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3 WORDPRESS GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS User Sheet...1 Login...2 Dashboard Basics... 3 Pages vs. Posts...7 Creating Creating Pages...8 Posts...9 Text Toolbar...11 Slider Manager...39 Menus...41 Users...43 WordPress Terminology

4 USER SHEET Design the Planet has worked very hard to create a greatquality website for your company. Each of our websites are unique in design and function. We have developed this WordPress Guide for you to use as a reference. It has everything you need to know about your new website. We believe our clients are the best people to maintain their own website because it stays current, connects with customers/clients, and reflects the brand s personality. It is important that you follow the guidelines in this book because without understanding what you can and cannot do, you risk causing problems to your website whether it be accidental or not. Keep an eye out for these notification boxes throughout the guide. They are essential to your understanding of a WordPress website. The yellow Important box gives vital information and guidelines. The green Tip box gives useful information, hints, and advice. Web Address: Login Area: Style Sheet: The red Do Not Click box gives rules that you must adhere to otherwise website malfunctions could occur. Username: Password: Trainer: Steve Strutt (steve@designtheplanet.com) Perryn Olson (p@designtheplanet.com) 1

5 LOGIN In order to access administrative capabilities on your website you need to login to your WordPress account. You need to do this in order to add or edit existing content. Refer to your User Sheet for login info. It is important to remember your username and password because this is how you can access all of your website content. Please keep this guide in a safe and secure place. You can also login to your WordPress account from your website using the Login button. It is located either at the top or bottom of your website homepage. You can also access this guide in PDF format on the login screen for future reference. Frequently throughout this guide you will see the word Module. This term refers to the containers of information you see throughout WordPress. They look like boxes with different bits of information. The green Tip box gives useful information, hints, and advice. 2

6 DASHBOARD BASICS When you log into your WordPress website, the first screen you arrive at is your Dashboard. This is ground control, where everything about your website is located. You can access your pages, posts, and media. There are menus for settings, tools, any plugins your site may contain. The main area of your Dashboard contains a variety of modules. They provide general information. There are statistics of your site i.e. number of pages, posts, comments, etc. You can also view recent comments (if applicable), and WordPress.org recent news and blogs. There is also a space where you can quickly add a new post. Depending on your specific site, the types of modules you see on your Dashboard will vary. At the very top of your Dashboard is the name of your website. Click the link to go to your website. On the right side is a drop down menu with a list of options and your user and logout button. On the left side of the screen you will see the Dashboard Sidebar. This contains the areas of your website that you can view and modify. Refer to the Dashboard Basics section of this guide for more information. When you roll over a tab, a will appear, click that to view a drop down menu with more options. 3

7 DASHBOARD BASICS Click the Screen Options button at the top to choose which modules you want to see on your Dashboard. (You can change what you can view on nearly every page.) The Posts tab directs you to your Post Library. See Posts Section for more information. All Posts view/modify Post Library Add New create a new post Categories view/modify Categories library Post Tags view/modify Post Tags library The Media tab directs you to your Media Library. See Slider Manager section for more information. Library view/modify Media library Add New add a new item to your Media library Media-Tags view/modify Media Tags library The Pages Tab directs you to your Pages library. See Pages Section for more information. All Pages view/modify Pages library Add New add a new page to your Pages library The Option Tree Tab will be dicussed during your Training. Each site is different so we will go over your specific options. Take good notes! 4

8 DASHBOARD BASICS The Appearance Tab contains the Widgets, Menus, and Sidebars sections. For information on Menus, see the Menus section. Widgets view/modify current widgets used Menus the navigation on your website. Sidebars add/remove sidebars The Plugins Tab contains all Plugin installation and code information. Installed Plugins view current plugins Add New install a new plugin to your website Editor modify the html/css of current plugins It is strongly recommended you contact Design the Planet before installing or updating plugins. The Users Tab directs you to your list of Users who have admin access to your website. See the Users section of this guide more information. All Users view/modify list of Users Add New add a new User to your User list Your Profile view/modify your User information 5

