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1. a 1 placerat ante Mauris faucibus consequat ligula non blandit Te i Donec hendrerit lorem et sapien ultrices blandit sit amet et 2s alighthouse purus Vestibulum pretium sem ac mi suscipit cursus Donec diam urna tempor eu ullamcorper id suscipit a quam Proin id nibh ut turpis pulvinar malesuada Posted in News Leave a reply a i A Recent Photographs Posted on December 10 2012 ai a Date 25 01 13 Page 76 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Creating Custom Menus This guide to the WordPress Menu system introduced in WP 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 2 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 D Menus m Menu Name To create a custom menu give it a name above and click Create Menu Then choose items like pages cate
2. drag and drop interface You can drag menu items up or down to change their order of appearance in the menu or you can drag them left or right in order to create a multi level menu structure To make one menu item a subordinate of another item then position it underneath and drag it slightly to the right of the main menu item This section will build on the example menu used in the previous section Currently the menu only consists of main menu Level 1 items as can been seen in the screenshot below Date 25 01 13 Page 81 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it navmenu Automatically add new top level pages Menu Name navmenu Delete Menu Home About Page 2 Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Level 1 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
3. It also sets options for syndication this is a system that allows people to use readers to access your information remotely via RSS feeds As of version 3 5 you can also now find a Search Engine Visibility checkbox here Before 3 5 this was in a separate section called Privacy 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 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 whether you want uploaded files to be organised into month and year based folders 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 Permalink changes are one of the most common ways for people to make their websites inaccessible so do be careful in here Always remember the setting you changed from so that you can go back if you need to Managing the Look amp Feel of your w
4. 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 category called knitting along with perhaps some relevant tags against posts such as crochet and machine knit could be the way to go 2 Resist the temptation to clutter your website with logos affiliate links and advertising There s nothing at all wrong with links and logos but a sea of them is confusing and distracts people away from the main purpose of your site 3 Edit your content carefully for spelling grammar and suitable content When you publish whether it s within a magazine or on the internet you take a certain level of responsibility for the information you disseminate 4 The front page of your site is important and should contain at least some information about what who you are and what you do this can help not only site visitors to know what it is you re doing online but will also hel
5. The Navigation Label option will be given value of Page 2 and the Title Attribute value will be changed to a value of Click here for Page 2 The steps you will need to take are listed below e Left click on the arrow in the top right hand corner of the menu item box The menu item box should then expand and the options we need to edit should be visible Date 25 01 13 Page 80 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it e Enter the values for the Navigation Label and Title Attribute that you want to assign to the menu item and then click the Save Menu button to save the changes In the menu editor the title for the menu item you edited should have now been changed to the value you entered for the Navigation Label option In the case of this example it now has the label Page 2 instead of Another New Page 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
6. 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 for example the interconnect it Spots plugin adds a post type for all those little snippets of content you see on a website in sidebars and footers such as copyright notices Date 25 01 13 Page 12 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 easily manage your content with a familiar editing interface You don t need to learn HTML just the skills you ve already acquired using word processors like Microsoft Word Creating your first post using the visual editor You can easily enter format text using the visual editor if you re familiar with any word processing packa
7. Administrator can do anything other users can do as well as e Change all settings e Switch themes e Activate amp edit plugins e Edit users e Edit files e Manage options e Import We recommend that the highest level that someone is assigned is Editor even the administrator will find that the Editor level is adequate for most tasks while preventing the possibility of inadvertently making a critical change to the site An Editor can do anything a lower level of user can do as well as e Moderate comments e Manage categories e Manage links e Enter unfiltered html as in html with any content at all a potentially dangerous facility e Edit published posts e Edit other contributor s posts e Edit pages Most people creating content through posts on the website will be Authors An Author can do anything a lower level of user can do as well as e Upload files e Publish posts A contributor really doesn t have a great 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 A subscriber can read content on the website and make comments Although depending on your settings for your site it s possible for non subscribers to make comments also Page 55 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it There are a number of tasks around users that you may
8. JetPack plugin this is an alternative http wordpress org extend plugins carousel without jetpack TablePress TablePress enables you to create and manage tables without having to write HTML code and it adds valuable functions for your visitors http tablepress or WordPress SEO Easy Search Engine Optimisation SEO for your site by the SEO master Joost de Valk He ain t humble but he knows his stuff http wordpress org extend plugins wordpress seo Date 25 01 13 Page 87 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Akismet A plugin which will help to automatically filter soam from the comments section on your site This is preinstalled with all versions of WordPress but if you will need an API key which starts from free and goes up according to use cases http akismet com Edit Flow Can help to provide editorial support to your site through the use of custom statuses ability to view posts pending via a calendar new ways to manage your users and content and much more Google This plugin simply adds the JavaScript code needed to log the Analyticator performance of your site on Google Analytics Display Widgets Enables sidebar widgets to be displayed or hidden on specified pages Services The following services have shortcodes or embed codes which can be used to easily publish the services within your WordPress site Audio Files e Soundcloud e Audiob
9. O WordPress Sandbox e New Sennen gt Dashboard Home Updates Right Now sp Posts Content Discussion 3 Media 7 Posts O Comments amp Links 3 Pages O Approved iC Pages 4 Categories O Pending Comments O Tags O Spam E Appearance Theme Twenty Twelve with 3 Widgets Plugins You are using WordPress 3 5 R Users T Tools Recent Comments z7 Settings Incoming Links This dashboard widget queries Google Blog Search so that when another blog links to your site it will show up here It has found no incoming links yet It s okay there is no rush Plugins Most Popular Facebook install Make your WordPress site social in a couple of clicks powered by Facebook Newest Plugins MailSales Install Subscription form for russian users of service E mail Marketing selling mailing QuickPress Add Media Save Draft Reset Recent Drafts Post with Image caption id attachment_264 align alignleft width 150 Jellyfish cap WordPress Blog WordPress 3 5 Elvin De It s the most wonderful time of the year a new WordPress release is av and developers alike We re calling this one Elvin in honor of drummer addition to many others If you ve been around WordPress a while the n WordPress 3 5 Release Candidate 3 The third release candidate for WordPress 3 5 is now available We ve r RC2 that we can t wait to get into your hands Hope you re ready to do media manager based on lot
10. Peek Display name publicly as Peek Contact Info E mail required peek interconnectit com Website AIM Yahoo IM Jabber Google Talk About the user Biographical Info Share a little biographical information to fill out your profile This may be shown publicly New Password If you would like to change the password type a new one Otherwise leave this blank Type your new password again Strenath indicator Hint The password should be at least seven characters long To make it stronger use 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 58 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Manage the content created by a user You will see that in the User List you have a number against each user in the Posts column This shows the number of postings made by that user If you click on that number you will be taken to the Posts page showing the posts as made by that user and from there you can edit or delete posts to your heart s content ge Users Addnew All 3 Administrator 1 Contributor i Bulk Actions Apply Change role to Change Username Name admin F Guest F Peek E Username Name
11. Preview Details Delete Activate Live Preview Details Delete 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 corner 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 this as it can in certain circumstances present a security threat to your site if ohp 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 You may also experience problems with the required image sizes being different If this gets you use the Resize Thumbnails plugin from Alex Mills to bulk change all your different image sizes so they more accurately fit your theme Date 25 01 13 Page 61 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Theme Customiser WordPress 3 4 introduced the Theme Customizer which offers you an easy way to change some of the options on your theme WordPress Sandbox lus
