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1. Pages Admin Feature Pointer Comments Activity This is a New Feature Pointer It highlights n Publishing Soon new WordPress features Here it s pointing ppearance AEREA PR PM Ee i PA to the WordPress Toolbar nist 12 00 pm Scheduled o the WordPre oolbe Plugins Recently Published See 3 more ae ia oe ant Users y This post is drafted and not published yet It should Nov 30th 7 25 am Hello world Tools an 11th 8 22 pm Markup HTML Tags and Comments WordPress 3 8 Parker December 12 2013 Collapse menu Version 3 8 of WordPress named Parker in honor of Charlie From Mr WordPress on Hello world Parker bebop innovator is available for download or update Hi this is a comment To delete a comment just in your WordPress dashboard We hope you ll think this is the 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
2. A hd Ei Y 2 pon itt Publish immediately Edit The sky is the limit only for those who aren t afraid to fly Pages Y Y y Move to Trash Publish Comments Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new world earance yy APP seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no amp Plugins has gone before 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 Tools Earth put up my thumb and shut one eye and my thumb blotted Chat 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 e Pending Review means the draft is waiting for review by an editor prior to publication e Draft means the post has not been published and remains a draft for you You can also change the visibility of the Page by clicking the Edit link just to the right of Visibility within the Publish panel e 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 pos
3. 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 option 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 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 13 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 ages 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 Y A Your WordPress Site M 0 New How Jos Sides x Options Help e Dashboard Pages Add New a c Ia A Posts All 19 Published acta doll EE Bulk Filter 19 items O res B Pages Author 15 Date
4. enter can perform View Post Jane Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 11 30 am Template Pampa Org Thanks for all the comments everyone SSRN Oe example example org View Post 24 126 245 62 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 Spam from your comments This Plugin is called Akismet 66 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 e 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 to Approve to allow you to approve the comment e Reply Allows you to write a reply comment e Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the commenter s Name Email or URL as well as the actual comment e Edit Allows you to edit the commenter s Name Email or URL as well as the actual comment I
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6. Advises total number of Pages amp l i ei Joe Blo 2011 05 20 A Pages how many are Published or in Draft ES Publi a s Add New ETAN ness 2 05 2 Comments meupe 5 joe Blogg 2011 0 T 2 0 Published pos Sample Page Jon Bids 2013 11 30 Plugins Edit Quick Edit Trash View Published Users Joe Blogg 2010 07 25 Published Tools Settings Page Image A Hovering the cursor over each row Joe Blogg 2013 03 15 8 will show you various options you Published can perform rs may Page Markup Joe Blogg 2013 03 15 Published Clearing Floats joe Blogg 2010 08 01 Published Pages Joe Blogg 2007 09 04 Published Perform actions on mulitple Pages at once by selecting the appropriate checkboxes amp Joe Blogg 2007 09 04 then choosing an action from the Bulk Published Actions dropdown amp clicking Apply Level 1 Joe Blogg 2007 12 11 Published At the top of the page you can view how many Pages in total you have in your site and how many are Published or in Draft When hovering your cursor over each row a few links will appear beneath the Page title e Edit Will allow you to edit your Page This is the same as clicking on the Page title e Quick Edit Allows you to edit basic Page information such as Title Slug Date plus a few other options e Trash Will send the Page to the Trash Once the Trash is emptied the page is deleted e View Displays the Page If the Page hasn t been published yet this will say Preview 14 KREATI
7. Search Tags 1 of6 Slug 8bit alignment 2 articles aside audio captions 2 categories chat depo dinarchy doolie dowork Slug 1 of 6 gt Posts 1 Posts e Slug The Slug is the URL friendly version of the name It s usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens e 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 e Edit Allows you to edit the Tag properties such as Name Slug and Description e Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the Tag Name and Slug e 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 e 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 Tags you will not be prompted to confirm your choice Adding lags within your Post Adding Tags whils
8. Update the various fields for your profile The Username field can t be changed Disable the visual editor when writing e Default Light Blue Ectoplasm Midnight Ocean EE A MN SA pp y y Howdy Joe Blogg Help Coffee Sunrise Enable keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation More information Show Toolbar when viewing site Usernames cannot be changed Joe Blogg joe Joe Blogg y joe your wordpress site com http easywpguide com Q Edit your Profile The Biographical Info may or may not be diplayed when creating Posts It depends entirely on the Theme that is currently in use Share a little biographical information to fill out your profile This may be shown publicly If you would like to change the password type a new one Otherwise leave this blank Type your new password again Strength indicator After updating your profile click the Update Profile button to save your changes Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 2 amp Save Updated Profile 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 ch
9. and Formatting Markup Image Align ment Markup Text Align ment The Toolbar allows you to quickly access the following commonly used features e Visit the WordPress org website Codex or Support forums e 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 e View or Edit your blog comments e Add a new Post Media Page or User e Edit the current Page or Post e Perform a site Search e 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 Your Profile link underneath the Users menu option in the left hand navigation or within the fly out menu 10 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Y A Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg R Help Dashboard Profile Posts Personal Options Media Pages Visual Editor Disable the visual editor when writing Comments Admin Color Scheme e Default Light Blue Coffee Appearance SE mk xii r Plugins Ocean Sunrise pas Tocar on All Users You can hide
10. link properties to be set If you re not familiar with HTML and CSS then it s best to leave these settings alone Edit Image Advanced Settings Advanced Image Properties The Advanced Settings tab allows you to change advanced properties such as CSS Classes amp Styles attached to the image and the image link ipsun Advanced Image Settings nous Mo vim Te 5 The Advanced Image Settings are applied to the image html tag ie the lt img gt tag Advanced Image Settings Source http your wordpress site com wp content uploads 2013 11 Maddie 8wks 300x195 jpg Size Width 300 Height 195 Original Size Advanced Link Settings CSS Class aligncenter size medium wp image 1724 Styles The Advanced Link Settings are Image properties Border Vertical space Horizontal space applied to the link html tag if one is set ie the lt a gt tag Advanced Link Settings Title Link Rel CSS Class Styles Target Open link in a new window Update Cancel The Advanced Settings tab allows you to change the following settings The Advanced Image Settings change the html tag for the actual image i e the lt img gt tag 33 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Size The size slider displayed next to the image allows you adjust the image size Sizes range from 130 down to 60 If you want the image to be displayed at the same size that you uploaded then set this slider to 100 Source is the actua
11. next to the Categories you d like to assign to the Post 54 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 j Plugins Format http www youtube com watch v oHg5SJYRHAO v ee Users Tools Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Categories Ej Settings Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to 4 ARS All Categories Most Used seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no man O Collapse menu has gone before We believe in what we re doing Now it s time to go Uncategorized aciform Spaceflights cannot be stopped ala amor o ale 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 M Blogroll appropriate Categories to assign Word count 144 Last edit them to the Post broder Add New Category Parent Category y 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 to assign it to the Post If you would like to create a new Category and assign 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
12. subdirectory For most standard setups though you ll find the above URL should work 6 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 introduced 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 W Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg 2 Site Name New Feature Toolbar This is the name of your site We ve combined the admin bar and the old aft 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 vies ue site aig Dismiss Media WordPress 3 8 running Tw _
13. 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 heme 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 I hemes Directory Clicking on the Appearance menu option will default you at 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 li
14. Category properties such as Name Slug Parent and Description e Quick Edit Allows you to quickly edit the Category Name and Slug e 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 e 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 Categories 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
15. Comments Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm McSpammerson i t 7 Oa Sk EM Hey theret Love your blog How about yout To permanently remove all spam ppearance k money Sounds good right rAammente clirk tha Em Son vine winner vegas comments click the Empty Spam Plugins casinos com button 192 168 0 2 Users Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 08 at 6 08 pm Hello world Tools On Please buy my awesome handbags They re totes awesome va Cost Settings awesome E handbags com NotSpam Delete Permanently ats e se ea aro Collapse menu 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 next 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 73 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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
16. Save Changes 97 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Howdy Joe Blogg be Help Your WordPress Site Just another WordPress site In a few words explain what this site is about http your wordpress site com http your wordpress site com Enter the address here if you want your site homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress General Settings support maddisondesigns Configure your Site Title Tagline WordPress Address URL and Site Address URL This address is used for admin Anyone can register Subscriber UTC time is 2013 12 26 12 43 52 Local time 4 Melbourne is 2013 12 26 23 43 52 Choose a city in the same timezone as you This timezone is currently in daylight saving time Standard time begins on April 6 2014 3 00 am e December 26 2013 General Settings 2013 12 26 Select the correct Timezone for your site along with the Date Format and 26 12 2013 Time Format 12 26 2013 Custom Fj Y December Zb ZUT3 Documentation on date and time formatting e 11 43 pm 11 43 PM 23 43 Custom gia 11 43pm Monday v 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 A Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy jos B