9 DASHBOARD BASICS The Settings Tab contains all of the general information and setup of your website. HeadSpace good for search engine optimization TinyMCEAdvanced modify arrangement of Text Toolbar WP YouTube Lyte change sizes of YouTube videos. All of these settings are set up by Design the Planet. Contact us if you have any questions. 6

10 PAGES V.S. POSTS. In WordPress, you can write either pages or posts. Pages are static they contain information that stays the same. An example would be an About page. Pages are seen in the navigation menu and never move unless you edit the menu. Posts are dynamic new posts replace old posts. An example would be Recent News. Posts with different news topics are changed often. They are listed in reverse chronological order, so that your most recent post will be seen first and visitors can scroll down the page to view past entries. When a new page or post is created, It is considered an orphan because it is not linked from anywhere on your website. Refer to the Menus section of this guide for more information on adding pages and posts to your website s navigation. Otherwise, viewers can t see your newly added page/post. 7

11 CREATING PAGES To create a new page, first go to your Dashboard sidebar and click Add New under the Pages tab. You will then see a screen with the new page form. You can enter a Title and text/images/etc. For more information about adding text and images/videos, see the section of this guide. Once you have finished adding content, go to the left side of the screen. There are two modules Publish and Page Attributes. Under Publish you can edit the status of the page, who can see the page, and when the page is scheduled to be published onto your website. You can preview your page before publishing as well to make sure your page looks the way you intended. Move to Trash will delete your page. Page Attributes gives you the option of making your new page a Child Page of another exisiting page or Parent Page. DO NOT change the Page Template or Order, unless otherwise specified during training. Doing so could cause a problem with the design of your website. When you are ready for your page to go live and be seen by viewers, click the blue Publish button. To view your Page Library, simple click on the Pages tab on your Dashboard sidebar. Here you can view a list of all your existing pages and information regarding their author, their visibility, and the date published/last modified. You can always go back to your Page Library to edit pages. If you accidentially delete your page/post, don t worry, it can be recovered from the Trash Bin. You can schedule a time when you want this entry to Publish. Above the Publish button, where it says Publish Immediately, click Edit, and select the date and time. This works for both Pages and Posts. 8

12 CREATING POSTS To create a new post follow the same steps as stated for creating a new page. Click Add New under the Posts tab on the Dashboard Sidebar. A Post Entry screen will appear where you can enter text and media. You will notice on the Post Entry screen that there are more modules with different functions for your post. Header-Intro Text allows you to add space below the header (optional) Image used on certain blog pages Choose Sidebar can create a sidebar in sidebar menu Choose Sidebar Alignment align right/align left HeadSpace can add a custom page title and description (optional) good for Search Engine Optimization. If you choose to have a sidebar in your post, make sure that the Page you are placing this post in, has its Page Template set to the page-sidebar. 9

13 CREATING POSTS To the right there is your normal Publish module with options for status, visibility, and publish date, but below that are the Categories and Post Tags modules. With the Categories module, you can organize your posts by topic or theme. This is ideal for viewers who want to view posts with a certain subject of their interest. Select the box next to your chosen Category before Publishing the post. If you do not select a category, your post will not appear. Post Tags are similar to Categories in the sense that they organize your posts by subject. They are different, however, because Tags are keywords or buzzwords that describe your entry. 1 5 tags are an ideal number. They are not a necessary option for posts but can help when viewers are using a search engine with similar keywords. (Mostly used for blogs.) If your website supports it, you can use tags to cross-reference posts in a Related Posts box Once you have entered your title, text/media, and chosen any or none of the other post options, you can select the blue Publish button or edit the publish options. For more information on adding text/images/videos and styling your content, see the section of this guide. You can view/edit all of your posts in All Posts by clicking the Posts tab on the Dashboard Sidebar. 10

