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WordPress User Guide 17 August 2011 Version 3.2

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1. QUICK EXERCISES 1 Create an article with an introduction you can cut and paste the actual text for the purposes of this exercise and break it up with titles for each section 2 Highlight in bold the lead sentence Italicise some words for emphasis 3 Create some links to external sites 4 Create an image gallery using some of the images on your computer 5 Add your favourite YouTube video to a post Date 13 10 11 Page 42 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Writing Pages and Structuring Them Pages are essentially similar to Posts but as explained in Understanding the difference between pages and posts they differ in that they contain information that is by and large static your resum your contact details your terms and conditions that kind of thing Writing Pages Writing a page is essentially the same as writing a post so there s little to learn but we ll go through some things again Already on the site there is a page called Sample Page every default WordPress install has such a page You can leave that page for the moment let us instead create an About page Click on Pages and then Add New 7 Dashboard WordPress Sandbox EA beor Add New Page de Publi ts Save Dran Modia Sns Dran Egi Listes lza ort kad C Visual 61T Ers anar C sar re an Pubir t R Fi X t Kk R E g ww SZ ka G T C Papis L ty ah omm
2. to see how it looks Date 13 10 11 Page 51 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Managing Links Most websites run a links section With many it s simply a page or a post full of links and connections With WordPress you can do this if you wish but a more powerful feature is to use the proper link management tools Then you can display your links in the site s sidebar or if the theme provides it using a links page template In the administration menu click on Links then Edit to manage your links and you will see the following Dashboard D WordPress Sandbox Howdy 2 Pou ont hi 7 LINKS sd Hea Poot 5 Ln mo L Crtenones Bult Actions m Arh Hew X 7319 GPS Filer HI Tus IRL Cat gories Flalatsomshiir V la Ratira Mecha Stine Docemorntation Codes waaa Og Bogas Ai b sates Plugins 3 TTT EE K orpecenszlupr LG rere t ves thew Lan eet keene VOID ss 0771 ET 04 s T L Pages O Comments O Suppor Forum amers areimpot Diogel amp arene T Themae Opan putna eme CZ Plains Edi Delisle K lt Lisers Word rees Mog M 1 749 9 TSE TT Z Tools z WordPress Planet panet rS Tp Re ofr G eoe Aza i Sociege lam URL Caterories Ralitonship Vu Patma Dut Adira lt art As you can see the initial installation is already populated with links As these aren t relevant to your website you can delete them all if you wish Simply select each link you don t want then sel
3. 3 Posts 6 Pages A Categories 2 Tags Theme Twenty Eleven with 0 Widgets Tools icked Available Toals iPress 3 2 1 Import wneverewourmsents Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 DiISCu O Cor O Ape O Per O Spe Page 11 Interconnect it The Admin Bar At the top of your WordPress site you will see the admin bar By default this is only shown when you are logged in and browsing the website but it can be switched on or off for the administration area and website by visiting your user profile and checking the appropriate boxes shown below Show Admin Bar d when viewing site d in dashboard The admin bar itself provides you with quick access to the administration area in the following ways g inises g e TH e The user section including quick links to your profile editing screen dashboard and logout link e Edit Post A link to edit the current post or page you are on e Add New A dropdown to quickly add a new post or page e Comments A link to the comments administration area which will indicate how many comments are awaiting approval if any e Appearance Quick links to the theme selection widgets and menus admin areas e Updates A link that shows you if any plugins require updating and takes you to the plugin admin area e Shortlink A short version of the current post or page address that you can copy for use with a service such as Twitter
4. or ask WordPress to do it for you by pressing the Close Tags button If you don t then your site s layout will be broken whenever that posting or page is displayed IMPORTANT 2 If a page or posting has been written using the html editor then any attempt to edit that article using the visual rich editor may result in content or formatting being lost This isn t the problem it used to be Date 13 10 11 Page 16 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Writing a post If you are an Editor or Administrator on the site you have a Publish button Once pressed the post becomes available on the website Before the post is ready however you can save it and keep it as a draft Since WordPress 2 5 autosave came into place and since 2 6 you then had a revision history making it possible to see changes and revert to older versions of posts and pages D Dashboard WordPress Sandbos H LT Pe ma o Add New Post fed Wow Publish dw Swi ee Saw Oro K d Ka G Wadia Sirus Draft Egi Upisati i eet l Visual Links gO a Visitety Pubic Eo B tl a KA Z 3 3 ve a 7 Pages f 7 Paresh madian Egt L L m gt c af UEA H DQ t a Comments nmam D g Appearacce 7 Plugins a Users Soda ri Toots wile IY Settings ae Terie pote age Categories Ni Caegones Mogi j mpn J i co Vond count Z Excerpt Send Trackbacks Custom Phelds Discussion God New LET Author Post Tags Featured Ima
5. a users mouse hovers over a menu item or if the user is accessing the site using screen reader software for example In the example for this section we ll be using the menu item titled Another New Page The Navigation Label option will be given value of Page 2 and the Title Attribute value will be changed to a value of Click here for Page 2 The steps you will need to take are listed below e Left click on the arrow in the top right hand corner of the menu item box The menu item box should then expand and the options we need to edit should be visible e Enter the values for the Navigation Label and Title Attribute that you want to assign to the menu item and then click the Save Menu button to save the changes In the menu editor the title for the menu item you edited should have now been changed to the value you entered for the Navigation Label option In the case of this example it now has the label Page 2 instead of Another New Page Date 13 10 11 Page 81 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Creating multi level menus When planning the structure of your menu it helps to think of each menu item as a heading in a formal report document In a formal report main section headings Level headings are the nearest to the left of the page sub section headings Level 2 headings are indented slightly further to the right any othe
6. are two ways you can do this The first way is to place the mouse pointer over the page entry you want to remove which will result in the options in the screenshot below being displayed then click the Trash option Sample Page Edit Quick Edit Trash View Title Bulk Actions Apply This method is fine for removing a single post or page at a time but what if we wanted to remove many posts or pages quickly To do this select the check box next to the post s or page s you want to remove select the Move To Trash option then press the Apply button next to it Be sure to empty the Trash area if you re sure you no longer want the pages posts moved there You can use the same approach for doing this as you did for the previous step Page Attributes We ll now create the first subordinate page to About called Interconnect IT In there you can put some information about us the providers of this guide You ll also need to set the page hierarchy accordingly so First things first you need to create your Interconnect IT page if you haven t already done so before continuing In the dashboard select Pages from the Pages menu and hover over the mouse pointer over the page entry titled Interconnect IT to bring up the menu As you did when removing posts Date 13 10 11 Page 45 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it From the menu click
7. best thing to do if you find any errors or omissions is to go to either http www interconnectit com and let us know through the contacts page It is possible for companies to re brand this document and use it for their own purposes such as training or support Date 13 10 11 Page 4 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Using WordPress First Concepts WordPress has really moved the game forward for non experts who want to maintain their own websites Previously they had to either write their sites with clunky proprietary site builder software or use expensive and difficult to learn packages like Dreamweaver which could require an understanding of often difficult to grasp languages and code such as HTML and CSS With WordPress you have the system to manage the content and easy to download and install attractive themes that look after the visual presentation of the site These can be paid for or download for free from sites such as http wordpress org or themes clubs such as http woothemes com http ithemes com and more What WordPress also does is to make possible the building of a semantically and chronologically structured website or blog which makes the job of search engines easier It provides an excellent platform for building everything from simple blogs to significant news platforms like http politicsandthecity com The biggest limit usually is the imagi
8. clearly but once you ve done it a couple of times will come easily and naturally A shortcut for video embedding is to use a plugin called Viper s Video Quicktags this gives more control over embeds from different sources allowing for different sizes Setting posting and page options There is a large range of posting options that are available to you if you look around the writing area and which give you finer control over how your content is presented The order can change according to user preferences what s important are the titles Excerpt Send Trackbacks Custom Fields Discussion Allow Comments on This Post Allow Trackbacks and Pingbacks on this post Comments Author Allows you to set a Post Author Revisions Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Use this to create a short introductory text you can add HTML if you desire about your post This is used by some themes and plugins as well as by your site s RSS feed Not often used these days but this allows trackbacks to be sent to a specific location You can use it to notify certain sites of your new post Other WordPress blogs and sites that support a protocol called XML RPC are automatically informed if you happen to link to them Custom fields are used by certain themes and plugins Some will use these fields but you won t ever have to touch them others will require you to inpu
9. creating or editing a post you have a choice of post formats These allow posts to be displayed in different ways Up to 10 post formats are available Which ones are in use if any depends on the theme being used by your website The Twenty Eleven theme that comes as standard with WordPress 3 2 has 7 post types 1 Standard This is a regular post as has been described above 2 Aside This format displays only the post content with no title or link 3 Gallery The gallery format displays a thumbnail of one of the images uploaded to the post and the total number of images associated with the post You still need to insert the image gallery into the post content as described earlier Recent Photographs Posted on August 23 2011 cia This gallery contains 8 photos Here a gallery of my most recent images Please click ona thumbnail to see the full size image Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Reply Edit Date 13 10 11 Page 34 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it 4 Link A link to another site Mainly utilised by theme designers 5 Status A short status update similar to a Twitter update 6 Quote A quotation Probably will contain a blockquote holding the quote content Alternatively the quote may be just the content with the source author being the title 7 Image A single image The first lt img gt tag in the post could be considered the im
10. define different levels of users It doesn t have the level of power that you get with full content management systems where tens of pages of content are being created daily However managing users in a complex system can quickly become a full time job and the level of control in WordPress is usually perfect for the smaller organisation You have five levels roles of user Administrator Editor Author Contributor Subscriber Date 13 10 11 The very highest level of user the Administrator can do anything other users can do as well as e Change all settings e Switch themes e Activate amp edit plugins e Edit users e Edt files e Manage options e Import We recommend that the highest level that someone is assigned is Editor even the administrator will find that the Editor level is adequate for most tasks while preventing the possibility of inadvertently making a critical change to the site An Editor can do anything a lower level of user can do as well as e Moderate comments e Manage categories e Manage links e Enter unfiltered html as in html with any content at all a potentially dangerous facility e Edit published posts e Edit other contributor s posts e Edit pages Most people creating content through posts on the website will be Authors An Author can do anything a lower level of user can do as well as e Upload files e Publish posts A contributor really doesn t have a great dea
