WordPress 3.5 User Manual
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1. Est Quek Es Trash Vaw Figure 3 Page List The selected page will display in edit mode 3 Make any changes or updates needed See the Add Images ta Your Page section of this document for instructions on adding images 4 Once you have finished making changes you can click the Preview Preview cnanses button to open the page in a new window for review before publishing Or you can click the Update Page SEEM sutton to pubish your changes without previewing the changes Please note that you will have a Publish EID ton if the page has never been published How To Create New Pages Usually point2point will create all of the pages you need based on the Needs Analysis meetings so it is rare that you will need to create a new page However if a new page is needed follow the steps below 1 After you have logged in to the Administration Dashboard click Add New under Pages see Figure 2 Edit Add New Pages Area The Add New Page screen will display Al Pagos Aga Now The Add New Page will then load Add New Page Add New Page y aoa media B 1 w Paragraph 2 In the Title area type in the title of your new page About History Contact etc 3 In the Body area below the editing toolbars enter text for the page and or add images see Add Images to Your Page for instructions 4 When you have finished adding content to your new page you can Click the Save Draft _S _ bu2. Profile Page 4 Enter a new password into the New Password field and then type the password again in the field below it The Strength Indicator will display how strong or weak your new password is You can make your password stronger by following the instructions provided to the right of the Strength Indicator 5 When you are finished click the Update Profile MANKSA button Your new password will be the password you use the next time you log in to WordPress
3. ayed on your News page upon publishing Most importantly this is where will you edit and create new Pages and Posts What are Pages and Posts Posts Posts are the entries that display in reverse chronological order on your news page if one is In contrast to pages posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your site s RSS feed Posts are usually populated with one or two test posts that Usually referring to the launch of the Web site event details and other press releases or news articles Posts can be organized by Categories and Tags Categories are used for a broad grouping of post topics but when you wanted to describe a post in more specific terms more categories were required That led to very long category lists inside the blog and very long lists in Categories Widgets Tags are the digital equivalent of real tags little labels you attach to things Tags have an advantage over categories in that they aren t pre set When you attach tags you write them in manually and have the freedom to write whatever you want If a tag doesn t exist already it will once you ve hit publish Pages Pages are the different sections of your Web site and are typically static in nature A good example of a page is the Pages information contained in About or Contact pages Asa Now rages A page should not be confused with the time oriented objects like Posts nor should a WordPress pa
4. ge be confused with the word page referring to any Web page or HTML document on the Web Pages are sometimes filled with Latin text called Lorem Ipsum which is a gibberish placeholder for your content When you want to add content to a page just click on All Pages click on the page you d like to edit and delete the Lorem ipsum and replace it with your own text How To Add A New News Post To add a new post to your News page 4 Click the Pages gt Add News link on the left side of the screen Z Posts AllPosts AdaNew Categori Tass 2 The Add New Post page will then load 5 Add New Post OF Aga Madia Bol 3 Inthe Title area type in the title of your new post New Staff Changes Happy Mardi Gras Hurricane Announcement In the Body area below the editing toolbars enter text for the post and or add images see Add Images to Your Page Post for instructions When you have finished adding content to your new post you can Click the Save Draft S _ button and save this post as a draft The post will not be published to your site You can come back later and make further changes publish the post or delete the draft Click the Preview 2 2 88 button The post will display in a new window for your review This is how your post will look when it is published When you are finished reviewing the post close the preview window You will be returned to the Add Post screen click
5. point CZ point We get you there WordPress 3 5 User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Log in to the Administration Dashboard The WordPress Dashboard 4 What are Pages and Posts How To Add A New News Post Add One Image Or File to Your Pages Or Posts Adding Multiple Images To Post How To Manage Pages How To Create New Pages 10 Style Text in Pages amp Posts a1 Kitchen Sink 12 Change Your Administration Password Log In to the Administration Dashboard To update pages you must first log in to the Administration Dashboard in WordPress The login area is shown below WorPress F hemener tie gin Figure 1 WordPress Login Area 1 To log in to the dashboard first browse to the address below http www YourSiteName com wp admin Important Replace YourSiteName com with your Web site s address then add wp admin to it 2 When the WordPress login page displays enter your username and password in the fields provided Your Dashboard address user name and password are located in your Wele mail you received upon payment me The WordPress Dashboard The WordPress Dashboard will then load upon successfully login Here you will have access to all of the content of your Web site This page gives you a summary of how many pages you have created how many posts have been created and also gives you the ability to create a Quick Post which will immediately be displ