12. 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 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 S 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 ona screen When you click it a set of options will slide down much like this one below Date 25 01 13 Page 11 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it a Dashboard Show on screen W Categories All Posts 20 Posts Apply Add New Categories Tags se Posts Adanew So if you ever read this guide or see one online and think Nope that tool or field isn t av
13. You should see something similar to the screenshot below Help Custom Background Background Image Preview Select Image Choose an image from your computer Choose File No file chosen Or choose an image from your media library Choose Image Display Options Background Color Select Color Save Changes If you have not already configured any Custom Background options you will see the default settings shown for the theme you are using You can set the background colour using one of two methods Using the integrated colour picker or inputting the hexadecimal value of the colour you want to use manually into the Color option textbox We ll be covering the colour selector method in this guide as it s the most intuitive If you prefer to enter the hexadecimal colour code manually you may find it useful to visit http html color codes info to obtain the relevant hexadecimal codes for the colour you want 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 70 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Background Color Current Color fcfdfc Default Shade Tone Selector Drag with mouse Colour Selector Save selection when finished Colour Range Selector For the sake of this example cho
14. a fresh install of WordPress you ll find that WordPress 3 5 and above has no Links Manager A simple plugin or theme option if you re working with a developer can add this feature back in if you need it If however your install is older and you ve upgraded the Links Manager remains So for completeness sake we re keeping this in the guide for now Many 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 O WordPress Sandbox 1 New Howdy admin a Dashboard A Screen Options Help Z LINKS AddNew s Posts Search Links C Media f T f ae Bulk Actions v Apply View all categories Filter Name URL Categories Relationship Visible Rating All Links Add New Documentation codex wordpress org Blogroll Yes 0 Link Categories Plugins wordpress org extend plugins Blogroll Yes 0 E Pages m g vordpress org plug g Comments Suggest Ideas wordpress org extend ideas Blogroll Yes 0 fo Appearance Plugins Support Forum wordpress org support Blogroll Yes 0 amp Users m Themes wordpress org extendithemes Bl
15. image The alt text is much more important to blind users than the title Do make sure it s not a repeat of the title however that s duplication that doesn t go down well Attachment Display Settings Alignment This allows you to set how the image is aligned Link To This allows you to choose if you want the image to link to the Attachment Page the default option a custom URL a media file or none no link The attachment page is the address of the original image you ve uploaded by default but it also allows you to create a link to another website here 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 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 23 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 v
16. now create the first subordinate page to About called Interconnect IT In there you can put some information about us the providers of this guide You ll also need to set the page hierarchy accordingly so First things first you need to create your Interconnect IT page if you haven t already done so before continuing In the dashboard select Pages from the Pages menu and hover over the mouse pointer over the page entry titled Interconnect IT to bring up the menu As you did when removing posts From the menu click the Quick Edit option A number of options should now appear as shown the screenshot below Date 25 01 13 Page 44 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it QUICK EDIT Title Interconnect IT Slug interconnect it Date 12 Dec z 13 2012 10 Author admin a Password OR Cancel Private Parent Main Page no parent M Order 0 Template Default Template X 7 Allow Comments Status Published v 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 correspo
17. 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 82 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it navMmenu Menu Name navmenu Delete Menu Home About Page 2 Child Page 1 Child Page Level 1 E Automatically add new top level pages Save Menu Custom a Gu Le JE Page Save Menu e Click the Save Menu button to save the changes Your new menu with the structure described in the example should now be created Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 83 Interconnect it The Menu in Action OK you should be all done with creating the menu now If the theme you use supports WordPress menus in this example I m using the Twenty Eleven theme which does include menu support then you should only see the four main Level 1 options The two sub menu Level 2 items created in the example should appear in a separate sub menu when you place your mouse cursor over the Page 2 menu item See the screenshot below Home About Page 2 Level 1 Child Page 1 WordPres Child Page 2 Date 25 01 13 Page 84 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Site Tips
18. table illustrates the different effects of each target option _blank _top _none Will open the link in a new window handy where you need a link to not take someone away from your website but should only be used with good reason as people hate getting a new window after following every link Opens the link in the top most frame or window This is very rarely used and should only be considered if you ve got good reason for it it can be incredibly annoying to visitors Conventional behaviour the link will open in the current window this is generally the best option to use 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 colleague co resident neighbor none child kin parent sibling Spouse none muse crush date sweetheart lf the link is to a person you can specify your relationship with them using the above form If you would like to learn more about the idea check out XFN Advan
19. 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 www spectator co uk 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 with your content Great Things About WordPress It s easy to learn It s stable It s used by millions of people around the globe It scales well It s simple yet flexible Developers love working with it It has a huge range of free and premium themes which can add functionality and style to your site 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 oe ee oS sa 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 The Dashboard has been updated in WordPress 3 5 to now use a full all HiDPI retina support so that it should look great regardless of the device used to view it Date 25 01 13 Page 5 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Getting Started When you get WordPress installed you won t have any content in your site beyon
20. the screenshot below 20 Crop Header Image Choose the part of the image you want to use as your header a A Image Selector Uploaded Image Preview Crop and Publish Skip Cropping Publish Image as Is Date 25 01 13 Page 67 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 Alternatively you can choose to publish as is with no cropping Date 25 01 13 Page 68 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 S Hel 80 Custom Header p Header updated Visit your site to see how it looks Header Image WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site Select Image You can select an image to be shown at the top of your site by uploading from your computer or choosing from your media library After selecting an image
21. this e mail can be turned off and you can click directly on a link within the email in order to approve the Date 25 01 13 Page 47 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 bottom of the screen Once you ve set all the options for each comment press the Moderate Comments button and the changes will be saved WordPress Sandbox 3 Comments Add New Help Howdy admin iy Dashboard _ amp Comments 5 Posts Search Comments All Pending 3 Approved Spam 0 T
22. your computer Choose File No file chosen Image Positioning Options Or choose an image from your media library Choose Image Display Options Image Repeat Options Position Let Center Right Repeat No Repeat Tile Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Attachment Scroll Fixed Background Color Select Color Attachment Options Save Changes Background colour for area not occupied by image You should be able to see a smaller version of your image in the Image Preview box If you want to use another image you can just click the Remove Background Image button and repeat the Upload process again Date 25 01 13 Page 72 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it If you take a look at how your site looks at this point you may see that the background image is shown in one corner of the screen and the rest of the background is blank See the screenshot below oe WordPress Is Great December 2012 November 2012 3 December 10 2012 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Site Admin Log out sectetu placerat ante Mauns faucibus consequat ligula non blandit s blandi sit amet et Done puru suscip cursu one rper id suscipit a juan malesuada Recent Photographs Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 73 Interconnect it
23. 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 up If checked allows a visitor to add comments to the posting albeit according to rules defined in Settings Discussion This means that if someone links to the posting from another website using similar software you will be notified on the Dashboard page and the trackback may show in the comments section 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
24. Bulk Actions Apply Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 E mail admin localhost local guest guest com peek interconnectit com E mail Screen Options Role Administrator Contributor Contributor Role Help Search Users Page 59 Interconnect it Managing Options and Settings The WordPress software allows you to control many settings on your website Click on Settings and you will see seven links within which you can change many options Most are clearly explained on the control panels but for extra detail we believe you may find useful see below General Writing Reading Discussion Media Permalinks Allows you to set the title of your website its tagline URI the web address information and date representation Here you can set the various options surrounding how you can write posts It also allows you to set the size number of lines of the textbox in the Post editor as well as the default category used for newly created links and posts You can also create a secret email address to which you can send new entries for your site this can be good if you need to update the site from difficult locations or via a smartphone This shows settings for reading the website for example how many posts will be shown at a time on a page You can also select a Post or Page to be displayed on the front page of the site
25. Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Adding Items to a Menu In this example we ll add 6 pages to the menu we created in the previous section One of the pages added in this example will point to the Home page of the site The steps you will need to take are listed below e 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 Most Recent View All E E m lL Home Home About E WordPress Another New Page T Child Page 1 Child Page 2 E Interconnect IT E Level 1 Sample Page Select All Search Add to Menu e Select the pages you want to add to your menu by clicking the checkbox to the left of each item s title In this example the Home About Another New Page Child Page 1 Child Page 2 and Level 1 Pages will be used When you have selected the pages you want to include click the Add to Menu button located in the bottom right hand corner You should now see a series of boxes with the page titles of the items you added in the previous step on the left hand side of each box e Click the Save Menu button to save the changes Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guid
26. 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 Position Repeat Attachment Color Description Sets the position of the image on the page You can set the position to Left Centre or Right Specifies whether the image should be repeated that is displayed multiple times in the background You can specify one of four values for this option No Repeat Tile Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically Selecting No Repeat will set the background image to be displayed only once The Tile Option will set the background image to be repeated or Tiled from the top left corner of the browser window all the way to the bottom right corner of the browser window The Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically options cause the background image to repeat from left to right and from top to bottom 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 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 littl
27. Interconnect it WordPress User Guide For WordPress 3 5 and above 17 December 20 2 Version 3 5 Copyright 2012 Interconnect IT Ltd UK Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 1 Interconnect it Table of Contents WoraPress User GUO crestinesti nenii a oen ee a A E S a e A E EEIE eii 1 TE Ol OC Go e E T E A 2 VCO GIUIET 1O p APEE AAE PE EEE TEE A O AE E TE EE A TT 4 GOS MEMO orean E E R E a 4 ESV VON CUP OSE ireen E e N E EA EEE N 5 PSCC ONC COD IS er E E E E 5 Great Things About WOrdPTesS ccccsscccccssscceceeseccceesececcenecceeesececeusecceeenecesseneceesausecessuaecessuneeseseees 5 CENE CaO r E TE A E E E 6 Navigating Around the Administration Panel ccccccssscccccsseccceessccessesececeeeeceeeeeecceeeeecessuaeceetenes 10 TE TOODA eee E E E cine te adores eer eeeats goose areca nods ieee 11 DECC ODT ONNS e E E vevatbaerevahiastev rier nniniectecueenetoenieastocints 11 Understanding the differences between your pages ANC your POSTS cccccccssecceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 12 Adding and Editing Content cscccssssccessscccnsscnensscussecesseceussenensseneusseneuscceeseseusseseueseneusseneusss 13 Creating your first post using the visual editor ccecccssseccceeseccceeesececeesececeeseceeseeecetsueceeseges 13 VOM ON OSES cspictareusesce antici E thes sedunser vore seus des4euaseuilytines sean eoneneisnentecyoursseu
28. Say a few nice things about WordPress Date 25 01 13 Page 46 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Publishing Content Created by Other Contributors If you re an Administrator or Editor you can publish the work created by Contributors Authors can publish their own work but cannot publish the work of other users As an Editor you ll need to be aware of drafts that are awaiting publication Usually the contributor should inform you that they ve completed a document and when you select Posts and Edit in the administration panel you will see a list of Other s Drafts as pending AN WordPress Sandbox Comments Add New Help Howdy admin N Dashboard SP Posts Acanew aaa All 4 Published 3 Pending 1 Trash 12 Search Posts osts Add New Bulk Actions Apply Show all dates View all categories Filter 4 items Categories I E Title Author Categories Tags sd Date ma m mk GC me m a S O S S M S M 1 l Media T Contributor Post Pending John WordPress No Tags O 2011 11 21 l 1 as A Last Modified l CS eee L AAAA WordPress is Gre admin Uncategorized No Tags 2 hours ago E Pages a Published Q Comments Interesting Cats for 2011 admin Uncategorized No Tags O 2 hours ago A Published Appearance i p SA Porm Our First News A Pending Post from a contributor awaiting T 2hoursago oe 7 Published GA Users approval from an Editor Higher Tit
29. _guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 Make the lead sentence bold Italicise some words for emphasis 3 Create some links to external sites 4 Create an image gallery using some of the images on your computer 5 Add your favourite YouTube video to a post Date 25 01 13 Page 41 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Writing Pages and Structuring Them Pages are essentially similar to Posts but as explained in Understanding the difference between pages and posts they differ in that they contain information that is by and large static your resume 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 i WordPress Sandbox 1 RP New Howdy admin 9 amp f ianh Add New Page P Posts gt Publish 3 Media Links Save Dra
30. ailable 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 For those of you that manage WordPress sites for clients it s worth knowing about this as people or WordPress changes hiding things and not realising later generally make up the largest number of support calls made Similarly a lot of documentation available assumes that all of the widgets available on a page have been activated when this is often not the case Understanding the differences between your pages and your posts Before we start working on your site it s important to have a clear understanding of the difference between pages and posts Pages are usually those which have a static purpose in life For example an about page resume 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
31. at use the plugin by Alex Mills called Regenerate Thumbnails It ll change all the images on your site to the newly specified sizes Date 25 01 13 Page 30 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 2 v olPDrqcC2MGM and to embed it into your WordPress site is really easy Simply put all you need to do is to copy ctri c the URL from the browser bar and then paste it into the visual editor as so Video Test Permalink http 127 0 0 1 4001 wordpress p 299 Change Permalinks E Add Media visna BilmwEFi ckes 29 858 008 Paragraph U Ar fim 2 o http www youtube com watch v olPDrgqC 2MGM And now if you look at the post it should look something like the image on the next page 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 th
32. bold is not particularly important to a search engine or parser 4 Some themes may override your styling decisions for example enforcing alignment 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 More on Posts If you are an Editor or Administrator on the site you will have a Publish button If you re an author you ll only be able to save your content but your Editor or Admin will be able to publish for you once informed 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 WordPress has autosave functionality so you won t lose anything if your browser crashes and has a revision history making it possible to see changes and revert to older versions of posts and pages That s for a more advanced guide however Date 25 01 13 Page 15 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it W WordPress Sandbox New Howdy admin B a Dashboard Screen Options Help Li A y Add New Post All Posts pcre Add New Save Draft Pr
33. ced In the Advanced Links options you have a range of options Image Address RSS Address Notes Rating Date 25 01 13 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 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 You can keep notes about links here This is used in some themes widgets and plugins as a way of ordering links Page 54 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Administering WordPress This section describes the range of tasks usually carried out only by Administrators Managing Users WordPress has the incredibly useful ability to define different levels of users It doesn t have the level of power that you get with full content management systems where tens of pages of content are being created daily However managing users in a complex system can quickly become a full time job and the level of control in WordPress is usually perfect for the smaller organisation You have five levels roles of user Administrator Editor Author Contributor Subscriber Date 25 01 13 The very highest level of user the
34. crolling 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 75 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 We don t recommend patterns like that for most websites NA ae ln ee ee a ia Oe See bean S g A WordPress Sandbox P Searci AN Just another WordPress site l AYN a a Home About Interconnect IT Sample Page ARCHIVES WordPress Is Great December 2012 November 2012 Posted on December 10 2012 x R META Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet a Site Admin consectetur adipiscing elit Aenean Log out auctor eleifend est sed vulputate In M ac diam sapien Vivamus sed A i A