17. 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 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 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 43 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Insert Media Create Gallery Set Featured Image insert from URL Insert Media Upload Files Media Library All media items main shuttle crew operations manual pdf ATTACHMENT DETAILS main shuttle crew operations manual pdf December 27 2013 Delete Permanently Title Main Shuttle Crew Operatio p ee Caption Update
18. 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 making 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 84 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 85 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 UgINS 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 r
19. 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 Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to 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 To view the menu toolbar again once they have faded simply move your cursor up towards the top of the screen and they will be displayed again To exit from fullscreen mode and return to the standard visual editor click on the Exit fullscreen link at the top of the page 50 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Y A Your WordPress Site M0 New Howdy Joe Blogg EN Hel p AS Add New Post qe Poet Spaceflight Publish All Posts Permalink http your wordpress site com spaceflight Edit Cave Draft Proviela Add New c zd Add Media Visual Text Y Status Draft Edit ategories Tags BJ e 4 lt lt 0 E Visibility Public Edit Paragraph U G AHAJ OQ de J Media nia
20. 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 19 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Toggle fullscreen mode 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 Show Hide Kitchen Sink Used to show or hide the second row of formatting buttons on the editor toolbar Paragraph style Used to format the Page text based on the styles used by the current Theme Underline Underline your text Align Full Align text on both the left and right i e justify Ko Select text color Use to change the color of text Paste as Plain 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 Plain Text will strip all these formatting and html tags Checking the keep linebreaks checkbox will preserve all HTML lt br gt tags Unchecking this option will remove them Paste from Word Pasting text from MS Word typically includes a huge amount of extra unrequired HTML
21. 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 ategories Daw TUNI HNETU CUIL OJ Add Media Visual Text Tags Visibility Public Edit B JZ E6 E E A O Media e eS E Revisions 10 Browse e Paragraph U S A D 2 gt A Pages Mi Published on Nov 30 2013 7 25 To be the first to enter the cosmos to engage single handed in an Edit Comments s unprecedented duel with nature could one dream of anything more Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who Meye to Teas gt Appearance have succeeded than encouraging people who have not Plugins Format pe http www youtube com watch v oHg5SJY RHAO a A Standard Tools f Space the final frontier TI Embedding Content Aside Settings Enterprise Its five year m Audio seek out new life and new Paste the URL into the editor ral Collapse menu has gone before We belie content area making sure it s on its own line amp not hyperlinked Gallery Spaceflights cannot be STO pops Prarie UIE Vem wt CAS y Sti tircare Image or even a group of men It is a historical process which mankind is Link carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human Quote development Status Path p ma Video Word count Draft saved at 3 58 11 pm Last edited by Joe Blogg on December 22 144 2013 at 7 00 pm If you d like to specify the width and height you can wrap
22. 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 VISIVIlily PUM CUIL B 7 6065S ZS a EZ a Media A E Revisions 3 Browse s Paragraph U A T wW o OQ Es amp E Pages i Published on Jan 10 2013 E 20 15 On the topic of alignment it should be noted that users can choose Edit Comments from the options of None Left Right and Center In addition they also get the options of Thumbnail Medium Large amp Fullsize Move to Trash Appearance Plugins Format Users a A Standard Tools Aside Settings To change the Post FOr mat select Pp one of the available radio buttons yt all Themes support Post Chat Collapse menu phe 3 pd Lies 4 dd THIS IMAGE IS lt S 580 X 300 a Link Quote The image above happens to be centered Status Path p span p sp Video Word count 680 Last edited by Joe Blogg on December 21 2013 at 4 22 pm 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 24 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Audio An audio file such as a Pod
23. plugins that are available to download Furthermore if you want to change how your site looks have a look in the WordPress Themes 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 other useful information that will help 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 a
24. post counts Meta Show hierarchy Deleting Widgets Delete Close P Click the Delete link to delete the widget from the sidebar Click the Meta a Close link to close the widget panel Recent Comments Content Sidebar Display as dropdown p5 i E Additional sidebar that appears on the right Q Adding Widgets To populate a sidebar drag drop awidget to the desired location Footer Widget Area A search form for your site Twenty Fourteen Ephemera Use this widget to list your ee Inactive Widgets Video Audio Image Galle lf you want to remove a widget from a sidebar but keep its settings drag it to the Inactive Widgets section Inactive Widgets Drag widgets here to remo igear DUT Keep thelr sect Recent Posts Recent posts Recent Comments Recent Comments Available Sidebars These are the available sidebars for the current theme Click the title bar to expand them 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 the 77 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Sidebar it will open up to allow you to configure its settings Click 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 just drag it into the Inactive Widgets section If you simply wan
25. 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 7 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Y Your WordPress Site B Howdy Joe Blogg b Screen Options Help Dashboard Dashboard Home i At a Glance Quick Draft Updates 39 Posts IM 19 Pages Title All Posts 0 What s on your mind J Media Add New g Twenty Fourteen theme r Categories Pages j Comments Appearance Hovering your cursor over each of ja the main menu options will display Drafts y Plugins a fly out mer amp 3 fly out menu Draft April 9 2013 Re ie 3 more AS Users This post is drafted and not published yet It should Nov 30th 7 25 am Hello world Tools e Jan 11th 8 22 pm Markup HTML Tags and 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 moder
26. tags which usually leaves the text formatted incorrectly Using the Paste from Word option will remove these additional tags and clean up the HTML 20 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Remove formatting Use this to remove all the formatting e g Bold Underline text color etc from the highlighted text Insert custom character Used to insert special characters not easily accessible via the keyboard e g 4 Ya 3 4 O 6 etc Outdent Removes one level of indenting Indent Indents text by one level Undo Undo your last action Redo Redo your last action Help Displays information about the WordPress visual editor along with keyboard shortcuts 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 ext 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 21 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 The Text editor i
27. 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 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 55 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 displayed in cloud format That is the Tags are displayed in alphabetical order and the more often a Tag has been used the larger the font it s displayed in TY A YourWordPressSite M0 New Dashboard Tags x Posts p opinan Tags Bulk Actions App 111 items All Posts PPly gait alignment Articles aside audio
28. 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 Fill in the URL and Title for your link and then click the Add Link button Insert edit link Enter the destination URL URL http Title _ Open link in a new window tab lf you d like to insert a link to one of your existing Pages or Posts select the relevant item from the list Or link to existing content Search No search term specified Showing recent items Contributors PAGE Sample Page Hello world Page Markup And Formatting Page Image Alignment Markup HTML Tags and Formatting Cancel In the popup window that is displayed simply fill in URL and the Title and then click the Add Link button PAGE 2013 11 30 PAGE PAGE 2013 01 11 e URL URL of the page or website that you would like to create a link to 42 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Title The text to display in tooltip form when the cursor hovers over the link e 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
29. 04 09 Posts ma Aa Appearance Last Modified Plugins Hovering the cursor over each row Markup HTML will show you various options you content css 2013 01 11 Users Formatting can per form formatting html Published Tools Edit Quick Edit markup Settings Markup Image Alignment joe Blogg Markup alignment captions 2013 01 10 content css image Published Collapse menu markup Markup Text Alignment joe Blogg Markup alignment content 2013 01 09 css markup Published Posts le gt Blogg Markup html markup post 2013 01 05 title Published Perform actions on mulitple Posts at once by selecting the appropriate checkboxes amp then choosing an action from the Bulk Actions dropdown amp clicking Apply e Blogs Markup ess html title 2013 01 05 Published 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 e Quick Edit Allows you to edit basic Post information such as Title Slug Date plus a few other options e Trash Will send the Post to the Trash Once the Trash is emptied the page is deleted 12 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e View Displays the Post If the Post hasn t been published yet this will say Preview
30. Caer ae Ne ees 101 FGI CUI KG AA E AS 101 Where To Prom Here alicia 103 2 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Welcome Hi there Welcome to Wordpress We love Wordpress and we think you will too So to help you get acquainted with your Wordpress website we ve created this simple User Manual which covers the basics of how to update your content Please feel free to download the manual and save it in a safe place for easy reference And if you ever get stuck or need more information please don t hesitate to contact us Kind regards Kylie Kreative Media 3 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Introduction WordPress is an Open 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 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 WordPress is built around two basic concepts Posts and Pages Posts are typical 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 A
31. Delete an Image There are various options available for adjusting the layout of inserted images After clicking on an image that has already been inserted into your Page or Post two icons will appear over the image Clicking the left icon peme 4 allows you to edit the image properties Clicking the right icon J will delete the image from your content It will only remove the image from your Page or Post it will not delete the image from your Media Library Y A Your WordPress Site E Dashboard A Posts All Posts Add New Categories Tags OQ Media Pages Comments Appearance y Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu New View Post Edit Post Add New Hello world Permalink http your wordpress site com hello world Edit View Post Get Shortli Edit or Delete Image Oy Add Mi Click the Edit Image button to update the image B I properties Click the Delete Image button to delete the image from your Page or Post It will Paragraph gt gt s not delete the image from your Media Library more Ct have suct Enter 2 new worlds to Click on the image to display the Edit image and Delete Image buttons ae has g low it s time to go gt where no man Path p Iimg angncenter size meaium wp image 1 7 24 Word count 31 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Draft saved at 3 10 08 pm Last edited by Joe Blogg on D