11. find the content on your website Engaging with visitors You can be writing the most beautiful prose in the world but if nobody knows about it then it s only your mother who s going to be reading No what you have to do is find ways to draw people to your site 1 Comment on other blogs and other blog writers may visit your site to see what you re about If your comment is interesting the blog writer s visitors will be interested to see what else you might discuss Blogs relevant to your discussion area are the most useful 2 Reply to insightful comments on your blog because people like to feel they re involved in a conversation with you not just talking to some computer somewhere 3 Link to other blogs when you talk about things that are connected and that way the blog authors know your linking and will also be flattered about it This may make them more likely to write about what you write about too 4 Use other social media because everything s interconnected When I blog my Twitter feed is filled in You can do this with WordPress plugins or by using a service such as Twitterfeed Your followers who are clearly interested in what you say on Twitter are likely to be interested in what s said on your blog Date 13 10 11 Page 85 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Search Engines Search engines will bring your website traffic Typically around 25 3
12. or greedy intent you could install a theme which is used by somebody in order to make your server deliver spam promote other people s websites or similar And if you re not confident of looking at the code you can t be sure Consequently the safest approach is to use the likes of WordPress s own Extend library here code is reviewed by others and rated Anything malicious or even just insecure is more likely to be noticed here than elsewhere There are no guarantees of course everything there is GPL and that means that if you get it from someone without any other contract in place there is no support or warranty It s not all bad however There are professional designers and developers who provide WordPress related services themes and plugins You can also pay to join some of the clubs such as Woothemes Alternatively you can visit the Automattic site they re the company behind WordPress and go to the page http codepoet com in order to see a list of recognised WordPress consultants around the world Date 13 10 11 Page 88 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it All Done Thank you for reading this guide The original pdf can always be found at http www interconnectit com and can be re branded for companies for a fee Credits David Coveney Writing screenshots images funding James Whitehead General all round brilliance advice on the community an
13. or to transfer the users posts and links to another user Be careful Delete all posts and all the content by that author will be removed from your website It s usually better unless that user was filling your site with nonsense to attribute their posts to another user Date 13 10 11 Page 58 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Pa P a SIS e Fi yi Delete Users T 1 ba You have specified this user Tor deletion ID 3 Guest What should be done with posts and links owned by this user Delete all posts and links A Attribute all posts and links to admin Confirm Deletion Once you re satisfied with the selection press the Confirm Deletion button Don t forget you can do this for multiple users Edit the details of a user You may wish to change details and settings relating to a user in which case when you hover over a user s details you ll see the edit link pop into existence Click Edit and you should then see the Edit User screen From here you can see and edit the user details Date 13 10 11 Page 59 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it help ZW Edit User Anew o Personal Options Visual Editor F Disable the wsus editor when writing Admin Cofor Scheme EI 0 1 cletex T E Keyboard Shortcuts F Enadie keyboard shonas for comment moder
14. re u amp Plugin iverOad aad comaine DN 00971 AUNDE arw Aona hte User LURE a category Goede 20 Ogg Ma poen A Net CEO Pasi OGG category aro perio tw category LAscensgertined T Took w 4 hore E C p lt n v CCervertag io tas LT Settings JACO KTS ROL Cae Seve a vera we ae ca poory ato ander tat he wi ceg Secop oto E aed Totelr act M Da scriston The do a 4 oot FA ZAI Dy HAS 65 hoone pome Hemmer Adc New L 344 goah Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Seach LCA COE ay Puste inab pertee cd 19 Sica Posts w ma ats Pied C me Page 38 Interconnect it As you can see there s already a category called Uncategorized which comes with the standard installation of WordPress You now need to add a series of new categories It s easy simply go down to the area of the screen marked Add Category and get started You have the following fields to consider Category Name This is the nice short name of the category Try to avoid length descriptions One or two words are best and easiest to read on most websites Category Slug This is an advanced option it s automatically populated if you don t put anything in Until you get to more advanced techniques you can leave this field alone It describes the permalink path to the category when the permalinks option in WordPress is set Read the permalinks section of this document to learn more about the subj
15. some spam bots that cheerfully comment a load of marketing nonsense all over your site and needs to be deleted quickly Just press the links at the bottom of the screen Once you ve set all the options for each comment press the Moderate Comments button and the changes will be saved Z Dashboard D WordPress Sandbox zad adry Posts 77 Comments g T 15 flra All Pending Acoryved Ten Trast SSS Verena CU Guk acioni CELT Show af aanmer HORS rth p ane A rl 7 otir ere Wadia bel omm P Liss Jone isirvied tig amp Ds a 132 em ur Fret tev ba N dlli Geo news C4 L Tans 1 Cumme x Joan Smed of 20t Was a 131 n beter R a Cd PT 4519 1 rn Q d nppaamncs Ven TEE aricke har n Plugins 71 Users n joan moved tn the tra 1 1 Trail tec r T Brae i A TET j ick T k SOR CS Hain Kos anin w TT Settings CHI E As you can see the facility is designed to work with quiet and busy sites alike As some of the internet s busiest sites run WordPress the software has been well designed for this kind of use Date 13 10 11 Page 50 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it QUICK EXERCISES 1 Write an offensive we don t mean with swear words just something harsh comment on your blog Then delete it through comment moderation 2 Add a few comments on your blog while signed out 3 Reply toa comment on your blog even if it s one of your own
16. to save space You can also search your website s content directly from the admin bar using the search box on the right hand side Date 13 10 11 Page 12 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Understanding the difference between pages and posts Before we start working on your site it s important to have a clear understanding of the difference between pages and posts Pages are usually those which have a static purpose in life For example an about page resum page or contact forms They do not usually contain information about news items for example which are added to the site on a regular basis Pages are generally defined so that they are always accessible from the front page Some people build entire sites with just Pages this is especially the case for sites with little need for dynamic content and is very popular with small businesses who simply want an online brochure Posts usually contain semantically and chronographically arranged information for example news reports event results and of course blog entries The semantic structure is defined by categories and tags and whilst making it easy for people to navigate your site will also help search engines to understand the content of your site and so improve the relevance of search results Adding and Editing Content Rather than drone on about concepts structure and methods let s start to get some c
17. workflow on pages that have already been published You can either edit them live or you can t The content editor is still rather unsophisticated limiting the options you have when formatting the content of your posts and or pages Creating and editing tables in Posts and Pages for example remains problematic Date 13 10 11 Page 5 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Getting Started When you get WordPress installed you won t have any content in your site beyond what comes as vanilla which is a single category a set of blog links you probably don t want a page and a post So the first thing to do is Log In GY WorpPress Username Password E Remember Me If you haven t got a login link on your site s front page simply add wp admin to the root address and you ll arrive at the login page as above The default themes always show login links in their initial configuration During installation you will have set up a username and been told of your password which will have been auto generated Alternatively if someone installed the site for you he or she will have given you the login and password details for you If you lose your details you can click on Lost your password and a new password will be generated and e mailed to you You ll need to change this to something more memorable Enter your details select Remember me if your co
18. 11 Page 79 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Deleting a menu item e To access the options for the relevant menu item find the corresponding menu item box in the right hand corner of the menu editor window and left click on the arrow icon in the top right hand corner of it The menu item box should then expand and the options we need to edit should be visible See the screenshot below for an example Another New Page Page L aha h leat iaie m i Tilila 4 p P iVa vigGalior Lawl HUE Attribute Another New Page Original Another New Page Remove Cancel e Click on the Remove link in the bottom left hand corner The menu item box for the menu item you deleted should no longer be displayed e Click the Save Menu button to save the changes you have made Date 13 10 11 Page 80 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Customising Menu Items Before we jump to the example a little explanation about the Navigation Label and Title Attribute options is needed The Navigation Label option specifies the title of the menu item as it appears on the navigation menu This is what your users will see displayed on the navigation menu when they visit your site blog The Title Attribute option specifies the Alternative or Alt text for the menu item This is what will be displayed when
19. 5 of it In some cases it will bring a lot more and in other cases a lot less But if search engines bring 95 of your traffic then you re probably doing something wrong The following tips describe how to maximise your site for search engine performance but it s not the be all and end all 10 Date 13 10 11 Don t write for the search engines because when you do that visitors are quickly aware of your attempts to stuff keywords into every sentence Keywords are more important in headers and titles but in body text they quickly lose their power except when linking to other pages in your site and to other websites For example if you write click here to read about Britney s latest escapade and link that it will perform worse than a paragraph with a link that reads when Britney Spears fell out of a taxi drunk Get inward bound links by commenting on other blogs engaging with other bloggers and generally making an effort to be an active part of the community Don t solicit links from other bloggers because it just annoys them Use optimisation plugins but sparingly It s not unknown for performance to go down after popular plugins have been utilised However consider All in One SEO and Headspace 2 as the two leading SEO plugins available with the former being the most popular and reliable so far Don t engage in link farming if you create a site that s purely there to link to you the search engines will ev
20. Date 13 10 11 Page 9 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it fi Dashboard Home Updates All Posts Add New Categories Post Tags Library Add New Links Manage Links mostly used if you re aaia managing a directory or similar Add New Link Categories Pages All Pages Add New Appearance Themes Manage the Appearance of the site Widgets Menus Theme Options Background Header Editor P Plugins Manage plugins to extend the site s functionality Installed Plugins Add New Editor ZD Users Manage users including yourself reset passwords All Users Add New Your Profile Ti Tools Tools to assist in jobs such as exporting content Available Tools Import Export Settings Settings that control how the site functions General Writing Reading Discussion Media Privacy Permalinks Date 13 10 11 Page 10 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it If you notice there s an alternative less screen hungry option which 1s great for those of you with smaller monitors simply click on the Collapse menu button at the bottom of the section to make it smaller rengi When you click it you will get a smaller icon only version of the menu with the menu options appearing as a fly out WordPress Sandbox mS g 4T Eee G Export Dashboard Right Now Content
21. Interconnect it WordPress User Guide 17 August 2011 Version 3 2 David Coveney Copyright 2011 Interconnect IT Ltd UK Date 13 10 11 Page 1 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Table of Contents LEO CUC TION epas O E 4 Cuide WIC EOD T 4 MSU WW OEE E E E E E sanoscvastaasen E E E E E E 5 EEC OTO D E ce T cmceea noire ne uals ocaaneeeaeanne aisalemaspadal unten Conan sasncaa aaieasound 5 Great Chines About W ordPress T 5 RS LIES E a a E E E anantcamecseness aes 6 Navigating Around the Administration Panel sss sese 9 Ta TN B ee a ease E A E E E E OOE O E E O OO E O A O 12 Understanding the difference between pages and posts sse 13 Adding and Editing Content Sec attests ehwaush coslice coded tact entasen CE Eeeeh eee 13 Formatting text using the rich editor sss eee eee 14 Formatting text using the HTML editor assez zec zoczrses giysi ogozig n EZO a EEEE E EEE 16 WY PURI AOS E A EI EP E T EA A IE A E E E 17 LRS ES S PO a E E Oi ntieseacermeseesuanens 18 Adding images to your se eied ia aa Ea a E a aias 20 Adding a gallery of TT 27 Adding videoclips to yonr T 32 Setting posting and page OPTIONS sse 33 O OTO E E E E E T E T E E 34 Saving amp publishing your post OF DRC eee eee 35 Creating and managing your categories 1 lt aea 22 KN 29292 anire eri eara KTR O ENE aN EEE EAE a rai 37 Writing Pages and Structuring Then soez css azz sessionerna a arike OTRA