35. cture is selected a blue box surrounds the image and a tick is shown in the top right corner showing it has been selected On hovering over the tick it turns into a minus which when clicked will deselect the image You can click to select as many images as you want to insert into your post Thumbnails of the images are shown at the bottom of the screen where you have the option to edit or clear your selection If you press Edit it takes just your selected images to another window where you can remove or reorder them You can also create a new gallery with them if you wish Date 25 01 13 Page 22 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Insert Media Upload Files All media items ATTACHMENT DETAILS Media Library Jellyfish jpg Embed From URL Jellyfish ATTACHMENT DISPLAY SETTINGS Right Attachment Page v Thumbnail 150 150 B 4 selected ON a Create a new gallery Insert into post Edit Clear When you select an image the details for it are shown in the right column Let s go through the options and controls Title this is the title of the image Caption the caption text for the image This appears to have replaced the Description section from previous versions of WP This text appears under the image when it is posted on the website Alternative Text a brief description of the
36. d images of twenty twelve theme Updated recommended plugins and services 11 17 01 2012 David Coveney Copy editing styling changes revisions and content updates for readability additional plugins Date 25 01 13 Page 93 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5
37. d 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 W WORDPRESS Usemame admin Password E Remember Me Lost your password Back to WordPress Sandbox 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 unless you were already logged in in which case you ll see the dashboard 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 6 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it
38. de fi Dashboard Home Manage your Dashboard and view Theme amp Plugin updates Updates sr Posts Create Edit and Manage Posts Media Manage your Media Library aP Links Manage Links Pages Create Edit and Manage static Pages gt Comments Moderate Manage and Delete Comments Appearance Manage the Appearance of the site fs Plugins a Manage Plugins to extend the site s functionality A Users Manage Users including your own reset passwords etc Ti Tools Tools to assist in jobs such as exporting content Settings Settings that control how the site functions Contract or expand the menu Date 25 01 13 Page 10 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 WordPress Sandbox 5 3 New SEO Howdy admin J 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
39. dropping in the bottom panel insert the individual images into the post or insert a gallery of attached images By clicking the Create a new gallery button the gallery settings options now become available See next image Here you can do the following e Select where the image should link to when clicked e Select how many columns you would like for displaying the gallery images e Check the random box if you want your images to be displayed in a random order on your site e Drag and drop images to reorder them You can also click the reverse order button Date 25 01 13 Page 27 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Cancel Gallery Edit Gallery Edit Gallery SSG SRP oe Careers meme Reversa arder GALLERY SETTINGS Add to Gallery Attachment Page 317 w Jellyfish Insert gallery To insert a gallery click on Insert gallery and the gallery graphic will be inserted into your post Post with Gallery Permalink http 127 0 0 1 4001 wordpress p 281 Change Permalinks Sh Add Media Visual Ble E ess 29 8B5 A008 Paragraph U A Ta ica 2 OQO gt 15 Image Gallery graphic Path p Word count 2 Draft saved at 12 09 53 pm Last edited by admin on December 10 2012 at 11 36 am Date 25 01 13 Page 28 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Versio
40. e Saving amp publishing your post or page Once you ve written your masterpiece you ll want to save it and then publish it i e Make it visible on the site for the whole world to see you ve probably already pushed that publish button but we re returning to it because there are various options that are worth learning Publis Save Draft Preview Status Draft Edit Visibility Public Edit Publish immediately Edit Move ta Trash Publish Date 25 01 13 Page 34 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 The following table gives a breakdown of the different functionality available here Preview This button allows you to preview how the content will look Status This shows the Status of your post for example whether it is visible Publish Private If you want to keep the post from prying eyes you can immediately do this If a post is private only registered members of edit the s
41. e 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 soam and soon Be careful If your site is hacked it can be really bad because many spammers try to hack WordPress sites in order to insert their own hidden links If you have a lot of poor quality links on your site you risk losing page rank Some themes perform better than others because the way content is output is very important Certain layouts perform worse than others too It s a bit of a black art but a good theme alone can make a dramatic difference Concentrate on great content rather than working the search engines trust me people link a lot to good stuff Page 86 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Recommended Plugins amp Services The following is a short list of plugins and Services which we at Interconnect IT have found to be very useful in extending the functionality of WordPress Whilst we believe that these plugins are secure and reliable we of course cannot make any warranty about their effectiv
42. e 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 using a rather customised but still familiar WP back end Date 25 01 13 Page 90 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Going Further WordPress is an incredibly powerful and flexible tool which is only just starting to be exploited by web builders and designers It provides easy functionality for the end user whilst also giving developers tight control over the display of in
43. e 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 74 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Depending on the image you have used you should see something similar to the screenshot below WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site Home About Interconnect IT Sample Page ARCHIVES WordPress Is Great December 2012 a November 2012 Posted on December 10 2012 i META Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet a Site Admin consectetur adipiscing elit Aenean Log out 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 ae alighthouse purus Vestibulum pretium sem ac mi suscipit cursus Donec diam urna tempor eu ullamcorper id suscipit a quam Proin id nibh ut turpis pulvinar malesuada Posted in News Leave a reply Recent Photographs Posted on December 10 2012 Now the background image fills the entire background area of the page If you try s
44. e docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 79 Interconnect it Deleting a menu item e To access the options for the relevant menu item find the corresponding menu item box in the right hand corner of the menu editor window and left click on the arrow icon in the top right hand corner of it The menu item box should then expand and the options we need to edit should be visible See the screenshot below for an example Another New Page Navigation Label Title Attribute Another New Page Onginal 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
45. e gone for a thumbnail with a caption In the editor it now looks like this x Add New Post Post with Image Permalink http 127 0 0 1 4001 wordpress p 279 Change Permalinks a Visual Text E J ax s 2 r e j i mM I I gt fe ii fae bh Yrihla amp A amp OQOeEH 2 oQ 3 5 Format U Path div dl wp caption algnleftt dd wp caption dd Word count 4 Draft saved at 5 54 20 pm Date 25 01 13 Page 24 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it And if you press the preview button you can see that on the website it looks like WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site HOME ABOUT SAMPLE SAMPLE PAGE Post with Image New post with an image imported into it Leave a reply Jellyfish This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 13 2012 Edit Date 25 01 13 Page 25 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it If you click on the picture within the visual editor you ll see two icons appear as shown to the left one ared 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 10 After uploading if you forgot to add
46. e 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 Categones Most Used Uncategorized Add New Category For the categories we re going to use we need to go to Posts and then Categories in the WordPress administration area For this site we want to create categories called News Trivia and WordPress To do this go back to your site Admin and click on Posts and then the Categories link beneath that You should see something like the screenshot below W WordPress Sandbox 2 Howdy admin ij Screen Options Help t Dashboard f k a s Categories Posts All Posts Add New Category Bulk Actions Apply 1 item Add New Categories Name E Name Description Slug Posts Tags j Uncategorized uncategorized 4 Media The name is how it appears on your site Li aa Links Slug E Name Description Slug Posts Pages Bulk Actions Apply 1 item Comments The slug is the URL friendly version of the name Itis usually all lowercase and contains only letters numbers fo Appearance and hyphens Note Deleting a category does not delete the posts in that category Instead posts that were only assigned to the KS i deleted category are set to the ca
47. ebsite Appearance In WordPress you have the facility to easily 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 60 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 a Xmas one or another designed for special company occasions like product launches or for sponsors Help im Manage Themes m Twenty Twelve By the WordPress team Version 1 1 The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device Features include a a front page template with its own widgets an optional display font styling for post formats on both index and single views and an optional no sidebar page template Make it yours with a custom menu header image and background Customize Widgets Menus Header Background Available Themes Search Installed Themes Feature Filter Function OC 2011 s Nearty Over Coraline Function Twenty Eleven By Automattic By Wycks Modified by Robert O Rourke By the WordPress team Activate Live Preview Details Delete Activate Live