32. E Pages W Allow people to post comments on new arti InNMBgure Now you Armia Comments arance Appa Other comment settings M Comment author must Plugins i ered and jogged in Er Discussion Settings Users gt Tools Z E E mail me whenever M Anyone posts a O Discussion Settings VA j Before comment appears Comment must be manually approved Y r Comment Moderation Sm rm ns ary of these w d inthe moger IHAN queue One w natr Word 1 vr ar Tus Comment Blacklist a 3 5 gt 4 r x 5 8 F n A Y s Y E S 3 E q w i 4 3 j gt gt a A ya b e gt o Y y as Y 7 12 Ea S 2 gt R S gt pa a 5 e gt a gt 8 a 2 gt lt a a lye 3 1 3 A gt gt gt y J a g z 4 A E z 2 53 i 3 F Q Discussion Settings Avatars Avatar Display J Show Avata Maximum Rating sG 5 Defauh Avatar 100 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Vedia 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 TY Your WordPress Site P 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg WA Media Settings Help Peres Media Settings Configure the sizes that WordPress ye Posts Image sizes will use when resizing your Medi uploaded images cala The sizes listed
33. Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or Contertt example example org View Post 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 70 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPress O New Howdy Joe Blogg be Comment Edit Help Dashboard Edit Comment lf necessary update the comment authors Name E mail and URL Posts Author Status Media View Comment Pages Name Mr WordPress l e Approved Comments Pending E mail Spam Appearance iil Submitted on Nov 30 2013 O Plugins URL visit site http wordpress org 7 25 Edit Move to Trash Settings b 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 Pendi
34. IVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Next to each Page title is a checkbox This allows you to perform an action on multiple items at once You simply check the Pages that you would 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 15 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 c
35. Import function on another WordPress site to import the content from this site 95 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 96 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPress Site B 0 New Dashboard General Settings Posts Site Title Media Pages Tagline Comments Appearance WordPress Address URL Plugins Users Site Address URL Tools Settings Ge SA E mail Address Writing Reading Discussion Membership Media Permalinks New User Default Role O Collapse menu Timezone Date Format Time Format Week Starts On
36. Insert Media insert Media Frente Gallery Upload Files Media Library Simply drag and drop files from your computer to anywhere in this window to upload them Set Featured Image Insert from URL Drop files anywhere to upload Select Files Maximum uplo Click Select Files if you wish to open a dialog box to manually select the files to upload 27 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Once your image is uploaded your Media Library which contains all your previously uploaded images is displayed 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 default 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 or j
37. Love your blog How about you come to my casino and win lots of vegas casinos com E money Sounds good right winner vegas casinos com 192 168 0 2 Mr WordPres Approve Comment Appearance Plugins Approve Reply Quick Edit Edit Spam Trash Users Hello world Ch View Post Tools Clicking the Approve link will approve the comment Settings 2 post s comments There you will Collapse menu John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No Viarking Comments as Spam ana trash lf 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 simply want to remove a comment hover your cursor over it and click the Trash link Your WordPress Site 1 New Howdy Joe Blogg Ji Tools Settings wordpress org Hi this is a comment To delete a comment just log in i Clicking the Spam link will mark the comment as spam Clicking Trash View Post Screen Options Help PESOS Comments Posts All Pending Approved Spam Trash SPATE OR Media Bulk Actions Apply Show all comment types y Filter 31 items 1 ALZAS Pages Author Comment In Response To Comments 1 Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm Hello world 2 A Hey there Love your blog How about you come to my casino and win lots of a e Appearance bas NTT FON money Sounds good right winner vegas Plugins casinos com Approve Reply Quick E
38. MANUAL V3 8 UIISCrEEN Eating WordPress allows for fullscreen composing It provides for complete distraction free editing of your Page or Post To enter fullscreen mode simply click on the Toggle fullscreen mode button The editor will then takeover the whole browser window i ii e e aD os Exit fullscreen Visual Text B TJ Hello world In fullscreen mode only minimal buttons are available to enhance the distraction free environment To be the first to enter the cosmos toenga_ _ 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 This is the Editor where your Page Post content is added Space the final frontier These are the voyages of the Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange ni seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go w has gone before We believe in what we re doing Now it s time to go At the top of the screen is a toolbar with only the minimal number of buttons to enhance the distraction free environment The toolbar and editor borders are displayed when first entering fullscreen mode After a few seconds these fade leaving you with a clean and clutter free editor where you can concentrate on updating your content 49 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Hello world To be the first to enter the cosmos to engage single handed in
39. RL 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 200 29 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 link at the bottom of the Insert Media window The window will change so that only the selected images are shown Alternatively clicking the Clear link will deselect all images After clicking the Edit 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 Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Set Featured Image Return to library Drag and drop to reorder images ATTACHMENT DE
40. SA Curiosity Save O Media Permalink http your wordpress site com attachment_id 1746 fit Uploaded on Dec 24 2013 E 12 02 Library View Attachment Page Get Shortlink File URL Add New http your wordpress site com wp cc Pages File name NASA Curiosity jpg 3 lt Comments T File type JPG Appearance File size 80 kB P Dimensions 570 x 450 K Plugins Users g T T Delete Permanently Tools Settings a Ll Masleltal Collapse menu Click the Edit Image button to edit the image Edit Image Caption Just above the image you ll find the following image editing buttons Crop Click on the image and drag the selection box to the size that you d like Y the image cropped Click the Crop button to crop the image to the new size r Rotate counter clockwise Rotate the image 90 counter clockwise 62 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 lt gt Rotate clockwise Rotate the image 90 clockwise Flip vertically Flip the image vertically Flip horizontally Flip the image horizontally Undo Undo the last change Redo Redo the last change 63 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 SV Your WordPress Site E New ViewAttachment Page Howdy Joe Blogg A Screen Options Help Scale amp Crop A Posts NASA Curic The image editing buttons allow you to perform basic image editing Ju can also scale amp crop vour O Media ESN Siro You can also
41. Settings Permalink Settings By default WordPress uses web URLs which ha ability to create a custom URL structure for yout ever WordPress offers you the thetics usability and forward WordPress allows you to configure compatibility of your links A number of tags are 4 custom URL structure for your started x pages Common Settings Default http your wordpress site com p 123 Day and name http your wordpress site com 2013 12 26 sample post Month and name http your wordpress site com 2013 12 sampLe post Numeric http your wordpress site com archives 123 Post name http your wordpress site com sample post http your wordpress site com Kpostnamek Custom Structure Optional If you like you may enter custom structures for your category and tag URLs here For example using topics as your category base would make your category links like http example org topics uncategorized f you leave these blank the defaults will be used Category base Tag base Save Changes 102 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 28 000 different
42. TAILS Q Removing Images A ny bigstock Pink Bubble Horizontal 557402 jpg December 1 2013 3072 x 2048 Edit Image Delete Permanently To remove an image hover yout p cursor over it and click the small x Image Properties Title bigstock Pink Bubble Horiz Update the image properties by eats Rearrange Images filling in the Title Caption Alt Text and Description Alt Text Click and drag each image to reorder them Description Click nsert into post to insert the selected image s at the current 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 30 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 When you re editing your Post Page if you wish to insert an image that you uploaded earlier as opposed to uploading a new image click the Add Media button again 3 Add Media Once the popup window displays click the Media Library link 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 As mentioned earlier you can also click the Edit link at the bottom of the window if you d like to change the order the images are inserted Edit or
43. anges Personal Options e Visual Editor Checking this box disables the visual editor when writing and uses the plain html editor e Admin Color Scheme Check this radio button next to the colour scheme desired for the administrative panels You have the choice of eight different color schemes e 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 e 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 e 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 e First name Enter your first name in this text box e Last name Enter your last name in this text box e 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 e 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 th
44. ase 2 6 Add New Category edge case related tests Far filli Pae i AAA elo After filling in all the fields click the enphagy enphagy 1 Add New Category button to add a new Category Name Description Slug Posts Bulk Actions Apply 1of4 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 53 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 To add a new Category fill in the blank fields and then click the Add New Category button e Name The name is how it appears on your site e Slug The Slug is the URL friendly version of the name It s usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens e 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 e Description The description is not prominent by default however some themes may display it Once you add a new Category it will appear 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 e Edit Allows you to edit the
45. ation 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 8 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Plugins Plugins extend and expand the functionality 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 se
46. ation by clicking the Use new menu link Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg be nico 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 Comments Edit Use new menu Appearance Secondary menu in left sidebar Themes Edit Use new menu Testing Menu Customize Save Changes Widgets Menus Header Assign a menu to each menu location by selecting it from the dropdown Click the Save Changes Editor button to save your changes Background j Plugins eager 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 You can choose one of the images that comes with the theme or you can upload your own image You can also choose to display a static image or a random image The Site Title and Tagline in the header area can be turned on or off using the Show header text with your image option on this page Again depending on the theme you re using you may or may not have this or a similar option RackOround The Background menu option is another theme specific menu It allows you to choose a background image and the background colour for the theme Again depending on the theme you re currently using you may or may not have this or a similar option Editor The Editor menu
