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1. 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 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 input 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 u
2. 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 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 Other 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
3. User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 45 a 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 46 a 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 w WordPress Sandbox Dashboard All Posts Add New Categories E Pages Q Comments En Appearance E Plugins amp Users Th Tools Settings 4 Collapse menu Comments Add New Help Posts Addnew All 4 Published 3 Pending 1 Trash 12 Bulk Actions F Title Bulk Actions Apply Show all dates X m Our First News a F Contributor Post Pending E Wo
4. Random Show a different image on each page A i 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 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 colours 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 68 ES Sey ET Custom Background Help y Background Image Preview Upload Image Choose an image from your computer Upload Display Options Color Sel la Save Charges 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 us
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6. WordPress Sandbox P Search Home Posted on November 18 2011 Previous Edit Post with Gallery This entry was posted in Uncategorized by admin Bookmark the permalink User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 29 Sal A 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 3 Twenty Eleven theme l ve added more images into the gallery and changed to a four column layout you may have noticed when you added the gallery there was an option for the number of columns WordPress Sandbox P Search Posted on November 18 2011 lt Previous Edit Recent Photographs This entry was posted in Uncategorized by admin Bookmark the permalink User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 30 E 0 Adding video clips to your posts Since WordPress 2 9 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 We re going to embed a video called Dot that was released as a way of advertising a new mobile phone The link is http www youtube com watch v olPDraC2MGM and to embed it into your WordPress site is really easy Simply put all you need to do is to
7. s not difficult to do Here s our list of pages User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 43 X am O w ee 5 WordPress Sandbox Comments Add New Help Howdy admin i Dashboard Pages Add New 5 Posts ublished rash 17 ges ren All 2 Published 2 Trash 17 Search Pages J Media 5 Bulk Actions x Apply Show all dates x Filter 2items Links Naki er IB Pages 7 Title Author o Date All Pages About admin 2 hours ago Add New S Published Q Comments m Sample Page admin Oo 2 hours ago y Published En Appearance O Title Author 9 Date amp Plugins amp Users Bulk Actions y Apply Siena Th Tools Settings 4 Collapse menu 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 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
8. e Change all settings e Switch themes e Activate amp edit plugins e Edit users e Edit files e Manage options e Import Editor 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 Author 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 Contributor A contributor really doesn t have a great deal 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 Subscriber 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 55 Xy 2 0 There are a number of tasks around users that you may wish to carry out Update your own details Add new users Remo
9. 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 not necessarily any support or warranty 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 look up the CodePoet directory at http directory codepoet com in order to see a list of recognised WordPress consultants from around the world User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 86 X o mm All Done You re all done you ve read through our entire guide on the usage of WordPres and hopefully learned a lot along the way don t forget if you have any questions or queries you can always get in touch with the guys at Speed and we ll do everything we can to explain and reiterate anything you re stuck with User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 87
10. 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 24 And if you press the preview button you can see that on the website it looks like WordPress Sandbox P Search Posted on November 18 2011 Previous New post with an image imported into it Edit Post with Image Jellyfish This entry was posted in Uncateaorized bv admin Bookmark the permalink User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 25 24 o Sa If you click on the picture within the visual editor 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 Jellyfish 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 26 X Zo Sa cl 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 th
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12. Search Installed Themes Feature Filter me Sot wem 0 ar Twenty Ten 1 2 by the WordPress team The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish customizable simple and readable make it yours with a custom menu header image and background Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas two in the sidebar four in the footer and featured images thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for posts and pages It includes stylesheets for print and the admin Visual Editor special styles for posts in the Asides and Gallery categories and has an optional one column page template that removes the sidebar Neutralis 1 1 by thundercow yahoo com A simple clean neutrally colored theme based on the default Wordpress template Activate Preview Delete All of this theme s files are locatedin themes neutralis Tags white brown two columns fixed width Activate Preview Delete All of this theme s files are locatedin themes twentyten Tags black blue white two columns fixed width custom header custom background threaded comments sticky post translation ready microformats rt language support editor style custom menu To select a theme simply click on it this will then give you a preview of how your site will look using that theme in a pop up window If you like the look you can then activate the theme by clicking on the Activate link in the top right hand cor
13. 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 from 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 17 ad elements fade away to allow you to compose and edit your thoughts in a completely clean environment conducive to writing but when you move 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 Exit fullscreen Visual HTML B 7 E B PIO ee Enter title here Word count 0 Just write 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 useful to the reader and also a sign of an experienced and skilful blogger who cites his references There s also absolutely nothing wrong with lin
14. WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 5 X csc 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 A WorDPrE SS Username Password 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 for example www mysite com wp admin Many themes will show login links in the footer or sidebar of your homepage 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 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 computer is secure only used by you and you d like not to have to log in each time Then 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 6 fi Dashboard E Appearance 5 Plugins amp