48. ect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Do you need something special If you need more from your WordPress installation you may need some custom plugins or themes written or you may need to integrate your site with other tools such as membership subscription systems or similar For that you will need to approach a developer or company with suitable skills Be careful in choosing make sure you go to someone reputable reliable and professional The best will often be the most difficult to deal with they ll want to know exactly what you need so that they can deliver The worst will throw something together that may not suit your needs could easily fail to work in the long term and which could end up being an expensive mistake Beware of strangers bearing gifts Apologies for the odd title but this is worth noting Not all websites providing free themes and plugins are honest and reputable Of course most of them are But the Internet is a dangerous place People write code with malicious or greedy intent you could install a theme which is used by somebody in order to make your server deliver soam promote other people s websites or similar And if you re not confident of looking at the code you can t be sure Consequently the safest approach is to use the likes of WordPress s own Extend library here code is reviewed by others and rated Anything malicious or even just insecure is more likely to be noticed he
49. emoved from your website It s usually better unless that user was filling your site with nonsense to attribute their posts to another user Date 25 01 13 Page 56 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it S Delete Users You have specified this user for deletion ID 3 Guest What should be done with posts owned by this user Delete all posts Attribute all posts to admin Confirm Deletion Once you re satisfied with the selection press the Confirm Deletion button Don t forget you can do this for multiple users Also no undo Be careful Edit the details of a user You may wish to change details and settings relating to a user in which case when you hover over a user s details you ll see the edit link pop into existence Click Edit and you should then see the Edit User screen From here you can see and edit the user details Date 25 01 13 Page 57 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 82 Edit User Asnew Personal Options Visual Editor E Disable the visual editor when writing Admin Color Scheme ail Blue E Gray Keyboard Shortcuts E Enable keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation More information Toolbar Show Toolbar when viewing site Name Username Peek Usernames cannot be changed Role Contributor x First Name Last Name Nickname required
50. eness in real world use We always recommend testing in a non live development environment before implementing on a live production site You will find these plugins by searching the WordPress repository at http wordpress org extend plugins Plugins Spots Enables the easy creation of widget based rich content such as Images HTML and video Easily content manage many elements of your WordPress website http wordpress org extend plugins spots Regenerate A life saver when you ve changed themes This plugin by Alex Mills Thumbnails Viper007Bond will resize the different images WordPress generates for your site http wordpress org extend plugins regenerate thumbnails Gravity Forms Create and manage custom forms for your WordPress installation This is a paid plugin but well worth the cost http www gravityforms com Polldaddy Another great polls plugin You ll need to sign up for a Polldaddy account to use the plugin on a self hosted site http polldaddy com JetPack This is a monster of a plugin that adds a huge range of services and functions to your site and it s popular with users It s not especially popular with some developers including ourselves but if you re into the services provided by WordPress com and have migrated from there then it helps you stay in their fold http wordpress org extend plugins jetpack Gallery Carousel Everyone loves the carousel in JetPack but if you don t want the big Without
51. ent 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 16 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Exit fullscreen Visual Text B J loner Word count 0 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 layouts within a page It s worth noting that WordPress in Multisites mode used on sites such as WordPress com Edublogs and other providers 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 as it s possible in some cases to make it impossible for your page to load 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 edit
52. ercase and contains only letters numbers and J hyphens Plugins eA a O Users Description T Tools 37 Settings 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 F News news 0 F WordPress wordpress 0 Blogroll blogroll T EO Name Description Slug Links Bulk Actions Apply 3 items 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 51 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Creating links Now we ve created our Link Categories above you can create some links quickly and easily To create a new one click Add New and you ll see the following Screen Options Help gP Add New Link 4sanew Name 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 t
53. ery high resolution digital camera you might need to resize the images before uploading There are tools like Image Resizer for Windows or in OSX you can view images and resize them from image Preview To upload multiple images simply select the different images while holding CTRL Ci j J gt Libraries Pictures Sample Pictures v gt E Search Sample Pictures P bz Organize v Share with Slide show Burn New folder Fil A Pictures library Rorenge tas FT Sample Pictures ea Libraries Documents fell ISO Images a Music E Pictures E Videos 3350135524_3c92 Chrysanthemum Desert jpg Hydrangeas jpg 7b7409_b jpg jpg Computer ES le amp Local Disk C cy Development T i 4 AL e mA o Gia Network Jellyfish jpg Koala jpg Lighthouse jpg Penguins jpg mi HYPERIONJRW XPS j LAURIE PC 7 TORVALDS 9 items 7 t 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 Tulips jpg Date 25 01 13 Page 21 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Insert Media Upload Files All media items gt Media Library Embed From URL This shows the images uploaded If something went wrong at this stage and no images were uploaded there may be a problem with your connection or with the server s configuration When a pi
54. eview Categories Tags Add Media Visual Status Draft Edit 3 Media B I sw F 2 2282 a Yr lle 4008 Visibility Public Edit amp Links Paragraph U Z A G3 Publish immediately Edit iL Pages Pag Move to Trash Publish Comments ko Appearance Format KS i 9 Plugins Standard amp Users Aside D Link T Tools Gallery E Settings Status D Quote Image Categories Path p AllCategories MostUsed Word count 0 E Uncategorized Excerpt Add New Category Send Trackbacks Tags Custom Fields Add z R Separate tags with commas Discussion Choose from the most used tags Author Featured Image Choose a 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 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 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 elements fade away to allow you to compose and edit your thoughts in a completely clean environm
55. f these cool headers or show a random one 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 Header Text Header Text V Show header text with your image Text Color ea Select Color Save Changes Date 25 01 13 Page 66 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 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
56. f you get stuck hovering over the buttons will describe what they do and the short cut to use them quickly from the keyboard Essentially what you re working with should be familiar to you it s rather like using WordPad or some other similar low end word processor On the page you ll also see Tags and Category options You ll see a full description of all these options in Setting Posting and Page Options Date 25 01 13 Page 14 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 2 or 3 H2 or H3 tags 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 though you ll need to number them yourself 3 Use Bold and Italic in moderation Do NOT use bold as a substitute for heading styles
57. formation 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 Custom WordPress bbPress and WordPress http interconnectit com Multisites design and development bbPress a related fast and clean Forum application http bbpress org BuddyPress a social networking tool built ontop 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 going to experts if your site s underperforming it could save you a lot of time and grief Training As the authors of this guide we know that sometimes you can only learn so much from a book or user guide Consequently we offer courses for WordPress users which you can view and book on our website Date 25 01 13 Page 91 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconn
58. ft Preview i Pages 3 Add Media Visual Status Draft Edit All Pages o Se za Gs B I wm eUe E Vyr RJ Ga i 0B Visibility Public Edit Add New h ia on Paragraph U amp A yin w 2 Q E Publish immediately Edit Comments sp Appearance Move to Trash Publish amp Plugins A Users Page Attributes TA Tools Featured Image 47 Settings Set featured image If you need help with the editor and advanced options read the section Adding and Editing Content for more information You now just need to add a Title put in some content and you re building the static content Type in the title of your page in this case About and a little content about your website and why it s there For now don t worry too much about getting clever with your text formatting adding images and files and so on we ll cover the editor in much more depth later on Once you ve completed your About page press the Publish button to the right but while you re writing and before you press Publish you can always click on Preview this Page to see how it s looking Date 25 01 13 Page 42 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 Twelve Theme that we are usi
59. g the widget from the Inactive Widgets space and into the Sidebar widget space s0 Widgets Available Widgets 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 Categories Custom Menu Use this widget to add one of your custom menus as a widget A list or dropdown of categories Links Meta Your blogroll Log in out admin feed and WordPress links Pages Recent Comments Your site s WordPress Pages The most recent comments Recent Posts RSS The most recent posts on your site Screen Options Help Main Sidebar Showcase Sidebar Footer Area One Footer Area Two Footer Area Three Entries from anyRSS Drag Widget to Main Sidebar Search A search form for your site Text Arbitrary text or HTML Tag Cloud Your most used tags in cloud format Twenty Eleven Ephemera 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 Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 64 Interconnect it You can specify your own titles fo