47. below determine the maxim age to the Media Library Pages Thumbnail size Width 150 Height 150 Comments M Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions normally thumbnails are proportional Appearance Medium size Max Width 300 Max Height 300 Plugins Users gt Large size Max Width 1024 Max Height 1024 4 Tools Settings Uploading Files General Writing Organize my uploads into month and year based folders OQ Media Settings Reading B Configure whether your media Discussion Save Changes uploads are organised in month amp Media year based folders Permalinks RPermalinks The Permalink settings enable you to configure the URL format that is displayed in the web browser when someone browses your site By default WordPress uses web URLs which have question marks and lots of numbers in them 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 101 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Dashboard Posts Media Pages Comments Appearance Plugins as Users Tools Settings General Writing Reading Discussion Media Permalinks O Collapse menu Your WordPress Site 9 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg W Hel p Permalink
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50. cast Chat A chat transcript Gallery 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 S YourWordPress E New ViewPost Howdy Joe Blogs EX Screen Options Help Dashboard Edit Post Add New xg Posts Hello world Publish AN Posts Permalink http your wordpress site com hello world Edit View Post Preview Changes Add New Get Shortlink Categories Y Status Published Edit Add Media Visual Text ag Tags Visibility Public Edit B I t Revisions 7 Browse iz Media Paragraph vy U I Pages ii Published on Nov 30 2013 O 7 25 Click Browse to review and restore Tn To be the first to enter the cosr AE A N Tisa C Edit all your past revisions unprecedented duel with natu more Astronomy compels the MG is from this world to another MH Comments gt Appearance Use the slider at the top of the page or click the Previo
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52. ction 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 running across the top of your site This bar only appears if you are currently logged 9 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 WW Your WordPress Site MM 0 Howdy Joe Blogg Q Your WordPress Site ABOUTTHETESTS LOREMIPSUM Q Just another WordPress site The Toolbar only appears if you are currently logged into your PAGES a WordPress site CATEGORIES DEPTH f TEMPLATE UNCATEGORIZED POST FORMATS TEMPLATE COMMENTS POST FORMAT STANDARD POST FORMAT ASIDE ADVANCED MENU DESCRIPTION Search RECENT POSTS Hello world Markup HTML Tags a A
53. d 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 23 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Close Tags Used to close open tags If for example you clicked both the Bold close tags ae 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 fullscreen Toggle fullscreen mode 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 Cnanging 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 Formats you can choose how each Post
54. dit Edit Spam Trash 192 168 0 2 Users Mr WordPress Submitted on 2013 11 30 at 7 25 ello world have the option to edit or delete will send it to the Trash Collapse menu John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm 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 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 72 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 To remove all the Spam 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 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 A Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg A options Help Dashboard Comments Posts All Pending Approved Spam Trash search Comments Media Bulk Actions Apply Show all comment types bd Filter Empty Spam Pages Author Comment
55. e Add New link in the left hand navigation menu or the Add New button at the top of the page You will be presented with a page similar to the popup window that is displayed when uploading a new image in your Post or Page To upload a new file to the Media Library 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 Alternatively click the Select Files button and then select the files that you d like to upload using the dialog window that is displayed 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 TO A Your WordPress Site c New Howdy Joe Blogg Mi y Upload Media Cena Upload New Media Posts Simply drag and drop files from your computer to here amp have them 0 Media automatically uploaded 4 Library Add New Pages 8 Upload Media Select Files Comments Uploaded Media Click Select Files if you wish to open a Appearance dialog box to manually select the REA ee oe P Youa files to upload jrowser uploader ins Once e les are uploaded Ys they re listed below the file 5 RRS a CO uploader Users k AgentsOfShield Edit Tools aoe lronMan3 Edit T Thor Edit Settings Collapse menu aiting the Fle Properties To edit the properties of an existing file hover the cursor over
56. e First Name Enter the first name of the new user here e Last Name Enter the last name of the new user in this text box e Website You may enter the new user s website URL in this text box e Password mandatory twice Enter a password for the new user twice here once in each text box 90 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e 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 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 e Send Password Check the box to send this password to the new user by email e 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 E New Howdy Joe Blogg WA Dashboard Delete Users Posts You have specified this user for deletion Media ID 5 Chewbacca Pages What should be done with posts owned by this user Comments Delete all posts Delete User Appearance 2 Attribute all posts to Han Solo Select what you would like done with this Users content then click Users Confirm Deletion the Confir
57. e Last 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 e E mail mandatory All users are 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 e Website Enter your website address About Yourself e 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 e New Password Enter your new password Leaving this input field and the Repeat New Password field blank will keep the password you are currently using 93 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Repeat New Password Enter your password a second time to confirm it e 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 Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 14 94 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 100lS The Tools menu provides s
58. e 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 displayed Space the nnal rrontier nese are the voyages or tne gt tarship Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange Featured Image ana seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go has gone before We believe in what we re doing Nt f your Theme allows Featured immas Images you can set it by clicking the Path p Set featured image link ost used tags Word count Draft saved at 3 14 08 pm Last edited by Jo 143 2013 at 5 43 pm Featured Image 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
59. e del ins img ul ol li code close tags Save Reply Settings After entering your reply comment click the Reply button to save your reply Collapse menu Comment Reply Toolbar The Comment Reply editor buttons provide you with basic HTML formatting capabilities Reply John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No exer one Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or Corer example example org View Post functionality 24 126 245 62 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 when 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 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 wi
60. ebsite e Title Attribute This is the tooltip that appears when the mouse cursor hovers over the menu item e Link Target 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 e CSS Classes Hidden by default Optional CSS Classes to add to this menu item e 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 e Description Hidden by default The description for the link This may or may not appear depending on the theme 81 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Each menu item can be moved to a new location in the menu hierarchy by using either the links underneath the Navigation 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 a new Page as a m
61. ecember 21 143 2013 at 5 43 pm Howdy Joe Blogg RA Screen Options Help Publish Preview Changes Y Status Published Edit Visibility Public Edit Revisions 8 Browse Published on Nov 30 2013 7 25 141 Edit Move to Trash Format e Standard Aside Audio Chat Gallery Image Link Quote Status Video peme d After clicking the Edit Image icon the following pop up window will appear Edit Image Advanced Settings Image Properties The Edit Image tab allows you to change all the standard image properties 80 70 60 Alignment J None Left 2 Center Right Title Alternative Text Maddie Bwks Caption Link URL None Current Link Link to Image Enter a link UAL or click above for presets Update Cancel There are two tabs at the top of the pop up window that contain the various image and link properties The Edit Image tab allows you to change the following settings e Size The size slider displayed next to the image allows you adjust the image size Sizes range from 130 down to 60 If you want the image to be displayed at the same size that you inserted then set this slider to 100 e Alignment 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 depe
62. en click the Insert edit link button A popup window will appear just like when the link was originally 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 45 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Comments Edit Quick Edit Trash View joe Blogg Edit Page or Post Appearance iZ Plugins To edit your Page or Post click on the Page Post name or click the Edit Joe Blogg Users Tools your cursor over each row Uncategorized Unpublished Markup content content css formatting html markup 2013 11 30 Published 2013 04 09 Modified 2013 01 11 Published The screen that appears will be exactly the same as the Add New Page Add New Post scree
63. en 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 WMA files Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Set Featured Image All media items ATTACHMENT DETAILS 08 Synthetica mp3 December 23 2013 Length 3 55 Delete Permanently insert from URL gt gt gt Maddies Ad Maxwell House Coffee Final avi Title Synthetica Caption Description Synthetica from Synthetica by Metric Released 2012 Track 8 of ATTACHMENT DISPLAY SETTINGS When inserting audio or video files select the Embed Media Player option Click Insert into post to insert the selected audio or video at the Current cursor position 1 selected Insert into post Clear 39 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 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
64. enu 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 Y A Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg WA Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts 7 Media Select a menu to edit Short Top primary menu y Select or create a new menu E Pages Cia sa E Add a menu item by ticking the appropriate checkbox then Menu Structure Save Menu to reveal additional configurationo After making updates to your menu 5 Appearance Themes Customize 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 Select All Add to Menu Navigation Label Title Attribute es Users Clearing Floats Tools Post
65. ess Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg He o gt Q Add New User y Bn 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 required gt Appearance Plugins First Name a Users Last Name All Users Add New Website Your Profile Tools F To Password required Settings Repeat Password required O Collapse menu Strength indicator Hint The password should be ot least seven characters long To make it stronger use upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like 18 Send Password Send this password to the new user by email Role Subscriber v 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 e 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 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