6. ptions for what happens when you click on the image 1 Title Caption Alt Text and Description of the image 2 Alignment of the image 3 Link to which attachment page media file or nothing nothing suggested 4 Size is display size of the image once it s inserted 5 You are now ready to insert the image into the post click Insert into page on the bottom right 6 The image is now inserted into the Post or Page Upon clicking on the image you are able to make additional changes by clicking on the mountain icon or delete the image by clicking on the crossed out red circle zlo Adding Multiple Images To Page Or Post WordPress can create a image gallery with similar steps 1 The first step is to click on the Upload insert button About Permalink i poi on Ge Br Paragraph U 2 Select the images you d like to add to the gallery by clicking on them 3 Click on any of the images to add titles captions alt text or descriptions 4 Click Create a new gallery 5 The gallery will then be inserted to your Page or Post How To Manage Existing Pages To edit existing pages do the following 1 Click the Pages gt All Pages link on the left side of the screen AI Pagos Aga New Figure 2 Edit Add New Pages Area All pages contained within your site will be listed 2 In the list find the page you want to manage and then click the Edit link underneath it T About inane amnas
7. the Pubish EEE pron tre new post wil be published to the news portion of your site To view the new post click the View Post link at the top of the screen to view the page live The Add New Post screen will switch to the Edit Post screen once your post has been published 4 The Post is then Published to your news page 5P Edit Post ssw Post publishes View post Hurricane Announcement Pecmainichtospontpcceksl con hurcane announesent jeu Post i oa eda B r 59 08 Parean A BRQO88 a All services are fully operational during the hurricane Add A Image Or File to Your Pages Or Posts WordPress allows you to easily add images any other type of file PDF Excel Document Word Document etc easily to your Pages and Posts 1 The first step is to click on the Upload Insert button About Permalink htipoint2poinicentra corv Ch Adi Media ho 2 This will bring up the Add Media window where you can either drag and drop the files or images you d like to insert into the Page or Past 3 Click the Select Files button Locate the image on your computer that you want to add in the File Select window click on it and then click Open 4 After your image has been uploaded successfully a thumbnail version of the image will display This page will allow you to add a caption description and also allow you to specify what happens when you click on the image Link URL You have 3 o
8. tiple menus but most only have one which will be auto selected ue Thane Locations You can also link to an outside URL under Custom Links by entering the Website s address in URL and the Label that cS a you d like to show under the menu To add the page we just created simply check the box next to the page you d like under Pages and then click Add To Menu This will then add the page to the menu to the right You can drag the menu item above and below the other menu items to it s appropriate spot Then click Save Menu and the new page will be added to the Web site How To Style Text in Pages and Posts To add styles to the text in your pages and posts use the style bar shown below Figure 8 Style Bar Basic The buttons in the style bar and their functions are listed below Change Your Administration Password 4 To change your administration password log in at http www YourSiteName com wp admin 2 From the dashboard click your username at the top right of the screen Your Profile page will display 3 Scroll down to the New Password area at the bottom of the screen 1E you would ike te change the pazsvtrd tp a new sne Password thon leave this blank Type your now password again bin Your password should bs atleast seven characters lang Ta make i songer use upper and lower oase letters numbers ard symbols ike 8 Strength incase Figure 11 New Password Area
9. tton and save this page as a draft The page will not be published to your site You can come back later and make further changes publish the page or delete the draft Click the Preview 5 button The page will display in a new window for your review This is how your page will look when it is published When you are finished reviewing the page close the preview window You will be returned to the Add New Page screen lick the Pubtish OEE ton tre new page will be published to your site To view the new page click the View Page 822 tink at the top of the screen to view the page live The Add New Page screen will switch to the Edit Page screen once your page has been published You will then have the ability to view the page now that it has been published by simply clicking View Page Also displayed is the Permalink the permanent address of the Page published EB Edit Page sonw Page upsstaa ven paga Permalink Hip poini2pointcertral cor about Add The Page To The Menu j Now that the page has been created you ll need to add it to your Web site s menu To Appearance accomplish this on the left hand side of the Dashboard under Appearances you ll want to Plugins click on Menus Aus TH Toole E Settings View Page Tamas waget merus Theme Options Header Estar 6 Upon loading the menus page you ll have several options on how to add the new page Some Web sites have mul
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