22. VTR AER OAR ROT a204 222 43 KE STET KT 43 Publishing Content Created by Other Contributors sss sse eee eee eee 49 Moderating CO Wile Ns aes cgeece gee ayerscsesauscacsacencssecucaoasrcueusaneceescausoos sc ecvoucaccasasnedneesuuscaavassaseeveucsenesacmesocecuessansetevee 49 IN el at Link sia ncsSnsceacnconsesioncueadaieneense ston dene ianGeeslgsleagusdaautonsesnccosed nbauesigelongvatedantennesloncnnse see tensedenconaesswenevedt ees ane 3 reanna Mok eT 53 C E S e E E E E E 54 Administering WordPress sincscressseanesctessienntacsatsedsctaveteiynteasinienlicanbesdudsadgsioumainndesccdeplbeesyebadsaeehainipetenapiosiiesaleiieett 97 Maman a 8 a E quae hace esesn gies yssaiesamne sean iaeiee Mesnqieebondal ae seteeouesteicasats 57 KSS e Tr 58 PRU i ecstatic ates ce E E TE EO atecn ceases eect E cess EE T E E 58 Edit the details Of a UECI rcs sscsassasescsonsessdadinsasacnaesedacsaeasogcnsnasdadiauasaacnaecadasaeasopcndeatdadiauasaecnaasedaasneasosonaececagioce 59 Manage the content created Dy a USED drone corned cot usnateceewcastohcowsh ich E a EE E SE 61 Managing Options and Settings sese esse 61 Managing the Look amp Feel of your website eee 62 APDO ANN TT 62 Krs L HT 64 Casom Heade esT ET EEE 67 Custom Backo STT Sessie enee EEEo neea Einne apes aau e arrie 71 he ari CS EET 77 POV Tet Ie T 77 Adding Tems to a IV T ecese dence E T E 79 RTT TE r 1 ne aE ne na EE E e OESE a Sa ni aai 80 Cu stomising Menu tems aeaaaee aian iien eea a E a aea a a ea
23. Windows Organising categories can be one of the greatest influences in how easy it is to navigate your site It can also be one of the hardest things to get right and there s many a blog owner who wishes they d done it differently You can always reorganise the categories at a later date but that can be quite a tedious task as you will often need to re categorise each and every posting that is affected However adding a new category is always easy and straightforward and can even be done while you create a post if you have the appropriate user level Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Page 37 interconnect it Categories All Categories MostUsed Uncategorized Add New Categor For the categories we re going to use we need to go to Posts and then Categories in the WordPress administration area For this site we want to create categories called News Trivia and WordPress To do this go back to your site Admin and click on Posts and then the Categories link beneath that You should see something like the screenshot below 1 Doshbosd D WordPress Sandbox 5 Categories Posts agg Ne Categceers Add New Category fol Actions lel Jory Fost Tags m hatte lattes Uag YET Sf Media t Uncategorized d Links se R z e nare NA j re L Poges l Mama LMS TIE C0 _ Comment Sup Balt Atone le Apply EZ Appearance x Ag Z Pa L fey ve 1 N
24. age Alternatively if the post consists only of a URL that will be the image URL and the title of the post post_title will be the title attribute for the image Saving amp publishing your post or page Once you ve written your masterpiece you ll want to save it and then publish it i e Make it visible on the site for the whole world to see you ve probably already pushed that publish button but we re returning to it because there are various options that are worth learning Publish Save Draft Preview status Draft Edit Visibility Public Edit Publish immediately Edit Move to Trash Publish O The Publish box above is usually at the top right of the page By default it looks like the above As you can see the simplest way to publish your content is simply to press that big blue Publish button If you re a contributor you ll have found that you can t do much in WordPress beyond contribute words and your Publish box will actually look like this Date 13 10 11 Page 35 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Publish Save Draft Preview Status Draft Visibility Public Move to Trash Submit for Review Date 13 10 11 Page 36 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it The following table gives a breakdown of the different functionality available here Preview Status Publi
25. allery tab Date 13 10 11 Page 27 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Add an Image x From Computer From URL Gallery 3 Media Library All Tabs Show Sort Order Ascending Descending Clear Media Order Actions Jellyfish Show Tulips Show t Ts PN Penguins Show Save all changes Gallery Settings Link thumbnails to Image File Attachment Page Order images by Menu order lt l Order Ascending Descending Gallery columns 3 lt l Insert gallery From here you can adjust the order by dragging and dropping insert the individual images into the post or insert a gallery of attached images To insert a gallery click on Insert gallery and the gallery graphic will be inserted into your post Date 13 10 11 Page 28 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it s Edit Post sanew Post with Image Permalink http localhost p 57 Change Permalinks View Post Upoadiinsen S dS Visual HTML B I ee lep LS AMEE Jellyfish Path Word count 6 Draft saved at 2 48 25 pm Last edited by admin on August 23 2011 at 2 40 pm Date 13 10 11 Page 29 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Now press the preview button and see how the gallery looks on the website WordPress Sandbo
26. ani Page Attribute H Appeenunce 23 Perr Piugina ite parno wd som a rtg Fi Toots Detar forgi m i Senings Onder D Hat het Utd Ha Hap lan p ite ucpe MH G youl paroon Featered Image ty ren Tere If you need help with the editor and advanced options read the section Adding and Editing Content for more information You now just need to add a Title put in some content and you re building the static content Type in the title of your page in this case About and a little content about your website and why it s there For now don t worry too much about getting clever with your text formatting adding images and files and so on we ll cover the editor in much more depth later on Once you ve completed your About page press the Publish button to the right but while you re writing and before you press Publish you can always click on Preview this Page to see how it s looking You can Save at any point without publishing and that will create a draft of the page if it hasn t yet been published Date 13 10 11 Page 43 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it So where is the link to the page you ve just created In the Twenty Eleven Theme that we are using here you will see the About link on your website just beneath the main picture WordPress Sandbox st another V o AN bal NE WordPress Is Gra inks to About and Sampl
27. ated By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it GW el L gt Libraries Y Pictures Sample Picture Organize Share with Slide shaw Bum New foldes d fi A Libraries Reivers Arnange ty Folder gt Documents ta 50 nages o a Musit ee Pictures bka B Videos 3250135524_3c92 Chrysanthemum Desert 300 MydrangessJpg 7bi408_bjpg jpg Computer A s K Local Disk C gha x 7 Ca Development T K Network Koala yng Lighthouse og Penguins pg RE HYPESIONIRW XPS R LAURE PC wW TORVALDS L 9 tems Tule sipg Once you ve selected the images simply press the Open button and you ll see the window come back with the following showing in it as it uploads and resizes the images vinr 9 wis Low Pam MPU Fram Let Add media files from your computer Choose Fles to urad Tysoe Uphet Select Piles Masma upipad dis str 12365 You are using the Flash uploadet Proolens Try the Seger uroa 951 IO a iter a Oe Sar Owe onno 71 eT eer atu Ge S013756 24 127759 b Soy 5 467097090 7166 Tec 120 ow 100 Corysanthemuc jog Crunching Derat pg Hydrangeas jog Once done you ll see a list of the images you ve just attached to the post This shows the thumbnails created If something went wrong at this stage and no thumbnails were created there may be a problem with your connection or with the server s configuration So click on Show for each image and you ll ge
28. aton More mtormation Show Admin Bar Y when viewing sita Fin dashboard Name Lisername John Unemarnres cannot be changed Role Contributor D First Name Last Name Neckname required John Display name publicly as John B Contact Info E mail required conid com Website AIM Yahoo IM Jabber Google Talk About the user Biographical info Share a itilie biographical information to AY out your prole Thea may be shown pubiich New Password if you would Nine to change Me password pe a new ane Otherwise isave ihis bank Type your new password again Hint The password should Oe af ipasi seven characters fong To make ff sronger use ngih indicator van y upper and Jower cate leners numbers and symbois Wee 7 S rA From this page you can set various options which are generally self explanatory such as name whether that user is using the visual editor what colour scheme they use in the administration panels and so on Date 13 10 11 Page 60 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Manage the content created by a user You will see that in the User List you have a number against each user in the Posts column This shows the number of postings made by that user If you click on that number you will be taken to the Posts page showing the posts as made by that user and from there you can edit or delete posts to your heart s content Managing Options and Settings The WordPr
29. ble to you which are in the extending boxes below Target Link Relationship and Advanced Please note the importance of using http before a link Target Target is a strangely marked and named option if you re new to the web Target _blank new window or tab _top current window or tab with no frames _none same window or tab Choose the target frame for your link The following table illustrates the different effects of each target option Will open the link in a new window handy where you need a link to not take someone away from your website but should only be used with good reason as people hate getting a new window after following every link Opens the link in the top most frame or window This is very rarely used and should only be considered if you ve got good reason for it it can be incredibly annoying to visitors Conventional behaviour the link will open in the current window this is generally the best option to use Date 13 10 11 Page 55 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Link relationship XFN Links can be related to your site you can either create your own relationship or use one of those attached They re mostly ignored and little used however and will make little difference to visitor experience They can however help to inform search engines and directories of the relationships bet
30. ch Wordpress Using MySQL Workbench with XAMPP 2011 08 22 WordPress Contractors 2011 0822 Become a WordPress Contractor 2011 08 22 Job Openings 2011 08 22 WordPress 3 0 Multisite With Multiple Domains Setup 2011 08 22 Hire a WordPress Contractor 2011 08 16 Cancel Add Link Opening a link in a new window vs Using the current window Many site owners are tempted to open links in new windows because then it means their site remains in the browser However web convention is that a link should keep you in the current window otherwise after an hour of browsing the user could have dozens of windows open that all need to be closed down In other words opening a link in a new window is usually an inconvenience for a site visitor There are some situations where a new window works usually this is to pop something up where you just know that the visitor will want to quickly look at and then close however in blogging this is relatively rare so the best advice is to try and stick to opening links in the current window Adding images to your posts You can easily add images using the standard WordPress tools Again like so much of WordPress there have been some dramatic improvements in recent versions including the automatic sizing of images thumbnailing and image management Date 13 10 11 Page 20 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it To add media to your p
31. d so much more Peter Lavelle Updates for WP 3 1 Barrie Dunbavin Updates for WP 3 2 improved image notes to aid translators Romana Dworak Patience Automattic amp Friends For developing WordPress and making a lot of what we do possible Date 13 10 11 Page 89 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2
32. e Twenty Eleven theme that is supplied by default with WordPress It s possible that your WordPress installer has supplied you with variations on your theme perhaps a Xmas one or another designed for special company occasions like product launches or for sponsors 78 Manage Themes Current Theme Twenty Eleven 1 2 by ihe WordPress team The 2011 meme ter Word ieee ia Aoohaheawted Wgviwegl and adactatie Make B pours Wi a Genter menu hp Sar image and Sackgrautd Pen go har wath cI Martie optore ter kaf ot Galt color pihaa G E Int CLOSE and Tiree layoul hores Twenty Deven comes equeped wth ihowcetes cage lrede Ihet raneforms your host gage info 3 showtase to show off pour bea creil widgel suppor gaois sidecar Aree Hole ares and 4 Showcase page wedge ses and a costo Ephemera widget 3 doplay your Asido Link Quote ar Status posts included are p les for pont and for the admin editor suppor for featuved images as casion header images on posta aed Pages and as large mages on wakreg shay posta and specal shira for s Gforert post formats OPTIONS Widgets Menus Theme Options Background Header Tais dar bah Whe Diaci gray Ofe colerttn frz uma 161 59 bar rigtit cidenar hra d en Gdeddw widtn custom beckyrowid Gistm colos Cusine eater Custom men a dio s foatarec image header featuretimapes tel widt tomplat microfermats coshformats tieanguage support FOT post Heme cottons Tansiston ead A
