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1. Deactivate Plugin To deactivate an active plugin click the Deactivate link Adding a New Plugin To add a new plugin click on the Add New link in the left hand navigation menu or the Add New button at the top of the page The Add Plugins page will display a list of the current featured plugins from the WordPress org Plugin Directory You can use the links at the top of the page to filter the results to see Featured plugins Popular plugins Recommended plugins or a list of the plugins that you ve marked as Favorite within the WordPress org Plugin Directory If you click the Favorites link you ll need to enter in your WordPress org username and then click the Get Favorites button so that it can retrieve your list You can also click the Search Plugins input field and enter text to search for a specific plugin WordPress Manual Page 103 Your WordPress Site O New Howdy Joe Blogg Dashboard Posts j Media Pages Comments Appearance amp Plugins Installed Plugins Add New Your WordPress Site Ml New Add Plugins Upload Plugin Featured Popular Recommended Favorites Plugins extend and expand the functionality of WordPress You may a Filter Search results format via this page Howdy Joe Blogg in Directory or upload a plugin in zip Use the links to filter your seach WP Super Cache instal results Click the Search Plugins input dress field to search for a spe
2. E Pages or Comments OQ Uploaded Media Q Upload Media Select Files Once your files are uploaded Click Select Files if you wish to opena im upload file size 256 MB they re listed below the file dialog box to manually select the uploader files to upload Appearance y Plugins Users Tools Ga WAEA Dia mp Arias m LegoStarWarsX Wing mp4 EM FR Could 01 Dont Say a When uploading files you can also click the Select Files button and then select the files that you d like to upload using the dialog window that is displayed main shuttle crew operations Editing the File Properties If you re viewing your files using the Grid View simply click on one of your media files and you ll be presented with a pop up window that displays the relevant properties for that particular file After updating each field your changes will be automatically saved You can use the arrow buttons at the top of the pop up window to navigate to the previous or next image Click the x in the top right of the pop up window to return to the media Grid View WordPress Manual Page 70 Attachment Details lt gt x File name BigHero6 jpg File type image jpeg Uploaded on December 16 2014 File size 803 kB Dimensions 1920 x 1080 URL http your wordpress site com w Title BigHero6 Q Media Properties Caption Update the media properties As you move between each field your Alt Text changes are automatica
3. Edit Audio Playlist PLAYLIST SETTINGS Show Tracklist Removing Media x x oog i s Show Artist Name in Tracklist To remove a file click the small x in Sowin the corner of the image gt 03 Anything Could 01 Dont mp3 04 Only You mp3 Happen mp3 Rearrange Media Halcyon Only You Anything Could Happe Select what information should be Rearrange Media displayed in your playlist Click and drag each file to reorder them Insert Playlist Click Insert audio playlist to insert your new playlist into your Page or Post If you re creating a video playlist this button will say Insert video playlist Insert audio playlist All the media files that appear will be used within your playlist To reorder the files simply click on a file and drag it to its new position You can change the title for each file by clicking the text below each file and then typing in your new title Alternatively click each file and then update the Title Caption and Description on the right hand side of the pop up window If you decide you no longer want a certain media file to appear in your playlist click the small x that appears in the top right corner of the file when you hover your cursor over it You can change how your playlist appears in your page by selecting which items you d like to appear When inserting an audio playlist you have the following display settings Show Tracklist Ticking this checkbox will sho
4. Deleting Content If you wish to delete one of your Pages or Posts click on the Trash link that appears beneath the title when hovering your cursor over each row This will move the Page Post to the Trash MU YourWordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg WA een Options Help on 3 e Posts All Published Sticky Scheduled Draft Trash search Posts All Posts Bulk Actions Apply Show all dates Add New 1 ota is Categories Title Author To view all the items in the Trash Date Tags click the Trash link It s from here Scheduled joe Blogg that you can then delete the Page 2020 01 01 O5 Media or Post permanently Scheduled Pages Hello world Joe Blogg Uncategorized 2013 11 30 Edit Quick Edit Trash View Published Comments content 2013 04 09 Appearance Last s Modified Plugins To delete your Page or Post first Markup click on the Trash link to send it to larkup content css 2013 01 11 Users Formattir thetrash formatting html Published Tools Edit Quic markup To delete the Page Post permanently or to restore the Page Post click the Trash link at the top of the screen When the cursor is hovering over each item in the Trash the Restore and Delete Permanently links appear Click Delete Permanently to permanently remove a single Page or Post Clicking Restore will restore the Page or Post A Your WordPress Site MH Howdy Joe Blogg b Screen Options Help Dashboard Posts Add New
5. Plugins a _ Edit Delete Permanently View Users E at Lego Blogg Unattached 2014 05 20 Tools MP4 Attach LA DF settings Hovering the cursor over each row Collapse menu 4 will show you various options you a end Saba Madc can perform Blogg is EATERS 2014 05 JPG Title 2014 05 14 Main Shuttle Crew Operations Manual Joe Blogg Hello world 2013 12 27 PDE 2013 12 27 NASA Curiosity Joe Blogg This is a Page 2013 12 24 JPG Title 2013 12 24 Both views show the most recently uploaded files first There are also dropdown lists that allow you to filter the list of files that are currently being displayed along with a search field to help search for files Within the List View the list of files contains a small thumbnail version of the image or file the file name and the type of file JPG MP3 etc the name of the Author who uploaded the file the Page or Post which the image was uploaded to the number of comments and the date the file was uploaded When hovering your cursor over each row in the List View a few links will appear beneath the file name Edit Allows you to edit the file properties such as Title Alt Text Caption and Description You can also perform some basic image manipulation Delete Permanently Deletes the file permanently from the Media Library View Will take you to the display page for that file Viewing a File in the Media Library The Grid View will display a grid of thumbnail images
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7. wordpress org 7 25 Edit Move to Trash Settings b i link b quote del ins img ul ol li code close tags Comment Status Users Tools Hi this is a comment To delete a comment just log in and view the post s cc There you will have the option to edit or delete them Collapse menu Mark the comment as Approved Pending or Spam Click the Update button to save your changes You can change the date and time that the comment was submitted by clicking on the Edit link next to the date and time After clicking Edit several fields appear below the original date and time Update the fields if required and click the OK button to save the new date and time Once you have finished updating the comment click the Update button to save your changes If you want to cancel your changes click the browser Back button or click on the Comments menu option to return to the list of comments Unapproving and Approving Comments If an inappropriate comment has been submitted you may wish to Unapprove it This will stop the comment from displaying on your site Unapproved comments will be displayed with a different coloured background within your list of comments They will also be highlighted with a red vertical bar down the left side of the row Hovering your cursor over the comment will display an Approve link instead of an Unapprove link WordPress Manual Page 82 Dashboard Posts Media Pages Comments 1 Appearance Plugin
8. To permanently remove all these comments click the Empty Spam button You will not be prompted for confirmation You can also delete a single spam comment permanently by clicking on the Delete Permanently link that appears when hovering your cursor over each row You will not be prompted for confirmation MUY Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg 2J Help Pons Comments Posts All Pending Approvec Spam Trash Search Comments Media Bulk Actions 7 Apply Show all comment types Filter Empty Spam 2 items Pages Author Comment Comments Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm McSpammerson i Hey there Love your blog How about you ct vegas casinos com money Sounds good right To permanently remove all spam comments click the Empty Spam Appearance winner vegas Plugins casinos com button 192 168 0 2 Users Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 08 at 6 08 pm Hello world Tools McSpammerson View Post Please buy my awesome handbags They re totes awesome Setti awesome aia handbags com Not Spam Delete Permanently DADOS OADO aa Collapse meni AO Epps rhea Mark as Not Spam Delete Permanently In Response To Clicking the Not Spam link will Clicking the Delete Permanently link remove a single comment from the Spam will delete a single comment list of spam comments permanently If you find there are comments that have been marked as spam that shouldn t be click the checkboxes n
9. URL http your wordpress site c Title Firefly Class 03 K64 Caption Serenity A Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk transport ship Update the image properties by filling in the Title Caption Alt Text and Description Alt Text Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk trai Description OOh Shiny WordPress Manual Page 38 Insert an Image Gallery WordPress has its own simple built in Image Gallery that allows you to add multiple images to a page in one easy step 3 Add Media To insert an image gallery into your Page Post click the Add Media button A pop up window will display that looks the same as the one that displays when you add an image to your Page Post You can upload new images to use in your gallery or you can simply choose from your previously uploaded images By default you ll be shown a list of your previously uploaded images If you d like to upload a new image click on the Upload Files link at the top of the pop up window Click the Create Gallery link in the left hand navigation then select the images that you d like to insert into your gallery After selecting your images click the Create a new gallery button at the bottom of the pop up window The window will change so that only the selected images are shown Cancel Gallery Edit Gallery All dates Reverse order Edit Gallery GALLERY SETTINGS Add to Gallery gt Link To Attachment Page Gallery Settings e 3 gt Select where you want your Ran
10. Link Relationship XFN or Description using the Screen Options tab at the very top right of the screen URL Only displayed for Custom Links and will contain the URL to navigate to when that menu item is clicked Navigation Label This is the label that will display within the actual menu on your website Title Attribute This is the tooltip that appears when the mouse cursor hovers over the menu item Open link in a new wndow tab Hidden by default You can set the menu item to open in the same window or tab which is the default or in a new window or tab This option is made visible by ticking the 7 Faget option on the Jaen Obtions panel WordPress Manual Page 95 CSS Classes Hidden by default Optional CSS Classes to add to this menu item This option is made visible by ticking the GS Osses option on the Jaren Obtions panel Link Relationship XFN Hidden by default Allows for the generation of XFN attributes so you can show how you are related to the authors owners of site to which you are linking This option is made visible by ticking the n4 Relationship XIN option on the Jure Options panel Description Hidden by default The description for the link This may or may not appear depending on the theme This option is made visible by ticking the Yesaysuon option on the Jue Obtions panel Each menu item can be moved to a new location in the menu hierarchy by using either the links underneath the Nav
11. Ment Save Menu if your Theme Supports multiple menus choose one from the dropdown and click the Select button to edit it Alternatively click Drag create a new menu to create a new menu ight of the item A AAA A E T Home Custom Mel About The Tests Page Clearing Floats Moving Menu Items Page with comments To move the menu options you can use the provided links or simply drag n drop each one to a new position Navigation Label Page with comments Move Up one Down one Out from under About The Tests Under Clearing Floats Or iginal Page with comments Remove Cancel Removing Menu Items Click the Remove link to delete the menu item Click the Cancel link to cancel your changes to that menu item Page with comment age Contributors Lorem Ipsum Page Menu items These are all the menu items that will appear on your site Drag amp drop menu items to change their order Click the small arrow to open the settings panel for each menu item Once all your updates are made click the Save Menu button to save your changes is menu Depending on the current Theme being used your site may make use of more than one navigation menu Sometimes you might have multiple menus in your site header other times you may even have menus located in the sidebar or footer of your site WordPress Manual Page 93 To add anew menu hover your cursor over the Appearance menu option in the l
12. New dowdy Joe Blogg E Upload Media Help E EOT Upload New Media EXA Simply drag and drop files from Posts your computer to here have them automatically uploaded amp Media Library Add New E Pages Upload Media Select Files Comments Uploaded Media Click Select Files if you wish to open a Appearance dialog box to manually select the Once your files are uploaded gt Mea lie E th You are using the mi files to upload ler instead they re listed below the file v Plugins uploader Maximum upload file _ __ Users BigHero6 m o Tools AvengersAgeOfUltron m a Settings guardiansofthegalaxy starlord Collapse menu guardiansofthegalaxy m Q m 3 a WordPress Manual Page 69 If you click the Add New button when you re viewing the Media Library in the Grid View you can drag your images from wherever they are on your computer to anywhere on the screen Your file s will be automatically uploaded Once your images or files are uploaded they re displayed below the file uploader with the rest of your media NY A Your WordPress Site M 0 New dowdy Joe Blogg Upload Media Help Dashboard z Add New Media Library Simply drag and drop files from Posts your computer to anywhere on the E screen amp have them automatically o edi E All media items M All dates M Bulk Select uploaded Library Add New x Drop files anywhere to upload
13. Update your WordPress files Comments Appearance G Plugins Plugins are The following plugins have new versions available Check the ones you want to update and then click Update Plugins Tools Update Plugins Updating Plugins Settings Select All Select the plugins you wish to lacs rebel l update and click the Update Plugins Akismet button You have version 3 0 4 installed Update to 3 1 1 View version 3 1 1 details Compatibility with WordPress 4 2 2 100 according to its author Select All Update Plugins Themes The following themes have new versions available Check the ones you want to update and then click Update Themes Please Note Any customizations you have made to theme files will be lost Please consider using child themes for modifications Update Themes Updating Themes Select All Select the themes you wish to update and click the Update Themes Twenty Fourteen button aa You have version 1 3 installed Update to 1 4 Mia T Twenty Thirteen You have version 1 4 installed Update to 1 5 Select All Update Themes If there are any plugins that can be updated these will be listed in the Plugins section on the page To update your plugins tick the boxes next to each of the plugins you wish to update and then click the Update Plugins button The new plugin files will be downloaded and automatically installed If there are any themes that can be updated these will be listed
14. Used to insert an unordered or un numbered list Ordered List Used to insert an ordered or numbered list List Item Used to insert a list item into your ordered or un ordered list Code Used for indicating a piece of code Close Tags Used to close open tags If for example you clicked both the Bold and Italic buttons to insert their opening tags clicking the close tags button will insert both of the matching closing tags in the correct order Page 80 Editing a Comment There are two ways to edit a comment Once you hover over an individual comment you can click the Quick Edit link or the Edit link Both perform a similar function except that the Edit option also allows you to mark the comment as either Approved Pending or Spam as well as change the Date and Time Quick edit Clicking Quick Edit will replace the comment with an editor that allows you to update the comment the comment authors name email address and URL Y A Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg EA PENS Comments Comment Quick Edit OASE Pep Search Comments Posts All Pending Approved Spam If necessary update the comment i authors Name E mail and URL Media Bulk Actions v Apply Shov TI 30 items 1 torte os Pages Author Com In Response To Comments Name Mr WordPress E mail URL http wordpress org b i link b quote de ins img ul ol tli code close tags earance APP Save Comment Plugins Hi this is a comm
15. a second time to confirm it Strength indicator This indicates if the password you entered is Very Weak Weak Medium or Strong displayed in green The stronger the password the more secure the login H The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 85 Send Password Check the box to send this password to the new user by email Role Select the desired Role for this user from the dropdown list Deleting a User To delete a user click on the Delete link that appears beneath the user name when hovering your cursor over each row The Delete link wont appear for the user that is currently logged in YourWordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Dashboard Delete Users Posts You have specified this user for deletion 43 Media ID 5 Chewbacca Pages What should be done with content owned by this user Comments Delete all content Appearance Attribute all content to Han Solo 7 Delete User f Plugins Select what you would like done with this Users content then click Users Confirm Deletion A the Confirm Deletion button All Users Add New Your Profile Along with deleting the user you will be given the choice of what to do with all the content currently assigned to that User The available choices are Delete all content This will delete all the content which this user created A
16. administrative panels You have the choice of eight different color schemes Keyboard Shortcuts Checking this box Enables keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation Keyboard shortcuts are designed to allow you to rapidly navigate and perform actions on comments Toolbar Checking this box will display the Admin Bar at the very top of your website only for the person who is currently logged in Name Username You cannot edit your Username because it is used as your Username during the login process Even an Administrator cannot change your Username Usually no one else ever needs to see your Username First name Enter your first name in this text box Last name Enter your last name in this text box Nickname mandatory The nickname is a requirement for every user It may be the same as your Username or it can be different If you don t supply a Nickname then the Username will be placed in this field Display name publicly as Select how your name is cited on your blog from the dropdown list You can choose from several choices Nickname Username First Name Last Name First Last or Last First If you prefer Last First insert a comma after your last name in the ast Name text field and choose the last option from the dropdown list For security reasons it s a good idea to keep this different from your Username Contact Info WordPress Manual Page 113 E mail mandatory All users are
17. asmodeus 1 Band Totally optional can perform Collapse menu Description Blogroll blogroll 0 dispatch dispatch 1 The description is not prominent by default however some themes may show it echappee echappee 1 Add New Category Edge Case Posts that have edge case 2 6 Add New Category edge case related tests After filling in all the fields click the enphagy nphagy i Add New Category button to add a new Category Name Description Slug Posts Bulk Actions Apply 65 items tof4 gt Note Deleting a category does not delete the posts in that category Instead posts that were only assigned to the deleted category are set to the category Uncategorized Categories can be selectively converted to tags using the category to tag converter To add a new Category fill in the blank fields and then click the Add New Category bution Name he name is how it appears on your site Slug The Slug is the URL friendly version of the name It s usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens WordPress Manual Page 59 Parent Categories unlike tags can have a hierarchy You might have a Car category and under that have children categories for Ford General Motors and Toyota Totally optional To create a subcategory just choose another category from the Parent dropdown Description The description is not prominent by default however some themes may display it Once you add a new Category it will app
18. file properties are updated click the Update button to save your changes Editing an Image WordPress has a basic image editing tool that allows you to perform some simple manipulation with your uploaded images You re able to rotate and flip your images as well as scale them and crop them to different sizes When editing the file properties of an image as opposed to other file types like documents or PDFs click the Edit Image button that appears just below the image to show the image editing tools If you click the Edit Image button whilst using the Grid View the image editing tools will appear in the pop up window Attachment Details lt y a pE oa Editing an Image SCALE IMAGE Original dimensions 1920 x 1080 The image editing buttons allow you to perform basic image editing 1729 Mein functionality such as cropping rotating flipping IMAGE CROP Editing and Image Aspect ratio rial r Selection 1445 x 935 You can scale amp crop your image by entering the appropriate values in their respective input fields THUMBNAIL SETTINGS Cancel Current thumbnail Apply changes to Q Editing an Image All image sizes Thumbnail You can apply your updates to All All sizes except thumbnail images sizes Thumbnail or All sizes except Thumbnail If you click the Edit Image button whilst using the List View your page will look slightly different to the above Grid View As well as th