15. a Xmas one or another designed for special company occasions like product launches or for sponsors Help Ed Manage Themes Install Themes Current Theme Twenty Eleven 1 2 by the WordPress team The 2011 theme for WordPress is sophisticated lightweight and adaptable Make it yours with a custom menu header image and background then go further with available theme options for light or dark color scheme custom link colors and three layout choices Twenty Eleven comes equipped with a Showcase page template that transforms your front page into a showcase to show off your best content widget support galore sidebar three footer areas and a Showcase page widget area and a custom Ephemera widget to display your Aside Link Quote or Status posts Included are styles for print and for the admin editor support for featured images as custom header images on posts and pages and as large images on featured sticky posts and special styles for six different post formats OPTIONS Widgets Menus Theme Options Background Header Tags dark light white black gray one column two columns left sidebar right sidebar fixed width flexible width custom background custom colors custom header custom menu editor style featured image header featured images full width template microformats post formats rtl language support sticky post theme options translation ready Available Themes
16. above example we re using an SEO plugin which has added its own entry to the toolbar this shows that not all tool bars will look the same Screen Options One thing that many people don t notice is the Screen Options drop down in the top right of the screen next to the Help drop down PUN p AA E Screen Options Help This is a really useful and not to say important feature allowing you to control the amount of items you can see on a screen When you click it a set of options will slide down much like this one below User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 12 x a ft Dashboard Show on screen Author Categories Tags Y Comments Robots Meta Date ee Show on screen Add New Categories 20 Posts Apply Tags 3 Media SS Posts addNew Pues So if you ever read this guide or see one online and think Nope that tool or field isn t available to me then remember to check if it s been enabled in Screen Options Similarly if you want to simplify your administration pages either for yourself or for someone else who is using the site then you can choose to do so in order to only concentrate on what really matters to you 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 pur
17. assigned to the deleted category are set to the category Uncategorized Categories can be selectively converted to tags using the category to taq converter 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 subject Category Parent If you re creating a subcategory this allows you to 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed ne
18. click the Save Menu button Most Recent ViewAll Search Level 1 Child Page 2 Child Page 1 Another New Page About Interconnect IT Categories User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 75 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 gt Screen Options Help Y Menus The navmenu menu has been successfully created navmenu Theme Locations Menu Name navmenu Automatically add new top level pages Your theme supports 1 menu Select which Delete Menu menu you would like to use Pri Select menu items pages categories links from the boxes at left to begin building your custom menu Custom Links URL http Label Addto Menu Pages MostRecent ViewAll Search Level 1 Child Page 2 Child Page 1 Another New Page About F Interconnect IT 3 O 10 Go Select All Addto Menu Categories User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 76 XK 2230 Adding Items to a Menu In this example we ll add 6 pages to the menu we created in the previo
19. 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 78 a4 2 0 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 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 1 headings are the nearest to the left of the page sub section headings Level 2 headings are indented slightly further to the right any other subordinate headings Level 3 4 etc within the same section are indented even further to the right of the page The WordPress 3 x 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 an
20. tags in cloud format Text Twenty Eleven Ephemera Arbitrary text or HTML Use this widget to list your recent Aside Status Quote and Link posts 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 64 WordPress Sandbox P Search Home About Recent Posts Widget content RECENT POSTS Wor WordPress is Great Interesting Cats for 2011 Our First News Posted on November 21 2011 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus a tristique ipsum interdum at Nulla elementum fringilla consequat Tiii rivia Posted in Uncategord Categories Widget content z pier i PAGES About Interesting 4 pages Widget content Interconnect IT Posted on November 21 20 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus CATEGORIES If you have the administrator 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 i
21. the QuickPress module 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 8 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 You ll 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 down to show you other sub pages If you hover your mouse over a link the sub pages show as fly outs and you can move your mouse right and click to navigate to the required sub page The quick reference overleaf reveals the range of functions with a brief explanation alongside User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 9 Spt ai les fi Dashboard Home Updates S Posts All Posts Add New Categories Post Tags Media Library Add New amp Links All Links Add New Link Categories El Pages All Pages Add New Q Comments Create Edit and Manage Posts and Categories Manage Media Manage Links mostly used if you re managing a directory or similar Create Edit and Manage static Pages Moderate Manage and Delete Comments Ap
22. using a rather customised but still familiar WP back end User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 84 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 or Hosted WordPress with some limitations and lack of http wordpress com control but free and easy WordPress MU information http mu wordpress or bbPress a related fast and clean Forum application http bbpress org BuddyPress a social networking tool built on top of http buddypress or the WordPress platform Could you rival Facebook 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 g
23. 032 Page 21 SO Libraries Pictures Sample Pictures Organize y Erma X ts If search Sample Pictures EO O Share with Y Slide show Burn New folder a E 1 e y amp ce 1 1 Ml Libraries amp Computer Gu Network a Pictures library Sample Pictures Documents ISO Images Music Pictures Videos 3350135524_3c92 7b7409_b jpg Chrysanthemum jpg Local Disk C Development T m Koala jpg HYPERIONJRW XPS LAURIE PC TORVALDS Tulips jpg 9 items J Arrange by Folder y Desert jpg Hydrangeas jpg Lighthousejpg Penguins jpg 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 From Computer FromURL Media Library Add media files from your computer Drop files here or Select Files Cancel Upload Maximum upload file size 128MB After a file has been uploaded you can add titles and descriptions Scale images to match the large size selected in image options 1024 x 1024 WE 3350135524_3c927b7409_b 2 Hydrangeas 4609030030_38c7cc3120 Chrysanthemum Desert 100 Jellyfish ipg Koala jpg Lighthouse jpg Save all changes Crunching Once done you ll see a list of the images you ve just attached to the post This show
24. 11 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 20 24 o ae _ AA To add media to your post 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