14 A great feature of WordPress is that you don t have to have plain text in your posts and pages. You can edit and format your text to look visually appealing. You can make distinct words stick out for viewers to easily catch them. This section is going to show you all of the text tools you have at your disposal when creating a new post. These same tools are also on the New Page entry screen. For more information on how to view the New Post/Page entry screens, see CREATING PAGES and CREATING POSTS sections off this guide. Visual Tab NEW POST ENTRY SCREEN Before you begin adding text to your new post entry, make sure that the Visual tab on the right is shown in front of the HTML tab. The Visual Tab should be a darker shade than the HTML tab. This will make it easier for you to add content > > You can make the size of the entry box bigger by clicking and dragging the bottom right corner of the entry module. 11

15 TEXT STYLE Text Style refers to changing the look of text. It can be a single letter, a word, or a paragraph. The Text Style tools are Bold, Italic, Strike-Through, Underline, Color, and Select Background Color. To make any of these choices, simple type the text, highlight it and then click one or more of the text style buttons. To change the color of text or background color, highlight the text, click the arrow next to the A and a drop down menu appears with color choices. A piece of text can have more than one of these attributes. You can choose to have a word bold and italic, etc. When a style is affecting text, the button will be a darker shade to tell you it is pressed to deselect that style, just click it again and that style will not appear on the text. These editing options are much like Microsoft Word. FORMATTING Formatting refers to the layout of your text. This includes (in order) Headers, Subheaders, Paragraphs, Indents, Lists, etc. The Formatting tools are Unordered/Ordered lists, Left/ Right Indent, Left Align, Center Align, Right Aligh, Full Align, Blockquote, and Format 12

16 Here are the options under the Format button. You can choose different stylings for different parts of text such as Headings and body content. These options are pre-styled which makes it nice for easy post entry. 13

17 INSERTING The Inserting tools are for placing objects or features into content. To see what the each feature will look like, see the Style Test Page. LINK/UNLINK The Link button is on the left. The Unlink button is on the right. To insert a link into your text, type the text that you want to become the link. Highlight the text and then click the link button on the left. A window will appear with 3 options: At the top you can paste a URL from an outside source. In the middle, you can search for a link from your Link Library. At the bottom, you can link to an existing page in WordPress. When you finished, click Add Link and the text you highlited now becomes a link. To Unlink, simply highlight the text that is linked and click the Unlink button > When linking to an outside source or a PDF, check the box Open link in a new window tab When linking to existing WordPress content, keep the box unchecked. 14

18 MORE TAG/PAGE BREAK The More Tag button is on the left. The Page Break button is on the right. The More Tag is used when you want viewers to read an excerpt of your post and then click a Read More link which will take them to a new page with the full post entry. After you have typed up all of your content, move your type cursor to the area where you want the Read More link to start. click the More Tag button and a line will appear that says More. This means that all the text below that line will not be shown unless a viewer clicks that link. The Page Break tag is used to create a paginated series of pages from one page. This is very useful for long posts that can t fit in one page. After you have typed up all of your content, move your type cursor to the area whre you want the next page to start. A line will appear that says Next Page This means that any content below that line will be on a separate page. Depending on how many pages you set up, the viewer will see numbered links to direct which page they are currently viewing. The More Tag works in Posts only, and the Page Break works in both Posts and Pages. 15

19 CUSTOM CHARACTER (GLYPH) The Custom Character button allows you to add symbols, called glyphs, that are not on a standard keyboard. Click the Custom Character button and a new window will appear with a chart of commonly used symbols and characters. Click the character you need and it will appear in your entry. SUPERSCRIPT/SUBSCRIPT The Superscript button is on the left. The Subscript button is on the right. To add a super or sub script to text, move the (blinking type cursor thing) next to the text, click either buttons and then type what the super or subscript will be. The type will then appear as either a superscript or subscript. 16