19. for each of your media files Depending on the file type you ll either see a thumbnail image for that particular file or an icon representation WordPress Manual Page 67 After clicking on a thumbnail within the Grid View a pop up window will display the properties for that particular file If the file is an image you ll also see a larger version of that image For supported audio and video files M4a MP4 OGG WebM FLV WMV MP3 WAV and WMA you ll see the appropriate media player For other file types such as PDF s or Word Documents there is a link to view the attachment page which has a link to the actual file Attachment Details File name Serenity jpg File type image jpeg Uploaded on December 22 2013 File size 152 kB Dimensions 1024 x 768 http your wordpress site com w gt Attachment Details AR Firefly Class 03 K64 Serenity A Firefly Class 03 a Mid bulk transport ship Update the media file properties by INTA filling in the relevant fields The available fields will vary depending AltText Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk transport on the type of file you re updating se Description OOHh Shiny in Nti lt Uploaded By Joe Blogg Uploaded To Hello world View attachment page Edit more details Delete Permanently Attachment Details To view and edit more file properties Edit Image click the Edit more details link Within the List View hover the cursor over o
20. html tag relevant for that button As an example clicking the Bold button will insert the lt strong gt html tag into your comment Clicking the Bold button again will close the tag by inserting the closing lt strong gt tag If you highlight some text prior to clicking a button both the opening and closing tags will be inserted around that highlighted text For example highlighting the text bold text prior to clicking the Bold button will insert lt strong gt bold text lt strong gt b Bold Bold text Italic talicise text WordPress Manual Page 79 close tags 2 Quote Ins ime ul Ol code WordPress Manual Link Used to insert a website link When the button is clicked a pop up window will appear where you type in the URL that you would like to link to Blockquote Used as a way of showing a quote How this looks will be entirely dependent on the Theme that your site is currently using Delete Used as a way of showing deleted text How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with a strikethrough Insert Used as a way of showing inserted text How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with an underline Image Used to insert an image into the comment When the button is clicked a pop up window will appear where you type in the URL of the image that you would like inserted Unordered List
21. in 2001 by Hawaii hotelier Michael V Paulin SlashGear http slashgear com SlashGear is a gadget and technology blog that features reviews columns videos photos discussions and more SlashGear receives millions of readers per month and uses WordPress to power its entire site including main site bbPress powered forums and video site WordPress Manual Page 8 Login Before you can make any changes to your site you will need to log in The login for your site is typically found at the following URL http your wordpress site com wp admin Obviously replace your wordpress site com with your actual domain name W username There are exceptions to this of course For instance your WordPress setup maybe installed in a subdirectory For most standard setups though you ll find the above URL should work WordPress Manual Page 9 Dashboard Once you ve logged in the WordPress Dashboard appears This is your main administration homepage At the very top of your Dashboard and across every page you will see the name of your site in the header area In the example screenshot below and throughout this documentation the site name is Your WordPress Site This is also hyperlinked to your site s homepage You will also see the name of the person who is currently logged in e g Joe Blogg Move your cursor over your name to reveal the Log Out link as well as a link to edit your Profile When new or updated features are introduce
22. link to an external website Simply type in the website URL in the URL field and the menu name in the Link Text field Click the Add to Menu button when done Use the same steps outlined previously to adjust the order of the menu item and click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen to save your changes WordPress Manual Page 97 MUY Your WordPress Site E New Howdy Joe Blogg 21 Options Help Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts Select or create a new menu 3 Media mary menu gt Add Custom Link IB Pages E Comments Add a custom link menu item by Menu Nome Short entering in the URL and Link Text je AA Click the Add to Menu button to add it to your menu Menu Structure Drag each item into the order you Themes Links ae to reveal additional configuration o After making updates to your menu ustomize l O items click the Save Menu button to Widgets save your changes URL http Home i Menus Header Link Text WordPress Custom Background Add to Menu URI Editor URL http wordpress org fis Plugins Categories A Navigation Label Title Attribute Users Tags WordPress 4 Tools Move Up one Down one Under Home To the top Format Settings Remove Cancel O Collapse menu About The Tests Deleting a Menu Item To delete a menu item click on the down arrow next to the menu item name to view the options panel for that item and then click the Remove link After making
23. on an active link for the button to be active Insert Read More tag Inserts the More tag into your Page Most blogs only display a small excerpt of a Post and you re required to click the Post title or a Read more link to continue reading the rest of the article When you insert a More tag into your Post everything prior to the tag is considered as this excerpt Most times you d only use this button when you re creating a blog Post rather than a Page Toolbar Toggle Used to show or hide the second row of formatting buttons on the editor toolbar Distraction Free Writing Clicking this button will enlarge the editor so that it fills the browser window Clicking the Exit fullscreen link at the top of the screen will reduce it back to its original size Style Used to format the Page text based on the styles used by the current Theme Page 23 WordPress Manual Underline Underline your text Justify Align text on both the left and right i e justify Text color Use to change the color of text Paste as text Copying and pasting text from other sites or word processors sometimes leaves the text formatted differently to what you were expecting The reason for this is that quite often the html tags or codes that formatted the original text are pasted along with the text itself To avoid this Paste as Text will strip all these formatting and html tags The Paste as Text option acts like a toggle stayin
24. readers to respond to Posts Typically readers simply provide their own thoughts regarding the content of the post but they may also provide links to other resources generate discussion or simply compliment the author for a well written post Comments allow you to interact more with your site visitors as well as generate feedback and discussion on your Posts Comments can be controlled and regulated through the use of filters for language and content and if you prefer can also be queued for approval before they are visible on the web site This is useful in dealing with comment spam When you click on the Comments menu option you ll be shown a list of all the comments on your site Your WordPress Site 0 New Posts All Pending Bulk Actions Apply Media Mr WordPress wordpress org Comments Appearance Plugins Users John Doe example org example example org 24 126 245 62 Tools Settings Collapse menu Jane Doe example org example example org 24 126 245 62 Jane Doe example org example example org 24 126 245 62 Approved Spam Trash Sha Comments Co Allows you to filter the Comment list to only show the comments that are Hit Pending Approved Marked as Tot Spam or in the Trash have tne Option to edit or aerere mem SUD nments There you will Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layou
25. remove the image from your Page or Post it will not delete the image from your Media Library When you click on an image in your Page or Post as well as the alignment edit and delete icons mentioned above the image also displays resizing handles These are the small squares you see around the edge of the image To resize your image simply click and drag one of the corner resize handles As with any image editing software though If you try to enlarge a small image it will tend to get quite pixelated It s always best to insert a large image and then resize down WI Your WordPress Site E 0 New View Post Howdy Joe Blogg Video Dashboard Add Medi 2 na Align Edit or Delete Image ee Link Posts A 2 Click one of the Alignment icons to change the Gallery alignment of the inserted image Click the Edit icon to update the image properties Click the Delete icon to delete the image from your Page Audio Categories Its five year mission to explor or Post It will not delete the image from your Chat Media Library All Posts Paragraph Y mah Add New Space the final frontier These Tags and new civilizations to boldl a believe in what we re doj er 30 mato a 43 Media mm ima me 2 xX Categories E Pages ai All Categories Most Used Comments antiquarianism Appearance Blogroll aciform 7 Plugins b su Users A A arrangement asmodeus Tools broder Settings D lt A Collapse m
26. required to list an email address in their respective Profiles The email address must be unique for each user Your blog will use this address to notify you of new comments to your posts and for other administrative purposes Only other registered users of your blog will have access to this email address It is never sent anywhere Website Enter your website address About Yourself Biographical Info Enter a short description or profile of yourself here Depending on your theme this optional information may be displayed when creating new Posts New Password Enter your new password Leaving this input field and the Repeat New Lassword field blank will keep the password you are currently using Repeat New Password Enter your password a second time to confirm it Strength Indicator This indicates if the password you entered is Very Weak Weak Medium or Strong displayed in green The stronger the password the more secure your login Hm The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 65 If you ve left your account logged in at a public computer or you ve lost your phone you can click the Log Out of All Other Sessions button to log you out of everywhere except for your current browser WordPress Manual Page 114 Tools The Tools menu provides some handy administration tools Most of the time though they re used when se
27. selecting one of your existing pages the relevant details will be updated in the URL and Title fields Click the Add Link button to add your link Inserting Links to Media Files Adding a link to media files such as documents or PDF s is just as easy as adding a standard html link There are a couple of ways you can go about it 23 Add Media Click the Add Media button and then simply drag your file from wherever it is on your computer into the browser window Your file will be automatically uploaded Alternatively click the Select Files button and then select the file that you d like to upload using the dialog window that is displayed Once your file is uploaded your Media Library which contains all your previously uploaded files is displayed The file that you ve just uploaded will be automatically selected for easy insertion into your Page or Post WordPress Manual Page 49 Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Create Audio Playlist i All media items All dates earcl ATTACHMENT DETAILS Create Video Playlist Set Featured Image a WX F Insert from URL Ls on a main shuttle crew operations manual pdf main shuttle FA AS x December 27 2013 crew operations i 41 MB manual pdf Delete Permanently Media Properties URL http your wordpress site c e Title Main Shuttle Crew Operatio Update the Title of your media file P This text will be used for the link Caption
28. that only the selected images are shown Alternatively clicking the Clear link will deselect all images After clicking the Edit Selection link at the bottom of the Insert Media window all the currently selected images are shown You can change the order in which the images will appear in your Page or Post by clicking and dragging each image to reorder them You can also update the image Title Caption Alt Text and Description for each image To remove one of your selected images click the small x that appears in the top right corner of the image when you hover your cursor over the tick WordPress Manual Page 33 Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Create Audio Playlist Return to library ATTACHMENT DETAILS Serenity Removing maga K a ta 2013 E 152 kB To remove an image click the small CA a 1024 x 768 that appears in the corner of the x A dh Me Edit Image image when you hover your cursor i Delete Permanently over the tick gt URL http your wordpress site c Title Firefly Class 03 K64 Image Properties Caption serenity A Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk transport ship Update the image properties by i filling in the Title Caption Alt Text and Prem Clas DS MICK trai Description Descriptio Description OOh Shiny Rearrange Images Click and drag each image to reorder them Click Insert into post to insert the selected image s at the curr
29. the Day and name format however you can change this so that the URL is more user friendly This also helps considerably with Search Engine Optimisation SEO To change the way your site URL is displayed simply select one of the radio button options within the Common Settings section on this screen Next to each option is an example of how the URL would be displayed WordPress Manual Page 121 Your WordPress Site M0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Dashboard Permalink Settings Permalink Settings Posts By default WordPress uses web URLs which ha ever WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives This WordPress allows you to configure compatibility of your links A number of tags are available and Media 5 here are some examples to get you started a custom URL structure for your Pages A pages 8 Common Settings Comments Default http your wordpress site com p 123 Appearance l Plugins Day and name http your wordpress site com 2014 12 20 sample post es Users 4 Tools Month and name http your wordpress site com 2014 12 sample post Settings Numeric http your wordpress site com archives 123 General Writing Reading Post name http your wordpress site com sample post Discussion Media Custom Structure http your wordpress site com postname Permalinks Optional O Collapse menu If you like you may enter custom structures for your catego
30. the Previous and Next buttons to navigate through your various Post or Page revisions Content that has been deleted will be shaded red and content that has been added will be shaded green If there is content that is shaded dark red and or dark green it s highlighting specific content that was removed or added If the paragraph or line is simply light red and or light green then the whole paragraph or line was affected by the change WordPress Manual Page 28 You can also compare two different revisions by clicking the Compare any two revisions checkbox at the top of the page If you d like to restore a previous revision click the Restore This Revision button M A YourWordPressSite 0 New Howdy Joe Blogs EX Help lt gt Dashboard Compare Revisions of Hello world Return to post editor Posts Compare any two revisions All Posts Previous Revision by Joe Blogg US 5 months ago 21 Dec 17 43 Next Add New Categories Restore This Revision Tags Use the slider or the Previous and Media Title Next buttons to navigate between Pages revisions Hello world Comments Content Appearance Y Plugins To be the first to enter the cosmos to To be the first to enter the cosmos to engage single handed in an engage single handed in an Users unprecedented duel with nature could one unprecedented duel with nature could one Tools dream of anything more Astronomy compels dream of any
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32. your site s Posts Archives Menus Header Adding Widgets Categories Background Editor Once a widget is added to the Title ci sidebar it will expand to show Plugins available options if any Click the TS Ac Save button to save your changes Display as dropdown Show post counts Tools Meta Show hierarchy Delete Close Collapse menu P Click the Delete link to delete the widget from the sidebar Click the Meta a Close link to close the widget panel Settings E sie Content Sidebar PRE i j Additional sidebar that appears on the right Q Adding Widgets _ To populate a sidebar drag drop awidget to the desired location Footer Widget Area S A search form for your site Available Sidebars Twenty Fourteen Ephemera These are the available sidebars for the current theme Click the title bar to expand them Inactive Widgets Use this widget to list your Video Audio Image Galle if you want to remove a widget from Inactive Widgets a sidebar but keep its settings drag it to the Inactive Widgets section Drag widgets here to remo Recent Posts Recent posts Recent Comments Recent Comments WordPress Manual Page 91 The Available Widgets section contains all the widgets you may choose from To populate one of your Sidebars drag and drop a widget to the desired location Once the Widget is dragged to a Sidebar the widget will open up to allow you to configure its settings Clic
33. your updates click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen Managing Menu Locations After you create a menu you also need to tell WordPress where to use it This is where the Manage Locations tab on the Menus page comes in After clicking the Manage Locations tab on the Menus page you will be shown a page similar to below with a list of the various menu locations used in your Theme You may have one menu location or you may have multiple depending on the Theme currently in use Your menu location won t necessarily be called Top primary menu either as shown below Again that will depend entirely on your Theme Assign an existing menu that you ve created to the appropriate location by selecting it from the dropdown list Click the Save Changes button to save your changes Alternatively you can choose to create anew menu and automatically assign it to the location by clicking the Use new menu link WordPress Manual Page 98 MUY Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg X Help Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts Your theme supports 2 menus Select which menu appears in each location Media Theme Location Assigned Menu Pages Top primary menu Short gt Comments Edit Use new menu Appearance Secondary menu in left Testing Menu sidebar Themes Edit Use new menu Customize Save Changes Widgets Menus Header Assign a menu to each menu location by selec
34. 3 16 9 etc You can then hold down the shift key and drag one of the edges of your selection to enlarge or reduce the size while keeping this aspect ratio locked If there is already a selection made specifying the aspect ratio will automatically change the selection to match it Whenever the selection box is adjusted the dimensions are displayed in the Selection input fields You can also manually enter the dimensions of the selection box in pixels by entering values into these two fields Once your selection box is adjusted simply click the Crop button just above the image to crop the image to this new size By selecting one of the options in the Thumbnail Settings panel you have the option to apply your changes to All image sizes just the Thumbnail image or All sizes except Thumbnail Click the Save button to save your changes Click the Update button to return to the main Media Library page If you d like to revert back to your original image click the Edit Image button again to return to the image editor A new Restore Original Image link is displayed just below the Scale Image link Click the Restore Original Image link and then click the Restore image button to discard your changes and restore your original image WordPress Manual Page 75 WV Your WordPress Site 98 0 New ViewAttachment Page Howdy Joe Blogg Hi Dashboard Edit Media addNew Posts BigHero6 Save 0 Media Permalink http your wordpress site co
35. A Posts All 40 Published 38 Sticky 1 Scheduled 1 Draft 1 Trash 2 search Posts All Posts Show all dates View all categories Filter Empty Trash 2 items Add New Categories Author e Tags permanently click the Delete Permanently link Click the Restore renee Uncatege The permanently delete all items in Pr BR ihi sha TU Thadi Modifie 2 Media link to restore the Page or Post the Trash click the Empty Trash button Pages Hello world Joe Blogg Uncategc 3 11 30 Restore Delete Permanently Last Modified Comments Title Author Categories Tags D Date Appearance Bulk Actions z Apply Empty Trash 2 items y Plugins WordPress Manual Page 53 If you would like to permanently delete or restore numerous items at once click the checkboxes next to the items you would like to delete or restore and then choose either Restore or Delete Permanently from the Bulk Actions dropdown list at the top of the page After selecting the appropriate action click the Apply button to make your change Alternatively click the Empty Trash button to delete all the items in the Trash WordPress Manual Page 54 Fullscreen Editing WordPress allows for fullscreen composing It provides for complete distraction free editing of your Page a x or Post To enter fullscreen mode simply click on the Distraction Free Writing button With the Distraction Free Writing button turned on the left hand menu and the right hand
36. Description E ATTACHMENT DISPLAY SETTINGS Display Settings LinkTo Media File M http your wordpress site c Select Media File from the dropdown The URL of the file will be automatically populated in the field below 1 selected Insert into post Clear Update the Title for your file The Title will be used for the text link when it s inserted into your content From the Link To dropdown list select Media File The field just below this will be automatically populated with the URL for the file Click the Insert into post button to insert a link to the selected file in your Post at the current cursor position when editing a Page this button will say Insert into page If you happen to know the URL for the media file that you d like to link to or if you d like to create a link on some existing text simply click and drag the cursor and highlight the text that you want turned into a a i o link and then click the Insert edit link button Just like previously when adding a simple HTML link enter the URL to your media file and then click the Add Link button A standard html link will be created that links to the media file that you specified WordPress Manual Page 50 Editing an HTML Link Simply click the link within your Page Post that you d like to edit to position the cursor somewhere within it and then click the Insert edit link button A pop up window will appear just like when the link was origi