25. 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 Uploadinsert 3 Visual HTML R T ane is 35 ee l ES 21391 If you press the Add Media button E you ll be presented with a pop up window From Computer FromURL Media Library Add media files from your computer Drop files here or Select Files Cancel Upload Maximum upload file size 128MB After a file has been uploaded you can add titles and descriptions Scale images to match the large size selected in image options 1024 x 1024 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 Select Files button Alternatively you can drag files into the media uploader drop area bounded by the dashes Once you have dragged a file over the drop area the boundary dashes will turn green to indicate that you can drop the file You can upload one or many images On most servers you ll be limited to images of 8MB or less in size so if you have a very high resolution digital camera you might need to resize the images before uploading To upload multiple images simply select the different images while holding CTRL User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280
26. Page Page e Click the Save Menu button to save the changes Your new menu with the structure described in the example should now be created User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 X Soe 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 Child Pa Click here for Page 2 WordPres Child Page 2 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 81 Site Tips Structuring a Site 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 ca
27. Tools Import Export Beta Testing Plugins Newest Plugins User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 11 x 2230 The Tool bar Since WP 3 3 the Admin Bar has been renamed as the Tool Bar At the top of your WordPress site you will see the tool bar This is shown when you are logged into the administration area and website you can also optionally turn it on for when you are viewing your website Find this option in under Users Your Profile Toolbar Show Toolbar when viewing site The tool bar itself provides you with quick access to the administration area in the following ways W WordPress Sandbox 25 3 New SEO Howdy admin 9 e WordPress Logo Quick links to Wordpress org version information credits and official support forums e Site Name Shown here as WordPress Sandbox with Quick links to the Dashboard theme selection widgets and menus admin areas e Updates This shows plugin and theme updates that are available clicking will take you to the updates admin page e Comments A link to the comments administration area which will indicate how many comments are awaiting approval if any e New A dropdown to quickly add content to your site e Edit Post Page A link to edit the current Post Page or any other post type will appear if you re logged in and viewing content e The user section on the right quick links to your profile editing screen and logout link In the
28. User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 16 c 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 ordPress Sandbox Comments New el jowdy admin WordP Sandb ec Add Ni Help Howdy adi Dashboard 7 Add New Post All Posts Enter title here Publish POLTIN Save Draft Preview Categories Tags Upload insert Visual HTML Status Draft Edit Media Bl I ae E Visibility Public Edit Links aragrap y U ublish immediately Edit Pi h U E Publish immediately Edit El Pages Move to Trash Q Comments En Appearance Format amp Plugins 9 Standard O Aside amp Users O Link Th Tools O Gallery O Status Settings O Quote 4 Collapse menu Image Categories Path p All Categories Word count 0 Y Uncategorized Excerpt Send Trackbacks Custom Fields Discussion Add New Category Author Tags Featured Image Set featured image 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
29. Users Th Tools 37 Settings Theme Twenty Eleven with 0 Widgets You are using WordPress 3 4 RC1 20950 Recent Comments No comments yet Incoming Links This dashboard widget queries Google Blog Search so that when another blog links to your site it will show up here lt has found no incoming links yet It s okay there is no rush Plugins Newest Plugins Reds Recorder install Red5 Recorder allows wordpress users to easily use Red5 Recorder Player on their website to record Video Audio Streams Get fully customized Red5 R Recently Updated Blitzcorner Sports Trivia Widget install Dashboard Home Updates A a z Right Now QuickPress sP Posts ntent Title 3 Media O Posts O Comments Uploadiinsert S Links O Pages O Approved Content El Pages 1 Category O Pending Comments O Tags O Spam e Tags Save Draft Reset Recent Drafts There are no drafts at the moment WordPress Blog WordPress 3 4 Release Candidate The first release candidate RC1 for WordPress 3 4 is now available If you haven t tested WordPress 3 4 yet now is the time Plugin Directory Refreshed M Been hanging out with a few WordPress org hackers Scott Nacin and Otto the last few days in a BBO fueled haze of hacking to make plugin directory better There are over 19 000 plugins listed and they re really the heart and soul of WordPress for many people so they deserve a little tender loving care Ot
30. a 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 here Some themes widgets and plugins will use this information and show an RSS icon to match Notes You can keep notes about links here Rating This is used in some themes widgets and plugins as a way of ordering links User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 54 X zag _ ai Administering WordPress This section describes the range of tasks usually carried out only by Administrators Managing Users WordPress has the incredibly useful ability to 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 The very highest level of user the Administrator can do anything other users can do as well as
31. asily 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 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 57 Add New Post Enter title here UploadiInsert C Visual HTML B 1 Ele S P22 5 Yl Path 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 ll 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 14 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 also known as the Kitchen Sink on the far right to see them Text Alignment Full screen Editing HTML Visual Show advanced options as shown here Paragraph vy U A Text Stvle Undo Redo Left Right Text Paste Characters ae a Remove or Formatting Don t forget if you get stuck hovering over the buttons will describe what they do and the short cu
32. 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 56 B 00 eS Delete Users You have specified this user for deletion ID 3 Guest What should be done with posts and links owned by this user 9 Delete all posts and links Attribute all posts and links to admin z 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 57 Spit tee amp Edit User acne Personal Options Visual Editor Admin Color Scheme Keyboard Shortcuts Show Admin Bar Name Username Role First Name Last Name Nickname required Display name publicly as Contact Info E mail required Website AIM Yahoo IM Jabber Google Talk About the user Biographical Info New Password Update User Help Disable the visual editor when writing Blue 2 a oe A Enable keyboard shor
33. c diam urna tempor eu ullamcorper id suscipit a quam Proin id nibh ut turpis pulvinar malesuada Posted in Uncategorized Leave a reply Edit The menu bar on the left side gives you options to customise your theme The Twenty Eleven theme allows the following customisations 1 You can change your site title and tagline or choose if you wish to display the header text at all Colors allows you to change the background colour 2 Header and background images can be changed and you can upload from a saved image or use the default images from within the theme User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 62 x lt a AX 3 There is also an option to choose a static front page from one of your saved pages All changes can be previewed in the browser window and once you are happy with the look click Save and Publish More in depth customisation options are explained in the sections below 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