33. e Page s P gt Posted on August 24 2011 MET Site Admin x Log out Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Pellentesque congue viverra eusmod Vestbulum at diam id augue lobortis scelerisque non ac felis Posted in Trivia WordPress Leave a rag Edit In some themes you ll be able to see a list of links to the site s pages on the right hand side However such a list is not displayed by default in the Twenty Eleven Theme though it is possible using Widgets We ll be covering widgets later on in this guide If you now have another look at the list of pages on the site you will see the two pages the About page that you have just created and the Sample Page Let s remove the Sample Page it s not difficult to do Here s our list of pages Date 13 10 11 Page 44 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it 7 Mashbooni XY WordPress Sandbox Moet 14 Pages K Does All LI EE EZ Pn PRT ACS brie Agel SNOW at cules s the bees About R rats Ad Paes sample Page pans 30 1 want 11 TTT FES EZ Appesance DR 33 iets vi apah Pluses 1 Usora Took LT Settings When you remove a page or indeed a post in the way this guide will show you the page or post itself is not permanently deleted but retained in WordPress Trash area A page or Post only becomes lost forever when you delete it from the Trash area There
34. ect define which category is a parent Description Optional but can be helpful especially if you have multiple contributors to your site Explain concisely but clearly what the purpose of the category is Let s create three categories on this site called News Trivia and WordPress Your Categories screen should look like this now fr Name Description Slug Posts F WordPress wordpress 0 Trivia trivia 0 fr News news 0 Uncategorized uncategorized 10 Name Description Slug Posts If you create a category in error you can also delete it here by selecting the category you want to delete in the box to the left then clicking the delete button Be careful there s no undo function here You ll notice you can t delete Uncategorized that s because it s the default category used if you don t assign one to a post You can change your default category in Settings Writing You also have the possibility of creating a hierarchical tree for your categories for example under News you could have Politics and Entertainment Date 13 10 11 Page 39 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Now you have added your categories try going back to your existing posts under Posts All Posts Edit each of your three posts in turn assigning categories to each one WordPress Sandbox 9 oe 4 K Home WordPress Is Great x mtg w Posted on A
35. ect Delete in the Bulk Actions drop down and click the Apply button You ll see also that you can filter this view particularly useful if you manage a large number of links Date 13 10 11 Page 52 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Creating link categories Before creating new links you need first to create some suitable categories so click on the Link Categories link in the menu to do this Dashbnnnt Y WordPress Sandbox inil mni P Ponts po p Link Categones j Port x march Lick Categories ar Hedy Lata paras 690 New Link Category Ht Actions gt ppiy ere Fost Tage Media ean Mame Description Shag Links M Life hog New lime Description Slug Links Sug Lava Categories i ihik Aihm UH Ast Tete Pages K J Lowmenents mer w Jeo CO D LZ Pedin d Users TI Tonis IF Settings In here create a link category called News and another called WordPress so the list looks as follows A Name Description Slug Links F WordPress wordpress 0 F News news 0 Blogroll blogroll 7 fF Name Description slug Links Bulk Actions Apply 1 item It s also possible to create categories on the fly just like when writing posts This is more limited in power but useful You can t delete the Blogroll category while it s the default category To change your default category go to Settings then Writing and change the Default Link Categor
36. ely The Scroll option will cause the background image to scroll along with the page content The Fixed option will stop the background image scrolling along with the page content This option will allow you to set the colour which fills the space unoccupied by the background image We won t be using this in this guide Right let s make that background look a little better What we want to do here is to left align the image cause it to repeat from left to right and stop it from scrolling along with the page content So set the options as follows set Position option to Left the Repeat option to Tile and the Attachment option to Fixed When you have finished setting the relevant options click the Save Changes button in the bottom left comer Date 13 10 11 Page 75 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Depending on the image you have used you should see something similar to the screenshot below v P WordPress Sandbox WordPress ls Great c adra bs Gaai Krr Lae Se err ome mt beet Gee N 4 pE ae ole URE Le meh k PT RR tee Vi Now the background image fills the entire background area of the page If you try scrolling down the page you will see that the background stays put while the page content moves down the page So our site background looks a little better now but can you see how the top right portion of the background lo
37. entually pick up on this and you will be heavily penalised The search engines don t like being gamed any underhand tricks used to increase your ranking could eventually lead to a de listing That can include inappropriate link purchasing spam blogging e mail spam Twitter spam and so on Be careful If your site is hacked it can be really bad because many spammers try to hack WordPress sites in order to insert their own hidden links If you have a lot of poor quality links on your site you risk losing page rank Some themes perform better than others because the way content is output is very important Certain layouts perform worse than others too It s a bit of a black art but a good theme alone can make a dramatic difference Concentrate on great content rather than working the search engines trust me people link a lot to good stuff Page 86 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Going Further WordPress is an incredibly powerful and flexible tool which is only just starting to be exploited by web builders and designers It provides easy functionality for the end user whilst also giving developers tight control over the display of information There are a range of resources some related to us as providers of this guide Free GPL Licensed Themes information and plugins http wordpress org Hosted WordPress with some limitations and lack of http wordpre
38. ered List Block Quote Text Alignment B ase v Paragraph Text Style Justify align Text Text Colour Paste Text Paste Text from Word Link Unlink Spell Check Full screen Editing HTML Visual Show advanced options as shown here Undo Redo Indent Left Right Help Contains lots of useful Information Custom Characters Remove Formatting Don t forget if you get stuck hovering over the buttons will describe what they do and the short cut to use them quickly from the keyboard Essentially what you re working with should be familiar to you it s rather like using WordPad or some other similar low end word processor On the page you ll also see Tags and Category options Setting Posting and Page Options Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Youll see a full description of all these options in Page 15 Interconnect it Text Styling Notes When you re writing you may have a style guide to work with If this is your own site the following will be useful to you when choosing what text styles to apply in your content Heading through to Heading 6 in most themes headings within a post or page will start at Heading 3 H3 going down to H6 The higher the value the more important a search engine will consider it but remember that H1 is usually reser
39. ess software allows you to control many settings on your website Click on Settings and you will see seven links within which you can change many options Most are clearly explained on the control panels but for extra detail we believe you may find useful see below General Writing Reading Discussion Media Privacy Permalinks Date 13 10 11 Allows you to set the title of your website its tagline URI the web address information and date representation Here you can set the various options surrounding how you can write posts It also allows you to set the size number of lines of the textbox in the Post editor as well as the default category used for newly created links and posts You can also create a secret email address to which you can send new entries for your site this can be good if you need to update the site from difficult locations or via a smartphone This shows settings for reading the website for example how many posts will be shown at a time on a page You can also select a Post or Page to be displayed on the front page of the site It also sets options for syndication this is a system that allows people to use readers to access your information remotely Here you will set options relating to how people can make comments for example whether the comments need authorising before showing on the site advisable to prevent comment spam the default comment settings for articles and so on He
40. et in touch with us for a quote You ll need to contact us through our website s contact form at http www interconnectit com contact We may well add installation information at a later date but time at the moment doesn t allow The guide also doesn t cover configuration of WordPress all those lovely options in the settings page However we re planning to add something about them perhaps more a frequently asked questions section with simple answers If you want further personal training we run both one to one courses here at our Liverpool base or in your office or we have classroom courses where you ll be able to learn a range of WordPress skills from beginner to advanced We even offer developer training though at the moment we tend to work with experienced developers providing them with a helping hand rather than a full ground up training it s a big subject Guide Method This guide covers the basics in each section trying to take a progressive approach so that each section builds on knowledge and skill acquired earlier in the guide Our screenshots and usage all come from WordPress installed on a local computer but they apply equally to WordPress installed on normal web server One new change in this version is to include a series of exercises which are aimed at developing the reader s skills Please note that this is a guide for people learning about WordPress it s not a complete manual The
41. ething similar to the screenshot below Display Options Colour Selector Drag with mouse Outer Ring Selects approx colour Save Changes Select a Color Save selection when finished shade Tone Selection Area Shade Tone Selector Drag with mouse For the sake of this example set the background colour to blue Place the mouse cursor over the Colour Selector contained in the Outer Ring and drag it to where the blue area is on the left As you do this you will see that the colour in the Image Preview area will change to reflect the selection you have made If you want to alter the shade tone of the colour you have just selected then the process is much the same as what you did in the previous step but this time you will have to use the Shade Tone selection area When you have made your selection click on the Save Changes button then take a look at the site You should now have a nice blue background instead of the plain boring one that was there before Date 13 10 11 Page 72 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Setting a Custom Background Image The first thing you will need to do here is upload an image from your own PC to use as the background image To do this click the Browse button select the image you want to use from the Explorer window and click upload When the upload has finished you will see a preview of your image as well as various othe
42. for a limited number of students and tend to run over two days If you like we can come to your offices to teach a number of people and you ll be charged our usual day training rate plus expenses e Telephone courses o These can be quite tiring if extended and we recommend they re limited to one hour at a time They can also be useful with regards to support Date 13 10 11 Page 87 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Do you need something special If you need more from your WordPress installation you may need some custom plugins or themes written or you may need to integrate your site with other tools such as membership subscription systems or similar For that you will need to approach a developer or company with suitable skills Be careful in choosing make sure you go to someone reputable reliable and professional The best will often be the most difficult to deal with they ll want to know exactly what you need so that they can deliver The worst will throw something together that may not suit your needs could easily fail to work in the long term and which could end up being an expensive mistake Beware of strangers bearing gifts Apologies for the odd title but this is worth noting Not all websites providing free themes and plugins are honest and reputable Of course most of them are But the Internet is a dangerous place People write code with malicious
43. g to a certain template That can make for a very sophisticated website With the theme we re using the default WordPress Twenty Eleven theme you have one main sidebar and an additional Showcase sidebar area as well as three footer widget areas Different themes will have other numbers types of widget areas If you have a fresh install and no widgets have been installed you will see that the sidebar is empty However you ll remember that here s definitely content in the sidebar of the site Why is that Well it s because most themes insert default items into the sidebar when there s nothing set in the widgets Now let s have some fun with the sidebar If you look at the screen you have widgets that are available to you on the left and places to put them on the right To add them to the sidebar you simply grab a widget and drag it across dropping it into the widget space If you have multiple widget spaces you have more choice as to where to place the widgets You also have an Inactive Widgets space that lets you store widgets that have been configured but which you don t want to display at the moment A very useful tool for some busier sites because you can use this area to set up a widget before making it visible to everyone This is a good practice to get into Let s try adding the Recent Posts widget to your sidebar First drag the widget into the Inactive Widgets section Then set it up as below Recent Po