37. New button at the top of the page You will be presented with a page similar to the image below WordPress Manual Page 19 WW Your WordPress Site E 0 New Dashboard Add New Page A Posts e y Enter title here E M Pages Add Media All Pages Add New BoP E ARA e n Paragraph U Avr G o Q amp F Comments Appearance Y Plugins Your Page can be styled using the various menu bar buttons These buttons are also used Users to add links upload amp insert images media files amp other documents Using the Visual amp Text tabs you can switch between the Visual editor Settings or the HTML editor Tools Collapse menu p Word count 0 This is the Editor where your Page content is added Adding a New Post Howdy Joe Blogg n Options Help Publish Save Draft Preview Y Status Draft Edit Visibility Public Edit it Publish immediately Edit Move to Trash Publish Once your content is added you can publish your Page or save it as a draft Template Default Template Order 0 Need help Use the Help tab in the upper right of your screen Featured Image Set featured image To add a new Post hover over the Posts menu option in the left hand navigation menu and in the fly out menu click the Add New link Alternatively click the Posts menu option and then click the Add New link underneath or the Add New button at the top of the page You will be presen
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41. Tags you will not be prompted to confirm your choice Adding lags within your Post Adding Tags whilst editing your Post will automatically assign those Tags to your Post When adding or editing your Post the Tags panel can be found just below the Categories panel To add an existing Tag click the Choose from the most used tags link This will display a list of previously used Tags if available They are arranged alphabetically and in cloud format That is the more often a Tag has been used the larger the font it s displayed in To add a previously used Tag simply click on the Tag name and it will be assigned to your Post To add a new Tag simply write the Tag or Tags separated with commas into the edit field and click the Add button Tags that are assigned to the Post will be displayed below the edit field To remove a Tag from your Post click the small x icon next to the Tag name WordPress Manual Page 64 Tags QO Media E Pages Comments Appearance Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu WordPress Manual Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no man Tags has gone before We believe in wha i it s ti Add Spaceflights cannot be stopped are Separate tags with commas or even a group of men Itisahi To add a new Tag write the Tag or d DI carrying out in accordance with Tags separated wi
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43. WordPress Manual Page 86 x Save amp Publish CES orapress site When customizing the currently VordPress site active theme click Save amp Publish to save and publish your changes You are customizing Your WordPress Active theme Twenty Fifteen Site Title amp Tagline v Colors y FEATURED Header Image y r E Background Image a Theme Options As you update settings here your changes appear in the site preview on the right Background Image No image selected Select Image y Navigation Widgets Expand and Hide Options Static Front Page Click the arrows to expand or hide the various settings Adding a new Theme You re able to add new themes to your site right within the WordPress Dashboard At the top of the Themes screen there is an Add New button Click this button to search and add new themes into your site After clicking the Add New button you ll be shown the Add Themes screen It should look similar to the screen below The Add Themes screen allows you to search and install themes directly from the official WordPress Themes Directory By default the screen will show a list of Featured themes You can use the links at the top of the page to filter the results to see Featured themes Popular themes or the Latest themes Click the Feature Filter link to filter the results based on the Tags you specify There are Tags for Colors Layout Features and Subje
44. WordPress com Review important information about the plugin such as the Version Author and the date it was Last Updated Description Installation Screenshots Changelog FAQ Reviews Version 3 3 jetpack adds powerful features previously only available to Autor Automatik WordPress com users including customization traffic mobile content Last Updated 4 days ago and performance tools Requires WordPress Version 3 9 Features include or higher i Compatible up to 4 1 e Customization Make your WordPress site uniquely yours with 13 425 Custom CSS Carousels spam free Contact Forms Sidebar Widgets o LS Lo anes Infinite Scroll and Tiled Galleries WordPress org Plugin Page e Mobile theme Instant and customizable lightweight responsive Plugin Homepage theme designed for phones and tablets AVERAGE RATING e Content tools Create and publish richer content with Post by Email Y de te He YY Shortcode Embeds Markdown Beautiful Math Spelling and based on 1 525 ratings VideoPress S stars MM e Visitor engagement Increase your traffic and keep visitors coming A stars E back with Enhanced Distribution spam free Comments Shortlinks 2stars eG y 2 stars Likes Notifications Related Posts Publicize Social Sharing ay star Subscriptions and Site Verification Tools After clicking the Install Now button the plugin will be automatically downloaded to your site and installed You are th
45. a blog This might be true but you can also use the blog concept if you have a site where you need to display your latest news or even just company updates Basically any information that gets updated on a semi regular basis can benefit from the blog functionality Whether that s a traditional blog your company s latest news or even just your own personal updates Posts After clicking on the Posts menu option you ll be shown a list of Posts that your site contains mong the information displayed is the Post title the Author Categories Tags No of Comments and either the Date Published Date Scheduled or the Date the Post was Last Modified The Posts screen will look similar to the screen below WordPress Manual Page 15 TO Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg m A PR r een Options Help Dashboard Posts Add New A Posts All Published Sticky Scheduled Drafts search Posts All Posts Bulk Actions 7 Filter 3 Q Posts Add New Categories Title Advises total number of Posts how pries Tags many are Published Sticky Scheduled Scheduled in Draft or in the Trash shed mms FE 3 Media Click the icons to view the Posts list in the traditional List View or the E Pages Spaceflight Joe Blogg Uncategorized Excerpt View 28 Comments Edit Quick Edit Trash View A Appearance Vroom Vroom Posts 2014 05 26 Last r Plugins Hovering the cursor over each row Modified p
46. ality of WordPress You can add or delete plugins within here as well as activate or deactivate them Users This screen lists all the existing users for your site Depending on your Role you can also add new users as well as manage their Roles Tools This section gives you access to various convenient tools You can also import data to your WordPress site or export all your WordPress data to a file Settings This is where most of your site is configured Among other things it allows you to configure your site name and URL where your Posts appear whether people can leave Post Comments or not and numerous other settings Most times once your site is setup there s no need to change any of the settings within this section At the bottom of the menu you ll see a link called Collapse menu Clicking this will hide the menu and simply display their icons instead Click the small arrow icon again to expand the menu Occasionally when you install a plugin they will have their own configuration or setup pages The location of these will be entirely dependent on the individual plugin but most times these pages will either appear within the Tools section the Settings section or in a completely new menu section at the bottom of the menu Toolbar The WordPress Toolbar is a way of easily accessing some of the most common WordPress features When you are logged into your WordPress dashboard and you visit your website you will see the Toolbar runn
47. as manage other users posts etc Author Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts Contributor Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish them Subscriber Somebody who can only manage their profile When WordPress is first installed an Administrator account with all capabilities is automatically created The avatar that is displayed in the list of Users is using what s called a Gravatar A Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar Gravatars are currently used by a huge number of blogs forums chat sites and the like Rather than having to upload an avatar on each and every system you sign up to Gravatars allow you to have one avatar that is viewable everywhere To create a Gravatar simply go to gravatar com and sign up To use your Gravatar within WordPress simply add an email address to your Profile that you ve configured within the Gravatar site and it will automatically display Adding a New User To add a new user click on the Add New link in the left hand navigation menu or the Add New button at the top of the page WordPress Manual Page 108 Your WordPress Site O New Howdy Joe Blogg a p Add New User y 88 l Help Dashboard Add New User Fill in the various fields for the new user The Username E mail amp Posts Create a brand new user and add them to this site Password fields are mandatory Media Username required Pages Comments E mail require
48. ashboard Users Add New Posts All Administrator Editor Author Media Bulk Actions Pages Comments Appearance y Plugins Users All Users Add New Your Profile 4 Tools i o Allows you to filter the list of users A based on the Roles ae joe Joe Blogg bse RedFive Edit Delete Luke Skywalker amp Settings Bulk A oO Collapse menu Hovering the cursor over each row will show you various options you can perform E mail chewie rebel base com ishotfirst rebel base com support maddisondesigns com luke aol com E mail Role Author Editor Administrator Author Role Search Users 4 items Posts Posts When hovering your cursor over each row in the list of Users links will appear beneath the user name Edit Allows you to edit the user profile Delete Allows the User to be deleted This link won t be available for your own profile A User can have one of five defined roles as set by the site admin Site Administrator Editor Author Contributor or Subscriber Super Admin Only relevant when running multiple sites from one WordPress installation Someone with access to the blog network administration features controlling the entire network Administrator Somebody who has access to all the administration features WordPress Manual Page 107 Howdy Joe Blogg Editor Somebody who can publish and manage posts and pages as well
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50. ault all previously uploaded images are shown starting with the most recent uploads If you d like to narrow this list down at the top of the window is a dropdown list that allows you to filter your displayed images by All media items items Uploaded to this post page or just Images Audio files or Video files You can also filter your media files by selecting a date or alternatively there is also a Search field that allows you to search for specific images WordPress Manual Page 31 The properties of the currently highlighted image i e The image with the blue border will be shown on the right hand side of the Insert Media window These properties include the filename the date the file was uploaded and the image size It s at this point you can also change the image Title Caption Alt Text and Description for each image as well as the Alignment Link and the Size at which the image is Inserted Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser Caption is displayed underneath the image as a short description How this displays will be dependent on the WordPress theme in use at the time You can also include basic HTML in your captions Alt Text is displayed when the browser can t render the image It s also used by screen readers for visually impaired users so it s important to fill out this field with a description of the image To a small degree it also plays a part in you
51. cific plugin A very fast caching engine for More WordPress that produces static html files Install Now 55 helps you run any kind of social network on your WordPress with More Details member profiles activity By Automattic streams user groups Editor messaging and more ss Users Wk Ar HT 605 Last Updated 3 weeks ago By The BuddyPress Community 1 Million Active Installs Y Compatible with your version of Tools WordPress T keke 168 Last Updated 19 hours ago Settings E 100 000 Active Installs Y Compatible with your version of Col apse menu WordPress Jetpack by Install Now bbPress Install Now WordPress com More Details bbPress is forum software More Details Your WordPress Streamlined By Automattic Click the Install Now button to instal made the WordPress way By The bbPress Community gj DE URP Last Updated 1 month ago LA D A Dri 614 Last Upd v ible with sion of 1 Million Active Installs Y Compatible wi Compatible with your version o WordPress WordPress To view more information about a particular plugin click the thumbnail image the plugin name or the More Details link A pop up window will display more information about the plugin such as the plugin Version Author and the date it was Last Updated You can also read the full plugin description installation notes view screenshots and read any reviews that have been left WordPress Manual Page 104 Jetpack by
52. ct Alternatively click the Search themes input field and enter text to search for a specific theme WordPress Manual Page 87 GU Your WordPress Site Mi New 7 Dashboard Posts 4 Media Pages Comments 2 Appearance Themes Customize Widgets Menus Header Background Editor y Plugins Users Tools i Settings Collapse Add Themes upload theme O Featured Popular Latest Metro Creativex Install Preview Install or Preview Theme Install the theme by clicking the Install button Click the Preview button to preview a theme Imprint Howdy Joe Blogg Help Feature Filter Search themes Use the links to filter your seach results Click the Search themes input field to search for a specific theme Hover your cursor over a theme Progeny MMXIV and click Details Preview to view geny the theme details along witha oreview of the theme zeeNoble om a WP News Stream zeeNoble WP News Stream Hovering your cursor over each theme thumbnail will display extra buttons To view the details of a theme along with a preview click the large Details amp Preview button or the smaller Preview button Clicking the Install button will download and install the theme on your site After the theme is installed you will be given the choice to view a Live Preview immediately Activate the theme or return to the Theme Installer Customizing your Site Us
53. d Appearance amp Plugins First Name Users Last Name All Users Add New Website Your Profile Tools Password required Settings Collapse menu Repeat Password required Strength indicator Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like amp Send Password Send this password to the new user by email Role Subscriber Save New User Details After filling in all the relevant fields click the Add New User button to save their details Once the above page is displayed simply fill in the various fields and click the Add New User button Username mandatory Enter the username of the new user here This will also be used as the Login name for the user Once saved the Username can t be changed E mail mandatory Enter a valid email address of the new user here The email address must be unique for each user If a published Post or Page is authored by this user and approved comments are made to that post or page a notification email is sent to this email address First Name Enter the first name of the new user here Last Name Enter the last name of the new user in this text box Website You may enter the new user s website URL in this text box Password mandatory Enter a password for the new user WordPress Manual Page 109 Repeat Password mandatory Enter your password
54. d into WordPress you ll be shown a New Feature Pointer This is simply to bring to your attention some feature within the Dashboard that s been added or updated In the following Dashboard image the New Feature Pointer is highlighting the updated Toolbar Click Dismiss to hide the pointer Howdy Joe Blogg E WN Your WordPress Site E 0 New Options Help D Site Name OQ New Feature Toolbar Current User Home raft ake This is the name of your site We ve combined the admin bar and the old a toa an hoe ree r SE i P It s also linked to your hompage Dashboard header into one persistent toolbar This is the name of the person Hover over the toolbar items to see what s new who is currently logged in p ae Dismiss pty nd on vour minc J Media WordPress 4 2 1 running Twenty Fiftee _ _ _ Pages Admin Feature Pointer Comments Activity This is a New Feature Pointer It highlights Publishing Soon new WordPress features Here it s pointing Appearance to the WordPress Toolbar j an ist 12 00 pm Scheduled ESE Plugins Recently Published rae ee or eG Sans rere Draft A 013 ratt Apri 9 201 2 7th 3 31 pm Spaceflight This post is drafted and not published yet It should Tools LEGO Timelapse Settings May 20th 7 08 pm Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Collapse menu Nov 30th 1225 an Hello world A ELL gun Markup HTML Tags and Formatting WordPress 4 2 1 Security Release April 27 201 W
55. d like to affect and then from the Bulk Actions dropdown select either the Edit option or the Move to Trash option and then click the Apply button The Edit option will allow you to edit the Author Parent Template whether to allow Comments or not and the Status of each of the checked items The Move to Trash option will move the selected items to the Trash You can also filter the pages that are displayed using the dropdown list and the Filter button WordPress Manual Page 18 Adding your Site Content Adding content to your site is an easy process no matter whether you re creating a Post or a Page The procedure for both is almost identical Apart from how they display on your site which was described earlier the other main difference is that Posts allow you to associate Categories and Tags whereas Pages don t What s the difference between categories and tags Normally Tags are ad hoc keywords that identify important information in your Post names subjects etc that may or may not recur in other Posts while Categories are pre determined sections If you think of your site like a book the Categories are like the Table of Contents and the Tags are like the terms in the index Adding a New Page To add a new Page hover your cursor over the Pages menu option in the left hand navigation menu and in the fly out menu click the Add New link Alternatively click the Pages menu option and then click the Add New link underneath or the Add
56. d to insert an ordered numbered list List Item Used to insert a list item into your ordered or un ordered list Code Used for indicating a piece of code More Inserts the More tag into your Page Most blogs only display a small excerpt of a Post and you re required to click the Post title or a Read more link to continue reading the rest of the article When you insert a More tag into your Post everything prior to the tag is considered as this excerpt Most times you d only use this button when you re creating a blog Post rather than a Page Page 26 a Distraction Free Writing Clicking this button will enlarge the editor so that it fills the browser window Clicking the Exit fullscreen link at the top of the screen will reduce it back to its original size close tags Close Tags Used to close open tags If for example you clicked both the Bold and Italic buttons to insert their opening tags clicking the Close tags button will insert both of the matching closing tags in the correct order Changing your Post Format A Post Format is meta information that can be used within a Theme to style or customise the presentation of a Post The Post Formats feature provides a standardised list of formats that are available to all themes that support the feature There is no requirement for Themes to support every format on the list and new formats cannot be introduced by themes or even plugins If your Theme supports Post F
57. de ins img ul ol li code All sizes except thumbnail close tags No matter what view you re using just above the image you ll find the following image editing buttons 4 5 Crop Click on the image and drag the selection box to the size that you d like the image cropped Click the Crop button to crop the image to the new size Rotate counter clockwise Rotate the image 90 counter clockwise Rotate clockwise Rotate the image 90 clockwise WordPress Manual Page 74 Flip vertically Flip the image vertically Flip horizontally Flip the image horizontally Undo Undo the last change Redo Redo the last change To scale your image to a new size simply enter the width or height dimensions in the appropriate field and click the Scale button For best results scaling should be done before performing any other operations like cropping flipping or rotating the image It s important to note that images can only be scaled down not up After entering one scale value the other value will change automatically so as to keep the image in proportion The original image dimensions are displayed just above the input fields for your reference There are several ways to crop your image The easiest is to simply click on the image and drag the selection box to the appropriate size If you d like your image cropped to a specific ratio enter the values in the Aspect Ratio input fields e g 1 1 Square 4
58. displayed WordPress Manual Page 37 _ gt gt gt Add Featured Image commas lf your Theme allows Featured tag3 Images you can set it by clicking the Set featured image link most used tags Spaceflights cannot be stopped This is not the work of any one man or even Featured Image a group of men Itis a historical process which mankind is carrying out in j Set featured image accordance with the natural laws of human development set featured image Setting your featured image is very similar to adding an image into your Page or Post After clicking the Set featured image link a pop up window will display that looks similar to the one that displays when you add an image to your Page Post You can upload a new image to use as your Featured Image or you can simply choose from one of your previously uploaded images By default you ll be shown a list of the previously uploaded images If you d like to upload a new image click on the Upload Files link at the top of the pop up window After clicking the image you d like to use as your featured image you can then update the Title Caption Alt Text and Description To set the image as your Featured Image click the Set featured image button Your chosen image will then appear in the Featured Image panel Set Featured Image Upload Files Media Library allez Pees ATTACHMENT DETAILS Serenity jpg December 22 2013 A 152kB 1024 x 768 Edit Image Delete Permanently