20 TEXT HIGHLIGHTERS The Text Highlighters button allows you to have areas of text highlited either lightly or darkly. Move the type cursor to the area within the type you want to highlight. Click the button and a new window will appear. You can choose either a light color or a dark color highlight. When you are finished, click Insert and a code will appear in your entry. Where it says Insert Text Here enter the text you want to be highlighted. When you click Preview, you will see how the text will look when highlighted. Do not alter or delete any text in brackets ( [ ] [/ ] ) They are essential parts of the code. STYLED BUTTONS The Styled Buttons tool allows you insert buttons for viewers to click. Each tab gives you different button style options. Each button option requires a link that the button will connect a viewer to, and text that will direct the viewer to click the button. 17

21 Here is an example of a Normal Button Here is an example of a Download Button Here are the many choices of Special Buttons If you need a custom button that isn t featured here, let us know. We can create one just for you! 18

22 STYLED TEXT BOXES The Styled Text Boxes tool allows you insert a text box that will stand out amongst regular text in an entry. The first tab allows you to choose the kind of box you want. Your choices are Fancy Box, Wide Fancy Box, and Normal Box. The second tab gives you the option of having a title above the box and with the choices of a light or dark colored background behind that title. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert Text Here enter the text you want to be in the box. If you are using a title, enter the title where it says Insert Box Title Insert your box title between the quotation marks ( ) Do not delete them. They are part of the code. Click Preview to view the styled text box > Click the arrow at the top right corner to expand the box. 19

23 TESTIMONIALS BOXES The Testimonial Boxes tool allows you to insert a box with testimonial information. The first tab is a normal Testimonial Box. This option is ideal for a Testimonials page where you will have multiple Testimonial entries. You must enter a Name and Title. The second tab is an Interior Testimonial Box. The difference this time is that this option is for inserting only one testimonial box in a post. Only a Name and Title is required. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert Text Here enter the text you want to be in the box. Click Preview to view the styled text box. If you are adding multiple Testimonials and the one you are currently inserting is not the last one, select No. When it comes the time to insert the last one, select Yes. 20

24 INFO, NOTE, WARNING SUCCESS BOXES The Info, Note, Warning, Success Boxes tool allows you to insert a box that will stand out from the rest of your post to alert the viewer of significant information. Much like our notification boxes. You can choose from these choices: Info Box Note Box Warning Box Success Box When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert your content here enter the text you want to be in the box. Click Preview to view the styled info box. 21

25 PULL QUOTES The Pull Quotes tool allows you to insert a box with a pull quote from a body of text. You can choose whether you want the pull quote box to be left align or right align. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert your quote here enter the text you want to be in the box. Click Preview to view the pullquote box. 22

26 STYLED TABLE The Styled Table tool allows you to insert a colored table box. You can choose from these choices: Style 1 Style 2 Style 3 When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert table content you will then cick the Table Button where you will begin to enter table content. See the next page for more infomation. Click Preview to view the styled table. 23

27 TABLE The Table tool allows you to insert a table into your post. If you do not want the generic table, you must first set up the Table Style. Refer to the previous page for more information. Here you can choose your table settings such as how many rows and columns to add, the alignment of the text, and the whole table itself. When you have finished, click Insert. A table will appear where you can insert text in each cell of the table. Click Preview to view the table. This is the default table without any styles. You can modify the table by clicking any of these buttons. You can add/remove cells, add/remove columns/rows, or delete the table entirely. These buttons will be discussed during Training. 24

28 TABBED CONTENT The Tab Content tool allows you to add different styled tabs with content under each tab. You can choose either a Tab, Mini Tab, or an Accordian Tab. Enter titles for each tab you want to insert. Each of these tabs are clickable. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert tab content here enter the text you want to be each tab. Click Preview to view the tabs and their content. Here is a preview of Tab Style 1 Here is a preview of Tab Style 2 Here is a preview of the Accordian style Tab 25