44. g up the menu editor You should see something similar to the screenshot below in your browser To creme a cusiom menu ghe fa name above and cick Create Venu Thee choose toms Ike papes categories or custom links from the left column tn add io this menu afar yOu hava added your lems crag and drop to cul thee ii he oder you wart You Can aap dick gach fem wd tevea soho confguratan aptan When you have finished tutding pour Custom menu make gure you cick the Save Henu Dutton Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it 3 Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box then click the Create Menu button For the sake of this example we ll give this menu the name navmenu but you can give it any name you want Next make sure navmenu or whatever you ve called it is selected as our primary menu in Theme Locations on the left hand side The menu editor should now look something like the screenshot below Menus The DAVEE menu has Deen successtuly croniad mevinenie Theme Locations Nenu Name nenu Aimomiatcaly ocd new toevel pages Your hens zunpovts f menu Setect mcr Delete Menu CoD U u TA FOY Aa iwe A Primary Mien Seed menu fens pages categories nts from the Sores ai lef to begn widno your amio mem ngamen e v Custom Links L tT d 7 to Menu LA we Payes Wost Recent low Al Sear lewet 1 Chie Page 2 Cia Page 1 Anaihat Ne
45. ge Daland mage Let s make this a short article about launching the website Place the text below into it the text box with the title Our First News Today we launched a new website We ll be producing news and articles here for your enjoyment Scroll back up and press Publish Your article is on the website Now create a couple of articles for testing with one called Interesting cats for 2011 and one called WordPress Is Great Enter any text you like in the post box Don t forget to add tags as well One great new feature of WordPress version 3 2 is the distraction free writing or Zen mode Click the Full Screen Editing button and all of the widgets menus buttons and interface elements fade away to allow you to compose and edit your thoughts in a completely clean environment conducive to writing but when you move Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Page 17 Interconnect it your mouse to the top of the screen your most used shortcuts re appear If you re using one of the latest Browsers try pressing F11 to remove all browser tabs menus etc giving a completely clean space to write 1 Lita 749 Vant B f se n G Adding links to your posts One of the most important things you can do on your website is to link out to other sites Those other sites will appreciate the links but it also shows where you get your information from This is u
46. grated cropping tool and get it to display on the site All from the comfort of your Web Browser Date 13 10 11 Page 68 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it The first step is to upload the image you plan on using To so this click the Browse button in the Upload Image section This will bring up an Explorer window from which you can select the image you want to upload from your PC When you have selected the image click the Upload button Uploading the image may take a while if you have a Slow Internet connection When the image has been uploaded you should now see the Crop Header Image screen See the screenshot below 20 Crop Header Image Choose the part of Ove image you wani to use as your header QOD ITT at CUT NS a 51 BASEE A U x a 5 E Z Image Selector Uploaded Image Preview You should be able to see a preview of the image you have just uploaded In order to crop the image to the appropriate dimensions alter the size and position of the Image Selector box with the mouse to select the portion of the image you want to use Any portion of the image within the image selector box will be used while everything else outside it will be discarded then click the Crop and Publish button Date 13 10 11 Page 69 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it You sh
47. hemes from the Theme Editor tab However we don t recommend doing it this way You may also find that your webserver configuration will prevent this as it can in certain circumstances present a security threat to your site if php files can be modified from a webpage If you have an advanced theme such as many of those from the premium theme suppliers and developers you will find that there may be additional options available to you for example during the writing of a page or post in category management and through a control panel Date 13 10 11 Page 63 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Widgets Since WordPress introduced widget support they have become increasingly used as a way to display additional information on the website sometimes to a very sophisticated degree If you look at a site like http www telecoms com you quickly realise that most sections and feature pages are complex arrangements of widgets that go beyond the conventional single sidebar arrangement A widget is simply a block usually with control over what it displays which can be moved around For example you can place in a sidebar a widget that displays the latest comments on your site Some themes provide a large selection of widget spaces which allow you to place content in a wide range of spaces Really advanced themes create widget spaces on the fly for example if you create a page accordin
48. ho of WordPress Sandbox Angust 23 2011 Promus Post with Image New post with an image imported into it Jellyfish Ties erir was posted T Uncalngorired by admin Scotrmart the permalink Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By Version 3 2 David Coveney Page 26 Interconnect it It s worth noting that deleting a captioned image from the post can appear a little tricky if you try and do it the same way as you might in Word Instead if you click on the picture you ll see two icons appear as shown to the right one a red circle with a line and another a little panorama The red circle is for deleting the image and the panorama which is mostly used only by advanced users allows you to change some settings in the image but without actually changing the attachment details After uploading if you forgot to add images to a post you can still press the Add Images button and then click on the Gallery tab In there you can see all images attached to this post and insert them individually Adding a gallery of images One new feature that came with WordPress 2 5 was galleries this allows you to present a grid of image thumbnails in a post or page which people can click on to enlarge To insert a gallery into a post you can upload a number of images which are then attached to this post click the Save All Changes button in the bottom left hand corner and then click on the G
49. i iaai 81 Creatine mul G16 Vel MENUS craniano i a N A aaa Ni 82 Date 13 10 11 Page 2 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Tie M ET TT 84 CS BS EE sce an E A ap E E E E E O EE T 85 SUCINE AS sure a E E a ET 85 GAC MIS WA VIS LOPS sasssa pasne a E AE 85 EET T HIE 86 Gone UTS secere a A E T E E T EATE EE T E E 87 ARE MW o E AET L E E ETE O EENE EEE E 87 Do you need something Special cemere iaei ne TT enara aia an a Or EOE Ei an 88 Beware of strangers bearing gifts sees 88 ADODO eee a E E E E E ETE A E A 89 e ae E E A E E E A E A E E eee 89 Date 13 10 11 Page 3 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Introduction The first of our WordPress User Guides was originally written for clients of Interconnect IT s who had specified a website using WordPress Of course what happened is that soon enough the guide was linked to and downloaded many times Several thousand times which surprised us Clearly there was a level of demand for this information and we do like to make people happy so we decided to continue updating this guide and releasing it For free This guide doesn t cover WordPress installation installation is well documented on wordpress org and if you wish you can go for a hosted solution on wordpress com If you need help installing migrating or upgrading your WordPress installation you should g
50. l of power Contributors can create and edit their own posts but they can t upload images They can still insert images that have already been uploaded A subscriber can read content on the website and make comments Although depending on your settings for your site it s possible for non subscribers to make comments also Page 57 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it There are a number of tasks around users that you may wish to carry out Update your own details Add new users Remove users Edit the details of a user Manage the content created by a user oe E You can manage and set up users by clicking on the Users link in the menu Users hit Acdom ALDRA Adding users It s very simple to add a new user to WordPress simply select Add New as for Posts Pages etc and then fill in the user s details making sure you get the correct user level You ll also need to set a password here make sure it s a strong one Remove users To remove a user select the Users link from the Users menu in the dashboard On this page you will see a list of users and the roles which they have Select the check box on the left of the Username Further down you will see the Bulk Actions Drop Down Select delete then press apply You will then be asked for confirmation as well as a request as to whether to delete all the posts and links belonging to the user
51. luded as a plugin which does an excellent job If you run a personal blog it s free and if you run a commercial blog you can pay for various license levels Alternatively Captcha plugins are available When a user posts a comment they will be able to see their own comment and a line telling them that their comment is awaiting moderation By default you will receive an e mail to the administrator s e mail account advising you that a comment is waiting to be approved this e mail can be turned off and you can click directly on a link within the email in order to approve the comment Once signed in you will be asked for confirmation click yes and the comment will now be visible to all site visitors Date 13 10 11 Page 49 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it You can also carry out bulk moderation by going to the Comments link If you have comments to moderate the tab will show the number of comments waiting Click it and you ll see a list of comments awaiting moderation in the queue Here you ll have a set of options for each comment Approve Reply Quick Edit Edit Spam and Trash which you can also access by placing the mouse pointer over each comment You can also edit comments to remove unsuitable words or information and you can delete individual comments You can mark all comments in one block as well that s useful when you get
52. mputer is secure and only used by you and you d like not to have to log in each time and click on the Login button Now you re logged in you ll arrive at the Dashboard a screen that gives a range of information about your website Date 13 10 11 Page 6 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it WordPress Sandbox Home Upastes Dashboard E Posts Right Now Sh Media Canter Discussion Z Links 6 Posts L Comment U Pages 0 Pages 1 Apteoved O Comments 4 Catepones O Pending B Appe O Tags O Seam ZP Plugins Theme Twenty Teven wih Widgets CA Users Search Engines Bocked Th Toots You are using WordPress 3 2 1 TF Senings Recent Comments 4 i w Plugins Most Popular WordPress Importar natal impor posts pages comments custom Pelda categories tags and more fom a WordPress eapori Hp Newest Phupins WP Green Cache imata Requres atleast 3 0 Tested up lo 3 0 Description WP Green Cache pugn iS 2 cache spsiem foe WordPress Blogs fo ererove petiormance and save he Recently Updated Drop in Dropbox inate Upioad singe Mes of entre drectoties with subarectotes to you Droptes account Incoming Links This dashboard wget queries Google Elog Search so hat when inobher biog Inks to your site twil show op here H has found no incoming links yet t s okay tere mo tush Howey admin Y Berean Optone Pip gt QuickPress Recent Drafts WordP
53. nation of the developers and designers creating themes and plugins and of the content writers Great Things About WordPress ie a e a It s easy to learn It s stable and relatively bug free It s used by millions of people around the globe It scales well you could run a hugely popular blog on your site with a hundred thousand visitors a day and WordPress will still be adequate and it should still work on a light duty single server and even if it doesn t you can always balance the load across multiple machines It s simple yet flexible and developers love it It has a huge range of free and premium themes which can add functionality and style to your site It has a huge selection of plugins that can add new features and tricks to your site Once you ve learned html css and php you can really do almost anything with WordPress The addition of the Custom Menu feature in WordPress 3 goes a long way to alleviating the menu management limitations of Version 2 9 10 The admin bar feature allows you to quickly edit posts and pages as you browse your site As you learn more about WordPress you ll learn a lot about what it can and can t do But work within its relatively few limitations and you have a powerful and flexible friend managing your website But let s just cover a few things WordPress doesn t do well Workflow is relatively unsophisticated and although you now have versioning it won t support much