66. ghlight 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 Italic Italicise text Link Used to insert a website link When the button is clicked a popup window will appear where you type in the URL that you would like to link to zj a Blockquote Used as a way of showing a quote How this looks will be entirely b quote Y dependent on the Theme that your site is currently using 22 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Ins Img ul ol code more 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 popup 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 Used to insert an ordered numbered list List Item Used to insert a list item into your ordere
67. i sg cE Help cog da Writing Settings Posts Formatting M Convert emoticons like and P to graphics on display Medi WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically Pages Comments Default Post Category Uncategorized Writing Settings Appearance Default Post Format Standard v Plugins Configure the Default Post Category Default Post Format and if available Users Press This the Default Link Category Tools Press This is a bookmarklet a little app that runs in your browser and lets you grab bits of the web settings Use Press This to clip text images and videos from any web page Then edit and add more straight from Press This before you save or publish itin a post on your site General gt Writing Settings Writing Drag and drop the following link to r favorites for a posting shortcut Reading WordPress allows you to create amp Press This de Di Posts via email Configure the iscussion E settings for your mail account here Media Post via e mail Permalinks k 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 secret Here are three random strings you could use hi79U9g5 XDK6S7S Collapse menu Um4lu7MW Mail Server mail example com Port 110 Login Name login example com Password password Default Mail Category Uncategorized om U
68. ings Categories Move Up one Down one Out from under About The Tests Under Clearing Floats O Collapse menu Opening Menu Panels 1al Page with comments Open and close the various panels by clicking the small arrow in the Remove Cancel Removing Menu Items panel header Click the Remove link to delete the menu item Click the Cancel link to cancel your changes to that menu item Page with comment Contributors Page Lorem Ipsum Page 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 Adding a New 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 79 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 To add a new menu hover your cursor over the Appearance menu option in the left 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 inpu
69. into the order you to reveal additional configuration o After making updates to your menu Customize a ae ae oe a items click the Save Menu button to Widgets save your changes P J be edhe URL http Home Menus Header Link Text About The Tests Background Add to Menu Editor Clearing Floats l Plugins Categories Page with comments 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 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 to the appropriate location by selecting it from the dropdown list Click the Save Changes button to save your changes 83 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Alternatively you can choose to create a new menu and automatically assign it to the loc
70. ions 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 Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg be Dashboard Use FS Add New Posts All 4 Administrator 1 Editor 1 Author Search Users Media Bulk Acti e A items Pages Us E mail Role Posts Comments Allows you to filter the list of users it rabassa dom Author 4 based on the Roles Appearance de ishotfirst rebel base com Editor 0 Plugins Users 2 joe Joe Blogg joe your wordpress site com Administrator 36 All Users Add New bs RedFive Luke Skywalker luke aol com Author 2 ai Edit Delete Your Profile E mail Role Posts Tools Settings Bulk A io Hovering the cursor over each row will show you various options you can perform O Collapse menu When hovering your cursor over each row in the list of Users links will appear beneath the user name e Edit Allows you to edit the user profile e 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 e Super Admin Only relevant when running multiple sites from one WordPress insta
71. itor The editor used to enter content into your Page or Post is very easy to use It s much like using a regular word processor with toolbar buttons that allow you to Bold or Italicize text or Paragraph enter in 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 Cmd Y redo Ctrlt A Cmd A select all etc use the Ctrl key on a PC or the Command key on a Mac Visual ext 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 clicking 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
72. ke 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 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 74 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPress Site E New Howdy Joe Blogg E Help Dashboard Themes E Add New Posts e gt 3 Media r Pir Tisi re Ie gt Ma Sl E Theme Details Pages Comments 2 Appearance Themes Customize Widgets Menus Live Preview Twenty Thirteen Header Background Editor The theme that is currently active is Hovering the cursor over each amp Plugins a Cag sa i shown at the top left Click the theme will show various options Users Customize button to preview and Clicking on a theme will provide you customize the theme options with a detailed description of it Tools San 5 J iS Settings i Collapse menu P Adding New Themes Clicking the Add New Theme box will Add New Theme allow you to search and or upload a Twenty Twelve pi new theme Previewing and Customizing your Theme As well as the ability to preview a theme you can also update various theme set
73. l source location of the image This should not be changed If you need to changed the image then it s best to delete the current image from the post and then reinsert the correct image from the Media Library Size Width Height These two input fields allow you specifically set the size to display your image Care needs to taken when changing these values as it will distort your image if they aren t changed proportionally Clicking the Original Size button will return the width and height back to their original sizes CSS Class By default WordPress will assign several CSS Classes to your image If for some reason there s other CSS Classes that you d like to assign to your image then you can add them into this input field Styles is used to specify ad hoc CSS styles for your image These are applied as inline styles using the style attribute Image properties Border is used to specify the border width in px to display around the image After changing the value in this field the Styles input field will be updated with the appropriate CSS style Image properties Vertical space is used to specify the margin in px above and below the image After changing the value in this field the Styles input field will be updated with the appropriate CSS style e Image properties Horizontal space is used to specify the margin in px on the left and right of the image After changing the value in this field the Styles input fie
74. ld will be updated with the appropriate CSS style The Advanced Link Settings change the html link tag assigned to the image if one is currently set i e the lt a gt tag e Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser e 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 e 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 e Styles is used to specify ad hoc CSS styles for your link These are applied as inline styles using the style attribute e Target Open link in a new window When someone clicks the image link you can have it open in the same window default setting or if this box is checked have it open in a new browser window tab Once you have updated the image properties Click the Update button to save your changes Alternatively click Cancel to close the pop up window without saving any changes 34 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Them
75. lery click the small x that appears in the top right corner of the image when you hover your cursor over it Since the built in gallery is quite simple there aren t that many options to choose from when setting it up 37 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Link to This sets what happens when the thumbnail image is clicked Selecting Media File will open the full size image directly in your browser window Selecting Attachment Page will open the image within one of your WordPress formatted pages e 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 e Random Order Click this checkbox to display your images in a random order 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 O 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 Permalink http your wordpress site com hell
76. ll 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 Italicise text 68 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 b quote Ins img ul ol code Link Used to insert a website link When the button is clicked a popup 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 popup window will appear where you type in the URL of the image that you would like inserted Unordered List 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 butto
77. ll text show Discussion summary Media Permalinks Search Engine Visibility Discourage search engines from indexing this site lt is up to search engines to honor this request Q 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 rackbacks 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 99 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Settings gt General page D A YourWordPressSte P New Howdy joe Blogg 2 f Dashboard Discussion Settings Posts Default article settings ALEME LO NOWIY any Glogs neo Lo romi Di lon Settin 7 Medis VW Allow notifications from other blogs p ioe cok
78. llation Someone with access to the blog network administration features controlling the entire network e Administrator Somebody who has access to all the administration features 88 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Editor Somebody who can publish and manage posts and pages as well as manage other users posts etc e Author Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts e Contributor Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish them e 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 89 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPr
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80. m Deletion button y Plugins 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 e Delete all posts This will delete all the content which this user created e Attribute all posts 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 Eating 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 91 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Dashboard Posts Media Pages Comments Appearance Plugins aa Users All Users Add New Your Profile Tools Ej Settings 4 Collapse menu 92 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPress Site 0 New Profile Personal Options Visual Editor Admin Color Scheme Keyboard Shortcuts Toolbar Name Username First Name Last Name Nickname required Display name publicly as Contact Info E mail required Website About Yourself Biographical Info New Password Repeat New Password Edit your Profile
81. mage cropped to a specific ratio enter the values in the Aspect Ratio input fields e g 1 1 square 4 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 64 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Media 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 Library NASA Curiosity Save Raich Ma Permalink http yo
82. n 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 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 The following are just a very few examples of the millions of diverse sites powered by WordPress Bata http www bata com Bata is a family owned global footwear and fashion accessory manufacturer and retailer with acting headquarters located in Lausanne Switzerland The organisation has a retail presence in over 70 countries and production facilities in 26 countries Sweden s Official Site http sweden se The website is the official source for facts about Sweden It is publicly funded with four organisations behind it the Swedish Institute the Swedish Government Offices including the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Enterprise Energy and Communications Business Sweden and VisitSweden Variety http variety com Recognized and respected throughout the world of show business Variety is the premie