34. copy ctrl c the URL from the browser bar and then paste it into the text editor as so Video Test Permalink http localhost 2011 11video test Edit GetShortlink Seats a ta Visual HTML BT FE RR 5 08 http Avww youtube com watch v olPDrqC2MGM Path p a Word count 1 Last edited by admin on November 18 2011 at 3 50 pm And now if you look at the post it should look something like the following image However sometimes the video doesn t always embed correctly and instead WordPress simply displays the URL to the video as a link This is because if you embed a link from your clipboard as opposed to the URL as a text string you will get a link If you do experience the problem then one way to work around this problem is to 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 31 Video Test Nokia Dot P sti 0 00 1 38 O a Other forms of video upload are beyond the current scope of this document however lots of help is available on WordPress s support forums 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 32 _ a w
35. d 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 E Automa Delete Menu Home Custom About Page Page 2 Page Child Page 1 Page Child Page 2 Page Level 1 Page User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 79 X Sne ieee So with our report analogy in mind the menu in this example will be re structured as follows 1 Home 2 About 3 Page2 1 Child Page 1 2 Child Page 2 4 Level1 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 e Position the mouse over the menu item box for Child Page 1 While holding the left mouse button drag it to the right then release the mouse button e 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 Delete Menu Home About Page 2 Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Level 1 E Automatically ad Custom Page
36. dictum mauris Cras a sem nibh sit amet posuere libero Duis arcu lectus cursus id porta at placerat sed arcu Lorem ipsum HTML Word count 176 Draft saved at 10 51 49 am Last edited by admin on November 17 2011 at 6 04 pm Once the link icon is selected you have a pop up dialog Insert edit link ES Enter the destination URL URL 11 Title Open link in a new window tab POr 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 19 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 Insert edit link ES Enter the destination URL URL http Title E Open link in a new window stab Y Or link to existing content Search WordPress Using MySQL Workbench with XAMPP 2011 08 22 WordPress Contractors 2011 08 22 Become a WordPress Contractor 20
37. e button and repeat the Upload process again User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 71 X mn _ O 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 Just another WordPress site Home About RECENT POSTS WordPress Is Great 1 WordPress Is Great Interesting Cats for 2011 Our First News Posted on August 24 2011 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Pellentesque congue viverra CATEGORIES euismod Vestibulum at diam id augue lobortis scelerisque non ac felis arith Irivia Uncategorized Posted in Trivia WordPress 1 Reply Edit WordPress PAGES About Interconnect IT Interesting Cats for 2011 Posted on August 24 2011 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 72 N p OM e lA lAl l 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 Display Option Description Position Sets the position of the image on the page You can set the position to Left Centre or Right Repeat Attachment S
38. e there are various options that are worth learning Publish Save Draft Preview Status Draft Edit Visibility Public Edit E Publish immediately Edit Move to Trash Publish 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 Publish Save Draft Preview Status Draft Visibility Public Move to Trash Submit for Review User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 35 A C _ _ pAn The following table gives a breakdown of the different functionality available here Preview Status Publish immediately edit Save Draft Publish Submit for Review Move To Trash Private Public Password Protected 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 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 holida
39. ee 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 Allows you to set the title of your website its tagline URL the web address information and date representation Writing 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 Reading 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 Discussion 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 Media Here 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 whethe
40. gnment what an italic actually looks like and so on You should experiment and test 5 Most themes will highlight links in a different colour and with hover properties 6 Many themes will set editor styles so that what you see in the visual editor reflects how your content will look on the site The above tips can also help with search engine optimisation as they give a structure to your content 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 in Multisites mode used on sites such as WordPress com and Edublogs will by default filter out a lot of HTML which will limit your options You should also make sure that you understand the importance of closing tags and labelling items correctly IMPORTANT When using the html editor it s essential that you close all tags 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
41. her WordPress News Akismet 50 Billion Little Pieces Sports Trivia Widget for Sports Blogs Content by Blitzcorner com Matt Watch Pando Interview Mike Little WordCamp Edinburgh UK 2012 WPTavern Editing WP Config From Within WordPress Weblog Tools Collection WordPress Plugin Releases for 5 29 You ll notice here that there s a great deal of information showing here in a series of modules WordPress delivers eight modules Right Now Recent Comments Incoming Links Plugins QuickPress Recent Drafts WordPress Blog and Other WordPress News You can organise this information to best suit you moving modules around and expanding or contracting them in whichever way you find appropriate To move a module click and drag the title bar of the module around To roll it up simply click on the right hand edge of the bar where you ll see an arrow appear By clicking Screen Options in the top right corner you can choose which modules to display and the layout On the left hand side you ll notice that there 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 7 i QUICK EXERCISES 1 Try moving the modules around for example place Recent Comments at the bottom of the right hand column What happened 2 Extend
42. hoose the part of the image you want to use as your header De ee gt ue ms Dew Crop and Publish 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 67 ee You should 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 Custom Header Help Y Header updated Visit your site to see how it looks Preview WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site A QU Upload Image You can upload a custom header image to be shown at the top of your site instead of the default one On the next screen you will be able to crop the image Images of exactly 1000 x 288 pixels will be used as is Choose an image from your computer Browse Upload Uploaded Images You can choose one of your previously uploaded headers or show a random one i Vor S Default Images Ifyou don t want to upload your own image you can use one of these cool headers or show a random one
43. 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 creating great content 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 we consider Yoast SEO and All in One SEO as the leading SEO plugins available Don t engage in link farming if you create a site that s purely there to link to yours or your client sites then the search engines will eventually pick up on this and you could find yourself heavily penalised with a de listing 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