29 TOGGLES/FAQS The Toggles/FAQs tool allows you to have accordian style tabs that can be opened to show content. This is ideal for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), etc. You can choose Toggles or FAQs. Enter a Title. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert your content here enter your text under the title. Click Preview to view the Toggle/FAQ. The Toggles/FAQs button only inserts one at a time. 26

30 PRICE BOX The Price Box tool allows you to insert a box with an image of a product you are selling, with the price and a button that links to your shopping cart. Click the button and a window will appear with two tabs. The first tab is Style 1 and the second tab is Style 2. Choose which style you want and enter the information. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear in your post entry. Where it says Insert service info here or List your service features here enter your text that describes the product you are selling. Click Preview to view the styled text box. Here is a preview of Style 1 Here is a preview of Style 2 These can be used for more than prices use your imagination! 27

31 DIVIDERS The Dividers tool allows you to break up content with horiztonal bars that run between content. You can choose from these choices: Padding Divider gives you a certain amount of blank space between content. Fancy Divider uses a stylized image or bar to separate content. Clear Divider makes the following content drop down to the next line. Normal Divider inserts a thin dividing line. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear. You don t have to do anything further with the code. Click Preview to view how the Divider affects your content. Padding Divider > Fancy Divider > Clear Divider > Normal Divider > 28

32 LIGHTBOX The Lightbox tool allows you to insert a video or image into your post. Click the button and a window will appear with two tabs. The first tab is for Images. Enter the information needed. Remember to upload your images to the Media Section and use the File URL it provides. The second tab is for Videos. Choose which source your Video comes from YouTube, Vimeo, or Quicktime. Enter the video link. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear. Don t do anything to the code. Click Preview to view the media you inserted. A link will appear in your post. When the link is clicked a black window will appear and the video will be seen. If you want a video directly placed in the post, do the following: copy the URL of the video and paste it in the post entry; where it says put the letter v after the p. So now the URL would say httpv://www. videourl. Click Preview to see the video in your post entry. Use the WordPress Media section to upload thumbnails place the thumbnail URL in the Small Image URL or Preview Image URL blank. 29

33 SITEMAP The SiteMap tool allows you to create a map of every page on the website. Click the button and a window will appear. You can keep the default settings the same. When you have finished, click Insert. A code will appear. You don t have to do anything further with the code. Click Preview to view how the SiteMap looks. Design the Planet sets up a SiteMap for you already. You may not need to use this tool. 30

34 NEXTGEN GALLERY The NextGen Gallery button allows you to insert a gallery or a specific image into a post. Refer to the NEXTGEN GALLERY section to add galleries/ images. Click the button and a new window will appear. You can choose either a Gallery or Picture to insert. Disregard Album. Enter the information and click Insert. Click Preview to view how the gallery/image will appear. 31

35 CFORMS The cforms button allows you to insert a form that you created with the cforms plugin. Refer to the CFORMS section of this guide for more information about creating a form. Click the button and a new window will appear. Choose which form you want to insert. Click Insert. A code will appear. Do not alter the code in any way. Click Preview to view how the form will look. 32

36 CUSTOMIZING The Customizing tools are used to edit any lists, headers you have in your posts, or to add columns to the layout of your post. HEADINGS The Headings tool allows you to customize the look of your headings. After you click the button, a window will appear. A drop down menu shows a list of options. When you are finished click Insert and a code will appear. Where it says Insert your heading here, enter the text you want to be the Heading. Click Preview to see how the custom heading styles look. 33

37 LIST STYLE The List Style tool allows you to customize the look of your lists. After you click the button, a window will appear. A drop down menu shows a list of options. When you are finished click Insert and a code will appear. Where it says Insert your list items here, enter the text for each listed item. To create a new listed item below the first one, hit the Return/Enter button on your keyboard. Click Preview to see the cutomized list style. From Left to Right: Small Dark Cirle (Default) Large Colored Circle Small Colored Circle Dark Arrow Dark Tick Colored Arrow Colored Tick Large Dark Circle 34