54. oks as if it came from a separate image The way around this problem is use a background image with a repeating pattern There are websites like http repeatxrepeaty com for example which offer such ready made images which you are free to use on your own site You can see how different the result is when you use a background image with a repeating pattern especially one as psychedelic as this one in the screenshot below WordPress Sandbox A f H K re X WordPress Is Great seers T Det Laen paum Goer et epee L PTR edgar off Padarn eee 3 ower KRA ET eee NIH K rere oor we k T La g Sete a PF E Z 7 r lra tester Dopa EUEN OoOo 2 X a r i g Date 13 10 11 Page 76 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Creating Custom Menus This guide to the WordPress 3 0 Menu system covers the basic tasks a user may carry out when using the built in menu editor such as Defining a menu adding items to a menu customising menu items using the Navigation Label and Title Attribute options deleting menu items and creating multi level menus Defining a Menu You will have to define a menu before you can work on it The steps below outline this process 1 Login to the WordPress Dashboard 2 From the Appearance menu on the left hand side of the Dashboard select the Menus option to brin
55. ontent into the site right away WordPress provides a number of tools for editing and for image management It allows you to easily manage your content with a familiar editing interface You don t need to learn HTML just the skills you ve already acquired using word processors like Microsoft Word Date 13 10 11 Page 13 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Formatting text using the rich editor You can easily enter format text using the rich editor if you re familiar with any word processing packages Let s create a news article just go to Posts and Add New in the left hand toolbar if you re writing a static Page you go to Pages and Add New instead se Add New Post Upload Inset Be AG Visual HTML B I ase c KE Mm i IH lt Fath p Word count 0 As you can see from the buttons it s possible to format text in a number of ways using the buttons and they Il be familiar to any user of word processor software You can also extend the size of the box by dragging on the bottom right of it By default you ll only see one line of buttons not the two below that s because you need to press the Advanced Options button on the far right to see them Date 13 10 11 Page 14 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Un ordered list Bullet points Strike out Ord
56. or Child Page 1 While holding the left mouse button drag it to the right then release the mouse button Repeat the above step for Child Page 2 and make sure that Child Page 1 and Child Page 2 are both indented the same distance from the left Your menu should now look like the one the screenshot below navmenu Menu Name navmenu F Automatically ad Delete Menu Home About Page Page 2 Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Level 1 Page Click the Save Menu button to save the changes Your new menu with the structure described in the example should now be created Date 13 10 11 Page 83 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it The Menu in Action OK you should be all done with creating the menu now If the theme you use supports WordPress menus in this example I m using the Twenty Eleven theme which does include menu support then you should only see the four main Level 1 options The two sub menu Level 2 items created in the example should appear in a separate sub menu when you place your mouse cursor over the Page 2 menu item See the screenshot below PT 9 oo d 7p BP 4 we _ _ A E Home About Page 2 Child Pa Click here for Page 2 WordPres Child Page 2 Date 13 10 11 Page 84 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Site Tips Structuring a Si
57. ost you ll see a number of tools added You may find that on a lot of custom installations of WordPress MU you only have the small button that looks like a sun on the right If that s the case then for most things you can use that image but you may be limited with items such as YouTube videos This is often done for security reasons If the feature is necessary speak to your support team Upload Insert IS 1 As Visual HTML B I ae s 2 6 I W I d 4 If you press the Add Image button you ll be presented with a pop up window Add an Image x From Computer FromURL Media Library Add media files from your computer Choose files to upload Select Files Maximum upload file size 128MB You are using the Flash uploader Problems Try the Browser uploader instead A Affer a file has been uploaded you can add titles and descriptions You can close this window with the small X in the top right corner or by clicking outside of the box Generally you won t upload images from a URL and will use the button Choose files to upload Here you can upload one or many images On most servers you ll be limited to images of 2MB or less in size so if you have a high res digital camera you might need to resize the images before uploading You can upload multiple images with the Flash uploader Simply selected the different images while holding CTRL Date 13 10 11 Page 21 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Cre
58. ou having to work with image editors or delve into HTML code This feature must be supported by the theme you are using In the case of the Twenty Eleven theme which we re using in the examples shown here there is support for this feature To access the Custom Header options select the Header option from the Appearance menu You should then see the Custom Header options Custom Header maan WordPress Sandbox Header Image Preview Area LES rroge YOu Con Uf Ged a ushm heater image H be sorm TE X ros Me image priages Of raah 1000 700 pants wid be ibad Brase ugesad DA mozit Pesce cert wart to Lra roan pn mage pou can eee phe of hesa rapi basce of shoe r Zr ore amp Reeder Grow 3 Zad binage conard pape Rampa l Ep Thee we RTE T hea EY 198 You wh nol Zt atte D restere ary DST HSR Renya hepte image Ceaplay Text Neg tes Tani Criar sun Seed a Cow The options available in the Twenty Eleven theme allow you to set the background image used in the Header section We can use a pre supplied image as you can see in the Default Images section or upload your own image Note also that it s possible to show a random image on each page which is why we ve had a wide selection of screenshot images in this guide Date 13 10 11 Page 67 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it In this part of the guide we will upload our own image crop it using the inte
59. ould now be back at the Custom Header screen If you look at the image preview window you should now see the cropped selection of the image you selected earlier ZT Custom Header Hemderupetated Viet sour ste to eee how d loots on WordPress Sandbox Jus another WordPress site LOS bniage You Get upload s Guster feeder Wrage be siren af fhe ba of your tT Pisteadd Pp Zn ore On Ta nett getir you wil be Sais te crop De TER Fana of ececth 1900 JRE RER wii te weed atis Chena a image hom poor compun rowan LRH ad Litoated Wages Yous Can ha t me of poor PRA FUR ipod header oF show 3 r re one a U u Dues kgms Peau Gon weet 67048 you oen 192 pou Gat use one of hese Con headers G show 3 random one Kea BG Shpa Chien riage Of eard egg Click the Save Changes button in the bottom left corner and visit your site to view your newly customised header Some themes also have support for setting the font colour for text within the header section as well Be sure to check that the theme you are using has support for the features you need Date 13 10 11 Page 70 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Custom Backgrounds The custom backgrounds feature allows you to set the site s background colour or upload a background image of your choice to use as the background for the site The Twenty Eleven theme has support for both custom background col
60. ound To roll it up simply click on the right hand edge of the bar where you ll see an arrow appear On the left hand side you ll notice that here s a large list of links such as Posts Media Links and so on What you see here will depend a lot on the user level you have on your blog Administrators can see everything and subscribers the least Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Page 7 Interconnect it QUICK EXERCISES 1 Try moving the widgets around for example place Recent Comments at the bottom of the right hand column What happened 2 Extend the QuickPress Box what do you think this is for Try writing something there What happened 3 Arrange the entire page in a way you feel would be most useful to you Experiment you can always change this page again in the future Date 13 10 11 Page 8 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Navigating Around the Administration Panel Navigation of the admin panels in WordPress is pretty straightforward but it can feel like there is a bewildering range of options to choose from Youll notice that to the left of the dashboard you have a series of links that you can quickly and easily click on these then expand out to show you other sub pages The quick reference overleaf reveals the range of functions with a brief explanation alongside
61. ours and images and both of these options will be covered in this section of the guide Setting a Custom Background Colour The first thing we ll cover here is setting a background colour which can be done from the background options screen in the Dashboard To access the custom background options select the Background option from the Appearance menu You should see something similar to the screenshot below Help 27 Custom Background Background Image Preview Upload Image Choose an image from your computer Upload Display Options Color Select a Color Save Changes If you have not already configured any Custom Background options you will see the default settings shown for the theme you are using You can set the background colour using one of two methods Using the integrated colour picker or inputting the hexadecimal value of the colour you want to use manually into the Color option textbox We ll be covering the colour selector method in this guide as it s the most intuitive If you prefer to enter the hexadecimal colour code manually you may find it useful to visit http html color codes info to obtain the relevant hexadecimal codes for the colour you want Date 13 10 11 Page 71 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it To select the colour you want to use click on the Select a Color link to bring up the Colour Picker You should see som
62. quickly and effectively You can also press the three buttons None meaning the image has no link File URL the default and Post URL which will show your image within the design of the site rather than as an image on its own Alignment This allows you to set how the image is aligned The small icons show the effect on the text wrapping Size you ll want to choose how big the image is If it s not too massive you can use the Full Size image just make sure it fits into the space available Otherwise a Thumbnail by default is a 150x150px square and Medium is cropped to fit in a 300x300px space Once you ve selected your options you press the Insert into Post button to add the image to where your cursor was when you chose to Add Images In this example we ve gone for a thumbnail with a caption In the editor it now looks like this Date 13 10 11 Page 24 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it 5 Add New Post Post with Image Permalink http localhost p 45 Change Permalinks Upload inset a A B L i EE lEI a Jellyfish Path p Word count 1 Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Visual HTML Draft saved at 11 45 08 am Page 25 interconnect it And if you press the preview button you can see that on the website it looks like Pos
63. r options See the screenshot below for an example Help 27 Custom Background Background updated Visit your site to see how it looks Background Image Preview Image Preview Box Remove Image Remove Background Image This will remove the background image You will not be able to restore any customizations Upload Image Choose an image from your computer Image Positioning Options Browse J _Uploa Display Options Position Let Center Right Repeat io No Repeat Tile Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Attachment Scroll Fixed Image Repeat Options Color Select a Color Background colour for area not occupied by image Attachment Options You should be able to see a smaller version of your image in the Image Preview box If you want to use another image you can just click the Remove Background Image button and repeat the Upload process again Date 13 10 11 Page 73 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it If you take a look at how your site looks at this point you may see that the background image is shown in one corner of the screen and the rest of the background is blank See the screenshot below WordPress Sandbox p Just another WordPress site RECENT POSTS WordPress Is Great WordPress Is Grent ltorasting Cats for 2011 Posted on Awgust 24 2011 o G r fiti Lorem ip
64. r subordinate headings Level 3 4 etc within the same section are indented even further to the right of the page The WordPress 3 0 menu editor allows you to create multi level menus using a simple drag and drop interface You can drag menu items up or down to change their order of appearance in the menu or you can drag them left or right in order to create a multi level menu structure To make one menu item a subordinate of another item then position it underneath and drag it slightly to the right of the main menu item This section will build on the example menu used in the previous section Currently the menu only consists of main menu Level 1 items as can been seen in the screenshot below navmenu Menu Name navmenu Automa Delete Menu Home Custom About Page 2 Page Child Page 1 Page Child Page 2 Page Level 1 Date 13 10 11 Page 82 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it So with our report analogy in mind the menu in this example will be re structured as follows ked Home About Page 2 1 Child Page 1 2 Child Page 2 Level 1 In this example the menu items Home About Page 2 and Level 1 will be the main menu Level 1 items while Child Page 1 and Child Page 2 will be sub items subordinate to Page 2 The steps you will need to take can be found below Position the mouse over the menu item box f