59. dom Order thumbnails linked to and how many columns to use when displaying them Size Thumbnail M ATTACHMENT DETAILS _ Removing Images To remove an image click the small x in the corner of the image bigstock Colour pencil in row 43723921 jpg December 21 2013 4 MB 2592 x 3872 Edit Image Rearrange Images Delete Permanently Click and drag each image to reorder them i URL http your wordpress site c Q Insert Gallery Click Insert gallery to insert the gallery at the current cursor position p Insert gallery WordPress Manual Page 39 All the images that appear will be used within your Image Gallery To reorder the images simply click on an image and drag it to its new position If you d like to add captions to your images click the Caption this image text below each image and then type in your caption Alternatively click each image and then update the Title Caption Alt Text and Description on the right hand side of the pop up window You can also include basic HTML such as links in your captions If you decide you no longer want a certain image to appear in your gallery click the small x that appears in the top right corner of the image Since the built in gallery is quite simple there aren t that many options to choose from when setting it up Link to This sets what happens when the thumbnail image is clicked Selecting Media File will open the full size image di
60. e To delete a comment Q Comment Toolbar omm After editing the comment click the Users to edit or delete t Update Comment button to save your changes Tools The Comment editor buttons provide you with basic HTML Settings formatting capabilities Collapse menu John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No Content example example org View Post mple or 4 estampie org Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or functionality 24 126 245 62 Once you have finished click Update Comment to save your changes or click Cancel to cancel your changes and return to the list of comments Edit Clicking Edit will display the editor on a new page Like the Quick Edit option you can update the comment the comment authors name email address and URL The Edit option also gives you the ability to set the comment Status and change the comment Date and time The comment status can be set to Approved Pending or Spam You also have the option to move the item to the Trash by clicking on the Move to Trash link WordPress Manual Page 81 A Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg EA Comment Edit Help Dashboard Edit Comment lf necessary update the comment Posts authors Name E mail and URL Author Status Media View Comment Pages Name Mr WordPress 8 Approved Comments Pending E mail Spam Appearance 111 Submitted on Nov 30 2013 E Plugins URL visit site http
61. e Locations Posts Media Select a menu to edit Short Top primary menu Select or create a new menu Y Pages Select Menu Add Menu Item MM Comments Ment if your Theme supports multiple Add a menu item by ticking the menus choose one from the appropriate checkbox amp then Mel dropdown and click the Select clicking the Add to Menu button Drag button to edit it yon the right of the item to reveal additional configuration options Appearance Themes Customize Sample Page Wi dgets Page B Home 5 a Page A Updating Menu Items Header Blog l ae Fieri aie About The Tests Update the Navigation Label and Title Background E Attribute Use the links or simply About The Tests saray m5 ase rimar ifs Fe Editor Clearing Floats drag n drop each menu item to Page Markup And move it to a new position a Plugins Select All Add to Menu Navigation Label Title Attribute ss Users Clearing Floats Tools Posts Move Up one Down one Out from under About The Tests Settings Links Original Clearing Floats O Collapse menu Categories Remove Cancel Tags Page with comments The items in this right hand column on the Menus page will match the menu items that appear on your website Clicking on the down arrow next to each menu item name will show an options panel for that particular menu item In this options panel there are several items that can be updated changed You can show or hide extra fields such as Link Target CSS Classes
62. e image editing tools you ll also see the properties of the file such as the file size and dimensions You can also still update the Caption Alternative Text and Description WordPress Manual Page 73 YY Your WordPress Site M0 New ViewA Dashboard A Posts 0 Media Library Add New E Pages Comments Appearance Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu Editing an Image Edit Media Add new to perform basic image editing BigHero6 functionality such as cropping rotating flipping Permalink http your wordpress site m attachment_id 1858 View Attachment Page Get Shortlink Fok amp p ss wdy Joe Blo A Editing an Image a z Help The image editing buttons allow you You can scale amp crop your image by entering the appropriate values in their respective input fields i Uploaded on Dec 16 2014 E 0 03 Scale Image File URL Original dimensions 1920 x 1080 http your wordpress site com wp cc 1320 21AN File name BigHero6 jpg File type JPG Image Crop l File size 803 kB Aspect ratio Dimensions 1920 x 1080 Delete Permanently Update Selection 1445 x 935 Thumbnail Settings Current thumbnail Apply changes to Editing an Image All image sizes Thumbnail You can apply your updates to Ail images sizes Thumbnail or All sizes Caption except Thumbnail Alternative Text Description b link b quote
63. ear in the list of Categories on the right side of the screen When hovering your cursor over each row in the list of Categories a few links will appear beneath the Category name Edit Allows you to edit the Category properties such as Name Slug Parent and Description Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the Category Name and Slug Delete Deletes the Category permanently from the list of Categories After clicking Delete you will be prompted to confirm your choice Click OK to delete the Category or Cancel if you don t want to delete it View This will list all the Posts that are currently using this Category If you would like to permanently delete numerous Categories at once click the checkboxes next to the Categories you would like to delete and then choose Delete from the Bulk Actions dropdown list at the top of the page After selecting Delete click the Apply button to immediately delete the selected Categories you will not be prompted to confirm your choice Deleting a Category does not delete the posts in that Category Instead posts that were only assigned to the deleted Category are set to the default Category which is set to Uncategorized by default The Default Post Category can be configured within the Settings gt Writing section Adding Categories within your Post Adding Categories whilst editing your Post will automatically assign those Categories to your Post When adding or editing your Post the Cat
64. eft hand navigation menu and in the fly out menu click the Menus link Alternatively click the Appearance menu option and then click the Menus link underneath On the screen that s displayed click the create a new menu link You ll be presented with a screen similar to below Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name input field Click the Create Menu button to create your new menu W YourWordPress Site P 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg B Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts a Media Select a menu to edit Select y Select or create a new menu Pages MM Comments Page Menu Name Create Menu 2 Appearance Create a New Menu Themes Create Menu Click the create a new menu link to create a Customize new menu Enter the name of your menu Widgets and click the Create Menu button to create yo ur menu Menus Editing an Existing Menu Item Your current list of menu items resides in the right hand column on the menu screen If there are multiple menus on your site there will be a dropdown list displayed at the top of the page that enables you to select the menu that you would like to edit Simply select the menu you would like to edit from the Select a menu to edit dropdown list and then click the Select button The menu items for your selected menu will then be displayed WordPress Manual Page 94 A Your WordPress Site y New Howdy Joe Blogg gt J H e p Dashboard Edit Menus Manag
65. egories panel can be found just below the Format panel if your Theme supports Post Formats Alternatively it will reside just below the Publish panel To add an existing Category simply tick the checkbox es next to the Categories you d like to assign to the Post WordPress Manual Page 60 ES amp Plugins Users Tools Settings O Collapse menu Format http www youtube com watch v oHg5SJY RHAO Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Categories Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to er All Categories Most Used seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no man has gone before We believe in what we re doing Now it s time to go Uncategorized aciform Spaceflights cannot be stopped sub or even a group of men It is a hi Add Existing Category M antiquarianism carrying out in accordance wit arrangement development To add an existing Category tick the asmodeus Path p checkbox es next to the Y Blogroll A ame Last edit PPropriate Categories to assign bindar them to the Post Add New Category Parent Category 4 Add New Category Add New Category To add a new Category click the Add New Category link and type in the Category name dd Select the Parent Category from the list if appropriate Click the Add New Category button to assign it to the Post If you would like to create a new Category and ass
66. en given the option to activate the plugin or return to the plugin installer page On the Add Plugins page you also have the option to manually upload a plugin to your site To upload a plugin click the Upload Plugin button at the top of the page Your WordPress Site 1 P New Howdy Joe Blogg Dashboard Add Plugins E Posts Media Pages Comments Browse No file selected Appearance amp Plugins Installed Plugins Add New E A e Select your plugin zip file from your Editor computer and click the Install Now button to upload and install your Users plugin 4 Tools WordPress Manual Page 105 Select your plugin file from your computer by clicking the Browse button Your plugin file must be uploaded in zip format After clicking the Install Now button your plugin will be automatically uploaded to your site and installed You are then given the option to activate the plugin or return to the plugins page WordPress Manual Page 106 Users This screen lists all the existing users for your site Users with roles other than Administrator will see fewer options when they are logged in Depending on your Role you can also add new users as well as manage their Roles At the top of the screen there are links that allow you to filter the list of Users based on the User Roles The number in brackets will advise how many there are for that particular type Y Your WordPress Site M 0 New D
67. ent cursor position Insert into post Clicking the Return to library button will take you back to the previous screen that allows you to select or deselect your images When you re editing your Post Page if you wish to insert an image that you uploaded earlier as 3 Add Media opposed to uploading a new image click the Add Media button again Once the pop up window displays click the Media Library tab at the top of the pop up window rather than dragging a new file into the upload window All your previously uploaded images will be displayed with the most recent ones shown first Select the image s that you d like to insert into your Page or Post and then simply click the Insert into post button or if you re editing a Page this button will say Insert into page As mentioned earlier you can also click the Edit Selection link at the bottom of the window if you d like to change the order the images are inserted Eat or Delete an Image There are various options avallable for adjusting the layout of inserted images WordPress Manual Page 34 After clicking on an image that has already been inserted into your Page or Post a small toolbar will m you can appear over the image By selecting one of the alignment buttons y change the alignment of the inserted image Clicking the edit icon allows you to edit the image properties Clicking the delete icon will delete the image from your content It will only
68. enu 1 y gt Add New Category ee ars b a Align Edit or Delete Image Separate tags with commas A tag1 tag2 tag3 Spaceflights c Click on the image to display the of any one man or even j B a group of mel image toolbar Resize handles will ind is carrying out in Dos id tics ai aia Shame also be seen around the edge of the accordance wi image nent Featured Image p a img After clicking the Edit Image icon the following pop up window will appear WordPress Manual Page 35 Image Details Caption Alternative Text Maddie_8wks DISPLAY SETTINGS Align Left Center Right None Size Full Size 600 x 400 LinkTo Media File Edit Original Replace http your wordpress site com wp content uploads 2014 0 Image Details ADVANCED OPTIONS 4 The Edit Original button allows you to edit the uploaded image The Replace button allows you to replace the image altogether Open link in a new window tab Image Details Edit the display settings and the image and link properties Image Title Attribute Image CSS Class Link Rel Link CSS Class The Image Details pop up window allows you to edit the various image and link properties Caption Displayed underneath the image as a short description How this displays will be dependent on the WordPress theme in use at the time You can also include basic HTML in your captions Alternative Text Displayed when the browser can t
69. enus Manage Locations Posts 4 Select or create a new menu Media Select a menu to edit Short Top primary menu Pages Add Menu Item Comments Menu Nome Short Save Menu Add a menu item by ticking the appropriate checkbox amp then Menu Structure Save Menu clicking the Add to Menu button Drag each item into the order you 5 Appearance Themes RR to reveal additional configuration o After making updates to your menu 2 Sample Page items click the Save Menu button to Widgets Page B home save your changes Menus Page A Header Blog About The Tests Background Front Page About The Tests Editor Clearing Floats Page Markup And l Plugins a Pee Ti s Select All Add to Menu Navigation Label litle Attribute ss Users Clearing Floats Tools Posts Move Up one Down one Out from under About The Tests To change the order that the menu options appear in simply place your cursor over the title area of the menu item you d like to move When the cursor changes to a four pointed arrow click and drag the menu item to its new location Depending on how your menu is configured within your theme it s even possible to create the multi level hierarchy required for dropdown menus After moving your menu items around don t forget to click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen to save your changes Adding a Custom Link Menu Item Use the Links panel to add a custom link to your menu such as a
70. ermanently LegoStarWarsX MarsCuriosity mp4 LegoTIEFighter mp4 Wing mp4 a o cli e Title Don t Say a Word Artist Ellie Goulding e i Album Halcyon Days Deluxe Editio y 03 Anything Could 01 Dont Say a Caption 04 Only You mp3 Happen mp3 Word mp3 Word from k mem When inserting audio or video files s Deluxe EN select the Embed Media Player llie Goulding A j rai option main shuttle Fy l WGS crew operations s manual pdf Embed or Link Embed Media Player AGERTS OF Q Insert Media A AMD Click Insert into post to insert the Maddies selected file at the current cursor position If you re editing a Page this button will say Insert into page Ad Maxwell House Coffee Final avi OR Sunthetica mn3 1 selected Insert into post Clear WordPress Manual Page 44 It s recommended that you make your filename server friendly Make sure the filename has no spaces apostrophes slashes or other non alohanumeric characters such as and amp Rename the file before uploading if it does To preserve readability some people replace spaces with the underline character or hyphen For instance My File Name txt becomes My_File_Name txt or My File Name txt Embedding a Video Image or Other Content Another way to add video or other content into your pages is through embedding A popular example of this is embedding a YouTube video into your page When you re embedding a file there s no need
71. ery A gallery of images Post will likely contain a gallery shortcode and will have image attachments Image A single image Link A link to another site Quote A quotation most likely contained within a blockquote Status A short status update similar to a Twitter status update Video A single video Reviewing Past Revisions When you re editing your Post or Page the number of revisions for that particular Post or Page is shown in the Publish Panel if you have any Click the Browse link next to Revisions in the Publish panel to browse through the various revisions for the current Post or Page WO A YourWordPress Site 8 0 New View Post Howdy Joe Blogg be Options Help t Dashboard Edit Post Add New Posts Hello world Publish All Posts Permalink http your wordpress site com hello world Edit View Post Preview Changes Add New Get Shortlink Categories Y Status Published Edit 23 Add Media Visual Text a Tags Visibility Public Edit B I o 3 Media 6 e p Revisions Revisions 15 Browse A v Published on Nov 30 2013 O 7 25 Paragraph U E Pages r m 4 5 Click Browse to review and restore Edit To be the first to enter the cosr aj your past revisions gt unprecedented duel with natu Move to Trash more Curious that we spend n Comments 2 Appearance have succeeded than encouraging people who have not Use the slider at the top of the page or click
72. es that you d like to assign to your image then you can add them into this input field Link Rel Describes the relationship from the current document to the specified link More information on the rel HTML attribute can be found on Wikipedia Link CSS Class If there is a specific CSS Class that needs to be set on the HTML link then you can add it into this input field Clicking the Edit Original button allows you to perform some simple manipulation with your uploaded image You re able to rotate and flip your image as well as scale and crop it to different sizes If you d like to replace the image entirely click the Replace button and you ll be shown your Media Library where you can select a new image Once you have updated the image properties click the Update button to save your changes Alternatively click the small x in the top right of the pop up window to close the pop up without saving any changes Setting a Featured Image Some themes allow you to specify a Featured Image for your Page and Post A Featured Image often called a Post Page Thumbnail is usually some sort of image that is representative for that particular Page or Post How these images are displayed is dependent entirely on the Theme that is currently in use If your Theme allows you to set a Featured Image the following Featured Image panel will be displayed when you re editing your Page or Post If Featured Images can t be set then this panel won t be
73. ext to them and select Not Spam from the Bulk Actions drop down at the top of the page Click the Apply button to confirm your choice Alternatively click the Not Spam link that appears when hovering your cursor over each row WordPress Manual Page 84 Appearance The various Appearance menus allow you to change how your site looks and behaves If your site has been setup for you by a third party then it s more than likely that you won t need to change any of the settings in here Depending on the theme that your site is running you may find that you don t have all the menu options listed here or you may have a couple of different ones The reason for this is that a couple of the options under the Appearance section are theme based For example the default Twenty Fourteen theme allows you to customize options for how your theme displays Not all themes will have these option pages or if they do they may be under another menu entirely selecting your Theme The overall appearance of a WordPress site is controlled by the Theme Although there is a default theme that comes installed with WordPress most people will either download a new theme purchase one or have one custom designed and built There are hundreds of places where themes can be downloaded for free and or for a small fee One of the best places to start looking for themes is in the official WordPress Themes Directory Clicking on the Appearance menu option will default you at
74. g on until you turn it off by clicking the button again or until you save your page content Clear formatting Use this to remove all the formatting e g Bold Underline text color etc from the highlighted text Special character Used to insert special characters not easily accessible via the keyboard e g Y O O etc Decrease indent Removes one level of indenting Increase indent Indents text by one level Undo Undo your last action Redo Redo your last action Keyboard shortcuts Displays information about the WordPress Visual Editor along with keyboard shortcuts Page 24 Visual Text Visual Text Switches the editor view between the Visual Editor and the Text editor The Text view will enable you to view the HTML code that makes up your content For the more experienced users this can be helpful at times but for those not familiar with HTML tags it s not recommended Switching to the Text Editor Visual Text At the top of the editor there are two tabs Visual and Text These switch the editor view between the Visual Editor and the Text editor The Text view will enable you to view the HTML code that makes up your content For the more experienced users this can be helpful at times but for those not familiar with HTML tags it s not recommended The Text editor is much like the Visual Editor only not as intuitive The numerous formatting buttons provide you with basic HTML forma
75. g on the actual permalink the part after the domain name with the yellow background or by clicking the Edit button next to it Once you ve modified it click Ok to save or Cancel to cancel your changes At the top of the editor where your content is written there are numerous formatting buttons Clicking the Toolbar Toggle button will show or hide a second line of formatting buttons which gives you extra functionality The editor buttons perform the following functions Add Media Add Media Used to upload and insert media such as images audio video or documents Bold Bold text Italic Italicise text Strikethrough Add a strikethrough to your text Bulleted List Create an unordered bullet point list Numbered List Create an Ordered numbered list WordPress Manual Page 22 Paragraph v WordPress Manual Blockquote Used as a way of showing a quote How this looks will be entirely dependent on the Theme that your site is currently using Horizontal Line Inserts a horizontal line into your page Align Left Align text to the left Align Center Align text in the center of the page Align Right Align text to the right Insert edit link Used to create an html link to another page or website The text or image that you want to link needs to be selected first before the button will become active Remove link Remove the html link from the selected link Your cursor must be sitting