38 PAGE LAYOUT WITH COLUMNS The Page Layout with Columns tool allows you to create pre-styled options for number of columns, their size, and their placement. Click the button and a window will appear. There are two tabs. First Tab gives you all the different combinations of column layouts to choose from. The Second tab is only for setting up a single column. Choose what size you would like. When you are finished click Insert and a code will appear. Where it says Insert content here, enter your text in each column. Click Preview to see how the columns look. View the Style Test Page for all the options. 35

39 MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS Other tools on the toolbar may help you as you are adding content to your post. SpellChecker/Language alerts you when a word or grammar mistake is made. The drop down menu gives you Language choices. Find brings up a search box You can Find content or Replace existing content with something else. 36

40 Toggle Full Screen Mode lets you create an entry on a blank screen. To view the toolbar, simply hover over the top of the screen, and a toolbar will appear. Show/Hide Kitchen Sink by clicking this button, the second row of the text toolbar is hidden. Paste as Plain Text/Paste from Word Clicking the Paste as Plain text button will open up a screen where you can paste text without any formatting or styling into your post entry. Clicking Paste from Word is important if you are pasting content from a Microsoft Word document that contains formatting and styling. A window will appear where you can paste formatted content into the box and it will appear in your post entry. Using the Paste from Word tool is important if you are pasting content from a Microsoft Word document that contains formatting and styling you want to keep. 37

41 Remove Formatting clicking this button removes any formatting to an area of text. Highlight the text you want to remove formatting and styling from and click the button. The Undo/Redo buttons will undo or redo any most recent action you did on your content. The Help button is there for information on certain WordPress features. 38

42 SLIDER MANAGER The Slider Manager is where you can edit the images that appear in the slider feature on your website. You can add and delete slides or edit the existing slides. To add a new slider image, scroll to the bottom and click the Add New Slide button. You can enter a title of the slide, a title of the image, a description, the image URL of the slider image, and a link URL for the slider image. The link URL refers to where you want viewers to go when they click the image. While you can use an image URL from an outside source, it is recommended that the images you use for your slider manager come from your WordPress site. This avoids any link breaks or bandwith issues from outside sources. In order to obtain an image URL from your WordPress site, you need to upload images to the WordPress Media Section. To upload a slider image, go to the Dashboard Sidebar under Media click Add New. The WordPress Media section is a separate image storing system from the Gallery. The Media section should be used for storing ONLY SLIDER IMAGES. All other images and albums should be stored under Gallery and not Media. 39

43 SLIDER MANAGER You will see a screen where you can then upload a file. Click Select Files and choose the image you wish to upload. If you want to add more than one slide at a time, you can highlight several files grouped together. Once all of your slider images are uploaded, a window will appear where you can edit the title of the file. You can give it a caption and a description if you like. File URL is a custom URL generated when the image is uploaded. COPY THE FILE URL. Ctrl + C or File > Edit > Copy Slider images must have a specific width and length. Refer to the User Sheet for details. Go back to the Slider Manager, and PASTE that link in the Image URL space provided. Ctrl + V or File > Edit > Paste When you are finished, click Save Changes. Your slider images are stored in your Media Library. To access your Media Library click Library under the Media tab on the Dashboard Sidebar. You can also use the WordPress Media Gallery to upload documents such as PDFs. 40

44 MENUS The Menus section holds the navigation for your pages. Design the Planet has set up the menus for you already. This area is for you to modify the menu setup that currently exists. If your menu supports it, you can add new pages to the menu or you can modify the pages already in the menu. The Menus button on the Dashboard Sidebar is located in the Appearance tab. This is the Menus main page. To the left are modules where you can add links, check box specific pages, categories, tags, and portfolio items under a menu. To the right is where you can edit the contents of the menu. To add a page to the menu, go to the left side and scroll down to the Pages module. You can view the most recent pages, view all, or search for a page. Check the box next to the page you want, and click Add to Menu. Be careful not to add too many menu items. You risk messing up the layout of your site. Always preview changes for style consistency. A rectangular box with the name of the page will appear on the right side in the menu module. You can then click and drag the page up and down the menu list to determine the order of the pages in the menu. 41