44. ing 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 To select the colour you want to use click on the Select a Color link to bring up the Colour Picker You should see something similar to the screenshot below Colour Selector Drag with mouse Display Options Outer Ring Selects approx colour Save Changes Selecta Color Save selection when finished Shade Tone Selection Area Shade Tone Selector Drag with mouse Page 69 User Guide fd 24 o ae _ AA 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 selecti
45. is post click the Save All Changes button in the bottom left hand corner and then click on the Gallery tab Add Media From Computer FromURL Gallery 3 Media Library All Tabs Show Sort Order Ascending Descending Clear Media Order Actions Jellyfish Show Hydrangeas Show kd Desert Show Save all changes Gallery Settings Link thumbnails to Image File Attachment Page Order images by Menu order Order Ascending Descending Gallery columns 4 gt 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 27 Post with Gallery Permalink http localhost 2011 41 post with image Edit y View Post Get Shortlink Upload Insert Visual HTML Image Gallery graphic Path p Word count 3 Draft saved at 3 16 15 pm Last edited by admin on November 18 2011 at 3 11 pm_ User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 28 _ _ ee De Now press the preview button and see how the gallery looks on the website Note I ve changed the standard thumbnail size to 150 x 150 under Settings Media in the Dashboard in order to improve visual appearance
46. iscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus Posted in Uncategorized Leave a reply Our First News Posted on November 21 2011 Today we launched a new website We ll be producing news and articles here for vour eniovment 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 40 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 41 z ES 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 contai
47. ith WordPress 3 3 has 7 post formats 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 GALLERY Recent Photographs Posted on November 18 2011 This gallery contains 8 photos Here s a list of my most recent images Please click on a thumbnail to see the full size image Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Reply 4 Link A link to another site 5 Status A short status update similar to a Twitter update User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 34 MA ES 6 Quote A quotation for example something somebody said about your blog Be proud 7 Image A single image The first lt img gt tag in the post could be considered the image 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 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 becaus
48. king 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 18 WordPress Sandbox Comments Add New View Post Help Dashboard Posts All Posts ags Media e Links o Pages amp B Plugins amp Users Th Tools Settings 4 Collapse menu First select the text that you want to turn into a link 8 Edit Post aconew nam rutrum mi quis cras amet ViewPost Get Shortlink Upload Ingert sy tincidunt massa a condimentum leo semp bibendum et in felis Pellentesque ut dui id venenatis Path p Visual Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisciog elit Nam euismod eros nec orci Comments dignissim luct s Fusce aliquam porta velit sed aliq Appearance et gravida EEES Wei edited risus pulvinar porta ex sit amet nisl Nam tincidunt Then click on the link icon tempus magna eu malesuada euismod tortor ipsum mollis augue vel facilisis purus velit ac eros Nullam ac ante congue eros ultrices aliquam Sed id lorem in tellus ultricies et Morbi sollicitudin consectetur ligula Nulla quis magna vel lacus suscipit ultrices Nunc ante enim pharetra eu adipiscing eget venenatis eu mi Integer eu justo tellus bibendum
49. lete it through comment moderation 2 Add a few comments on your blog while signed out a Reply to a comment on your blog even if it s one of your own to see how it looks User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 49 oOo aa 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 WordPress Sandbox 3 Comments Add New Help Howdy admin a Dashboard i CP Links Ada new Posts Search Links a Mania Bulk Actions y Apply View all categories y Filter E Name URL Categories Relationship Visible Rating All Links Add New m Documentation codex wordpress org Blogroll Yes 0 Link Categories Bi Pages m Plugins wordpress org extend plugins Blogroll Yes 0 Comments F Suggest Ideas wordpress org extend ideas Blogroll Yes 0 E Appearance amp Plugins m Support Forum wordpress org support Blogroll Yes 0 amp Users 1 Tools F Themes wordpress org extend themes Blogro
50. ll Yes 0 47 Settings F WordPress Blog wordpress org news Blogroll Yes 0 4 Collapse menu m WordPress Planet planet wordpress org Blogroll Yes 0 FJ Name URL Categories Relationship Visible Rating Bulk Actions v Apply 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 select 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 50 q _ mm Sat 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 WW WordPress Sandbox 3 Comments Add New Help Howdy admin i P Link Categories ft Dashboard Posts Search Link Categories Media g pa Add New Link Category Bulk Actions Apply gitems Name fF Name Description Slug Links All Links Add New Blogroll blogroll T 3 2 The name is how it appears on your site Link Categories Pages slug E Name Description Slug Links Q Comments Oo Bulk Actions vw Apply 3 items 1 The slug is the URL friendly version of the name It is En Appearance usually a
51. ll lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens yz Plugins sa Users Description Th Tools Settings 4 Collapse menu 4 The description is not prominent by default however some themes may show it Add New Link Category In here create a link category called News and another called WordPress so the list looks as follows Name Description Slug Links WordPress wordpress 0 E News news 0 Blogroll blogroll 7 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 Category value For now we ll leave it at Blogroll User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 51 Set tee 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 Screen Options Help vy i es Add New Link Adanew Name Save WordPress E Keep this link private Example Nifty blogging software Add Link Web Address Example http wordpress org don tforgetthe http Description This will be shown when someone hovers over the link in the blogroll or optionally below the link Categ
52. n information that is by and large static your r sum 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 Ww WordPress Sandbox Updates Comments Add New Help Howdy admin E Dashboard Add New Page SP Posts Media Enter title here Publish 2 Links Save Draft Preview All Pages B I Ed 29008 Visibility Public Edit Add New E Publish immediately Edit Q Comments E Appearance E Plugins 1 a Page Attributes Users Th Tools Featured Image Settings Set featured image 4 Collapse menu Path p Word count 0 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 c
53. ner of the preview box An expert can actually edit their themes from the Theme Editor tab However we don t recommend doing it this way You may also find that your webserver configuration will prevent User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 61 _ JA 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 Theme Customiser WordPress 3 4 introduced the Theme Customizer which offers you an easy way to change some of the options on your theme Cancel Save amp Publish Twenty Eleven WordPress Sandbox Bois y Just another WordPress site Site Title amp Tagline Colors Header Image Background Image Static Front Page Home About Sample Sample Page WordPress Is Great May 2012 Posted on May 30 2012 META Site Admin Log out Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Aenean auctor eleifend est sed vulputate In ac diam sapien Vivamus sed placerat ante Mauris faucibus consequat ligula non blandit Donec hendrerit lorem et sapien ultrices blandit sit amet et purus Vestibulum pretium sem ac mi suscipit cursus Done