83. n only with the existing content displayed When you ve finished editing your Page Post click the Update button 46 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 WN Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg A Dashboard Posts Add New p i Search Posts A Posts All Published Sticky Scheduled Draft Trash Bulk Actions Apply Show all dates All Posts f J Add New 1 ors A 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 QO Media or Post permanently Scheduled ss Pages Hello world Joe Blogg Uncategorized 2013 11 30 Edit Quick Edit Trash View Published Comments Q content 2013 04 05 Appearance Last 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 the trash 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 permanen
84. n 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 TY YourWordPressSite M0 New Howdy Joe Blogg bee Q Add New Category Screen Options Help Dashboard a Categories E Add a new Category by filling in the Search Categories Pos Name Slug Parent if any amp Add New Catego Description 65 items 1 of4 gt All Posts Bory Add New Name Name Description Slug Posts Categories aciform aciform 1 Tags The name is how it appears on your site 373 Media lu slug sub sub 1 Pages Comments The slug is the URL friendly version of the name It is usually all lowercase and contains E ey ey antiquarianism antiquarianism 1 only letters numbers and hyphens Appearance Edit Quick Edit e Plugi Delete View f ugins Parent arrangement 1 Users None Add New Category 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 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 c
85. nd click the Select clicking the Add to Menu button Drag button to edit it yon the right of the item Appearance Themes to reveal additional configuration options Customize Sample Page Widget Eo Page B Home s a Page A Updating Menu Items Header Blog E ds is ADOUE THa Fests Update the Navigation Label and Title Background amp Attribute Use the links or simply About The Tests pan 3 t ran each manu item te Editor Clearing Floats drag n drop each menu item to Page Markup And move it to a new position fr Plugins Select All Add to Men u Navigation Label litle Attr ibute e 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 Page 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 Link Relationship XFN or Description using the Screen Options tab at the very top right of the screen e URL Used within Custom Links and will contain the URL to navigate to when that menu item is clicked e Navigation Label This is the label that will display within the actual menu on your w
86. nd on the current theme in use e Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser e Alternative 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 your website Search Engine Optimisation SEO Since search engines can t read images they rely on the Alt Text e 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 32 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e Link URL is the URL that the image links to Leaving this field blank will mean the image will not have an HTML link assigned to it and will therefore do nothing if the image is clicked Clicking the None button will remove any link currently set in this field Clicking the Current Link button will set the Link URL to the default URL if one is currently set for that image The Link to Image button will use the URL of the actual image Once you have updated the image properties click the Update button to save your changes Alternatively click Cancel to close the pop up window without saving any changes Clicking on the Advanced Settings tab at the top of the above pop up window allows extra image and
87. net is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from D ick spam It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep To get started 1 Click the Activate link to the left of this description 2 Sign up for an Akismet API key and 3 Go to your Akismet configuration page and save your API key Version 2 5 4 By Automattic Visit plugin site gt There is a new version of Akismet available View version 2 5 9 details or update now BackupBuddy Activate Edit Delete The most complete WordPress soluti customizable selection of files settin Restore and or migrate your site to a if a plugin has a newer version By Themes Visit p available a message will be displayed prompting you to update it To activate a plugin click the Activate 3 Plugin it symbolizes gt ummed s sung most famously by Louis Armstrong Hello Dolly When activated you will i lyric from Hello Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page y Matt Mullenweg Visit plugin site WordPress Importer Import posts pages comments custom fields categories tags and more from a WordPress Deactivate Edit export file By wordpressdotorg Visit plugin site Deactivate Plugin To deactivate an active plugin click the Deactivate link 87 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Users This screen lists all the existing users for your site Users with roles other than Administrator will see fewer opt
88. ng 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 71 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Your WordPress Site B 1 New Howdy Joe Blogg EN Dashboard Comments acreen Options Help Posts All Pending 1 Approved Spam 1 Trash search Comments Media Bulk Actions Apply Show all comment types 7 Filter 31 items 1 otz ite oe Pages Author Comment In Response To Comments 1 Spammy Submitted on 2013 12 24 at 5 32 pm Hello world McSpammerson oP View Post Hey there
89. nk 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 presented with a page similar to the image below AN Dashboard Posts All Posts Add New Categories Tags Media E Pages Comments Appearance Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu SV A Your WordPress Site 0 New Add New Post Enter title here Add Media BI Your Post can be styled using the various menu bar buttons These buttons are also used 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 or the HTML editor Path p Word count 0 Editor This is the Editor where your Post content is added 17 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Visual Howdy Joe Blogg creen Options Help Publish Save Draft Preview Y Status Draft Edit Visibility Public Edit it Publish immediately Edit Move to Trash Once your content is added you can publish your Post or save it as a Video Audio Quote Link Gallery 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 Ed
90. ns to insert their opening tags clicking the close tags button will insert both of the matching closing tags in the correct order 69 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Farting 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 and 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 Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg A Comment Quick Edit Posts All Pending 0 Approved Spam If necessary update the comment authors Name E mail and URL Media Bulk Actions v Apply Shov 30 items 1 tase os Pages Author Com In Response To Comments Name Mr WordPress E mail URL http wordpress org b i link b quote del ins img ul ol tli code close tags earance APP Save Comment Plugins Hi this is a comme 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 Tools The Comment editor buttons l provide you with basic HTML Settings formatting capabilities Cancel Update Comment Collapse menu John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No example org
91. o world Edit View Post ane do i Preview Changes Q Edit or Delete Image Gallery Status Published Edit Visual E i Visibility Public Edit Media Pages Click the Edit Gallery button to update the image gallery properties Click the Delete Gallery Radichi giruan Comments button to delete the image gallery from your Q Page or Post It will not delete any images from iii Published on Nov 30 2013 7 25 ata li gt people who i Appearance your Media LIDrary Edit Plugins Move to Trash LJ L Users Tools Format settings e A Standard fan acd Collapse menu T adji 1 o Audio Chat Gallery Image a a a Link Space Q Edit or Delete Image Gallery he Starship A Enter 2 new worlds to Status Path Click on the image gallery to display ath p pt a Sa the Edit Gallery and Delete Gallery Video Er oe Blogg on December 22 buttons 5 146 2013 at 5 40 pm After clicking the Edit Gallery icon you will be shown the same pop up window and options as when your image gallery was inserted into your Page Post 38 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Inserting Video Audio or Other File lyoe The procedure for inserting any other type of file into your Page Post is exactly the same as 23 Add Media Inserting an Image Simply click the Add Media button Once the relevant popup window displays perform the same steps to upload your file to your site and to insert it into your Page or Post Wh
92. ome handy administration tools Most of the time though they re used when setting up or configuring your WordPress site and so as such they won t be covered here in great detail Press NIS 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 lags 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 TypePad 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 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
93. only 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 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 installed via Plugins and again depending what the plugin is used for the extra functionality it brings to your site will vary 76 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Dashboard Posts Media Your WordPress Site MM New Widgets Available Widgets The Available Widgets section ar contains all the widgets you can Available Widgets Howdy Joe Blogg Help lo activate a widget drag it Oe InNDears on the left F choose from appears on the left it lo deactivate a widget ar Pages amp ar ack Search Comments Archives 2 Appearance Themes Customize Widgets Menus Header Background Editor Ed y Plugins ss Users 4 Tools Settings O Collapse menu Recent Posts A monthly archive of your site s Posts Recent Comments Calendar A calendar of your site s Posts Archives Categories C Adding Widgets A Once a widget is added to the Title ci sidebar it will expand to show available options if any Click the Ac Save button to save your changes Show
94. ost 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 A New Howdy Joe Blogg ox Dashboard Comments Posts All Pending 0 Approved Spam 1 Trash search Comments Media Bulk Actions Apply 1 opiate oo Pages Author In Response To Comments Mr WordPress sub Allows you to filter the Comment list Hello world wordpress org to only show the comments that are View Post Hi t Pending Approved Marked as Appearance Toc Spam or in the Trash nments There you will s have tne option to ealt or aetete mem Plugins Users John Doe Submitted on 2013 03 14 at 12 35 pm Edge Case No Tools ANO Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or did example example org f onali View Post Settings unctiona ity 24 126 245 62 Unapprove Reply Quick Edit Edit Spam Trash O Collapse menu jane Doe submitted on Template example org ride cainii A Password example example org Protected the 24 126 245 62 Hovering the cursor over each row password is will show you various options you
95. ow If an activated plugin also has an updated version available 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 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 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 86 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Dashboard Posts Media Pages Comments Appearance gy Plugins 4 installed Plugins Add New Editor Akismet Configuration es Users Tools Ej Settings O Collapse menu Your WordPress Site 1 B 0 New Bulk Ac link Click the Delete link to delete the plugin from your site Howdy Joe Blogg screen Options Help Plugins Add New Search Installed Plugins Add new Plugins P Click the Add New button to search the WordPress Plugin Directory and A install new plugins