60. ges 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 ye Add New Post Sh Add Media Visual B I ae s 2 6 43 IN l gt 4 eT f lil K ES ht as Paragraph U Fath p Word count 0 As you can see from the buttons it s possible to format text in a number of ways using the buttons and they 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it By default you ll only see one line of buttons not the two in our screenshot that s because you need to press the colourful Advanced Options button also known as the Kitchen Sink on the far right to see them Block Quote Link Unlink Ordered List Un ordered list Alignment Full screen Editing Bullet points PULE PONE Spell Check Show advanced options Strike out as shown here Ade Media The buttons here R T mm Eull AE Fa were added by a Paragraph gt A aG ta 6 plugin that adds functionality Text Style Undo Redo Contains lots Text Colour Indent of useful Left Right information Justify align Text Paste Custom Text Paste Characters Text from Word Remove Formatting Don t forget i
61. gories 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 When you have finished building your custom menu make sure you click the Save Menu button Date 25 01 13 Page 77 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 3 Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box then click the Create Menu button For the sake of this example we ll give this menu the name navmenu but you can give it any name you want Next make sure navmenu or whatever you ve called it is selected as our primary menu in Theme Locations on the left hand side The menu editor should now look something like the screenshot below Screen Options Help Menus The navmenu menu has been successfully created nhavmenu Theme Locations Menu Name navmenu Your theme supports 1 menu Select which menu E Automatically add new top level pages Delete Menu Select menu items pages categories links from the boxes at left to begin building Save your custom menu you would like to use Primary Menu E navmenu Custom Links Label Add to Menu Pages Most Recent View All Search Interconnect IT F Sample Page F About Date 25 01 13 Page 78 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx
62. h 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 The best thing to do if you find any errors or omissions is to go to either http interconnectit com and let us know through the contacts page If you wish to rebrand this guide for use in your own organisation you can do so by purchasing the version at http interconnectit com products wordpress user guide Date 25 01 13 Page 4 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 to grasp languages and code such as HTML and CSS With WordPress the idea is that you worry about the content and nothing else whilst somebody else supplies the theme and plugins for you 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
63. he link Categories All Categories MostUsed E Blogroll E News E WordPress Add New Category Target Link Relationship XFN Advanced The most commonly used items are on display first and you should create the link and categorise it accordingly Let s create a link to the BBC News website Date 25 01 13 Page 52 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it g Add New Link Asd new Name BBC News Example Nifty blogging software Web Address http news bbc co uk Example http wordpress org don t forget the 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 Most Used E Blogroll News E 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 D _blank new window or tab _top current window or tab with no frames D _none same window or tab Choose the target frame for your link Date 25 01 13 Page 53 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it The following
64. i Lorem ipsum dolor sit ans consectetur adipising elit Aenean auctor eleifend est sed vulputate In ac diam sapierKivamus sed placera ante Mauris faucibus consequat ligula non blandit Donec hendrerit MEURE EN ultrices Qlandit sit amet et purus Vestibulum pretium sem ac mi suscipit cursus Donet h lick heln a quam Proin id nibh ut turpis pulvinar ma Then click on the link Icon Path p Word count 62 Draft saved at 11 25 54 am Last edited by admin on June 6 2012 at 11 13 am Page 18 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Once the link icon is selected you have a pop up dialog iInsertiedit link x Enter the destination URL URL Yue Title E Open link in a new window tab Or link to existing content Cancel Add Link E r 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 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
65. images to a post you can still press the Add Media button and then click on the Gallery tab In there you can see all images uploaded and insert them individually Date 25 01 13 Page 26 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 Now in WordPress 3 5 the gallery options have been redesigned again with large open windows with a large thumbnail view To insert a gallery into a post you can upload a number of images as previously by clicking Add Media then Upload Files or use images already uploaded in the Media Library Once in the media library you can click Create Gallery on the left hand side and then select each of the images you wish to have for your post s gallery You may select and deselect images at will Once you are happy with the selection click Create a new gallery Insert Media Create Gallery Create Gallery Upload Files Media Library Set Featured Image Images ATTACHMENT DETAILS Insert from URL a p Desert jpg T vi A a coe o S X gt EE ii i A Edit Image Delete Permanently i Des esert 3 selected 2 jn P a PS Create a new gallery ear P From here you can adjust the order by dragging and
66. is problem is to click on the HTML text 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 31 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Video Test More info Nokia Belg Share 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 32 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 seta 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
67. ite can see it Public If you click on Edit the box will expand to offer you the facility to edit the date on which this page will become published This allows you to create content in advance handy for holidays or embargoes Password You can also create posts that are protected with a Protected 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 Save Draft 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 Publish Submit The moment you push this button the content for Review becomes visible on the site If you re a Contributor you will not be able to Publish but instead only submit for review Date 25 01 13 Page 35 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it This option will move the post page to the Trash area the Trash area is a bit like the Recycle Bin in Windows Move To Trash Date 25 01 13 Page 36 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 b
68. le Date Th Tools Settings Bulk Actions Apply 4 items 4 Collapse menu 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 pay for various license levels Alternatively Captcha plugins are available When a user posts a comment they will be able to see their own comment and a line telling them that their comment is awaiting moderation By default you will receive an e mail to the administrator s e mail account advising you that a comment is waiting to be approved
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70. n 3 5 Interconnect it Now press the preview button and see how the gallery looks on the website WordPress Sandbox ust another WordPress site HOME ABOUT SAMPLE SAMPLE PAGE Post with Gallery SAS eee Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 RECENT POSTS ARCHIVES CATEGORIES Uncategor Z zeq Page 29 Interconnect it How much space you have to place and size images and galleries will to a large extent be controlled by which WordPress theme is in use You may not have much control if you re using a corporate theme Here I m using the new standard WordPress 3 5 Twenty Twelve theme I 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 Recent Photographs RECENT POSTS ARCHIVES CATEGORIES Help changed themes and now my image sizes aren t right One weakness that all WordPress org users discover at some point is that when you change theme your images may well be the wrong size all of a sudden If your theme has recommended image sizes it may set those up in media options for you or you may have to do it for yourself Either way you ll want to resize all your different images size in order to get things back to normal To fix th
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72. nding 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 Page Template Page Order Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 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 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 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 Page 45 Interconnect it QUICK EXERCISES 1 Create pages entitled Another New Page Child Page 1 Child Page 2 and Level 1 We ll use these pages in another exercise later on 2 Create a subpage to the About page called WordPress where you can
73. ng here you will see the About link on your website just beneath the main picture WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site ABOUT HOME i Le m m m m m e e o e o a o o o o i m A RECENT POSTS WordPress Is Great Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur Video Test adipiscing elit Aenean auctor eleifend est Filtering User Meta sed vulputate In ac diam sapien Vivamus sed ARCHIVES placerat ante p December 2012 Mauris faucibus November 2012 consequat ligula non blandit Donec In some themes you ll be able to see a list of links to the site s pages on the right hand side However such a list is not displayed by default in the Twenty Eleven Theme though it is possible using Widgets We ll be covering widgets later on in this guide If you now have another look at the list of pages on the site you will see the two pages the About page that you have just created and the Sample Page Let s remove the Sample Page it s not difficult to do Here s our list of pages Howdy admin a W WordPress Sandbox B Pages Adinew Dashboard sr Posts A All Published Trash Media eo Bulk Actions Apply Showall dates Filter g Links ERTES E Title Author All Pages About admin Add New Comments m Sample Page admin fo Appearance Title Author 3 Plugins BA Users Bulk Actions m Apply Th Tools Settings Thank y