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55. nonnncnononnncnnnonnncnnnonnnccnnnnnncnnnn nn nc cano nn nr anar nn nccnnnnnncnnns 85 AD site dice bide iced eae alain een aed lil ede 87 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 3 gt a Introduction Welcome to the wonderful world of WordPress one of the most powerful and expandable content management systems on the internet being the system behind more than 55 million websites it is also one of the most widely supported in the world This guide is to help you the administrator of a shiny new WordPress website understand the system and learn how to use it to its full potential 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 There are also some exercises here and there which can help you to practice your new skills Please note that this is a guide for people learning about WordPress it s not a complete manual User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 4 X cose Using WordPress First Concepts WordPress WP 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
56. oing to experts if your site s underperforming it could save you a lot of time and grief 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 Il 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 85 a4 Sne AA Consequently the safest approach is to use the likes of WordPress
57. on 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 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 other options See the screenshot below for an example User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 70 0 Help Custom Background Background updated Visit your site to see how it looks Background Image AS 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 Display Options Position Left Center Right Repeat i No Repeat Tile Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Attachment 9 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 Imag
58. 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 _top 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 _none Conventional behaviour the link will open in the current window this is generally the best option to use User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 53 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 between websites which may help with search engine performance Link Relationship XFN rel identity friendship physical professional geographical family romantic another web address of mine contact acquaintance friend none met co worker T colleague co resident neighbor none child kin parent sibling spouse 0 none E muse crush date E 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 ide
59. ories All Categories MostUsed El Blogroll E News E WordPress Add New Category Target Link Relationship XFN Advanced Thank you for creating with WordPress You are using a development version 3 4 RC1 20950 Cool Please stay updated 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 52 Name Save BBC News E Keep this link private Example Nifty blogging software Add Link Web Address http news bbe co uk Example http wordpress org don tforgetthe http Description The BBC News Website This will be shown when someone hovers over the link in the blogroll or optionally below the link Categories All Categories MostUsed E Blogroll Y News El WordPress Add New Category You also have a number of advanced options available 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 _blank Will
60. ottom of the screen Once you ve set all the options for each comment press the Moderate Comments button and the changes will be saved WordPress Sandbox 3 Comments Add New Hel Howdy admin P y t Dashboard EY Comments 2 Posts Search Comments All Pending 3 Approved Spam 0 Trash 2 Sarroca 3 Media Bulk Actions gt Apply Show all comment types Filter gitems Links a El Pages E Author Comment In Response To O PP Frank Jones Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 59 pm WordPress is Great v r f ry eu Com Thank you for this thought provoking piece View Post En Appearance i amp Plugins A John Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 58 pm WordPress is Great P john gmail com Couldn t agree more Q View Post A Users 4 Th Tools F Barrie Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 58 pm WordPress is Great Settings VA Epia A com Great article thanks Q View Post 4 Collapse menu E Author Comment In Response To Bulk Actions Apply gitems 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 48 QUICK EXERCISES 1 Write an offensive we don t mean with swear words just something harsh comment on your blog Then de
61. over 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 42 a 1 You can Save at any point without publishing and that will create a draft of the page if it hasn t yet been published 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 P Search Home About Sample Page ARCHIVES WordPress is G Maxember 2011 Posted on November 21 2011 Site Admin Log out Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus a tristique ipsum interdum at Nulla elementum fringilla consequat Posted in Uncategorized Leave a reply 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
62. ow 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 Navigation Label Title 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 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 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
63. p 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 if 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 33 A St ng The additional options for writing pages are covered in the section Writing Pages Post Formats When you are 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 w
64. pearance Y Themes Widgets Menus Theme Options Background Header Editor Plugins Installed Plugins Add New Editor amp Users All Users Add New Your Profile Th Tools Available Tools Import Export Settings General Writing Reading Discussion Media Privacy Permalinks Manage the Appearance of the site Manage plugins to extend the site s functionality Manage users including you reset passwords Tools to assist in jobs such as exporting content Settings that control how the site functions User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 10 Set A There s also an alternative less screen hungry option which is 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 renna When you click it you will get a smaller icon only version of the menu When in this collapsed mode sub pages again appear as fly outs when hovering the mouse over a link See Tools link below Ep 2 Dashboard Discussion O Comments O Approved O Pending O Spam get queries Google Blog Search so that when another blog links to your site it will show up incoming links yet Its okay there is no rush xv Right Now P Content amp 1 Post O Pages 1 Category En O Tags S Theme Twenty Eleven with 0 Widgets B You are using WordPress 3 4 RC1 20950 Th Tools 87 Available
65. pecifies 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 respectively 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 Color 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 corner User G
66. pose in life For example an about page r sum 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 Other Post Types in WordPress plugins and themes may add other post types which look a bit like Posts or Pages but behave in different ways User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 13 24 0 Sa Adding and Editing Content Rather than go on too much about the concepts above website structure and methods sometimes it s better to simply get cracking so let s start to get some content into the site right away You re now going to go to Posts and add a new one WordPress provides a number of tools for editing and for image management It allows you to e