76. he Biographical Info may or may not be diplayed when creating Posts It depends entirely on the Theme that About Yourself is currently in use Biographical Info Share a little biographical information to fill out your profile This may be shown publicly New Password If you would like to change the password type a new one Otherwise leave this blank Repeat New Password Type your new password again Strength indicator Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 4 amp Log Out of All Other Sessions Left your account logged in at a public computer Lost your phone This will log you out everywhere except your current browser Save Updated Profile After updating your profile click the Update Profile button to save your Thank you for creating cha nges Version 4 1 WordPress Manual Page 112 If you re an Administrator and would like to edit someone else s profile click on their user name when viewing the list of Users or click on the Edit link that appears beneath their user name when hovering your cursor over each row Update the appropriate fields and then click the Update Profile button to save all your changes Personal Options Visual Editor Checking this box disables the Visual Editor when writing and uses the plain html editor Admin Color Scheme Check this radio button next to the colour scheme desired for the
77. he left hand navigation menu and in the fly out menu click the Updates link Alternatively click the Dashboard menu option and then click the Updates link underneath The Updates page is divided into three sections If your version of WordPress requires updating this will be displayed at the top of the page Below that you ll be notified of any plugin updates and below that again theme updates Updating your WordPress version is as simple as clicking the Update Now button WordPress will download the necessary files perform a validation of those files and then automatically update your site Before updating your site it s always wise to perform a backup first just in case something unfortunate happens during or after the installation WordPress Manual Page 123 Y A Your WordPress Ste 3 MY New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Dashboard WordPress Updates Home Last checked on May 8 2015 at 3 18am Check Again Updates important before updating please back up your database and files For help with updates visit the Updating WordPress Codex page Posts 3 Media An updated version of WordPress is available Updating WordPress Pages You can update to WordPress 4 2 2 automatically or download the package and install i You will be notified if your VERR Download 4 2 2 WordPress version is out of date Click the Update Now button to While your site is being updated it will be in maintenance mode As soon as your updai
78. ia Add New ing Twenty Fifteen theme Categories Pages Comments Publi Appearance Hovering your cursor over each of l jan 1 the main menu options will display Drafts Plugins a fly out menu Rece Vroom Vroom May 26 2014 Users Se aaa Sep 7th 3 31 pm Spaceflight clea ear ts SO tn 3 m gt Tools This post is drafted and not published yet It should May 20th 8 13 pm LEGO Timelapse The main menu options and their usage are Dashboard This will display your main Dashboard homepage In the top left of your Dashboard you ll see some brief stats on the number of Posts Pages and Comments If you have the Akismet anti spam plugin activated you ll also see the number of Spam Comments or comments awaiting moderation Posts This is where you can create a new Blog Post You can also update your Categories and Post Tags Media This Is where all your uploaded images documents or files are stored You can browse through your Media library as well as edit and update the files Pages This is where you create and maintain all your Pages Comments You can manage all your Comments within this section including replying to comments or marking them as spam Appearance This menu is where you control how your site looks You can choose a new Theme manage your site Widgets or Menus and even edit your site theme files WordPress Manual Page 11 Plugins Plugins extend and expand the function
79. ier Featured Posts in Twenty Eleven Themes Customize Active Twenty Fifteen Customize Twenty Eleven Widgets Menus Currently Active Theme Header Hovering the cursor over each theme will show various options Clicking on Theme Details will provide you with a detailed description Background The theme that is currently active is shown at the top left Click the Customize button to preview and customize the theme options Editor Popular Science Plugins es ss Users eee Saarne y E Tools A Ej Settings _ Add New Theme O Collapse menu Twenty Ten Clicking the Add New Theme box will allow you to search and or upload a new theme Previewing and Customizing your Theme As well as the ability to preview a theme you can also update various theme settings all while previewing the changes live The options that you can change will be dependent on the individual theme For the currently active theme clicking the Customize button allows you to update various settings whilst also previewing those changes Until you click the Save amp Publish button only the theme preview window is updated not the theme on your live site For all other installed themes that are not currently active click the Live Preview button to preview the theme update its settings and activate the theme Until you click the Save amp Activate button only the theme preview window is updated not the theme on yout live site
80. igation Label input field or by clicking on the title area of the menu item and dragging n dropping the menu to new location If you choose to drag n drop your menu items the cursor will turn into a four pointed arrow when you re hovering over the correct area After making updates to your menu items click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen Adding a New Menu Item By default only the Pages Links and Categories panels are shown If you d like to add Posts Tags or Post Formats as menu items you simply use the Screen Options tab at the top right of the screen to enable these panels as well To add anew Page as a menu Item tick the checkboxes in the Pages panel next to each of the Pages that you d like to add You can select one Page at a time or multiple After selecting your Pages click the Add to Menu button The new menu items will append to the bottom of the current list of menu items The menu item name will default to the Page name To change this simply click on the down arrow next to the menu item name to view the options panel and then update the Navigation Label to your preferred name After making your updates click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen The steps to add a Post Post Format Category or Tag aS a menu item are exactly the same as adding a Page WordPress Manual Page 96 Y A Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg 4 Ont ons Help Dashboard Edit M
81. ign it to the Post at the same time click the Add New Category link Two fields will then appear Type the name of the Category that you d like to add into the empty input field If you d like the new Category to have a Parent select it from the Parent Category dropdown list Click the Add New Category button when done to create the Category and automatically assign it to the Post WordPress Manual Page 61 lags Tags are ad hoc keywords that identify important information in your post names subjects etc that may or may not recur in other posts Unlike Categories Tags have no hierarchy meaning there s no relationship from one Tag to another Pages cannot be assigned Tags and cannot be associated with Categories You can only associate Tags and Categories to Posts Like Categories there are two ways to add Post Tags They can be added whilst adding or editing your Post or they can be added via the Tags menu option Adding Tags whilst editing your Post will automatically assign those Tags to your Post Adding Tags using the Tags menu option will simply add them to the list of available Tags When you click on the Tags menu option you ll be shown a list of Tags that have already been added along with some blank fields that allow you to add a new Tag A list of popular Tags is also displayed in cloud format That is the Tags are displayed in alohabetical order and the more often a Tag has been used the larger the font it s dis
82. ilable the background colour will change and the vertical bar will be red If any of your installed plugins have available updates a small number will appear next to the Plugins menu option The number will advise you as to how many plugins have updates available A message will also be displayed just below the plugin name and description advising that it has an update along with a link that allows you to view the details for the new version and another link for updating the plugin Prior to updating a plugin it s wise to verify that the plugin functionality hasn t changed significantly as to adversely affect your site It s also recommended to check that the plugin and your site still works as expected once it has been updated In WordPress 4 2 when you click the update now link for a plugin that has an update you will no longer be taken to the Updates page Instead the plugin will automatically update whilst you remain on the Plugins page If you have plugins that have been deactivated because you re no longer using them it s good practice to remove them from your site You can do this by clicking the Delete link underneath the plugin name WordPress Manual Page 102 Dashboard Plugins Add New A Posts All 4 Search Installed Plugins Add new Plugins J Media Bulk Ac 4 items Pages p Click the Add New button to search the WordPress Plugin Directory and Comments A Insta Il new plugins net is quite possibly the best wa
83. in the Themes section on the page To update your themes tick the boxes next to each of the themes you wish to update and then click the Update Themes button The new theme files will be downloaded and automatically installed After your site has been updated no matter whether it s been done automatically manually or just themes and plugins it s a good idea to give your site a quick test to make sure it s functioning as expected This will ensure that the new themes plugins or even WordPress itself hasn t introduced new functionality that adversely affects your site or changes how your site operates WordPress Manual Page 124 Where lo From Here If you re looking for more resources to further your WordPress knowledge the first place to check out is the WordPress org website There you ll find technical support and new resources like plugins which are a fantastic way to add extra functionality to your site without having to modify your theme files The Plugin Directory has over 37 000 different plugins that are available to download for free Furthermore if you want to change how your site looks have a look in the WordPress hemes Directory which is also there on the WordPress site If you find you need more information on a particular topic have a search through the WordPress Codex which goes into greater detail about how WordPress works Not only will you find information about updating your site content but there is all sorts of
84. ing across the top of your site This bar only appears if you are currently logged into your WordPress site which means that it won t be visible to your everyday site visitors If you are not logged in the Toolbar won t be displayed WordPress Manual Page 12 Your WordPress Site P Howdy Joe Blogg Your WordPress The Toolbar only appears if you are currently logged into your Site WordPress site Just another WordPress site Pages v Categories v Depth v Advanced v Menu Description Custom Menu Description Search Template Sticky The Toolbar allows you to quickly access the following commonly used features Visit the WordPress org website Codex or Support forums Display your site Dashboard and other commonly used menu options that allow you to update your site Themes Widgets Menus and depending on your theme Background and Header View or Edit your blog comments Add a new Post Media Page or User Edit the current Page or Post Perform a site Search View or Edit your Profile and logout from the WordPress Dashboard Hiding the Toolbar You can stop the Toolbar from displaying by modifying the preferences associated with your Profile Simply click on the Users link in the left hand navigation to display the list of Users From this list of Users click your user name or click on the Edit link that appears beneath the user name when hovering your cursor over each row Alternatively click on the You
85. ing the Customizer you can modify certain parts of your website When you click on the Customize menu option you ll be shown the various theme options that you can change Depending on the theme that is currently in use you may see more or less options than those displayed in the following image WordPress Manual Page 88 x Save amp Publish You are customizing S d Publish e Your Word FAL rdPress Site When customizing the currently VordPress site active theme click Save amp Publish to save and publish your changes Active theme Twenty Fifteen Site Title amp Tagline Site Title j FEATURED Your WordPress Site Tagline Theme Options Just another WordPress site As you update settings here your changes appear in the site preview on the right Display Header Text Colors v Header Image Background Image v Navigation Widgets Expand and Hide Options Static Front Page Click the arrows to expand or hide the various settings Clicking the small arrows will open and close each of the panels giving you access to each of the various options You ll find that some of the options in the Customize screen are also available via other menu options As an example you can change the Site Title and Tagline using the General option under the Settings menu As you make your changes on the left hand side of the Customize screen the theme preview on the right hand side is automatical
86. isibility of the Page by clicking the Edit link just to the right of Visibility within the Publish panel Public is the default and means the page is viewable to all There is also an option to make the Post sticky Sticky posts are placed at the top of all blog posts and stay there even after new posts are published Password Protected allows you to assign a password to your page Only people who have the password will be able to access the page WordPress Manual Page 56 Private hides the content from the public completely Normal users and visitors will not be aware of private content You will only see the private content when you are logged into your WordPress blog By default when you click the Publish button your Page Post is published immediately To change this click the Edit link just to the right of Publish immediately within the Publish panel You can then select the date and time that you d like to schedule your Page Post to be published You must also click the Publish button when you have updated the date and time fields to publish at the desired date and time WordPress Manual Page 57 Categories You can use categories to define sections of your site and group related posts The default category is Uncategorized but this can be easily changed in your Settings Pages cannot be associated with Categories You can only associate Categories to Posts There are two ways to add Categories They can be added whilst addi
87. ite other than WordPress you ll be prompted to install the relevant Importer plugin after selecting the type of site that you d like to import your content from Export The Export option is used to export your data in XML format from your WordPress site The export format is called WordPress eXtended RSS or WXR and will contain your posts pages comments custom fields terms navigation menus and custom posts Once you ve saved the download file you can use the Import function on another WordPress site to import the content from this site WordPress Manual Page 115 Settings The various Settings screens are used to configure your WordPress site Normally once your WordPress site is set up there s no reason to change any of these settings These Settings options will only be touched upon very briefly You can find out lots more information in regards to configuring your site within the WordPress Codex General The General settings configure your basic site preferences such as the Site Title and Tag Line the WordPress Address and Site Address the administrators email address and the date and time format among other things The WordPress Address URL is the location of your main WordPress core files The Site Address URL is the address you want to use for your site homepage Usually these two URL s are the same but they can be different if for example you have your WordPress files stored in a subdirectory When you instal
88. k the Save button within the Widget to save your settings If you want to remove a widget from a Sidebar but save its settings for future use drag it into the Inactive Widgets section If you simply want to delete the Widget from your Sidebar click the Delete link within the Widget The small arrow next to the Sidebar title will toggle the sidebar open and closed If you drag and drop a widget onto a closed sidebar the sidebar and widget will automatically open Updating the Menu If your theme supports custom menus you can make modifications to them from the Menus option Menus can contain links to Pages Posts Categories Custom Links or other content types WordPress Manual Page 92 Your WordPress Site B New Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts Media Select a menu to edit Pages Add Menu Item Comments Add a menu item by ticking the appropriate checkbox amp then clicking the Add to Menu button 2 Appearance Themes Customize Sample Page Widgets Page B Menus Page A Header Blog Background Front Page About The Tests Editor Page Markup And l Plugins Select All Add to Menu ss Users Pa Tools Links Gi Settings Categories Opening Menu Panels by clicking the small arrow in the panel header Adding a New Menu Short Top primary menu Open and close the various panels Howdy Joe Blogg 2 screen Options Help Select or create a new menu Select Menu
89. k the dowork lags posts about dowork 1 Add New Tag button to add a new dowork Tag Name Description Slug Posts Bulk Actions Apply 111 items lof6 gt To add a new Tag fill in the blank fields and then click the Add New Tag button Name The name is how it appears on your site WordPress Manual Page 63 Slug The Slug is the URL friendly version of the name It s usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens Description The description is not prominent by default however some themes may display it Once you add a new Tag it will appear in the list of Tags on the right side of the screen When hovering your cursor over each row in the list of Tags a few links will appear beneath the Tag name Edit Allows you to edit the Tag properties such as Name Slug and Description Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the Tag Name and Slug Delete Deletes the Tag permanently from the list of Tags After clicking Delete you will be prompted to confirm your choice Click OK to delete the Tag or Cancel if you don t want to delete it View This will list all the Posts that are currently using this Tag If you would like to permanently delete numerous Tags at once click the checkboxes next to the Tags you would like to delete and then choose Delete from the Bulk Actions dropdown list at the top of the page After selecting Delete click the Apply button to immediately delete the selected
90. king changes to files that will affect how your site is displayed Incorrectly modifying any files within this section can cause your site to display incorrectly or at worst not at all Extra caution must be taken if you intend to make any changes here It cannot be stressed enough how dangerous this option is if you know nothing about HTML CSS or PHP Modifying your theme files can drastically change how your site displays and depending on what gets changed can even stop your site from displaying altogether WordPress Manual Page 101 Plugins Plugins extend and expand the functionality of WordPress Once a plugin is installed you may activate it or deactivate it here There are thousands of plugins available that provide a huge range of functionality The easiest place to find them is within the official WordPress Plugin Directory You can search and install new plugins by clicking on the Add New button at the top of the page or the Add New link in the left hand navigation menu Once a plugin has been added to your site it needs to be turned on To do this click the Activate link to activate it Depending on the plugin you might also find that there are settings that need to be configured Activated plugins will be displayed with a different coloured background within your list of plugins They will also be highlighted with a blue vertical bar down the left side of the row If an activated plugin also has an updated version ava
91. king the Bold button again will close the tag by inserting the closing lt strong gt tag If you highlight some text prior to clicking a button both the opening and closing tags will be inserted around that highlighted text For example highlighting the text bold text prior to clicking the Bold button will insert lt strong gt bold text lt strong gt The following editor buttons are available whilst in the Text editor b Bold Bold text WordPress Manual Page 25 E b quote Ins img ul ol code more WordPress Manual Italic talicise text Link Used to insert a website link When the button is clicked a pop up window will appear where you type in the URL that you would like to link to Blockquote Used as a way of showing a quote How this looks will be entirely dependent on the Theme that your site is currently using Delete Used as a way of showing deleted text How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with a strikethrough Insert Used as a way of showing inserted text How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with an underline Image Used to insert an image into the text When the button is clicked a pop up window will appear where you type in the URL of the image that you would like inserted Unordered List Used to insert an unordered bullet point list Ordered List Use
92. l WordPress you get the option to select the language that you d like to use within the Dashboard After installation if you d like to change the language you can select this using the Site Language dropdown at the bottom of the page WordPress Manual Page 116 Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg O He p Spa General Settings Posts Site Title Your WordPress Site Media Pages Tagline Just another WordPress site Comments In a few words explain what this site is about Appearance WordPress Address URL http your wordpress site com Plugins Users Site Add R ite ress URL http your wordpress site com Tools Enter the address here if you want your site homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress Settings E mail Address joe your wordpress site cc Q General Settings General Writing ARCS Oe OSE POL ORIEN Configure your Site Title Tagline r WordPress Address URL and Site Reading Address URL Membership Anyone can register daress URL Discussion Media Permalinks New User Default Role Subscriber oO Collapse menu i Timezone Melbourne v UTC time is 2014 12 21 8 54 44 Local time is 2014 12 21 19 54 44 Choose a city in the same timezone as you This timezone is currently in daylight saving time Standard time begins on April 5 2015 3 00 am Q General Settings Date Format O December 21 2014 Select the correct Timezone for your site along with the Date Format and 2014 12 21 Ti