74. of interconnect it s who had specified a website using WordPress Of course what happened is that soon enough the guide was linked to and downloaded many times Many thousands of times Clearly there was a level of demand for this information and we do like to make people happy so we continued updating this guide and releasing it and we always kept a free PDF version available because we know a lot of WP users are hobbyists rather than professionals This guide doesn t cover WordPress installation installation is well documented on wordpress org and if you wish you can go for a hosted solution on wordpress com If you need help installing migrating or upgrading your WordPress installation you should get in touch with us for a quote You ll need to contact us through our website s contact form at http interconnectit com contact We may well add installation information at a later date but currently this guide is very much aimed at WordPress users Of course on that note some advanced set up and configuration guidance isn t included either If you want to go further personal training we run both one to one courses here at our Liverpool base or in your office or we have classroom courses where you ll be able to learn a range of WordPress skills from beginner to advanced and from using WP to Writing for the Web Guide Method This guide covers the basics in each section trying to take a progressive approach so that eac
75. ogroll Yes 0 Tools 87 Settings z WordPress Blog wordpress org news Blogroll Yes 0 WordPress Planet planet wordpress org Blogroll Yes 0 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 50 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Creating link categories Before creating new links you need first to create some suitable categories so click on the Link Categories link in the menu to do this W WordPress Sandbox 1 New Howdy admin fj 4 Dashboard A i Screen Options Help Lo YY g Link Categories x r Posts Search Link Categories oh Media E Add New Link Category Bulk Actions Apply 3 items i Name f Name Description Slug Links All Links Add New Blogroll blogroll 7 2 The name is how it appears on your site Link Categories Pages Slug EO Name Description Slug Links A onaman Bulk Actions Apply 3 items E The slug is the URL friendly version of the name It is 0 Appearance usually all low
76. ons including the automatic sizing of images thumbnailing and image management 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 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 Visual E E o en ae S O S E eee Ra E w i MA B If you press the Add Media button n you ll be presented with a pop up window Insert Media Upload Files Media Library Embed From URL Drop files anywhere to upload Select Files You are using the multi file uploader Problems Try the browser uploader instead Maximum upload file size 2MB You can close this window with the small X in the top right corner Date 25 01 13 Page 20 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Most people won t insert images from a URL and will use the Select Files button or drag files into the media uploader drop area Once you have dragged a file over the drop area the drop area will turn blue 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 between 2MB and 8MB in size so if you have a v
77. oo Video Files e YouTube e Vimeo e VideoPress Slides e SlideShare Presentations Date 25 01 13 Page 88 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Theme Providers There are a number of places to get themes Some are prettier than others some are expensive Some are beautifully coded whereas others are inefficient There are too many themes out there for us to review or recommend right now so here we ll provide a list of providers we know and like This isn t by any means a comprehensive list but it may help you get started on the road to WordPress Zen Some of the providers also create a range of plugins and functional themes for specific markets such as real estate photographers and so on You can find out a lot for yourself by going to http wordpress org extend themes and you can find commercial providers at http wordpress org extend themes commercial iThemes A US based themes firm with some excellent business oriented themes and more WooThemes The granddaddy of WordPress theme companies with a huge selection of themes many with excellent visual design Theme Forest A theme marketplace that s popular with many and you can easily see how well the various designers support their buyers Date 25 01 13 Page 89 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it WordPress As A Servic
78. or then any attempt to edit that article using the visual rich editor may result in some content or formatting being lost This isn t as bad as it used to be but you have to be particularly careful if you ve used the editor for using embed code from third party websites Date 25 01 13 Page 17 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 It s also well worth linking within your own site Of course it takes a little extra time but it s worth it for the extra engagement and the ability for a reader to continue exploring your content To create a link in text highlight the text you wish to link and then click on the link icon in the editor G WordPress Sandbox a New View Post fa Dashboard All Posts fia Edit Post 4cdnew WordPress Is Great First select the text that you want to turn into a link a ee Tags Media e Links Pages Comments Appearance amp Plugins gA Users Th Tools Settings Date 25 01 13 Visual Text La a a Bil SAE B221 72 5 Y Ha amp 4 O OG Paragraph UNE A im eN
79. ories try going back to your existing posts under Posts All Posts Edit each of your three posts in turn assigning categories to each one WordPress Sandbox ist another WordPress site HOME ABOUT SAMPLE SAMPLE PAGE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Aenean auctor eleifend est sed vulputate In ac diam sapien Vivamus sed placerat ante Mauris p faucibus consequat ligula non blandit Donec hendrerit lorem et sapien ultrices blandit sit amet et purus Vestibulum pretium sem ac mi suscipit cursus Donec diam urna tempor a lighthouse eu ullamcorper id suscipit a quam Proin id nibh ut turpis pulvinar malesuada oe we RECENT POSTS ARCHIVES December 20 Ainvommhear 9304 VOVEDE ZU CATEGORIES And wow Suddenly your website is looking a lot more complete and full Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 39 Interconnect it 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 40 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user
80. ory 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 O Name Description Slug Posts News news 0 Trivia trivia 0 Uncategorized uncategorized 5 C WordPress wordpress 0 Name Description Slug Posts If you create a category in error you can also delete it here by hovering over the category you want to delete where you ll see a series of links Edit Quick Edit Delete View 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 38 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it You also have the possibility of creating a hierarchical tree for your categories for example under News you could have Politics and Entertainment In a hierarchy a post in a child category will always belong to the parent category So someone viewing the News category in this example will see all of Politics and Entertainment as well Now you have added your categ
81. ose the blue colour range Place the mouse cursor over the Colour Selector contained in the large square and click your preferred shade of blue As you do this you will see that the colour in the Image Preview area will change to reflect the selection you have made Save Changes If you want to alter the shade tone of the colour you have just selected then the process is much the same as what you did in the previous step but this time you will have to use the Shade Tone selection area When you have made your selection click on the Save Changes button then take a look at the site You should now have a nice blue background instead of the plain boring one that was there before 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 71 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it B5 Custom Background MAER nan lp Background Image Preview eV Remove Image Remove Background Image This will remove the background image You will not be able to restore any customizations ee Choose an image from
82. ou for creating with WordPress You are using a development version 3 5 Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Screen Options Help Search Pages 2 items OA Date 2012 05 30 Published 2012 05 30 Published a Date 2 items Cool Please stay updated Page 43 Interconnect it 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 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 in the Bulk Actions drop down at the top 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
83. p 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 they re involved ina 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 85 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Search Engines Search engines will bring your website t
84. post or page Insertedit link Enter the destination URL URL Title E Open link in a new window tab Or link to existing content Search Alo Search term specified Showing recent items Posttitle 1 20124144 Sample post 2012 11 07 Filtering User Meta 2012 11 04 F Sample Page PAGE About PAGE Lo Sample PAGE SS eee ae ee ee Cancel Add Link ce 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 19 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 versi
85. r 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 WordPress Sandbox D Search lt _ lt Se ee ee RECENT POSTS Recent Posts Widget content Wor WordPress is Great Interesting Cats for 2011 Posted on November 21 2011 a Our First News Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus a CATEGORIES tristique ipsum interdum at Nulla elementum fringilla consequat ae rivia U ized Posted in Uncategori Categories Widget content i ee PAGES E About Interesting Pages Widget content Interconnect IT Posted on November 21 26 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Mauris sagittis imperdiet purus Note The above screenshot uses the theme Twenty Eleven 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 is 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 bu
86. raffic 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 Date 25 01 13 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 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 availabl