67. r 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 63 aan Recent Posts Title Recent Posts Number of posts to show 3 Delete Close 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 Widgets Available Widgets v Main Sidebar v Drag widgets from here to a sidebar on the right to activate them Drag widgets back here to deactivate them and delete their settings Archives Calendar A monthly archive of your site s posts A calendar of your site s posts z Showcase Sidebar v Categories Custom Menu Alistor dropdown of categories Use this widget to add one of your custom Footer Area One y menus as a widget Links Meta Footer Area Two gt Your blogroll Log in out admin feed and WordPress links Footer Area Three v Paqes Recent Comments Your site s WordPress Pages The most recent comments Recent Posts RSS The most recent posts on your site Entries from any RSS or At Drag Widget to Main Sidebar Search Taq Cloud A search form for your site Your most used
68. r you want uploaded files to be organised into month and year based folders Privacy 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 60 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 the 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
69. 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 83 ad cS se WordPress As A Service WAAS WordPress As A Service isn t a new concept WordPress com has been around for years now but WAAS sites are growing in popularity Some are really targeting specific niches and have customised WordPress extensively in order to do so ina slick manner and you may find the guide above isn t a good fit for their service whilst others leave WordPress almost untouched The guide above really refers to standalone WP installations and avoids covering customisations but most providers will document and assist with their own peculiarities Provider Niche Description WordPress com Blogging The big one where millions of bloggers share their thoughts the site is supported by advertising and the purchase of upgrades including ones allowing you to be ad free use your own domain etc happytables Restaurants amp Built in England by a team with very specific vertical Bars markets in mind this service allows you to quickly and easily build an elegant site for your restaurant or bar
70. rdPress is Grel F Interesting Cats for 20 11 A Pending Post from a contributor awaiting View all categories Filter Categories WordPress Uncategorized Uncategorized No Tags No Tags No Tags approval from an Editor Higher Apply Search Posts 2011 11 21 Last Modified 2 hours ago Published 2 hours ago Published 2 hours ago Published Date 4 items 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 included 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 pa
71. s that not all themes have styling for every widget to fit in every space Be careful as 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 is quick but if you re working on a busy or important site then it can cause problems for visitors User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 65 _ am En i Custom Headers The Custom Header feature allows you to change the look of your site s header area from the WordPress dashboard without you 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 Si Preview WordPress Sandbox Header Image Preview Area ss site Upload Image You can upload a custom headepwffage to be shown at the top of your site instead of the default one On the next screen you will be able to crop the image Images of exactly 1009 288 pixels will be used as is Choose an Be from your computer Browse Upload Default Images Ifyou don t want to
72. s 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 22 X o Se So click on Show for each image and you ll get a dialog expanding into place T a o File name Jellyfish1 jpg File type image jpeg Upload date November 18 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 contentluploads 2011 11 Jellyfish1 jpg None File URL PostURL Enter a link URL or click above for presets Alignment O None Left O Center O Right Size O Thumbnail 290 x 290 O Medium 80 x 60 Large Full Size 1024 x 768 Insert into Post Use as featured image Delete Save all changes 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 bu
73. 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 according 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 there 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 This is a very useful tool for some busie
74. t co uk 01832 280 032 Page 38 X Sa O Name Description Slug E WordPress wordpress E Trivia trivia E News news Uncategorized uncategorized E Name Description Slug Posts 10 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 39 A US 33 ns E WordPress Sandbox P Search ARCHIVES WordPress is Great November 2011 Posted on November 21 2011 META Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis Login imperdiet purus a tristique ipsum interdum at Nulla elementum fringilla consequat Posted in Uncategorized Leave a reply Interesting Cats for 2011 Posted on November 21 2011 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adip
75. t it also allows you to create a link to another website here 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 23 ls n Sal 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 The default thumbnail size can be changed under Settings Media 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 37 Add New Post Post with Image Permalink http localhost 201 1 1 1 post with image Edit Upload Insert Visual HTML B Ij Ela AREA Fomat U A 2 oQ 9 Co Jellyfish Path div dl wp caption alignleft dd wp caption dd Word count 5 Draft saved at 2 20 41 pm User Guide for WordPress
76. t to use them quickly from the keyboard Help Contains lots of useful infarmatinn 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 You ll see a full description of all these options in Setting Posting and Page Options User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 15 x OS O ee Pl Text Styling Notes When you re writing you may have a style guide or content strategy to work with and you should follow its guidance If this is your own site the following will be useful to you when choosing what text styles to apply in your content 1 Heading 1 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 reserved for the site title at the top of the page and H2 for the post or page s title 2 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 3 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 4 Some themes may override your styling decisions for example enforcing ali
77. tcuts for comment moderation More information when viewing site in dashboard John Usernames cannot be changed Contributor John John con trib com Share a little biographical information to fill out your profile This may be shown publicly If you would like to change the password type a new one Otherwise leave this blank Type your new password again Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use Strength indicator 9 upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols like amp 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 58 B Set lt 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 59 ad cS SG Managing Options and Settings The WordPress software allows you to control many settings on your website Click on Settings and you will s
78. tegory 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 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