96. p ugins 5 Word count 145 Last edited by Joe Blogg on December 23 2013 at 6 43 pm ser alignment articles aside audio Users captions categories chat Codex comments Content css dowork Edge Case embeds excerpt rai featured featured Collapse menu image formatting Fw Fun gallery html image jetpack layout link tists Love Markup media Mothership Must Read Nailed It Post Formats auote shortcode standard template title twitter video videopress wordpress tv Tools Settings 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 58 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Media Library The Media Library is where you can find all the files that you ve uploaded The most recent uploads are listed first 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 WEE YourWordPress IA New Howdy Joe Blogs Rl creen Option Help moh tg Media Library Add new x Posts All Images Audio 2 Video 1 Unattached search Media y Media Bulk Actions v Apply Show all dates Filter 54 items 1 of3 gt Library File Author Uploaded
97. pdate 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 Save Changes 98 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 Your WordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Y Help Dashboard Read ing Settings Posts gt Front page displays Your latest posts Reading Settings A static page select below Define whether your front page Comments Front page select displays a static Page or your blog f po m Posts Media Pages Appearance Posts page Plugins Users Blog pages show at most 5 posts ea Tools Reading Settings a Settings Syndication feeds show the 5 items K P most recent Configure the default number of Genera Posts to show on your blog page Writing and within your feed For each article in a feed gt Reading e Fu
98. r source of entertainment news Since 1905 the most influential leaders in the industry have turned to Variety for timely credible and straightforward news and analysis information vital to their professions 4 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 BBC America http www bbcamerica com Presenting Britain s best shows and groundbreaking American originals BBC America is home to brilliant television from both sides of the pond Georgia State University http www gsu edu Georgia State s website represents its colleges and schools centers of creativity and discovery and provides visitors an opportunity to discover how Georgia State has a major impact on Atlanta the nation and the world Tech Crunch http techcrunch com TechCrunch founded on June 11 2005 is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies In addition to covering new companies they profile existing companies that are making an impact commercial and or cultural on the new web space 5 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 OQIN 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 username There are exceptions to this of course For instance your WordPress setup maybe installed in a
99. s 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 its even possible to create the multi level hierarchy required for dropdown menus After moving 82 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 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 Y A Your WordPress Site M0 New Howdy Joe Blogg WA Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts mary menu Select or create a new menu OQ Media Add Custom Link Pages Argo z e ini Cc j a oa Add a custom link menu item by riu Neme Short entering in the URL and Link Text z Click the Add to Menu button to add 7 Appearance it to your menu Menu Structure Themes Links Drag each item
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101. s much like the Visual editor only not as intuitive The numerous formatting buttons provide you with basic HTML formatting capabilities when editing your Page or Post content TY A Your WordPress Site M0 New ViewPost Howdy Joe Blogg bx Dashboard Edit Post Add New x Posts a Markup Text Alignment Publish All Posts A eShs ai t ali gm ermalnk nttp your worapress site com markup text a ignmenv Preview Changes Add New View Post Get Snortlink Categories Y Status Published Edit Add Media Text Tags Visibility Public Edit b i link b quote del ins img ul ol li code more clos Media fullscreen Pages Click the Text tab to switch to the t editor The Text editor is much like the Visual editor only not as intuitive If you re not familiar Ta Comments Appearance Nothi The HTML editor buttons provide owing wi With HTML tags it s not recommended Compl you with basic HTML formatting sitting on tne Plugins fence Capabilities kes where it is a A Standard 8 a It do rave him be It Aside Users will iust be better that wav Trust me 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 Clicking the Bold button again will close the tag by inserting the closing lt strong gt tag If you hi
102. scale amp crop your Permalink http 4 TUNCUONAality SUCH as Cropping image by entering the appropriate 2 02 Library View Attachment Pa FOtating amp flipping values in their respective input A fields e 3 Y Y G E w Scale Image http your wordpress site com wp cc e Pages Fil NASA Curiosity j image Crop help ile name uriosity jpg MM Comments Aspect ratio File type JPG File size 80 kB Appearance selection Dimensions 570 x 450 r Plugins 480 380 Users Delete Permanently Thumbnail Settings help Cancel ES Current thumbnail Apply changes to f le All image sizes Applyin Y Al imag pplym8 Updates Thumbnail All sizes except thumbnail You can apply your updates to All images sizes Thumbnail or All sizes except Thumbnail Caption Click the Scale Image link to resize the image proportionally For best results scaling should be done before performing any other operations like cropping rotating etc To scale your image to a new size simply enter the width or height dimensions in the appropriate field w x h and click the Scale button After entering one 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 i
103. t also allows you to mark the comment as either Approved Pending or Spam and change the Date and Time e Spam Allows you to mark the comment as Spam e 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 Repino 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 comment where you can type your reply 67 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 A Your WordPress Site 9 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Je Dashboard Comments Posts All Pending Approved Spam Trash Search Comments Sho Omment tines iltes 30 items 1 of2 gt Pages Author Com Comment Reply In Response To Comments Mr WordPress Subrr 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 Users Reply to Comment Tools b i link b quot
104. t 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 57 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Enterprise Its five year mission to explore strange new worlds to Tags 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 O Media 8 Add iB Pages Spaceflights cannot be stopped A Separate tags with commas Comments or even a group of men Itisahi To add a new Tag write the Tag or s l carrying out in accordance with Tags separated with commas into tag tag2 tag3 the edit field amp then click the Add gt Appearance development EN t PP button to assign it to the Post Choose from the most used tags Plugi Path
105. t field Click the Create Menu button to create your new menu Ww A adi 0 New Howdy Jos Blogs x Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts O73 Media Select a menu to edit Select Select or create a new menu E Pages MM Comments Page Menu Nome Create Menu FP Appearance Themes Create Menu Create a New Menu Click the create a new menu link to create a new menu Enter the name of your menu Widgets and click the Create Menu button to create your menu Customize Menus Editing an Existing Menu Item Your current list of menu items resides in the right hand column on the menu screen lf 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 80 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 NU A Your WordPress Site 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg E Options Help Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts Media Select a menu to edit Short Top primary menu Select or create a new menu Pages Select Menu Add Menu Item Comments Ment i E if your Theme supports multiple Add a menu item by ticking the menus choose one from the appropriate checkbox amp then el dropdown a
106. t to delete the Widget from your Sidebar click the Delete link within the Widget Updating the Menu lf 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 78 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 A YourWordPress Site B 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg Help Dashboard Edit Menus Manage Locations Posts a Media Select a menu to edit Short Top primary menu Select or create a new menu E Pages Select Menu Q Add Menu Item Comments Meni Save Menu if your Theme supports multiple menus choose one from the dropdown and click the Select button to edit it Alternatively click Add a menu item by ticking the gt Appearance appropriate checkbox amp then Mel clicking the Add to Menu buttor Pania 5 Themes clicking the Add to Menu button Drag create a new menu to create a new menu ight of the item A AAA AS Customize Sample Page pe Widgets Page B Home Custom Menus Page A Header Blog Background Front Page Edit About The Tests itor Dawe Marup And Clearing Floats Moving Menu Items Plugins About The Tests Page Select All Add to Menu Page with comments To move the menu options you can da Users use the provided links or simply Meatantinn Libel drag n drop each one to a new Tools Links da aa JOSILIO Page with comments positon Ej Sett
107. that was ge new removed Ww 26 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 HeLLO worta 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 Q Added Content e the Its The green text shows content that ga nen was added w o man we re 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 it s 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 Insert Media
108. the Title of your media file This text will be used for the link Description ATTACHMENT DISPLAY SETTINGS 08 Synthetica m p3 LinkTo Media File 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 4 4 turned into a link and then click the Insert edit link button C Just like previously when adding a simple HTML link enter the URL to your media file and the Title and then click the Add Link button A standard html link will be created that links to the media file that you specified 44 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 colting an HIIVL Link Simply click the link within your Page Post that you d like to edit to position the cursor somewhere within it and th
109. the Toolbar on your Add New website by unselecting the Keyboard Shortcuts checkbox ment moderation More information Your Profile Tools Toolbar M Show Toolbar when viewing site Settings When editing your Profile there is a Toolbar option as shown in the screen above e 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 11 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 RPosts After clicking on the Posts menu option you ll be shown a list of Posts that your site contains Among 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 Y A YourWordPress Site M 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg E e D e Dashboard Posts Add New a gt A Posts All Published Sticky 1 Scheduled 1 Draft search Posts All Posts Bulk Actions Filter Add New E 41 items 1 of3 gt Categories Title Advises total number of Posts how gories Tags many are Published Sticky Posts Scheduled Scheduled in Draft or in the Trash iblished OQ Media Click the icons to view the Posts list 4 in the traditional List View or the Pages Hello world Joe Blogg Uncategorizer Excerpt View 30 Edit Quick Edit Trash View d Comments Q Draft Draft content 2013
110. the URL in the embed shortcode Embedding your link using this shortcode does not require the URL to be on its own line The format for using the shortcode is embed width 123 height 456 url embed 40 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 WordPress will automatically embed content from the following sites e blip tv e Bunkr e DailyMotion e Flickr e FunnyOrDie com e Hulu e Instagram e Qik e Photobucket e Polldaddy e Rdio e Revision3 e Scribd e SlideShare e SmugMug e SoundCloud e Spotify e Twitter e Viddler e Vimeo e WordPress tv Currently only VideoPress type videos e You Tube Only public videos 41 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 H IML 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 P the Insert edit link button As well as being able