93. lly saved Description Uploaded By Joe Blogg Edit Image View attachment page Edit more details Delete Permanently Media Properties To permanently delete the media file click the Delete Permanently link You will be prompted for confirmation To edit the properties of an existing file when using the List View within the Media Library hover the cursor over the particular row that contains the file you wish to edit and click the Edit link Alternatively you can also click the file title or the thumbnail image Clicking the Edit link next to the file after it s just been uploaded will also allow you to edit its properties After clicking Edit the relevant properties for that particular media file are displayed including the title URL filename file type and in the case of an image the file dimensions When editing the file properties the Alternative Text field will only be displayed for images WordPress Manual Page 71 W Your WordPress Site 0 New ViewAttachment Page Howdy Joe Blogg Screen Options Help Dashboard Edit Media Add New Posts BigHero6 Save 3 Media Permalink http your wordpress site com attachment_id 1858 View Attachment Page Get Shortlink flit Uploaded on Dec 16 2014 0 03 Library File URL http your wordpress site com wp cc Add New IB Pages File name BigHero6 jpg 8 Comments File type JPG Appearance File size 803 kB Dimension
94. ly approved sre handled gic ru Comment author must have a previously approved comment Comment Moderation Hold a comment in the queue if it contains 2 gt or more links A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks When a comment contains any of these words in its content name URL e mail or IP it will be held in the moderation queue One word or IP per line It will match inside words so press will match WordPress Comment Blacklist When a comment contains any of these words in its content name URL e mail or IP it will be marked as spam One word or IP per line It will match inside words so press will match WordPress Discussion Settings Configure whether your site will display an avatar when people post a comment You can also specify a Avatars default avatar to display An avatar is an image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on avatar enabled sites Here you can enable the display of avatars for people who comment on your site Avatar Display Show Avatars Maximum Rating G Suitable for all audiences PG Possibly offensive usually for audiences 13 and above R Intended for adult audiences above 17 X Even more mature than above Default Avatar For users without a custom avatar of their own you can either display a generic logo or a generated one based on their e mail address Oo Mystery Per
95. ly updated Until you click the Save Publish button only the theme preview is updated not the theme on your live site Widgets Widgets are independent sections of content that can be placed into any widgetized area provided by your theme Although these widgetized areas are commonly called Sidebars and are quite often located in the left or right hand column they can be also located anywhere within your site and are entirely dependent on the current theme as to their location Lots of themes use these widgetized sidebars in the footer area There are numerous widgets available by default which allow you to add extra content to your site such as Recent Comments Categories or Custom Menus just to name a few New Widgets can also be WordPress Manual Page 89 installed via plugins and again depending what the plugin is used for the extra functionality it brings to your site will vary WordPress Manual Page 90 Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg be scree Opt ons Help Dashboard Widgets Available Widgets Posts f La bal EA Available Widgets The Available Widgets section ar contains all the widgets you can Media To activate a widget drag lp Pe a P z 3pDpears on the left eR choose from e dle da gt it lo Geactivate a widget ar ages drag it back Search Comments Archives A monthly archive of your site s Posts Themes Recent Comments Customize Calendar Widgets E A calendar of
96. m attachment_id 1827 View Attachment Page Get Shortlink fit Uploaded on Sep 10 2014 23 11 Library 4 amp 4 46 Scale Image File URL Add Nei eC A mt Original dimensions 1396 x 825 http your wordpress site com wp cc L Pages 1396 x 825 ES File name BigHero6 jpg Comments File type JPG Restore Original Image v File size 160 kB Appearance Discard any changes and restore the original image Previously edited copies Dimensions 1396 x 825 Plugins of the image will not be deleted Restore image Delete Permanently Tools Settings Q Restore Image Cancel Collapse menu Click the Restore Original Image link and then the Restore image button to discard your changes amp restore your original image Users Caption Deleting a File from the Media Library To delete a file from the Media Library when using the Grid View first click an image to view the File Properties then click on the Delete Permanently link that appears in the pop up window To delete a file from the Media Library when using the List View click on the Delete Permanently link that appears beneath the file name when hovering your cursor over each row After you click the Delete Permanently link in either view you ll be prompted with a confirmation message Click the OK button to delete the file or click the Cancel button to return to the Media Library WordPress Manual Page 76 Comments Comments are a feature of blogs which allow
97. mage you can select how you would like the image aligned either Left Center or Right aligned using the Alignment dropdown list You can also select None for no alignment which will mean the image will display using the default alignment setting for your Theme You can also change what your inserted image s will link to using the Link To dropdown list You have the choice of linking to the image s attachment page by selecting Attachment Page or you can link to the full size image by selecting Media File You can also link to any URL by selecting Custom URL When you do this a new field will appear that allows you to enter in the custom URL You can also choose not to link to anything by selecting None When your image s are uploaded WordPress will also create several copies of your file at various sizes You can choose which one you d like to insert into your Page or Post using the Size dropdown list To insert the image at the exact size you uploaded simply select Full Size Next to each size listed in this dropdown will be the actual dimensions of the image in pixels e g 300 x 225 Once you ve selected all your images click the Insert into post button to insert the selected image s into your Post at the current cursor position when editing a Page this button will say Insert into page If you d like to change the order of your images click the Edit Selection link at the bottom of the Insert Media window The window will change so
98. me Format 12 21 2014 21 12 2014 Custom Fj Y December 21 2014 Time Format 7 54 pm 7 54 PM 19 54 Custom giia 7 54 pm Documentation on date and time formatting Week Starts On Monday Site Language English United States Q General Settings Select the correct Site Language for Save Changes your site This will change the language that is displayed in the Dashboard Writing The Writing settings configure various options with regards to your site content Settings include defining the Default Post Category Default Post Format if supported by your Theme and if the Link Manager plugin is installed the Default Link Category WordPress Manual Page 117 YourWordPressSite 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Denes Writing Settings A Posts Formatting Convert emoticons like and P to graphics on display O cs WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically iB Pages Comments Default Post Category Uncategorized Q Writing Settings Sy gt Appearance Configure the Default Post Category Ke Plugins recae tido Standard Default Post Format and if available the Default Link Category y a es Post via e mail Tools To post to WordPress by e mail you must set up a secret e mail account with POP3 access Any mail received at this address will be posted so it s a good idea to keep this address very Settings secret Here are three random strings you could use h
99. nally inserted Update the required details and click the Update button Removing an HIML Link To remove an html link click the link within your post that you d like to remove to position the cursor somewhere within it and then click the Unlink button If you want to remove a link from an image simply click the image once to select it and then click the Unlink button If the html link is linking to an uploaded file or image clicking the Unlink button won t remove or delete that file it will simply remove the hyperlink WordPress Manual Page 51 Editing Existing Content To edit an existing page simply click on the relevant Page Post title when viewing your list of Pages or Posts Alternatively click on the Edit link that appears beneath the title when hovering your cursor over each row Pages Hello world Joe Blogg Uncategorized 2013 11 30 ind Edit Quick Edit Trash View Published joe Blogg Unpublished content 2013 04 09 Appearance Edit Page or Post i Modified r Plugins To edit your Page or Post click on Tas the Page Post name or click the Edit Joe Blogg Markup content css 2013 01 11 link that appears when hovering formatting html Published Tools your cursor over each row markup The screen that appears will be exactly the same as the Add New Page Add New Post screen only with the existing content displayed When you ve finished editing your Page Post click the Update button WordPress Manual Page 52
100. ne of the rows and click the View link If the file is an image you ll see a larger version of that image For supported audio and video files M4a MP4 OGG WebM FLV WMV MP3 WAV and WMA you ll see the appropriate media player For other file types such as PDFs or Word Documents you ll see the attachment page which has a link to the actual file WordPress Manual Page 68 A 2 Your WordPress Site 9 0 New Edit Media Howdy Joe Blogg Q la i Site For supported audio and video files Just another WordPress site you ll see the appropriate media Halcyon player Pages e p 00 00 00 00 mf m Categories v A Halcyon from Halcyon Days Deluxe Edition by Ellie Goulding Re Dept Y P leased 2013 Track 5 of 28 Genre Pop Advanced v Menu Description Custom Menu Description Adding a File to the Media Library To add a new file to the Media Library click on the Add New link in the left hand navigation menu or the Add New button at the top of the page If you click the Add New button when you re viewing the Media Library in the List View or click the Add New link in the menu simply drag your images from wherever they are on your computer into the area marked Drop files here Your file s will be automatically uploaded Once your images or files are uploaded they re listed below the file uploader If you d like to edit the file properties click the Edit link next to the file Y Your WordPress Site M 0
101. new image for your header Background Image A or to select a previously uploaded image Navigation v Widgets gt Background The Background menu option is another theme specific menu It allows you to choose a background image for your site Clicking the Background menu option will take you to the Background Image option in the Customizer You can select one of your previously uploaded images or you can upload a new image by clicking the Select Image button To save your changes click the Save amp Publish button at the top of the page Again depending on the theme you re currently using you may or may not have this Background option WordPress Manual Page 100 x Save amp Publish You are customizing s S amp Publish Your Word CETL rdPress Site Click Save amp Publish to save and VordPress site publish your changes Active theme Twenty Fifteen Site Title amp Tagline y Colors v Header Image 7 Background Image Background Image No image selected Select Image Click the Select image button to upload a new image for your Navigation a background or to select a previously uploaded image Widgets gt Static Front Page v Editor The Editor menu allows you to edit the individual CSS and PHP files which make up your Theme Normally once a theme is installed and configured on your site there s no need to make any changes within here Extreme care should be taken with this option to avoid ma
102. ng or editing your Post or they can be added via the Categories menu option Adding Categories whilst editing your Post will automatically assign those Categories to your Post Adding Categories using the Categories menu option will simply add them to the list of available Categories When you click on the Categories menu option you ll be shown a list of Categories that have already been added along with some blank fields that allow you to add a new Category WordPress Manual Page 58 WO A YourWordPress Site 9 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Add New Category Options H elp Dashboard a Categories z Add a new Category by filling in the Search Categories A Posts Name Slug Parent if any amp Add New Catego Description 65 items 1 wa Be ie All Posts Bory 4 Add New Name Name Description Slug Posts Categories aciform aciform 1 Tags The name is how it appears on your site Media Slug sub sub 1 Pages Comments The slug is the URL friendly version of the name ft is usually all lowercase and contains aoe E antiquarianism antiquarianism 1 only letters numbers and hyphens Appearance Edit Quick Edit Plugi Delete View ugins Parent arrangement 1 Users None gt Q Add New Category i Tools Categories unlike tags can have a hierarchy You might have a Jazz category and under that Hovering the cursor over each row Settings have children categories for Bebop and Big will Show you various options you
103. ngs gt General page WordPress Manual Page 119 Your WordPress Site Ml New Howdy Joe Blogg Dashboard Discussion Settings Posts Default article settings Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article gt Media Discussion Settings Allow link notifications from other blogs pingbacks and trackbac Pages Allow people to post comments on new articles Configure how your site interacts Comments r J f with other sites and whether These settings 1 be overridden for individual articles iese settings may t ver i idividuai articles visitors can post comments Appearance s i Pp Other comment settings Comment author must fill out name and e mail Plugins Users must be registered and logged in to comment Discussion Settings Users Automatically close comments on articles older than 14 Tools Configure how your visitors interact with your site and how comments are displayed Enable threaded nested comments 5 levels deep E Settings Break comments into pages with 50 top level comments p General last page displayed by default Writing Reading Comments should be displayed with the older comments at the top of each page Discussion Media E mail me whenever Anyone posts a comment Permalinks Discussion Settings A comment is held for moderation Collapse menu Configure when you get notification emails and how visitor comments Before a comment appears Comment must be manual
104. o create an audio playlist click the Create Audio Playlist link in the left hand navigation The pop up window will display a list of your audio files Alternatively to create a video playlist click the Create Video Playlist link in the left hand navigation The pop up window will display a list of your video files WordPress Manual Page 41 insert Media Create Audio Playlist Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Create Audio Playlist Audio All dates ATTACHMENT DETAILS Create Video Playlist Y 01 Dont Say a Word mp3 Set Featured Image May 20 2014 r 10 MB Length 4 07 Delete Permanently Audio Playlist 03 Anything Could 01 Dont Say a 04 Only You mp3 Happen mp3 Word mp3 URL http your wordpress site c Select the media files to include in your playlist Title Don t Say a Word Pa Artist Ellie Goulding f Album Halcyon Days Deluxe Editio originaldixielandjazz bandwithalbernard Caption 08 Synthetica mp3 stlouisblues mp3 Description Don t Say a Word from Halcyon Days Deluxe Edition by Ellie Goulding Audio Playlist Click Create a new playlist to create your playlist 4 selected Create a new playlist Clear After selecting your media files click the Create a new playlist button at the bottom of the pop up window The window will change so that only the selected media files are shown WordPress Manual Page 42 Cancel Audio Playlist Edit Audio Playlist All dates Reverse order
105. ocessor with toolbar buttons that allow you to Bold or Italicize text or enter in WordPress Manual Page 21 Paragraph Headings or bullet points You can even use most of the basic keyboard shortcuts used in other text editors For example Shift Enter inserts a line break Ctrl C Cmd C copy Ctrl X Cmd X cut Ctrl Z Cmd Z undo Ctrl Y Y Cmd Y redo Ctrl A Cmd A select all etc use the Ctrl key on a PC or the Command key on a Mac With WordPress 4 0 and above the Visual Editor now expands to fit your content rather than simply scrolling On top of that no matter how tall the Visual Editor becomes the toolbar buttons will be available at all times by sticking to the top of the page Visual Text At the top of the editor there are two tabs Visual and Text These switch the editor view between the Visual Editor and the Text editor The Text view will enable you to view the HTML code that makes up your content For the more experienced users this can be helpful at times but for those not familiar with HTML tags It s not recommended When creating a new Page or Post the first thing to do is enter in your title in the top entry field where it says Enter title here After moving the cursor down to the editor a new Permalink is created for your page Permalinks are the permanent URL s to your individual Posts Pages Categories etc Though not usually necessary you can manually edit your permalink by clickin
106. ordPress 4 2 1 is now available This is a critical security release for al Comments On most pages just below your Username there are a couple of small inverted tabs One called Screen Options and another called Help Clicking either of these links will cause a panel to slide down from the top of the page The Help link not surprisingly displays some help information The Screen Options link will display various options that allow you to configure what is displayed on the current page The details in this panel change depending on what page you re currently viewing As an example on your main Dashboard page the Screen Options allow you to set which panels you d like displayed on the page Dashboard Menu Options Down the left hand side of the Dashboard and on every page you will see your main navigation menu This is where you ll find all the options to update and configure your site WordPress Manual Page 10 Hovering your cursor over each of the main menu options will display a fly out menu with the various choices for that particular menu option Once you click each of the main menu options that particular menu will expand to show all the available options within that section if there are any UY Your WordPress Site P Howdy Joe Blogg New Screen Options Dashboard Dashboard Home At a Glance Quick Draft Updates IM 21 Pages Title N All Posts ay What s on your mind 3 Med
107. ormats you can choose how each Post looks by selecting a Post Format from a list of radio buttons similar to the following screen If your Theme doesn t support Post Formats then the Format panel won t be displayed VIII Y TUKING LULL B 7 op gt 3 lt a Media j 1 Revisions 5 Browse Paragraph U A B2 QM E amp Q Pages tii Published on Jan 10 2013 20 15 EENS Welcome to image alignment The best way to demonstrate the ebb Edit and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them Mera di Tah Appearance snuggly among an ocean of words Grab a paddle and let s get Format Users i On the topic of alignment it sh Post Formats Standard Tools from the options of None Left pen ide also get the options of Thumbn Settings To change the Post Format select Audio one of the available radio buttons Collapse menu Not all Themes support Post Chat Formats Gallery Image Link Quote Status Video THIS IMAGE IS While the actual post content entry won t change the theme can use the selected Format to display the post differently How content is displayed is entirely up to the Theme but the following list of available Post Formats provides some general WordPress guidelines as to how they might be styled Aside Typically styled without a title Similar to a Facebook note update WordPress Manual Page 27 Audio An audio file such as a Podcast Chat A chat transcript Gall
108. other useful information that will helo you with installing WordPress troubleshooting using plugins amp themes and also theme development for the more technically minded Once your website is humming along nicely you might want to think about getting involved in the awesome WordPress community One of the easiest ways to get involved is simply by helping others within the WordPress Support Forums There is always someone there who s newer to the learning curve than you and learning is so much improved while you re teaching others There are topics there for all ability levels from installation issues theme and template issues and general troubleshooting all the way through to more advanced areas of theme and plugin development It s a great benefit not just for yourself but for others as well in getting more involved in the WordPress community This could be through core commits Ul design testing beta releases or even just helping people on the WordPress forums Or how about getting along to Meetups where users and developers alike get together and learn from and teach each other show off the projects they re working on and meet others to collaborate with The more we work together to make WordPress great the more robust the platform becomes Everyone wins WordPress Manual Page 125
109. our image straight into the Visual Editor rather than clicking the Add Media button WordPress Manual Page 30 Insert Media Insert Medi e dia insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Simply drag and drop files from your computer to anywhere in this Create Video Playlist window to upload them Create Audio Playlist Set Featured Image insert from URL Drop files anywhere to upload or Select Files Maximum upload Insert Media Click Select Files if you wish to opena dialog box to manually select the files to upload No matter whether you ve clicked the Add Media button or simply dragged and dropped your image into the Visual Editor once your image is uploaded your Media Library is displayed which contains all your previously uploaded images The image s that you ve just uploaded will be automatically selected for easy insertion into your Page or Post Selected images are shown with a tick icon in the top right corner of the image After uploading your image s you can then select other previously uploaded images by holding down the Ctrl key Cmd key on Macs and simply clicking on them To deselect an image click the tick in the top right corner of the image At the bottom of the window you will see a count of the number of images currently selected There are several options within this Insert Media window to help make It easier to add images into your Page or Post By def
