Logging in to the management system.

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1 Welcome to your new site! The Wordpress publishing platform is a robust tool that helps you publish your content to the web without getting too involved with the code. This guide is designed to help you navigate through the most common screens and any particular screens relevant to your site. The Wordpress software is also a very well documented system, and there are many tutorials and tips on the web to help you on your content publishing journey. We will list some resources at the end of this document. Logging in to the management system Login using the credential provided. If you lost your password you can use the automated password retrieval system by clicking the lost password link and entering your address.

2 Dashboard This is the dashboard for the back end of the site. It contains the navigation to get everywhere you might need to go when maintaining your site. A: Updates - We always update the software to the latest version before handing you the site, but occasionally Wordpress sends out updates. We suggest backing up site files and databases before hitting the update button. If you feel comfortable with backing up your site files, please do so before you update. If you do not feel comfortable backing up the site files, do not hit this button. Updates can overwrite customized template functions. B: Options Editor This button toggles an options editor for this page. You can customize your dashboard view with a wide variety of widgets. C: Widgets This example is the Right now widget that shows the latest stats about posts, pages, and comments. D: Main navigation Here you will find the navigation for Posts, Pages, Links, Menus, and General Settings.

3 Posts vs Pages. Posts relate to blog or news entries. They show up on the blog, or news page of the site. Pages, on the other hand are more permanent pages of the site. About, Home, Safety, and Contact are good examples of pages. Pages When adding a new page you enter a title and the content. To the right you have the option to save the page as a draft, publish the page immediately, or have the post auto-publish using the calendar feature. You can also set a page to private or password protect a page if need be.

4 Posts When adding posts you have the same options as pages with additional options for specifying a category, adding tags, and adding excerpts. Your blog design might not use these tools. On this page you can also specify whether you want to allow comments, set the author name, and utilize custom fields. One of which is the Blog Thumbnail field. This is the image that will appear to the right of the excerpt on the main news page that lists all entries.

5 Adding media, links, and customizing text The text editor contains a great many features and formatting tools, some of which are very similar to Microsoft Word. By hovering over each button you will get a description of what each button does. You can format text as lists, add links, and add quotes. We find the Paste from Word button very helpful when copying and pasting from Word documents. By using this feature, Wordpress will strip away the unnecessary code that Word adds in. You can also toggle to the HTML view of the content. This is very useful when pasting content from sites that offer embedded content, like YouTube. You can grab the HTML embed code, toggle to HTML view and paste where appropriate.

6 Adding links To add a link highlight the words you want to be the link, as in this example, we highlighted click here. Once the words are highlighted the chain icon will become active. When you click on the chain icon this box will popup. Add the URL to your link in the URL field. You can also use the Link to Existing Content link to browse to pages that already exist on your site. The Title field is used for SEO purposes. Use the best descriptor to accurately describe the link: i.e.: Our Facebook Page.

7 Adding pictures, pdfs and other media Pictures: The following page shows the adding media pop-up. You browse to the content on your computer and select the file, and hit Upload. Once the picture uploaded we suggest filling out all the fields as accurately as possible, choosing the size that best fits the style of the site. Once that is done, hit the Insert into Post button. Title is the text that will appear when you hover over the image. Caption will appear as a caption below the image. Alt Text is for SEO purposes. And finally, Description is just for personal use. A user will not see the description. PDF s Upload the PDF just as you would a picture, then in the title box, write the text that you would like to appear on the screen, which will link to the PDF. You can then close the popup window by hitting the Insert into Post button. All media that you upload will live at:

8 Settings Screens In the settings section you will find General Settings for your site, as well as the settings for writing, reading, and discussion. These settings have been customized to match the look, feel and functionality of your site, but there may be settings that you wish to change as the site lives for a while and gains a following. We recommend that you browse these settings and get familiar with them.

9 Menus After you have created a new page, navigate to the Menus screen, located under Appearance in the dashboard. Simply find the page in the lower left window and hit Add to Menu. Once the page is in the middle screen you can drag the pages to change the order. When done, hit Save Menu.

10 Adding New Projects 1. Go to Portfolio -> Add New 2. Give the project a title and 3. Add the correct tag for the project (click Choose from the most used tags as a shortcut) 4. Below the Tags box, is the Breadcrumb Nav Fix dropdown. Again choose the correct category for the project. 5. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and you ll see the box Simplicity Custom Settings this is where we will add images. In General Settings click upload, and the normal media upload box will appear. 6. Choose the three images you want to feature for the project and hit Save all changes 7. You will now see the three images you just uploaded. To choose the one you want on the projects listing page, click show on the image you want to show up, and then click Insert into Post Changing Homepage Sliders 1. Open up the dew-home-header.psd template and create your new slider. 2. Using the Save for Web & Devices feature in Photoshop Save out a new JPG file at 80% quality. 3. Now go to Slides -> Add New 4. Give the slide a title, upload your new image, and link it to it s the particular project page.