45 MENUS In this example Sample Page is a Parent page. It does not belong to any other page > In this example Sample Page is a Child page. It is a sub page of a Parent Page. When a page becomes a Child page, a drop down menu is created in your main navigation > In this example Sample Page is a Grandchild page. It is a sub page of a Child Page > Before leaving the Menus page, you MUST CLICK SAVE MENU. Otherwise your changes will not appear on your website. 42

46 USERS The Users feature allows more than one account to have administrative capabilities on your WordPress website. To add a new User, click the Add New button at the top of the screen. A new screen will appear where you can enter the required information. Underneath the password, there is a Strength Indicator, this simply tells you if the password you entered is a strong one that poses the most or least risk of being hacked. The drop down menu next to Role lets you specify what kind of permissions and admin control the new user will have. Subscriber can only manage their profile. Administrator has access to all the administration features. Author can publish and manage their own posts. Contributor can write and manage their posts but not publish them. When you have entered all the information needed, click Add New User. Depending on your website, you may have additional groups. 43

47 USERS The Your Profile page is for the user currently logged in. They can edit their own information, such as changing their password, or editing their name. When you are finished, click Update Profile. 44

48 WORDPRESS TERMINOLOGY Here is a list of some common terms you will see often on your WordPress Dashboard and throughout this guide. Administrator (Admin) refers to the user in charge of managing content on a WordPress site. Blog an abbreviated version of weblog, which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diarytype commentary and links to articles on other Web sites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Category a general topic used to organize posts with content that belongs under a specific subject. Comments a feature of blogs which allow readers to respond to posts. Content consists of text, images, or other information shared in posts and pages. This is separate from the structural design of a web site, which provides a framework for the content to be inserted, and the presentation of a site, involving graphic design. Otherwise known as copy. Content Management System (CMS) software for facilitating the maintenance of content, but not design, on a web site. (WordPress is your CMS) Dashboard a tool to quickly access the most used areas of your blog s Administration and to provide glimpses into other areas of the WordPress community. The Dashboard Screen presents information in blocks called modules. WordPress delivers eight modules, Right Now, Recent Comments, Incoming Links, Plugins, QuickPress, Recent Drafts, WordPress Blog, and Other WordPress News. Entry refers to content in an individual post/page. Excerpt a short sample, usually a few lines or a small paragraph, of a larger body of text. Used to introduce the reader to the full entry. Seen on a website homepage in a feed. Feed a function of special software that allows readers to access a site, automatically looking for new content, and then posting the information about new content and updates to another site. This provides a way for users to keep up with the latest information posted on different sites. Media Media is the images, video, recordings, and files, you upload and use in your blog. Media is typically uploaded and inserted into the content when writing a Post or writing a Page. Media Library allows you to edit, view, and delete Media previously uploaded to your blog. Multiple Media objects can be selected for deletion. Search and filtering ability is also provided to allow you to find the desired Media. Module refers to a block of information seen on the Dashboard screen. A module can be moved by clicking and dragging. Pages used to present information about yourself or your site that is somehow timeless -- information that is always applicable. 45

49 WORDPRESS TERMINOLOGY Parent Page the larger or broader content page that contains at least one SubPage or Child page. Posts entries that display in reverse chronological order on your home page. In contrast to pages, posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your site s RSS feed. Sidebar sometimes called the side menu, is a narrow vertical column often filled with lots of information about a website. Found on most WordPress sites, the sidebar is usually placed on the right or left-hand side of the web page. SubPage content that is part of a larger or broader set of content called a Parent Page. Creates a heirarchy for your pages. Tag a keyword or buzzword that describes the subject matter of an individual post. 46