110. p2FMECh sVT4gcCM oahablce General d ae Mail Server mail example com Port 110 Q Writing Settings Writing Reading WordPress allows you to create i Login Name login example com Discussion 8 Posts via email Configure the Media settings for your mail account here Permalinks Password password 4 Collapse menu Default Mail Category Uncategorized Update Services When you publish a new post WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services For more about this see Update Services on the Codex Separate multiple service URLs with line breaks http rpc pingomatic com Reading The Reading settings configure how your site is viewed You can define whether your front page displays a static Page or your blog Posts how many blog posts are displayed by default as well as Syndication RSS options If you configure your site to display a static front page you can set which page to display and also which page will show your blog posts The Search Engine Visibility setting enables you to block your site from search engines or allow it to be visible WordPress Manual Page 118 Your WordPress Site 9 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Dashboard Reading Settings Posts h Front page displays Your latest posts Reading Settings A static page select below Media Pages Define whether your front page Comments Front page displays a static Page or your blog Posts Appearance Po
111. pen Source software system used by millions of people around the world to create beautiful websites and blogs It is completely customisable by the use of themes and plugins WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time Themes can be easily downloaded from the official WordPress site or from hundreds of other places around the web The same goes with plugins which are used to extend the functionality of your WordPress site As well as being a fantastic blogging and content management system one of the huge benefits is the wealth of information out there There s a great community of people behind the design amp develooment of the WordPress system itself People from all over the world contribute their time knowledge and skill to keeping WordPress updated and secure There s also a huge number of designers developers amp bloggers who share their knowledge through blog posts tutorials reviews videos and the creation of thousands of themes amp plugins WordPress powers a staggering amount of websites In fact it powers over 23 of the whole web Everything from personal blogs to large corporate websites The following are just a very few examples of the millions of diverse sites powered by WordPress Vogue hitp www vogue com Vogue is a globally recognised fashion and lifestyle magazine published monthly by Cond N
112. played in WordPress Manual Page 62 Y A YourWordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg E Options Help 2 Dashboard Tags e Posts Search Tags Popular Tags All Posts P g Bulk Actions M Apply 111 items 1 67 TA seit alignment Articles aside audio captions yz Add New categories chat Codex comments Name Description Slug Posts Categories content CSS dowork edge e B8BIT Tags posts about 8bit 1 Tags case embeds excerpt rai SBIT featured featured image formatting Media Fw fun gallery html image A jetpack layout link iiss Love i aligim nt 2 3 ages ee ANED z 6 markup media Mothership Must Read Comments vaso e POSt Formats quote shortce Tags posts about articles 1 Appearance temp ate tit Add New Tag Articles Plugi videopress wordpress ii Add a new Tag by filling in the Name yaa Slug Description aside 1 Add New Tag Tools Name Settings audio audio 1 Collapse menu The name is how it appears on your site captions captions 2 2 Slug Edit Quick Edit Delete View The slug is the URL friendly version of the 6 categories 2 name It is usually all lowercase and contains Add New Tag only letters numbers and hyphens Hovering the cursor over each row will show you various options you chat 2 can perform Description depo depo 0 The description is not prominent by default however some themes may show it dinarchy dinarchy 0 Add New Tag doolie doolie 0 After filling in all the fields clic
113. r Com Comment Reply In Response To Comments Mr WordPress Subr Click the Reply link to reply to the Hello world wordpress org Hi th comment View Post Appearance To de ments There you will have Plugins Unapprove Reply Quick Edit Edit Spam Trash Save Reply After entering your reply comment click the Reply button to save your reply Users Reply to Comment Tools P l b i link b quote del ins img ul ol li code close tags Settings Collapse menu Comment Reply Toolbar The Comment Reply editor buttons provide you with basic HTML formatting capabilities John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No SXETONE OT Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or Concent example example org View Post 34496985 ad functionality When you ve written your comment click the Reply button or alternatively click Cancel to stop replying and cancel your editing The editor that appears when replying or editing a comment using either the Reply Quick Edit or Edit links is much like the editor when creating or editing a Page or Post only not as intuitive At the top of the editor there are numerous formatting buttons These buttons provide you with basic html formatting Capabilities wnen composing a new reply comment or editing an existing comment The buttons work in two ways Clicking a button without highlighting any text first will simply insert the opening
114. r Profile link underneath the Users menu option in the left hand navigation or within the fly out menu WordPress Manual Page 13 Your WordPress Site MM New Dashboard Profile Posts Personal Options J Media Pages Visual Editor Comments Admin Color Scheme Appearance y Plugins Users All Users Add New Keyboard Shortcuts Your Profile Tools Toolbar amp Settings Disable the visual editor when writing Default Light Blue ight Ocean Toolbar r _ o You can hide the Toolbar on your website by unselecting the checkbox ment moderation More information Show Toolbar when viewing site When editing your Profile there is a Toolbar option as shown in the screen above Howdy Joe Blogg Coffee Sunrise Show Toolbar when viewing site Checking this box will display the Toolbar at the very top of your website only for the person who is currently logged in WordPress Manual Page 14 Posts versus Pages WordPress is built around two basic concepts Posts and Pages Posts are typically blog entries A series of articles listed usually reverse chronologically Pages are used for more static content i e content that doesn t change or changes infrequently An About us page is an example of a Page on a typical website In most cases you ll find that the content in the About us page doesn t change all that frequently Now you might be thinking but don t need
115. r multiple pages To view more images simply scroll to the bottom of the page and more thumbnails are automatically loaded NY Your WordPress Site P New Howdy Joe Blogg Hel Dashboard Media Library ES p A Posts O Media EX Allmedia items All dates 7 BulkSelect Library Media Library Add New Use the icons to switch between the i Pages List View and Grid View Y Comments Appearance y Plugins LegoStarWarsx Users MarsCuriosity mp4 LegoTIlEFighter mp4 Wing mp4 05 Halcyon mp3 04 Only You mp3 te main shuttle crew operations manual pdf f Tools Settings Collapse menu 03 Anything Could Happen mp3 Clicking on a thumbnail image will show a popup window with all the details about that media file Maddies Ad Maxwell House Coffee Final avi The List View will display your images similar to how they ve been displayed in previous versions of WordPress in a list over multiple pages WordPress Manual Page 66 YourWordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg en Options Help hboar i i Se CENSORED Media Library 4dd New Posts All 68 All dates gt Filter O Media M Library Media Library Add New Use the icons to switch between the L Pages List View and Grid View 68 items 1 of4 gt e Y Comments Author Uploaded to tE Date Appearance r ON LEGO Mars Curiosity Timelapse joe Blogg Unattached 2014 05 20 a AA MP4 Attach LA
116. r website Search Engine Optimisation SEO Since search engines can t read images they rely on the Alt Text Description is usually displayed on the attachment page for the media however this is entirely up to the theme that is currently in use Insert Media Create Gallery Create Audio Playlist Create Video Playlist Set Featured Image Insert from URL WordPress Manual Insert Media Upload Files Media Library All media items All dates Selecting Images Holding down Ctrl Cmd and clicking will allow you to select multiple images Click the tick to unselect it rr pe a e j A NAL N jas f q Fis ar Y AP gt 7 selected Edit Selection Clear Update the image properties by filling in the Title Caption Alt Text and Description Select image alignment where it links to and the size you d like to insert Click Insert into post to insert the selected image s ee OS ATTACHMENT DETAILS Serenity jpg December 22 2013 ofa 152kB 1024 x 768 Edit Image is Delete Permanently URL http your wordpress site c Title Firefly Class 03 K64 Caption Serenity A Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk transport ship Alt Text Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk trai Description OOh Shiny ATTACHMENT DISPLAY SETTINGS Alignment Center LinkTo Media File http your wordpress site c Size Medium 300 x 225 Insert into post Page 32 For each i
117. rectly in your browser window Selecting Attachment Page will open the image within one of your WordPress formatted pages Columns Specifies the number of columns to use when displaying your thumbnail images Ultimately this will be dependent on your Theme and how wide your page is If you find the gallery isn t displaying properly after changing this number you may need to change it to another number Random Order Click this checkbox to display your images in a random order Size Selects the size of the image to use in your gallery Edit or Delete an Image Gallery Editing or Deleting an Image Gallery is much like editing or deleting an image After clicking on an Image Gallery that has been inserted into your Page or Post two icons will appear on top of the gallery Clicking the left icon allows you to edit the image gallery properties Clicking the right icon will delete the image gallery from your content It will only remove the image gallery from your Page or Post it will not delete any images from your Media Library WordPress Manual Page 40 AY Your WordPress Site Ml New View Post Howdy Joe Blogg Link Dashboard o i s 23 Add Media gt Edit or Delete Image Gallery Gallery A Posts E LAS FF MS SS Status x DEA e Click the Edit Gallery button to update the image Audio All Posts pac eh A bp oe 9 Ps V gallery properties Click the Delete Gallery button to delete the image gallery from
118. render the image It s also used by screen readers for visually impaired users so it s important to fill out this field with a description of the image To a small degree it also plays a part in your website Search Engine Optimisation SEO Since search engines can t read images they rely on the Alt Text Align Allows you to select how you would like the image aligned They can be either Left Centered or Right aligned Setting alignment to None will remove the other alignment settings How this affects your image within your content will depend on the current theme in use Size Select a specific size from the dropdown list or select Custom Size and then enter the Width and Height in pixels in the input fields that appear Link To Select where you would like to link your image to from the dropdown list You have the choice of linking to the image attachment page by selecting Attachment Page or you can WordPress Manual Page 36 link to the full size image by selecting Media File You can also link to any URL by selecting Custom URL When you do this a new field will appear that allows you to enter in the custom URL You can also choose not to link to anything by selecting None Image Title Attribute Displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser Image CSS Class By default WordPress will assign several CSS Classes to your image If for some reason there s other CSS Class
119. ros e will show you various options you bed Fea IO cairn OEE O O YEN Published Tools Settings Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Joe Blogg Uncategorized 2014 05 20 Published Collapse menu Hello world Joe Blogg antiquarianism tag1 tag2 tag3 2013 11 30 Blogroll Published Posts logg Unpublished content 2013 04 09 Last Perform actions on mulitple Posts at once Modified by selecting the appropriate checkboxes amp then choosing an action from the Buik llogg Markup content css 2013 01 11 Actions dropdown amp clicking Apply formatting html Published markup At the top of the page you can view how many Posts in total you have in your site how many are Published Scheduled Sticky Pending in Draft or in the Trash When hovering your cursor over each row a few links will appear beneath the Post title Edit Will allow you to edit your Post This is the same as clicking on the Post title Quick Edit Allows you to edit basic Post information such as Title Slug Date plus a few other options Trash Will send the Post to the Trash Once the Trash is emptied the page is deleted View Displays the Post If the Post hasn t been published yet this will say Preview Next to each Post title is a checkbox This allows you to perform an action on multiple items at once You simply check the Posts that you would like to affect and then from the Bulk Actions dropdown select either the Edit option or the Move to Trash op
120. rt edit link Enter the destination URL URL Link Text enter the cosmos Link to Existing Content Open link in a new window tab A i If you d like to insert a link to one of Or link to existing content your existing Pages or Posts select the relevant item from the list Search No search term specified Showing recent items This is a Page Title PAGE Spaceflight 2014 09 07 LEGO Timelapse 2014 05 20 Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days 2014 05 20 Contributors PAGE Hello world 2013 11 30 Cancel Add Link In the pop up window that is displayed simply fill in URL and the Title and then click the Add Link button URL URL of the page or website that you would like to create a link to WordPress Manual Page 48 Link Text The text that you highlighted prior to clicking the Insert edit link button will be automatically displayed Open link in a new window tab When someone clicks the link you can have it open in the same window default setting or have it open in a new browser window tab Alternatively if you d like to add a link to one of your existing Posts or Pages simply click the Or link to existing content link to display a list of your existing content then select the relevant page from the supplied list If you have a large number of pages within your site you can type the Page or Post name in the Search field to make it easier to find As you type the list will re populate based on matching results After
121. ry and tag URLs here For example using topics as your category base would make your category links like http your wordpress site com topics uncategorized lf you leave these blank the defaults will be used Category base Tag base Save Changes WordPress Manual Page 122 Keeping your site Updated From time to time themes plugins amp WordPress will require updating Updates typically happen when developers release security patches or add extra functionality It s good practice to keep your themes plugins amp WordPress version updated to the latest versions The top two reasons for sites being hacked are insecure passwords amp outdated vulnerable software WordPress has introduced automatic background updates in an effort to promote better security and to streamline the update experience By default only minor WordPress releases are enabled e g v4 1 3 v4 2 2 These minor releases are usually for maintenance and security purposes or translation file updates Only core WordPress files will be auto updated Your themes or plugins wont be automatically updated Once your site is auto updated your site administrator will notified by email If your WordPress installation can t update itself automatically for one reason or another your site administrator will be notified of this as well To update your WordPress version manually or to update your themes and plugins hover your cursor over the Dashboard menu option in t
122. s 1920 x 1080 Delete Permanently Q Media Properties Plugins Users Tools Settings Media Properties E After updating the media properties clickthe Update button to save your changes Update the media properties You ll only be shown properties that are Edit Image gt 2 relevant for that particular file Caption Alternative Text Description b link b quote del ins img ul ol li code close tags Title Although the field isn t labelled the Title is the field at the very top of the page when editing the image from the List View The Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser Caption is displayed underneath the image as a short description How this displays will be dependent on the WordPress theme in use at the time You can also include basic HTML in your captions Alternative Text his field is only displayed for image files The Alternative Text is displayed when the browser can t render the image It s also used by screen readers for visually impaired users Description This content is displayed on the file s attachment page Metadata Artist This field is only displayed for audio files It allows you to specify the recording artist WordPress Manual Page 72 Metadata Album This field is only displayed for audio files It allows you to specify the album to which the audio file belongs to Once the
123. s Users Tools Settings Collapse menu Your WordPress Site Dai New Comments All Pending Approved Spam Trash Bulk Actions y Apply Show all comment types bd Filter Author Comment Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm McSpammerson Hey there Love your blog How about you come to my casino and win lots of vegas casinos com winner vegas money Sounds good right Edit Spam Trash casinos com Approve Reply Quick Edit 192 168 0 2 Mr WordPre Approve Comment John Doe Clicking the Approve link will approve the comment 2 post s comments There you will Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Marking Comments as Spam and Trash If a spam comment has been posted to your site you can mark it as spam simply by hovering your cursor over the comment and clicking the Spam link If you re using the Akismet plugin and you come across a spam comment that Akismet missed marking it as spam will help Akismet learn and it will be less likely to miss similar spam in the future If you simply want to remove a comment hover your cursor over it and click the Trash link TO A Your WordPress Site Dashboard Posts Media Pages Comments 1 Appearance Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu Bi New Comments All Pending Approved Spam Trash Bulk Actions Apply Show all comment types 7 Filter Author Comment Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm AAA Hey there Love
124. shboard Edit Post Add New A Posts Spaceflight Publish Al Posts Permalink http your wordpress site com spaceflight Edit View Post Save Draft road Add New Categories 7 Add Media Visual Text Y Status Draft Edit Tags i of SS Ce SSS ra Visibility Public Edit 7 Media Paragraph U A H O Qg 9 fi Publish immediately Edit Pages The sky is the limit only for those who aren t afraid to fly Move to Trash Publish Comments Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Appearance Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new world seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no r Plugins Once all your content is added you have the option to save as a draft or Users publish It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea pretty and blue was t Earth put up my thumb and shut one eye and my thumb blotted Chat has gone before Tools Clicking the Publish button will save your Page Post and publish it on your website Clicking the Preview button will show you a preview of the current Page Post There are also several options available when saving By default the Status is set to Draft but this can be changed by clicking the Edit link just to the right of Status within the Publish panel Pending Review means the draft is waiting for review by an editor prior to publication Draft means the post has not been published and remains a draft for you You can also change the v
125. side panels fade out of view leaving the screen with just the minimal required to compose your content Hello world 3 Add Media Visual Text BJlezsfEG ES 2 EP hih it ul Paragraph U A To be the first to enter the cosmos to engage single handed in an unprecedented duel with nature could one dream of anything more Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not h Challenges of Getting to Mars Curiosity s Seven Minutes of Terror Word count 145 Draft saved at 5 14 30 pm Last edited by Joe Blogg on December 14 2014 at 4 35 pm In Distraction Free Writing mode only the Title field and Visual Editor is displayed until you move your cursor outside of the editor Once you move your cursor outside of the editor the menu and side panels fade back into view To exit from Distraction Free Writing mode click on the Distraction Free Writing button again WordPress Manual Page 55 Saving and Publishing Content Once you ve added all your content to your Page or Post you have the option of Saving the Page as a Draft or Publishing the page Clicking the Save Draft button will simply save your Page Post This is handy if you would like to come back at a later date to add more content or if you re simply not ready to publish yet A A YourWordPress Site 98 0 New ViewPost Howdy Joe Blogg ef Opt 3ns Halo Fo Da
126. son Blank 0 Gravatar Logo 197 Ry A Identicon Generated Me We Fed wavatar Generated jp MonsteriD Generated EX Retro Generated Save Changes WordPress Manual Page 120 Media The Media settings define the default image sizes that are created when an image is uploaded You can also configure whether your uploaded media files are stored in folders based on the year and the month of the upload Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Media Settings Help Epic Media Settings Configure the sizes that WordPress Posts Image sizes will use when resizing your Medi uploaded images cuia The sizes listed below determine the maxim age to the Media Library Pages Thumbnail size Width 150 Height 150 Comments j i Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions normally thumbnails are proportional Appearance Medium size Max Width 300 Max Height 300 y Plugins Users Large size Max Width 1024 MaxHeight 1024 Tools y Settings Uploading Files General Writing Organize my uploads into month and year based folders Media Settings Reading f l Configure whether your media Save Changes uploads are organised in month amp year based folders Discussion Media Permalinks O Collapse menu Permalinks The Permalink settings enable you to configure the URL format that is displayed in the web browser when someone browses your site WordPress 4 2 will default your Permalinks to