65. re you will be able to set the default sizes for images in Posts or Pages the path to the wp content uploads folder on the server and specify whether you want uploaded files to be organised into month and year based folders This sets up how the site is seen by search engines However hiding from Google doesn t mean every search engine will skip you some aren t very good at using these settings and still go ahead the result is that you can still be indexed so your content isn t ever 100 private Permalinks are a way of structuring your website so that the address to an article makes some sense to humans and search engines So instead of www website com p 101 the permalink could read www website com index php news feature as defined in the post s slug created when writing or automatically from the title You may need to modify a file on your system called htaccess if in doubt simply ask your administrator or friendly techie to help Page 61 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Managing the Look amp Feel of your website Appearance In WordPress you have the easy facility to switch between different layouts for your site Select the Themes option from the Appearance menu and you will see a list of available themes on your installation Usually that will include the themes installed on your server and usually the default theme known as th
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67. ress Sandbox Hoata admi POS S Atine s E r Seach Posts Aa rirnsnedg rending HAAR 3 Auk Actons p Sool Show all Gates l l View all caeqornes p Filter Tit it tegoneg Tag Si if w So SooCoOo roo ooo nooo ooo om SoScoocoooom Sooo oo noo SS oocoocoo rome aAa eonan se Sttpoococcoc coos TTT ontihutor Post Pandir j F j 2 1 WordPress Is Greet interesting Cate for 2011 l l S 3 heurs age A Pending Post from a contributor awaiting Fustishad hinien approval from an Editor Higher deride Tit Author S tezoryes Tags L Dute Bulk Actons gt Appt When you select a draft you will be taken to page where you can review the contribution see the preview edit it if necessary add media and publish just like it was your own post You can also change the post author if you have multiple users defined who have the facility to create posts should you require it and any other details including post dating the article so it appears after an embargo for example Moderating Comments One of the tasks an Editor or Administrator may do so long as the moderate comments option is switched is to check that comments that have been made against posts are suitable for publication We recommend you always opt to moderate comments as otherwise you may find problems with people using the facility to advertise their companies comment spam as it s known You may also wish to implement some anti spam filtering WordPress comes with Akismet inc
68. seful to the reader and also a sign of an experienced and skilful blogger who cites his references There s also absolutely nothing wrong with linking within your own site Of course it takes a little extra time but it s worth it for the extra engagement To create a link in text highlight the text you wish to link and then click on the link icon in the editor Date 13 10 11 Page 18 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Z Dashboard WordPress Sandbox P Edit Post sone All Posts Add New Post draf updated Preview post Categones Posi Tags Nam rutrum mi quis cras amet 4 First select the text that you want to turn into a link doe soem Upload Insert WW fe C Visual S Comment Bliw EE gis givin Y ae apm es i Appearance Paragraph BA amp G 2 NF J Plugins L Users Th Tools lz i Settings ibero eu E Curabitur id tristaue dul Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et UBC eZ posuere cubilia Curae Aliquam erat volutpat Phasellus placerat rhoncus pusto id blandi neque suscipit a Mauns gravida tempus eral vtae fermentum sapen cursus non Duis eget consectetur lurpss Nam d moleste neque Maurs dignissim lacna orci at elementum Aliquam cursus magna vel volutpat ultnces nunc libero semper tellus quis pulvinar urna ipsum quis nisi Sed et lectus igula quis Sagths nsus Fusce imperdiet tectus nec accumsan dic
69. sh Private immediately edit Public Password Protected Save Draft Publish Submit for Review Move To Trash Creating and managing your categories This button allows you to preview how the content will look This shows the Status of your post for example whether it is visible If you want to keep the post from prying eyes you can do this If a post is private only registered members of the site can see it Making a post private means it can t be published you ll see the button change to reflect this If you click on Edit the box will expand to offer you the facility to edit the date on which this page will become published This allows you to create content in advance handy for holidays or embargoes You can also create posts that are protected with a password which you will have to distribute amongst readers This can be useful where you want to give a selected few advance access to content This saves the post or page instead you will be working on the currently live version of the page WordPress only has modest workflow and versioning capabilities and the Publish button will change to say Update Post or Update Page The moment you push this button the content becomes visible on the site If you re a Contributor you will not be able to Publish but instead only submit for review This option will move the post page to the Trash area the Trash area is a bit like the Recycle Bin in
70. ss com control but free and easy WordPress MU information http mu wordpress org Custom WordPress bbPress and WordPress MU design and http www interconnectit com development bbPress a related fast and clean Forum application http bbpress org You can also find many more resources on the net People often design their own sites and then offer their themes freely some searching on Google will quickly reveal some interesting options and answers If you re running a website there s a lot to consider without even thinking about technicalities you have performance search engine optimisation future proofing and so on Getting the best out of a website takes time experience and sometimes just a bit of luck Consider going to experts if your site s underperforming it could save you a lot of time and grief Training As the authors of this guide we offer a number of courses at different levels and budgets Our WordPress training courses are available in a number of formats e One to One intensive one day courses o These are popular because they can be tailored specifically to your own requirements e We offer a build and learn service where your site can be installed configured and laid out with the client alongside one of our team The client then leaves with a much stronger understanding of how to manage and update their website e Classroom courses o We only run a few of these each year They re
71. sts Title Recent Posts Number of posts to show 3 Delete Close Save As you can see you can set the title and the number of posts to display Now press Save Next you need to move it into the sidebar Simply drag the widget from the Inactive Widgets space and into the Sidebar widget space Date 13 10 11 Page 64 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it w WordPress Sandbox a Widgets Available Widgets Inactive Widgets Crag weigets Aare fo ramove Calendar HSS Custom Monu Soarch Receat Comments Meta Hazna Text Tea Cong Twenty Elevea Ep amora Links Archives Cateqornes Recent Posts Tulle recent Patr Nummer if poste to zho 3 Deel RI L Main Sidebar Showcase Sidebar Footer Area One Footer Ares Two Footer Area Throe Drag Widget to Main Sidebar Right now you know how to use widgets we can now turn our attention to getting the Page and Category lists to show in the sidebar by dragging the Pages and Categories widgets into the Primary Widget Area You can specify your own titles for the Pages and Categories widgets if you want and these titles will appear as headings on the site s sidebar above the content generated by the Widget Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Page 65 interconnect it WordPress Sandbo
72. sum dolor st amet consectetur adipiscing elt Pellentesque congue viverra euismod Vestibulum at diam d augue toporis scelensque non ac tebs a Ss Li 154 3 Uncetegotited Posied in Tia WorlPress 1 Reply zat ViowdPres v About Interesting Cats for 2011 SOT Posted on Awgust 24 2011 Date 13 10 11 Page 74 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Don t worry about how it looks now we re going to fix this using the Display Options later on Before we do this however we need to know a little about each of the Display Options Position Repeat Attachment Color and what they do Position Repeat Attachment Sets the position of the image on the page You can set the position to Left Centre or Right Specifies whether the image should be repeated that is displayed multiple times in the background You can specify one of four values for this option No Repeat Tile Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically Selecting No Repeat will set the background image to be displayed only once The Tile Option will set the background image to be repeated or Tiled from the top left corner of the browser window all the way to the bottom right corner of the browser window The Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically options cause the background image to repeat from left to right and from top to bottom respectiv
73. t a dialog expanding into place Date 13 10 11 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Page 22 interconnect it Media Order Actions T D Jellyfish File name Jellyfish2 jpg File type image jpeg Upload date August 23 2011 Dimensions 1024 x 768 Editimage Title Jellyfish Alternate Text Alt text for the image e g The Mona Lisa Caption Description Link URL http Mocalhostwp contentuploads 2011 08Jellyfish2 jpg None File URL Post URL Enter a link URL or click above for presets Alignment None Left O Center Right Size Thumbnail Medium Large Full Size 150 x 150 300 x 225 1024 x 768 Insertinto Post Use as featured image Delete Save all changes Date 13 10 11 Page 23 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it This dialogue provides a lot of options and controls let s go through them Title this is the title of the image Alternative Text a brief description of the image Caption the caption text for the image Description the description Not used by all themes but handy to complete and may be used further in the future It s often just seen when you view an image as an attachment Link URL this is the address of the original image you ve uploaded by default but it also allows you to create a link to another website here
74. t values Information on this should be included in your theme or plugin instructions Top of the range themes tend to add boxes for you to tick but use custom fields you may see values added automatically In some cases being able to edit these values will give you finer control over your posting or allow you to fix problems that might come up If checked allows a visitor to add comments to the posting albeit according to rules defined in Settings Discussion This means that if someone links to the posting from another website using similar software you will be notified on the Dashboard page and the trackback may show in the comments section 1f authorised Since WordPress 2 9 you can view reply to moderate and edit comments from the edit panel If your site has multiple authors you can change them here if you have a suitable user rights generally Editor and above although this can change on some configurations You can revert to an old version of your post or page and can track the changes made to a post This option will not normally be visible when you are creating a new post page Page 33 interconnect it Roughly the same fields are available in Page writing with some added and some removed Some themes and plugins may return some options such as excerpts for pages which are used by some themes The additional options for writing pages are covered in the section Writing Pages Post Formats When you are
75. te One of the most important things to get right with a website or blog is the structure of its content This can make an incredible difference to usability and search engine performance do it well and users will be able to navigate your content easily and quickly Fortunately with WordPress the navigation of your site will usually follow a fairly standard route Simple Structuring Rules 1 Categorise and tag your content so that it s clear and easy to find without resorting to the search tool For example if the main source of traffic to your site is interested in your stories about knitting then a category called knitting along with perhaps some relevant tags against posts such as crochet and machine knit could be the way to go 2 Resist the temptation to clutter your website with logos affiliate links and advertising There s nothing at all wrong with links and logos but a sea of them is confusing and distracts people away from the main purpose of your site 3 Edit your content carefully for spelling grammar and suitable content When you publish whether it s within a magazine or on the internet you take a certain level of responsibility for the information you disseminate 4 The front page of your site is important and should contain at least some information about what who you are and what you do this can help not only site visitors to know what it is you re doing online but will also help search engines to