79. 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 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 82 X po a Search Engines Search engines will bring your website traffic Typically around 25 35 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 great content usually means great traffic after a while 10 11 Don t write just for the search engines because when you do that visitors are quickly aware of your attempts to stuff keywords into every sentence Link Out because quality links add quality to your own site Keywords are more important in headers and titles but
80. to grasp languages and code such as HTML and CSS With WordPress you have the system to manage the content along with easy to install themes that look after the visual presentation of the site These can be paid for or downloaded for free from sites such as http wordpress org or theme clubs such as http woothemes com http ithemes com and more What WordPress also does is to make possible the building of a well 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 telecoms com The biggest limit is imagination and the beauty of this system is that you get to spend less time fighting your website and more time on being creative Great Things About WordPress 1 It s easy to learn 2 It s stable 3 It s used by millions of people around the globe 4 It scales well 5 It s simple yet flexible 6 Developers love working with it 7 It has a huge range of free and premium themes which can add functionality and style to your site 8 It has a vast selection of plugins that can add new features and tricks to your site 9 If you do learn html css or php you can extend what you ve got 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 User Guide for
81. toresing Com for 2011 Pateando 24 2091 Lorem prum dolor st amet consectetur adipescing eit Petertesque congue viverra Guamas Vestibulum at dam id augue lobortis scelrisue non ae fetes O User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 74 Creating Custom Menus This guide to the WordPress Menu system introduced in WO 3 0 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 From the Appearance menu on the left hand side of the Dashboard select the Menus option to bring up the menu editor You should see something similar to the screenshot below in your browser window Screen Options Help Y Menus Custom Links Menu Name Ente To create a custom menu give it a name above and click Create Menu Then choose items like pages categories or custom links from the left column to add to this menu After you have added your items drag and drop to put them in the order you want You can also click each item to reveal additional configuration options Pages When you have finished building your custom menu make sure you
82. tration 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 37 w WordPress Sandbox Updates Y 9 Comments Add New Help Dashboard gt Categories All Posts Add New Category Add New Categories Name Tags Media The name is how it appears on your site Links Slug Pages Q Comments The slug is the URL friendly version of the name It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers and hyphens Eo Appearance amp Plugins o Parent A Users None y Categories unlike tags can have a hierarchy You might have a Th Tools Jazz category and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band Totally optional 47 Settings Description A The description is not prominent by default however some themes may show it Add New Category Howdy admin i Search Categories Bulk Actions y Apply 1 item Name Description Slug Posts Uncategorized uncategorized 5 E Name Description Slug Posts Bulk Actions Apply 1 item Note Deleting a category does not delete the posts in that category Instead posts that were only
83. uide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 73 WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site WordPress Is Great WordPress Is Great Interesting Cats for 2011 Posted on August 24 2011 Our First News Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Pellentesque congue viverra euismod Vestibulum at diam id augue lobortis scelerisque non ac felis CATEGORIES Trivia Uncategorized Posted in Trivia WordPress 1 Reply WordPress PAGES 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 looks as if it came from a separate image You can solve this problem in two ways either use a very large background image and accept that this will make your site load more slowly especially for new visitors or use a background image with a repeating pattern There are websites like http repeatxrepeaty com which offer ready made repeating 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 A WordPress Sandbox Just anotrer WerePrest ste WordPress Is Great ANGINA in
84. upload your own image you can use one of these cool headers or show a random one 9 Random Show a different image on each page Remove Image This will remove the header image You will not be able to restore any customizations Remove Header Image Display Text No Yes dex Color 000 selecta Color Save Changes 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 66 5 Set a In this part of the guide we will upload our own image crop it using the integrated cropping tool and get it to display on the site All from the comfort of your Web Browser 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 Crop Header Image C
85. us 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 Inthe 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 MostRecent ViewAll Search Home Home Clients Contact E Thank You F Credentials Home Newsletter Signup Privacy Policy Team E Adrian Clark Project Manager F Maid Dawe Mirartar m 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 77 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 wind
86. ve users Edit the details of a user Manage the content created by a user O You can manage and set up users by clicking on the Users link in the menu Screen Options y Help B Users Addnew All 3 Administrator 1 Contributor 2 Search Users Bulk Actions v Apply Change role to Change gitems E Username Name E mail Role Posts admin admin localhost com Administrator 3 E Guest guest guest com Contributor 0 F John con trib com Contributor 0 E Username Name E mail Role Posts En Bulk Actions y Apply y 3 items 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 or to transfer the users posts and links to another user Be careful Delete all posts and all the content by that author will
87. 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 Speed 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 Speed 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 Speed to bring up the menu As you did when removing posts User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 44 N Sal _ gt Cc A Ss Y From the menu click the Quick Edit option A number of options should now appear as shown the screenshot below QUICK EDIT Title Parent Main Page no parent Slug Order 0 Date Aug x 24 2011 12 01 Template Default Template y Author admin z Y Allow Comments Password OR Private Status Published y Title Author Q Date
88. y 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 User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 47 Howdy admin vf ne zag comment Once signed in you will be asked for confirmation click yes and the comment will now be visible to all site visitors 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 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 b
89. ys 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 Windows User Guide for WordPress 3 4 speed net co uk 01832 280 032 Page 36 24 E 2g Creating and managing your categories 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 site owner who ends up having to re categorise all their content later down the line 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 Categories All Categories MostUsed Uncategorized Add New Category For the categories we re going to use we need to go to Posts and then Categories in the WordPress adminis

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