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1 WordPress Administration ACE #CT01756 Intro to WordPress By Adrian Mikeliunas SESSION# 2 of 6

2 Week 2 Agenda Understanding the Dashboard Setting up User accounts Managing Pages Managing Posts, Categories & Tags Managing Media & digital content WordPress #2 2 4/2019

Content Management Systems (CMS) User Visitor View http://learnwp.

3 Content Management Systems (CMS) User Visitor View Admin Author View WordPress #2 3 4/2019

4 WordPress Admin Dashboard WordPress #2 4 4/2019

5 User Dashboard Details WordPress #2 5 4/2019

6 Admin General Settings WordPress #2 6 4/2019

7 WordPress Management WordPress Server Management = Administrator Web Server Management Database Management Backup Management User Management WordPress Content Management! Authors Editors Graphics Artists! Contributors Subscriber WordPress #2 7 4/2019

8 User Management User Roles: Administrator Editor Author Custom * Contributor Subscriber * Custom fields added via extensions WordPress #2 8 4/2019

9 Pre-defined roles Each role is allowed to perform a set of tasks (Capabilities) Super Admin ALL capabilities [Multisites only] Administrator single site capabilities Editor -- publish & manage posts Author -- publish & manage their own posts Contributor -- only write & manage their own posts Subscriber -- reader Other Roles Members plugin - allows you to edit, create, & delete roles WordPress #2 9 4/2019

10 Admin General Settings WordPress #2 10 4/2019

11 Admin Create Accounts From Dashboard Users Add New WordPress #2 11 4/2019

12 Admin Reading Settings Front Page Options [landing page] Latest Posts, or One page [or post] WordPress #2 12 4/2019

13 WordPress Pages & Posts WordPress #2 13 4/2019

14 Pages & Posts PAGES Pages are static and are not listed by date Pages do not use tags or categories POSTS An About page is the classic example Listed in Archives, Categories, Recent Posts, and other widgets, in reverse chronological order WordPress #2 14 4/2019

15 Pages The heart of your site

16 Why Pages Pages are for STATIC content such as About, Contact Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology, Present timeless information about yourself or your site -- information that is always applicable You can use Pages to organize & manage any content Like Sections of a Newspaper Most Themes use Menus linked to Pages WordPress #2 16 4/2019

17 Pages for Static Content WordPress #2 17 4/2019

18 Posts The content of your site

19 Posts Posts are author entries that display in reverse order on your home page Posts can have comments from other subscribers and are included in your site's RSS feed Posts can be ALL text, ALL media or Combinations WordPress #2 19 4/2019

20 Post Options Options are configured 1. when entering a new post [just for that post only!] 2. Settings, Writing Some Options are: Author Categories Tags Publishing status (Draft, Pending Review, Published) WordPress #2 20 4/2019

21 Writing Settings WordPress #2 21 4/2019

22 Categories & Tags Categories allow you to classify similar posts. You create a fixed number of categories from the Edit Post Tags allow you to filter on the fly and display posts that have related tag words WordPress includes a nice feature called word cloud which displays your site s tag words These tag words could be re-used to submit to Search Engines so people can find your blog posts WordPress #2 22 4/2019

23 Post Categories Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more Categories This aids in navigation and allows posts to be grouped with others of similar content Example: Football related posts under the SPORTS section of your site WordPress #2 23 4/2019

24 Category Management WordPress #2 24 4/2019

25 Post Management WordPress #2 25 4/2019

26 Post Options Add new PICPICKSHAPE WordPress #2 26 4/2019

27 Screen Options WordPress #2 27 4/2019

28 SLUG Also know as PERMALINK [or permanent link] A slug is used to help create a valid URL to the listing of a category, post, tags, etc. So while a category might be named I Like Mom's Cooking the corresponding slug would be i-like-moms-cooking If you don't make one for yourself, WP will make one for you! It s convenient to remember & to submit to search engines! WordPress #2 28 4/2019

29 Blogging Tips The Anatomy of a Good Blog Post: Start with a good headline Main image [near the top!] Introductory paragraph Quote or short story The meat or content Conclusion, or Call To Action WordPress #2 29 4/2019

30 Managing Media Audio Video Create playlists! Pictures gallery of images! Documents PDFs, Zip Files WordPress #2 30 4/2019

31 Add Media Button WordPress #2 31 4/2019

32 Add Media Button WordPress #2 32 4/2019

Media Gallery Image galleries are a great way to share groups of pictures on your WordPress site The Create Gallery feature of the WordPress media uploader allows you to add a simple image gallery to

33 Media Gallery Image galleries are a great way to share groups of pictures on your WordPress site The Create Gallery feature of the WordPress media uploader allows you to add a simple image gallery to pages or posts on your site You can enhance the picture navigation also with lots of plugins [try the simple LIGHT BOX plugin] WordPress #2 33 4/2019

34 Week 2 Agenda Understanding the Dashboard Setting up User accounts Managing Pages Managing Posts, Categories & Tags Managing Media & digital content WordPress #2 34 4/2019

Creating Post(s) In WordPress

Creating Post(s) In WordPress Posts In WordPress: Here is what posts are in WordPress: Posts are regular blog entries i.e. dynamic content. When any Post(s) are published, they appear automatically in