76. the Quick Edit option A number of options should now appear as shown the screenshot below QUICK EDIT moana Parent Main Page ro parent B Sug miercommect Order 0 Dair Mug lel 24 2011 12 0 Template Defsut Tenpite T lt Aufher admin d AROW Comten reso OF Privat Status KETE TN l Cancel TOST The three options we need to concern ourselves with here are Parent Template and Order The Parent option lets you select the hierarchical level of your page The Template option allows you to choose a design for your site and the Order option selects the order in which your page appears more of that later To set the parent option for a page you need to click on the corresponding drop down box and change its value from Main Page to the page you want to be the parent In this case the About page is going to be our parent here so we can just select the About option from the drop down box then click the Update button in the bottom right hand corner to save the changes Date 13 10 11 Page 46 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Explanation of Page Attributes Page Parent This allows you to set a parent page that introduces a navigational hierarchy Most themes will display subpages either in drop down menus on alternative pages or indented in lists of pages Page Template Your website s theme design may include templates for example with contact forms O
77. ther forms for example application forms and similar can be designed in this way Page Order By assigning numbers to pages in this field you can set the order of pages We suggest you use increments of 10 when setting page orders That way if you wish to insert a page between one identified as 10 and another identified as 20 you can just use the number 15 rather than finding yourself changing all the page numbers Date 13 10 11 Page 47 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it QUICK EXERCISES 1 Create pages entitled Another New Page Child Page 1 Child Page 2 and Level 1 We ll use these pages in another exercise later on 2 Create a subpage to the About page called WordPress where you can Say a few nice things about WordPress Date 13 10 11 Page 48 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Publishing Content Created by Other Contributors If you re an Administrator or Editor you can publish the work created by Contributors Authors can publish their own work but cannot publish the work of other users As an Editor you ll need to be aware of drafts that are awaiting publication Usually the contributor should inform you that they ve completed a document and when you select Posts and Edit in the administration panel you will see a list of Other s Drafts as pending P WordP
78. tum massa mauns ullamcorper nsus eget cursus augue ante nec diam Donec bland consectetur ibero ut convallis neque egestas sed Pellentesque lectus nunc suscipit non eleifend et porta at enim In ut magna a turpis Pati H Viord count 430 Dran saved at 10 49 02 arn Last edited by admin on August 23 2011 af 10 48 am Once the link icon is selected you have a pop up dialog Inserted link Enter the destination URL URL eth Title Open link in a new window stab Or link to existing content Cancel Add Link Simply insert the web address you want to link to in URL a Title to give meaning to the link and which will show on hovering over the link and choose whether or not to open the link in a new window tab or stay in the current window tab Once you re done click Add Link and the link has been created It s always worth testing links in case a mistake was made Date 13 10 11 Page 19 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it WordPress also makes it easy to create links internally within your website Click on the Link to existing content text and use the search box to find a post or page When you find the one you want click on it The text you highlighted in the editor will now link to that post or page Iinsert edit link Enter the destination URL URL hittp Title F Open link in a new window tab Or link to existing content Sear
79. ugust 74 2011 META Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adpiscing elit Pellentesque congue wverra s Site Admin 7 v i s Log out euismod Vesbbulum at diam id augue loboris scelerisque nan ac feis 9 Posted in Trivia WordPress Leave a reply Egi Interesting Cats for 2011 Posted on Augest 24 2011 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adost Yd elit Pellentesque congue viverra euismod Vestbulien at diam id augue lobortis scelerisque non ac feis Donec a ante scelensque enum wbendum sagittis Posted in Trivia WordPress Tagged cats trivia wordpress Leave a reply Edit Our First News Posted on August 24 2011 Today we launched a new website Well be producing news and articles here for your enjoyment And wow Suddenly your website is looking a lot more complete and full You ve now completed the basic part of how to structure your website There are a range of tasks that you will need to do and these are covered in forthcoming sections Depending on your user level these include setting Date 13 10 11 Page 40 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it up users how to do more sophisticated formatting in posts uploading images administering the options for how the site is laid out advanced publishing options and so on Date 13 10 11 Page 41 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it
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81. ved for the site title at the top of the page and H2 for the post or page s title Interfering with that order can result in search engine penalisation Use Unordered or Ordered lists for lists that are relatively short but resist the temptation to use them for lists of paragraphs instead use the Heading styles Use Bold and Italic in moderation Do NOT use bold as a substitute for heading styles bold is not as important to a search engine Some themes may override your styling decisions for example enforcing alignment what an italic actually looks like and so on You should experiment with this Most themes will highlight links in a different colour and with hover properties you shouldn t need to worry too much about these What something looks like in the visual editor and how it will look on the page are quite different unfortunately make good use of the Preview button before publishing Formatting text using the HTML editor You can also click on the HTML tab on the editor and input text in HTML the language that describes web pages This is for the more technically inclined and does have the advantage of making it easier for you to create more sophisticated designs It s worth noting that WordPress MU used on sites such as WordPress com and Edublogs will by default filter out a lot of HTML which will limit your options IMPORTANT When using the html editor it s essential that you close all tags
82. w Fage Azou imearconneci IT alec 4 At Ww Vier P44 banae Categories Date 13 10 11 Page 78 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Adding Items to a Menu In this example we ll add 6 pages to the menu we created in the previous section One of the pages added in this example will point to the Home page of the site The steps you will need to take are listed below e In the left hand corner of the menu editor screen you should see a sub menu titled Pages In this sub menu click the View All link This will bring up a list of all the pages that are currently published on your site blog See the screenshot below Pages Most Recent ViewAll Search Home F About F Interconnect IT F Another New Page F Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Level 1 Select All Add to Menu e Select the pages you want to add to your menu by clicking the checkbox to the left of each item s title In this example the Home About Another New Page Child Page 1 Child Page 2 and Level 1 Pages will be used When you have selected the pages you want to include click the Add to Menu button located in the bottom right hand corner You should now see a series of boxes with the page titles of the items you added in the previous step on the left hand side of each box e Click the Save Menu button to save the changes Date 13 10
83. w mobile phone The link is http www youtube com watch v olPDrgC2MGM and to embed it into your WordPress site is really easy Simply put all you need to do is to copy ctrl c the URL from the browser bar and then paste it into the text editor as so Video Test Permalink httplocalhost p 117 Change Permalinks Upload inset SI AS Visual B I e e Z EZ ge htto iwww youtube com watch v alPDrqC2MGM Path p Draft saved at 3 59 43 pm Word count 1 And now if you look at the post it should look something like the following image However we ve noticed that in some WordPress installations the video doesn t embed correctly and instead WordPress simply displays the URL to the video This appears to be a bug To work around this problem click on the HTML tab in the editor and paste the URL in there Save as a draft and you ll see that the video has now embedded correctly Video Test Nokia Dot Date 13 10 11 Page 32 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Other forms of video upload are beyond the current scope of this document however lots of help is available on WordPress s support forums One thing worth noting is that with most methods you need to upload first to a media server via whichever means you prefer and then use the embed media button in the editor HH This is I m afraid one of those things that is hard to describe
84. ween websites which may help with search engine performance Link Relationship XFN rel identity T another web address of mine friendship contact acquaintance friend none physical F met professional F co worker F colleague geographical co resident neighbor none family child G kin parent sibling spouse none romantic E muse F crush F date F sweetheart Ifthe link is to a person you can specify your relationship with them using the above form If you would like to learn more about the idea check out XFN Advanced In the Advanced Links options you have a range of options Image Address You can insert a link to an image here be careful you should prepare images with care to the correct size and resolution in order for them to look good Many people who use this option tend to end up with untidy websites RSS Address If there is also and RSS feed available at the site you re linking to you can include it T here Some themes widgets and plugins will use this information and show an RSS icon to match This is used in some themes widgets and plugins as a way of ordering links Date 13 10 11 Page 56 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Administering WordPress This section describes the range of tasks usually carried out only by Administrators Managing Users WordPress has the incredibly useful ability to
85. x WoroPress oi f luti an Posted m aurai 2 2051 Pravies Post with Image TG anty was pasted in Uincategoried by afnis Bootmnerk fie pamatai Date 13 10 11 Page 30 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it How much space you have to place and size images and galleries will to a large extent be controlled by which WordPress theme is in use You may not have much control if you re using a corporate theme Here I m using the standard WordPress 3 2 Twenty Eleven theme I ve added more images into the gallery and changed to a four column layout if you noticed when you added the gallery there was an option for the number of columns WordPress Sandbox p Kelt another LR LEE af Posted an dumed ZL 2001 Drp 09 Edi Recent Photographs Here a gallery of my most recent images Please click on a thumbnan to see me tui sve mage Mis afr wees prled p Ur raSi La mn Boz fre permaina Date 13 10 11 Page 31 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Adding video clips to your posts Since WordPress 2 9 new video embedding facilities have been added to WordPress Simply put all you need to do now is get the link for a video on a website and click on the video link button Let s take the video Dot that was recently released as a way of advertising a ne
86. x sf another Vi WordPress ts Groat interesting Cats for 2011 Our First News WordPress Is Great Posted on August 24 2011 Lorem ipsum dalor sit amet conrsectetur adipiscing elt Pellemesque congue viverra D D G G ismod Vestibub A S CATEGORIES ms Categories Widget content Trivia Uncategorized Posted in Trivia Worn Edit eee Pages Widget content Prs Interesting 8 imercomect HH Posted un August 74 7071 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elt Pellentesque congue viverra euismod Vestibulum at diam id augue lobortis scelensque nom ac fels Donec a ante If you have the appropriate rights you can install a great many widgets through plugins and themes These can dramatically enhance the features and usability of your blog or website One thing worth noting is that not all themes have styling for every widget to fit in every space be careful some widgets will look terrible until you ve had a web designer add suitable styling to your theme It s often worth checking new widgets out on a development environment for aesthetics and performance Testing things out on a live site isn t the best thing for performance and reliability Date 13 10 11 Page 66 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 interconnect it Custom Headers The Custom Header feature allows you to change the look of your site s header area from the WordPress dashboard without y
87. y value For now we ll leave it at Blogroll Date 13 10 11 Page 53 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Creating links Now we ve created our Link Categories above you can create some links quickly and easily To create a new one click Add New and you ll see the following 7 Add New Link sie Save Erre Niy blogging software Kepp ihis link private n Ahil ph Web Address ar Example ettp wordgreis org dontforgel T Ep 77 Description This will be Shown when someone hovers over the link the blogot of chedi Seto the Ink Categories Al Categones Slogros News Mrez isai Av FT 5 S Add Wew Category Target Link Relationship XFN Advanced The most commonly used items are on display first and you should create the link and categorise it accordingly Let s create a link to the BBC News website Date 13 10 11 Page 54 Filename Wordpress 3 2_user_guide docx Created By David Coveney Version 3 2 Interconnect it Name Save HOS News lt Keep Mio lew pea Eeee Nifty Sloggng software Web Address an Exameio nttp eardsress org Goevtforgettihe Attol Description The BEC News Wetalte his WIE D Shown when someone hovers owe Te lint m Mh Diegroll Of opina Dim the ine Categories MI Categories EPogrol F News ffosiligas R OTO ES S Add New Category You also have a number of advanced options availa

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