127. sts page y Plugins Users Blog pages show at most 5 posts an 4 Tools 2 e Reading Settings Settings Syndication feeds show the 5 items most recent Configure the default number of General Posts to show on your blog page Writing and within your feed For each article in a feed Fulltext Reading atures Discussion summary Media Permalinks Search Engine Visibility Discourage search engines from indexing this site It is up to search engines to honor this request Reading Settings The Search Engine Visibility setting enables you to block your site from search engines Collapse menu Discussion The Discussion settings define how your readers interact with your site and how your site interacts with other blogs You can configure Pingbacks and Trackbacks whether readers can post Comments or not and if so how those Comments are moderated and displayed on your site This screen also lets you configure whether the Post Author should be emailed whenever someone posts a comment on your site If you are receiving emails whenever someone posts a comment simply uncheck the box next to Anyone posts a comment within the E mail me whenever section on this screen and then save your changes If you would like to be notified whenever a comment is held for moderation it can be configured on this screen as well within the E mail me whenever section The email notification is sent to the email address listed on the Setti
128. t or functionality Unapprove Reply Quick Edit Submitted on 2 Comments This comment s Hovering the cursor over each row will show you various options you can perform Edit Spam Trash Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 11 30 am Thanks for all the comments everyone Howdy Joe Blogg EA Help Search Comments 1 of2 gt In Response To Hello world View Post Edge Case No Content View Post Template Password Protected the password is enter View Post Template Comments View Post At the top of the screen there are links that allow you filter the comment list to only show the comments that are Pending Approved Marked as Spam or that are in the Trash The number in brackets will advise how many there are for that particular type As well as the standard settings that allow you to manage your comments the default WordPress install comes with an excellent plugin that helps to filter out soam from your comments This plugin is called Akismet WordPress Manual Page 77 After activating the Akismet plugin you need to supply it with an API Key You can grab an API key and find out more information on the Akismet website When hovering your cursor over each row in the list of Comments a few links will appear beneath the comment Unapprove Approve Allows you to unapprove the comment This will stop it displaying on your site If the comment is already unapproved then this link will change
129. ted with a page similar to the image below WordPress Manual Page 20 W Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Screen Options Help Dashboard Add New Post Posta Enter title here Publish All Posts Save Draft Preview Add New a i Categories Add Media Visual nl f Status Draft Edit Tags B J i zez e sa Visibility Public Edit Media Paragraph U SArMm OG Q P 17 Mi Publish immediately Edit E Pages Move to Trash Publish Y Comments Your Post can be styled using the various menu Appearance bar buttons These buttons are also used to add links upload amp insert images media files amp O te siding gt k E f j AC 3 Plugins other documents Using the Visual amp Text tabs eer Me pak daa aky a Pa Sl you can switch between the Visual editor or the cd edit oP eee eye ars HTML editor rar Tools Video Settings Audio Collapse menu Quote a Link Editor P Gallery Word count 0 This is the Editor where your Post content is added Categories All Categories Most Used aciform sub antiquarianism arrangement asmodeus Blogroll broder buying Add New Category Tags Add Separate tags with commas Choose from the most used tags Featured Image Set featured image Adding Content with the Visual Editor The editor used to enter content into your Page or Post is very easy to use It s much like using a regular B word pr
130. th commas into tagl tag2 tag3 the edit field amp then click the Add development t button to assign it to the Post Choose from the most used tags Path p Word count 145 Last edited by Joe Blogg on December 23 2013 at 6 43 pm ser alignment Articles aside audio captions categories chat Codex comments Content css dowork edge case embeds excerpt fai featured featured image formatting FIW Fun gallery html image jetpack layout link lists Love Markup media Mothership Must Read Nailed It Post Formats quote shortcode standard template title twitter video videopress wordpress tv Q Add Existing Tag To add an existing Tag click the Choose from the most used tags link and click the appropriate Tag or Tags from the list to automatically assign it to the Post Remove featured image Page 65 Media Library The Media Library is where you can find all the files that you ve uploaded In WordPress 4 0 and above there are two different types of views you can select from when viewing your media library You can click the List View icon to display your images in a list similar to how they ve been displayed in previous versions of WordPress or you can click the Grid View icon to view your images in the new Grid layout The Grid View will display a grid of thumbnail images for each of your media files The Grid View employs infinite scrolling rather than displaying your images ove
131. the Themes screen The theme that is currently active is shown at the top left of the screen The other themes shown are ones that are installed but not currently in use To see a preview of your site in another theme that isn t currently active you can click the Live Preview button associated with each theme While the preview screen is displayed you re able to click your site links to view your various pages in the new theme layout as well as make various theme changes To change your site to another Theme hover your cursor over the theme you d like to activate and click the Activate button that appears underneath the Theme Alternatively if the preview window Is displaying you can click the Save amp Activate button in the top left corner of the window to activate the theme To view more details about a particular theme hover your cursor over a theme thumbnail image and click on Theme Details A pop up window will appear that displays a larger image along with the theme description and other details Clicking on the Add New button at the top of the page allows you to upload a new theme to your site as well as search the WordPress Themes Directory for new themes and install them directly from within your Dashboard WordPress Manual Page 85 Your WordPress Site P New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Dashboard Themes o Add New Search installed themes Posts Media E Pages Comments 5 Appearance The Myth of the P
132. thing more Curious that we the soul to look upward and leads us spend more time congratulating people who settings from this world to another have succeeded than encouraging people Collapse menu Removed Content Added Content eee IPE oe gee SE Salyer Its PER PASA IA Its The red text shows content that was The green text shows content that removed pe wee was added pos mn w k WordPress Manual Page 29 Adding Images and Other Media Adding images and other media files such as videos documents or PDFs is extremely easy within WordPress All your images and files are stored in the Media Library Once they re uploaded into the Media Library its a very simple matter to insert them into your Page or Post content In the case of files such as Word Documents or PDFs if necessary it s a simple process to create links to those files so that people can then download them Inserting an Image Using the WordPress media manager it s extremely simple to insert align and link your individual images and image galleries Add Media To insert an image into your Page Post click the Add Media button and then simply drag your image s from wherever they are on your computer into the browser window Your file s will be automatically uploaded Alternatively click the Select Files button and then select the file s that you d like to upload using the dialog window that is displayed It s also possible to simply drag y
133. ting it from the dropdown Click the Save Changes Editor button to save your changes Background amp Plugins Header The Header menu option will only be available if your current Theme is making use of this option It allows you to choose an image to display in the header area of your site Clicking the Header menu option will take you to the Header Image option in the Customizer You can select one of your previously uploaded images or you can upload a new image by clicking the Add new image button The Site Title and Tagline in the header area can be turned off by clicking the Site Title Tagline option in the Customizer and then deselecting the Display Header Text checkbox To save your changes click the Save amp Publish button at the top of the page Again depending on the theme you re using you may or may not have this Header option WordPress Manual Page 99 x Save amp Publish You are customizing 5 S amp Publish e Your Word CAT Press Site Click Save amp Publish to save and VordPress site publish your changes Active theme Twenty Fifteen Site Title amp Tagline v Colors y Header Image a Applied to the header on small screens and the sidebar on wide screens While you can crop images to your liking after clicking Add new image your theme recommends a header size of 954 x 1300 pixels Current header No image set Add new image Click the Add new image button to upload a
134. tion and then click the Apply button The Edit option will allow you to edit the Categories Tags Author whether to allow Comments and Pings or not the Status and whether or not the Posts are Sticky The Move to Trash option will move the selected items to the Trash WordPress Manual Page 16 You can also filter the pages that are displayed using the dropdown lists and the Filter button At the top of the list of Posts there are also two icons that change how the list is displayed Click the List View icon to display the posts in the traditional List View or click the Excerpt View icon to display a short excerpt from the Post underneath the Post title Pages After clicking on the Pages menu option you ll be shown a list of Pages that your site contains Among the information displayed is the Page title the Author No of Comments and either the Date Published or the Date the Page was Last Modified The Pages screen will look similar to screen below WW Your WordPress Site 0 New Dashboard Pages Add New Howdy Joe Blogg Help i Jar A Posts All Published Draft Search Pages as Media Bulk Filter 21 items of 2 gt raso I Pages Author Date Advises total number of Pages amp All Pages l y ES oe Blo 2011 05 20 8 how many are Published or in Draft ES Add New ublishe a 153 5 Comments IA Luke 2013 12 15 Skywalker Published Appearance Front Page Joe Blogg 2011 05 20 Plugins
135. to Approve to allow you to approve the comment Reply Allows you to write a reply comment Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the commenter s Name Email or URL as well as the actual comment Edit Allows you to edit the commenter s Name Email or URL as well as the actual comment It also allows you to mark the comment as either Approved Pending or Spam and change the Date and Time Spam Allows you to mark the comment as spam Trash Allows you to mark the comment as Trash Once it s in the Trash you can either restore it if you made a mistake or delete it permanently If you would like to change the status of numerous Comments at once click the checkboxes next to the Comment s you would like to change and then choose either Unapprove Approve Mark as Spam or Move to Trash from the Bulk Actions dropdown list at the top of the page After selecting the appropriate option click the Apply button Replying to a Comment To respond to a comment that someone has written on one of your Posts simply hover the mouse over the comment and click the Reply link when it appears An edit field will then appear beneath the WordPress Manual Page 78 comment where you can type your reply Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg e Dashboard Comments Option Help Posts All Pending 0 Approved Spam 1 Trash Search Comments Media Bulk Actions Apply Show es z Ei 30 iten 1 Ta Pages Autho
136. to upload the file to your site You re basically just creating a link to the file from within your own page WordPress is able to automatically embed files from a number of different services To embed something into your Post or Page simply paste the URL into your content area The URL needs to be on its own line and not hyperlinked Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have 44 Published on Nov 30 2013 7 25 3 Media succeeded than encouraging people who have not Edit E Pages Move to Trash Update Comments https www youtube com watch v pzqdoXwLBT8 gt f Me one gr Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise Format Plugins Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to seek out new life Standard de Users and new civilizations to boldly go where no man has gone before We Aside When embedding content in this manner as opposed to using the embed shortcode mentioned below your url will change to show a preview of that content For example when embedding a video from YouTube after pasting in the URL to the editor it will magically change to show the actual video content right there in the editor WordPress Manual Page 45 Y Your WordPress Site Dashboard Add Media Posts All Posts Add New Categories Tags J Media Pages Comments Appearance 5 Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu B IZ ee
137. tting capabilities when editing your Page or Post content Y Your WordPress Site M0 New View Page Howdy Joe Blogg Hi Dashboard Edit Page Add New Posts This is a Page Title Publish Media Permalink http your wordpress site com this is a page titie Edit View Page Get Shortlink Preview Changes iE Pages Add Media mo Y Status Published Edit All Pages lisua Tex Add New b i link b quote dal ins img ul ol li code more close tags dpress site com hello world gt Y0 healthiest business in the worl Click the Text tab to switch to the Text editor Comments Appearance The Text editor is much like the Visual editor The E The HTML editor buttons provide tingly alone our home that must only not as intuitive If you re not familiar Plugins defen you with basic HTML formatting olutely round I believe I never with HTML tags it s not recommended what capabilities rom space Users NASA is not about the Adventure of Human Space Exploration We won t be doing it Tools just to get out there in space we 1l be doing it because the things we learn out Page Attributes there will be making life better for a lot of people who won t be able to go The buttons work in two ways Clicking a button without highlighting any text first will simply insert the opening HTML tag relevant for that button As an example clicking the Bold button will insert the lt strong gt HTML tag into your text Clic
138. tting up or configuring your WordPress site and so as such they won t be covered here in great detail Avallable Tools The Available Tools menu option gives you access to two different tools The Press This bookmarklet and the Categories and Tags Converter Press This is a little browser app that lets you grab bits of the web and easily create new posts The Categories and Tags Converter is a tool for converting Categories to Tags or vice versa Press This Press This is a bookmarklet a little app that runs in your browser that lets you grab bits of the web It provides you with a handy shortcut within your browser to creating new Posts Simply Drag and drop the Press This link to your bookmarks bar or right click it and add it to your browser favourites for a posting shortcut Categories and Tags Converter The Categories and Tags Converter is a tool to convert existing Categories to Tags or Tags to Categories Before it can be used it must be installed via the Import menu option Import The Import option provides you with various tools for importing content from other blogging systems You can import content from Blogger LiveJournal Moveable Type TyoePad and Tumblr You can also import content from Blogrolls that use the OPML Format posts from an RSS feed or content from other WordPress sites To import content from another WordPress site you first need to install the WordPress Importer plugin To import content from another type of s
139. ttribute all content to This will assign all the content currently linked to this User to another User of your choosing Simply select the User from the dropdown list After making your selection click the Confirm Deletion button to remove the User WordPress Manual Page 110 Editing your Profile To edit your profile details simply click on your user name when viewing the list of Users or click on the Edit link that appears beneath your user name when hovering your cursor over each row Alternatively click on the Your Profile link in the left hand navigation WordPress Manual Page 111 Your WordPress Site Ml New Howdy Joe Blogg Edit your Profile Help Dashboard Profile Update the various fields for your profile The Username field can t be Posts Personal Options changed Media Pages Visual Editor Disable the visual editor when writing Comments Admin Color Scheme Default Light Blue Coffee Appearance i ee Plugins Ectoplasm Midnight Ocean Sunrise ges E E MS A HA All Users Add New Keyboard Shortcuts Enable keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation More information Your Profile Tools Toolbar Show Toolbar when viewing site ES Settings Collapse menu Name Username Usernames cannot be changed First Name Joe Last Name Blogg Nickname required joe Display name publicly as Joe Blogg y Contact Info E mail required joe your wordpress site com Q Edit your Profile Website http easywpguide com T
140. w a list of all the audio files within your playlist Show Artist Name in Tracklist Ticking this checkbox will show the artists name next to each track name Show Images Ticking this checkbox will show any associated audio file images When inserting a video playlist you have the following display settings WordPress Manual Page 43 Show Video List Ticking this checkbox will show a list of all the video files within your playlist Show Images Ticking this checkbox will show any associated video file images Inserting Video Audio or Other File Tyoe The procedure for inserting any other type of file into your Page Post is exactly the same as Inserting an 3 Add Media Image Simply click the Add Media button Once the relevant pop up window displays perform the same steps to upload your file to your site and to insert it into your Page or Post When inserting video or audio files you can select Embed Media Player from the Embed or Link dropdown list in the Insert Media pop up window to use the new audio and video players that are now built into WordPress Supported audio video formats include M4a MP4 OGG WebM FLV WMV MP3 WAV and WWA files Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Create Audio Playlist All media items All dates i ATTACHMENT DETAILS Create Video Playlist z 01 Dont Say a Word mp3 Set Featured Image May 20 2014 10 MB Length 4 07 insert from URL Delete P
141. y in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback EESE REEFERS ae e protected from spam even while you sleep To get started 1 Click the Activate link to the left of Appearance this description 2 Sign up for an Akismet AP key and 3 Go to your Akismet configuration page and save your API key K Plugins Version 3 0 1 By Automattic View details There is a new version of Akismet available View version 3 0 4 details or update now installed Plugins Add New BackupBuddy The most complete WordPress solution fo Update Plugin stomizable selection of files Editor Activate Edit Delete settings and content for the complete sna to a new host or new domain with complete ease of mind If a plugin has a newer version ee Users s E izi rate on Activate Plugin By iThemes Visit plugin available a message will be displayed 4 Tools prompting you to update it a plugin it symbolizes the t ied up in two words sung most To activate a plugin click the Activate link Click the Delete link to delete uis Armstrong Hello Dolly When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello Dolly in the upper right of een on every page Settings O Collapse menu the plugin from your site y Matt Mullenweg View details WordPress Importer import posts pages comments custom fields categories tags and more from a WordPress export file Deactivate Edit Version 0 6 1 By wordpressdotorg View details
142. yMotion EmbedaArticles Flickr FunnyOrDie com Hulu Imgur Instagram WordPress Manual Page 46 Published on Nov 30 2013 E 7 25 iSnare Issuu Kickstarter Meetup com Mixcloud Photobucket Polldaddy Radio Revision3 Scribd SlideShare SmugMug SoundCloud Spotify TED Tumblr Twitter Vimeo Vine WordPress tv YouTube only public and unlisted videos and playlists WordPress Manual Page 47 Adding HIML Links HTML links allow your site visitors to easily navigate around your site They re also used when you want to allow people to download files from your site such as PDFs or other documents for viewing images or even just linking to other websites HTML links will frequently be shown with an underline to differentiate it from other text but this may vary depending on the theme you re Currently using Inserting an HTML Link Inserting an html link in your Page Post to one of your own pages or another site is extremely easy Simply click and drag the cursor and highlight the text that you want turned into a link and then click the a i Insert edit link button AS well as being able to insert a link to another site you can also easily insert a link to one of your existing Posts or Pages by simply selecting it from a list insert or Edit Link Fill in the URL The Link Text field will show the text you highlighted Alternatively you can enter new text if you want to change it Inse
143. your blog How about you come to my casino and win lots of vegas casinos com i money Sounds good right winner vegas casinos com 192 168 0 2 John Doe Approve Reply Quick Edit Edit Spam Trash Mr WordPress Submitted on 2013 11 30 at 7 25 ress or thie i wordpress org Hi this is a comment To delete a comment just log in have the option to edit or delete Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Clicking the Spam link will mark the comment as spam Clicking Trash will send it to the Trash Howdy Joe Blogg Wi Help Search Comments 1 torres In Response To Hello world GF View Post Hello world pa View Post Edge Case No Howdy Joe Blogg WA Hel p Search Comments 1 tore In Response To Hello world Gp View Post ello world View Post Edge Case No To empty the Trash click on the Trash link at the top of the page to display all the comments that have been marked as Trash This link will be displayed along with a number within brackets which indicates WordPress Manual Page 83 how many comments are marked as Trash To permanently remove all these comments click the Empty Trash button You will not be prompted for confirmation To remove all the soam comments click on the Spam link at the top of the page to display all the comments that have been marked as spam This link will be displayed along with a number in brackets which indicates how many spam comments there are

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