111. the particular row that contains the file when viewing the list of Media Library files 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 file properties 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 60 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 SV Your WordPress Site 98 0 New ViewAttachment Page Howdy Joe Blogg A Screen Options Help Laia Edit Media add new P gt eee NASA Curiosity Q Media Properties Save O Media Permalink http your wordpress site i m A E Update the Title Caption Alternative PU Gi Dee 2 A Library View Attachment Page Get Shortlink Text an d Description field a File URL Add New http your wordpress site com wp cc E Pages File name NASA Curiosity jpg MM Comments po ax File type JPG File size 80 kB Appearance 4 Dimensions 570 x 450 r Plugins Users hs Delete Permanently eo be eee A a a Update Media Properties a Y ee My A Settings od A L Y sm Collapse menu Edit Image Update the media properties and then click the Update button to save your changes Click the Edit Image b
112. then appear in the Featured Image panel 35 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Set Featured Image Upload Files Media Library Images 8 ATTACHMENT DETAILS Serenity jpg December 22 2013 1024 x 768 Edit Image a Delete Permanently Title Firefly Class 03 K64 Caption Serenity A Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk transport ship Alt Text Firefly Class 03 Mid bulk trai Update the image properties by filling in the Title Caption Alt Text and Description Description OOHh Shiny Set Featured Image Click the Set featured image button to set the Featured Image Set featured image Insert an Image Galery WordPress has its own simple built in Image Gallery that allows you to add multiple images to a page in one easy step 4 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 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 Alternatively click the Create Gallery link in the left hand navigation then select the images that you d like to insert into your gallery 36 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 After selecting
113. tings 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 your live site 75 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Close Your WordPress Site You are previewing Twenty Fourteen When customizing the currently Site Title amp Tagline active theme click Save amp Publish to save and publish your changes Colors Background Image a l NCA Background may only be visible on wide E O screens TEMPLATE COMMENTS POST FORMAT STANDARD Background Image Theme Options No Image As you update settings here your changes appear in the site preview Navigation j on tne right Static Front Page Featured Content Click the arrows to expand or hide the various settings Widgets Widgets are independent sections of content that can be placed into any widgetized area provided by your theme Although these widgetized areas are comm
114. tly remove a single Page or Post Clicking Restore will restore the Page or Post NY Your WordPress Site Mi New Howdy Joe Blogg b Screen Options Help Dashboard Posts Add New 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 w Delete or Restore Content Add New Catep r i e ARATI To delete a single Page or Post ant sezi Tags permanently click the Delete A gt rs Joe Blogg Uncategc aarti th i na ins ago Permanently link Click the Restore The permanently delete all ella In Modified gt Media link to restore the Page or Post the Trash click the Empty Trash button E Pages Hello world joe Blogg Uncategc 3 11 30 e Restore Delete Permanently Last Modified Comments Title Author Categories Tags di Date Appearance Bulk Actions y Apply Empty Trash 2 items lis Plugins 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 47 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 48 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER
115. to E Date Add New Maddies Ad Maxwell House Coffee Final Joe Blogg Hello world 22 hours AVI 2013 12 23 ago Pages MM Comments Synthetica Joe Blogg Hello world 22 hours Appearance MP3 2013 12 23 ago Plugins Edit Delete Permanently View Users gt Blogg Hello world 2013 12 22 i 2013 12 22 Tools A Hovering the cursor over each row Settings ia will show you various options you ij sia ide aia siesta ae can perform O yee eee ine alot Collapse menu JPG 2013 12 22 bigstock munchkin kitten outdoors 49586213 joe Blogg Hello world 2013 12 21 JPG 2013 12 21 When hovering your cursor over each row a few links will appear beneath the file name e Edit Allows you to edit the file properties such as Title Alt Text Caption and Description You can also perform some basic image manipulation e Delete Permanently Deletes the file permanently from the Media Library e View Will take you to the display page for that file Viewing a File in the Media Library To view a file hover the cursor over the particular row that contains the file name and click the View link If the file is an image you ll see a larger version of the image If the file was another type of file such as a text file or PDF for example you ll simply see a link to that file Click the link to view the file 59 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Adding a Hle to the Media Library To add a new file to the Media Library click on th
116. 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 Show Hide Kitchen Sink 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 18 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Unordered List Create an unordered bullet point list Ordered List Create an Ordered numbered list 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 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 Unlink Remove the html link from the selected link Your cursor must be sitting on an active link for the button to be active Insert 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
117. ts and stay there even after new posts are published e Password Protected allows you to assign a password to your page Only people who have the password will be able to access the page 51 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 e 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 52 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 adding 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 optio
118. ur wordpress site com attachment_id 1746 ne View Attachment Page Get Shortlink E Pages File URL gt Comments HS B ow Scale Image http your wordpress site com wp cc Restore Original LA File name NASA Curiosity jpg Appearance image Discard any changes File type JPG r Plugins and restore the e do a File size 48 kB yest original image Previously edited Dimensions 570 x 374 copies of the image will not be deleted Tools Delete Permanently Settings Collapse menu TEN Click the Restore Original Image link ance Mi and then the Restore image button to discard your changes amp restore your original image Thumbnail Settings help Deleting a Hle from tne Media Library To delete a file from the Media Library click on the Delete Permanently link that appears beneath the file name when hovering your cursor over each row You will be prompted with the following message You are about to permanently delete the selected items Cancel to stop OK to delete Click the OK button to delete the file or click the Cancel button to return to the Media Library 65 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Comments Comments are a feature of blogs which allow 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 p
119. ursor 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 New button at the top of the page You will be presented with a page similar to the image below WI A Your WordPress 0 New Howdy Joe Blogg 2 Options Help Dashboard Add New Page in Enter title here Publish SE Save Draft Preview iE Pages 7 Add Media Visual Text Y Status Draft Edit All Pages Visibility Public Edit Add New 9 it Publish immediately Edit Comments Move to Trash Appearance 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 Once your content is added you Tools tabs you can switch between the Visual editor can publish your Page or save it as a or the HTML editor draft Settings Template Collapse menu Default Template Order Path p Editor Word count 0 This is the Editor where your Page Need help Use the Help tab in the upper content is added right of your screen Featured Image Set featured image 16 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Adding a New Fost 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 li
120. us 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 You can also compare two different revisions by clicking the Compare any two revisions checkbox at the top of the page 25 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 If you d like to restore a previous revision click the Restore This Revision button AY Your WordPress Site Dashboard x Posts All Posts Add New Categories Tags OQ Media i Pages Comments Appearance Plugins Users Tools Settings Collapse menu Previous i Current Revision by Joe Blogg BS 1min ago 21 Dec O 17 43 NS Compare Revisions of Hello world Howdy Joe Blogg be Help Compare any two revisions Use the slider or the Previous and Next buttons to navigate between Title revisions Hello world Content To be the first to enter the cosmos to engage single handed in an unprecedented duel with nature could one dream of anything more Astronomy compels the soul to look upward and leads us from this world to another Removed Content The red text shows content
121. ust Images Audio files or Video files There is also a Search field that allows you to search for specific images 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 ext and Description for each image as well as the Alignment Link and the Size at which the image is inserted e Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser e 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 e 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 your website Search Engine Optimisation SEO Since search engines can t read images they rely on the Alt Text e Description is usually displayed on the attachment page for the media however this is entirely up to the theme that is currently in use 28 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 Insert Media Insert Media Create Gallery Upload Files Media Li
122. utton to edit the image Edit Image Caption Alternative Text Description b i link b quote del ins img ul ol li code close tags e Title Although the field isn t labelled the Title is the field at the very top of the page The Title is displayed as a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the image in the browser e 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 e Alternative Text is displayed when the browser can t render the image It s also used by screen readers for visually impaired users e Description This content is displayed on the file s attachment page Once the file properties are updated click the Update button to save your changes 61 KREATIIVE MEDIA WORDPRESS USER MANUAL V3 8 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 properties of an image as opposed to other file types like documents or PDFs click the Edit Image button just below the thumbnail to show the image editing tools Your WordPress Site Mi New View Attachment Page Howdy Joe Blogg WA Screen Options Help Dashboard Edit Media Add New Posts EZ NA
123. 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 Drag and drop to reorder images Reverse order Edit Gallery GALLERY SETTINGS Add to Gallery Link To Media File Gallery Settings Columns 3 Select where you want your Randon Onder thumbnails linked to and how many columns to use when displaying them ATTACHMENT DETAILS bigstock Hawalian Green Sea Turtle Removing Images 42231286 jpg November 30 2013 4752 x 3168 To remove an image hover your S Edit Image cursor over it and click the small x Delete Permanently Title Green Sea Turtle Caption Rearrange Images Insert Gallery Click Insert gallery to insert the gallery at the current cursor position Click and drag each image to reorder them Insert gallery 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 gal

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