video I'll show you how to create links it's a good idea to have links on your posts for content that might be useful for other readers if you remember I went over how to create links using text for a quick refresher we can head to one of our posts I want to link some text on this post so to do that I can highlight the text that I want to link and then hit the hyperlink button once I've done that I'll be able to choose where I want to link it to in this little box here I can choose to link it to another page on my own WordPress site by typing in one of the page titles or I can choose to link it to another external website and to do that well simply paste in the URL from that website we can also edit our link by hitting the edit link button which allows us to change a few options including if we want the link to open in a new tab or not now we can head to preview to see what this link looks like did you know you can also use images to create links this is a way to create a sort of button on your site where when the user clicks the linked image they'll be taken to another page or download file that you've attached to that image for example you could have a picture of a restaurant menu then when clicked it downloads a PDF of the menu for the visitor to look at I'll now head back to one of my posts where I have my sample PDF document first things first click on the PDF link and make sure to copy the URL address from that link I'll now attach a document to an image so I can go to the add media menu and select an image to add and then I can choose from the options on the right side what I want the image to link to I'll go down to custom URL and then paste in the link that I just copied from that PDF document and now that image is linked to this PDF document and that was just a brief overview of links and how they work together on your WordPress website stay tuned for more helpful video tutorials thanks for watching [Music] you [Music]
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in this video we're going to be talking about how to customize your chosen WordPress theme with WordPress you begin building your site by selecting a theme but that theme can then be customized further until ultimately you create the site that you want themes are great starting points for building your website they are premade layouts that quite often come with stock content a theme can then be customized further by you to make it more unique themes come with things like images backgrounds and color schemes as well as their own layouts of content WordPress has thousands of themes available currently we're using the default WordPress 2017 theme when logged into the WordPress dashboard we can customize our theme by heading to the appearance section of the sidebar and then choosing customize you'll see a live preview of the theme on the right side of the screen this allows you to make changes to the appearance of your site and preview them before the changes go live here you can see the active theme or you can also change the active theme of your site you can see what themes are installed on your site we'll talk about how to add more themes later the customizer will be different depending on the used theme but most themes will include these basic customization options inside site identity you can choose a logo which will appear next to the site title you can also change the title and tagline here of your website you can also use a site icon which will be used as the shortcut icon in your browser ensure that your icon fits the dimensions needed you can also change the color scheme that is used throughout the website as well as customize the color for the header text if you so choose this theme also allows you to use a header video such as an uploaded video or a link to a YouTube URL you can also customize the header image with whatever you want you can also crop the image to the needed dimensions there's also an option to upload multiple header images and have the site swap between them each time a user visits from the menus section of the customizer you can customize the navigational menu which your visitors will use to navigate your website this menu appears across the top of your right and we'll have pages that are most commonly visited you can customize what pages are in this menu as well as reorder them and add individual pages within the menu you can also add custom links for access for your visitors other options include location and automatically add new pages to the menu the widgets section allows you to customize the widgets on your theme widgets are sections of content on your site that appear in specific areas of your page on this theme you'll see the label sidebar this label controls the sidebar widget to edit the content of a widget use the widget section in the customizer I can choose what widgets are displayed where and also make a few settings changes for individual widgets you can also reorder the order of the widgets or add any new ones will cover widgets more in depth in another video by default this theme will display the posts in chronological order on the front page of the site acting as a home page but you can also create a static homepage for your website as well you can set a static home page to be the front page of the website and also where to put your post page you can see now we have placeholder sections now on the home page finally you can customize CSS styles of your website CSS allows you to customize the appearance and layout of your site using code you can learn more about CSS from the help icon at the top of the CSS section in the customizer make sure you hit save and publish after making changes to your site as this will save the changes that you've made at the bottom of the customizer you can switch between previews on different devices such as tablet mobile or desktop once you're satisfied with all of your customizations hit save and publish to save your changes now we can head back to the dashboard the seams subpanel in the dashboard is where you can manage your installed themes here you can see all of the installed themes that are available for use on your site clicking on a theme you can find out more information as well as access a few customization options such as widgets menus and header the live preview button on the currently not use themes allows you to see what the theme would look like on your website to add a new theme click the plus button from the themes page you'll have access to many free themes from the WordPress theme directory and once you find a theme you like you can easily install it there are also thousands of premium themes available as well if you've purchased one you can use the upload button to upload a zip archive of the theme you've purchased WordPress will automatically upload the theme files to the correct location like we did earlier you can make customizations to the premium themes as well as you can see using themes it's very easy to build the website of your dreams using WordPress using the customizer as well as a selection of free and premium themes you can create a professional looking website and personalize it to make it your own with dot Easy and WordPress it's never been easier to use a theme to make a website that is unique to you thanks for watching and stay tuned to this channel for more helpful videos [Music] you [Music]
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in the previous video we talked about customizing the WordPress theme we briefly touched upon widgets but in this video we'll be taking a more in-depth look at widgets on your WordPress website widgets can add blocks of content to your sidebar and footer of your site widgets can be placed in any widget capable area that your theme allows for example widgets can be used to Showcase your most recent posts categories of posts recent comments and many more things the widget subpanel is accessible from the WordPress dashboard this allows you to edit add and rearrange the order of the widgets on the left side of this page you have access to all of the available widgets while on the right is the available widget areas on your website you can simply drag over from your available widgets to one of the widget areas supported by your theme you can see what widgets are currently contained on your site on the right side as well with the WordPress 2017 theme we have three widget areas the sidebar and two footer widget areas you can reorder the widgets by clicking and dragging them into the desired area in their respective widget area to get rid of one of the widgets you can simply drag it out of the widget area more settings for the individual widgets are available by clicking on the Arrow next to the widget name to add a new widget drag the widget into the widget area you want it to appear on on your site you won't be able to see these changes until you head back to your site though you're also able to edit your widgets from the customizer on your live site you can select what widget area you want to edit and you'll find the list of widgets that are in use in that area editing widgets from the customizer allows you to see a realtime preview of what they'll look like open the widget area you wish to edit and you can reorder the widgets or add widgets to that area to edit the content of a widget click the widget you wish to edit you can customize things like the details or settings of this widget for example giving the widget a title or you can change how the widget is displayed you can also remove a widget at any time by clicking the remove button on the selected widget in the customizer let's now add a new widget to our footer select the footer widget area and then hit add new widget you'll be then tasked with selecting one of your available widgets to add to this widget area one of the most flexible widgets is the text widget with this you can add in any text or HTML for display on your site once you're happy with the widget hit save and publish you can see how widgets can provide flexibility on your website so play around with them with easy and WordPress using widgets on your website has never been easier so stay tuned for more helpful videos thanks for watching he [Music]
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