87. rash 2 Media o a Bulk Actions z Apply Show all comment types Filter 3 items Links _ Pages Author Comment In Response To Frank Jones Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 59 pm WordPress is Great u atthe ciel Thank you for this thought provoking piece View Fost Appearance 7 Plugins me John Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 58 pm WordPress is Great A Users Fo 6 riei Couldn t agree more Q me oni TA Tools Barrie Submitted on 2011 11 21 at 2 58 pm WordPress is Great Settings pee aera oom Crack ANGE tanta View Post 4 Collapse menu Author Comment In Response To Bulk Actions z Apply 3 items As you can see the facility is designed to work with quiet and busy sites alike As some of the internet s busiest sites run WordPress the software has been well designed for this kind of use Date 25 01 13 Page 48 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it QUICK EXERCISES 1 Write an offensive we don t mean with swear words just something harsh comment on your blog Then delete it through comment moderation 2 Add a few comments on your blog while signed out 3 Reply toa comment on your blog even if it s one of your own to see how it looks Date 25 01 13 Page 49 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Managing Links If you re working on
88. re happy with the look click Save and Publish More in depth customisation options are explained in the sections below Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 62 Interconnect it Widgets Since WordPress introduced widget support they have become increasingly used as a way to display additional information on the website sometimes to a very sophisticated degree If you look at a complex WordPress site like http www spectator co uk you quickly realise that most sections and feature pages are complex arrangements of widgets that go beyond the conventional single sidebar arrangement A widget is simply a block usually with control over what it displays which can be moved around For example you can place in a sidebar a widget that displays the latest comments on your site Some themes provide a large selection of widget spaces which allow you to place content in a wide range of spaces Really advanced themes create widget spaces on the fly for example if you create a page according to a certain template That can make for a very sophisticated website With the theme we ve used in the past 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 in
89. re 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 92 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it All Done Thank you for reading this guide The original pdf can always be found at http interconnectit com and can be re branded for companies for a fee Credits David Coveney Writing screenshots images funding editing James Whitehead General all round brilliance advice on the community and so much more Peter Lavelle Updates for WP 3 1 Barrie Dunbavin Updates for WP 3 2 3 3 improved image notes to aid translators Laurie Chandler Updates for WP 3 4 3 5 Romana Dworak Patience Automattic amp Friends For developing WordPress and making a lot of what we do possible Changelog from v 3 5 Date Modifier Changes Made 17 12 2012 Laurie Chandler Copy editing including the new media and gallery window Added note about new retina dashboard Include
90. s of great feedback Show more informatia Other WordPress News WPTavern 12 Themes From Colorlabs WPTavern CodePoet Interviews Mika Epstein 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 now off by default you can enable it through Screen Options Recent Drafts WordPress Blog and Other WordPress News also now off by default 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 You can choose to turn modules like the Welcome guide on or off by clicking on the Screen Options drawer pull down in the top right corner which also gives you a number of alternative options for layout such as a one column view Show on screen Right Now Recent Comments Incoming Links Plugins _ QuickPress Recent Drafts WordPress Blog L Other WordPress News Welcome Screen Layout Number of Columns O 1 2 Screen Options Dashboard Date 25 01 13 Page 7 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it On the left hand side you ll notice that there s a large list of links s
91. stalled 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 busier sites because you can use this area to set up a widget before making it visible to everyone This is a good practice to get into Let s try adding the Recent Posts widget to your sidebar First drag the widget into the Inactive Widgets section Then set it up as below Date 25 01 13 Page 63 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Recent Posts Title Number of posts to show 3 E Display post date 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 dra
92. sy or important site then it can cause problems for visitors Date 25 01 13 Page 65 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 interconnect it Custom Headers The Custom Header feature allows you to change the look of your site s header area from the WordPress dashboard without 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 Help B0 Custom Header Header Image santas WordPress Sandbox Just another WordPress site Select Image You can select an image to be shown atthe top of your site by uploading from your computer or choosing from your media library After selecting an image you will be able to crop it Images should be atleast 1000 pixels wide Suggested width is 1000 pixels Suggested height is 288 pixels Upload your own image from here Choose an image from your computer Choose File No file chosen Or choose an image from your media library Choose Image Uploaded Images You can choose one of your previously uploaded headers or show arandom one Default Images If you don t want to upload your own image you can use one o
93. t another WordPress site Twenty Twelve Site Title amp Tagline Background Image INTERCONNECT IT Static Front Page WordPress Is Great Donec hendrerit lorem et sapien ultrices blandit sit amet et purus Vestibulum pretium j sem ac mi suscipit cursus Donec diam urna Collapse tempor eu ullamcorper id suscipit a quam SAMPLE PAGE 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 The menu bar on the left side gives you options to customise your theme The Twenty Twelve theme allows the following customisations RECENT POSTS WordPress Is Great Daron LATO m he Recent Pi otograpns Video Test Filtering User Meta ARCHIVES December 2012 November 2012 CATEGORIES Site Title amp Tagline You can change your site title and tagline or choose if you want to display the header text at all Colors Allows you to change the background or header text colour Background Image The background image can be changed and you can upload a saved image Other themes such as Twenty Eleven allow you to choose a header image here too Static Front Page Option to choose a static front page from one of your saved pages or choose to display your latest posts All changes can be previewed in the browser window and once you a
94. tegory Uncategorized Plugins gon gon g a Parent Categories can be selectively converted to tags using the category to tag converter amp Users None Th Tools Categories unlike tags can have a hierarchy You might have a Jazz category and under that have children a9 Settings categories for Bebop and Big Band Totally optional Description The description is not prominent by default however some themes may show it Add New Category Date 25 01 13 Page 37 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it As you can see there s already a category called Uncategorized which comes with the standard installation of WordPress You now need to add a series of new categories It s easy simply go down to the area of the screen marked Add Category and get started You have the following fields to consider Category Name This is the nice short name of the category Try to avoid length descriptions One or two words are best and easiest to read on most websites Category Slug This is an advanced option it s automatically populated if you don t put anything in Until you get to more advanced techniques you can leave this field alone It describes the permalink path to the category when the permalinks option in WordPress is set Read the permalinks section of this document to learn more about the subject Category Parent If you re creating a subcateg
95. 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 The additional options for writing pages are covered in the section Writing Pages Date 25 01 13 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Page 33 Interconnect it 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 Twelve theme that came as standard with WordPress 3 5 has 6 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 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 4 Link A link to another site 5 Quote A quotation for example something somebody said about your blog Be proud 6 Status A short status update similar to a Twitter updat
96. uch as Posts Media Links and so on What you see here will depend a lot on the user level you have on your blog Administrators can see everything and subscribers the least Date 25 01 13 Page 8 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 9 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it Navigating Around the Administration Panel Navigation of the admin panels in WordPress is pretty straightforward but it can feel like there are 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 on the next page reveals the range of functions with a brief explanation alongsi
97. wish to carry out Update your own details Add new users Remove users Edit the details of a user Manage the content created by a user a eS You can manage and set up users by clicking on the Users link in the menu Screen Options Help Q Users AddNew i s Search Users All 3 Administrator 4 Contributor gt Bulk Actions oo Apply Change role to a Change 3 items Username Name E mail Role Posts admin admin localhostlocal Administrator 4 Guest guest guest com Contributor 0 Peek peek interconnectit com Contributor 0 Username Name E mail Role Posts Bulk Actions x Apply 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 be r
98. you will be able to crop it Images should be at least 1000 pixels wide Suggested width is 1000 pixels Suggested height is 288 pixels Choose an image from your computer Choose File No file chosen Inload Or choose an image from your media library Choose Image Uploaded Images You can choose one of your previously uploaded headers or show a random one Random Show a different image on each page 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 Date 25 01 13 Page 69 Filename Wordpress 3 5_user_guide docx Created By Interconnect IT Ltd 2012 Version 3 5 Interconnect it 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
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