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Help Center: How do I manage my Wordpress-powered site?
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How do I change the title of my site?
To change the site title, click on the 'Settings' link and choose 'General'. Then type the new title in the
first box 'Site Title'. Be sure to click on 'Save Changes' at the bottom of the page when you are done.
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What is all this on the front page?
When you first log in, the page you see is to keep you & us up to date on the software in case
we need to upgrade or things of that nature. As a user, the links you are likely to need from this page are located
in the menu at the left hand side of the page, or you may also want to click directly on 'Pages' or 'Posts' in the
box titled 'Right Now' for easy access to those pages.
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Where do I edit the sidebar content?
If your site has a sidebar, and you'd like to edit it, click on the 'Widgets' link under 'Appearance' in the left hand side menu
in the administrative area. Here you will find various elements that make up your sidebar. Not all sidebar content is found here, but the majority of it will be.
To add a widget to your sidebar, use your mouse to click and drag it from the 'Available Widgets' box to the Widget area on the right side
of the page where you want to add it.
There are various types of widgets, including:
- Categories, Pages, Recent Posts - These will add a list of your site's categories, pages, or recent posts to your sidebar.
- Search - This adds a search box to your sidebar with which a user can search your site.
- Text - In this box, you can add plain text or HTML code.
To open a widget for editing, click on the gray triangle at top right of its box.
Be sure to click on the blue 'Save' button at the bottom of a box if you are done editing it.
When you drag a widget into a sidebar area, it is immediately active on your site, so be sure to check on the front end that it appears
the way you want.
To remove a widget, you can click on the 'Delete' link at bottom left of the widget's box, and lose its settings, or click and drag it back to
Available Widgets (and lose its settings), or click and drag it down to Inactive Widgets, which will allow you to keep the settings in case you
decide to reactivate the same widget later.
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What is the difference between a post and a page?
Posts are listed in reverse chronological order on the home page or on the posts page if you have set one
in Settings > Reading. If you have created any sticky posts, those will appear before the other posts. Posts
can be found in the Archives, Categories, Recent Posts, and other widgets. Posts are also displayed in the RSS
feed of the site. You can control how many posts are displayed at a time in the Reading Settings.
Pages are static and are not listed by date. Pages do not use tags or categories. An ‘About’ page is the classic
example. Pages are displayed in the sidebar using the Pages widget, and some themes display pages in tabs at the
top of the site. If you have 50 pages and you use the Pages widget, then all pages will be listed all the time.
This information taken from support.wordpress.com. See
Post vs Page for more information.
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How do I write a new post?
Click on either the 'New Post' button in the top menu, or the 'Add New' link under the 'Posts' heading in the left
side menu. You will see a page where you can enter your text for the new post. You can either 'Save Draft' or
'Publish' which makes it live on the site. To add the entry to a certain category so that readers can find it
more easily, you can use the checkboxes at right or add a new category by clicking on the 'Add New Category' link and
using the textbox in that area.
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How do I edit a post?
If, instead, you want to edit a draft or edit an already-published post, click on the 'Edit' link under the 'Posts'
heading in the left side menu, or click on 'Posts' from the front page, under 'Right Now'. Mouseover the title of the
post you want to edit to see the options appear. You can click on 'edit' to edit a post or 'delete' to delete it.
If you need to see earlier posts, click on one of the page numbers at the top or bottom right of this page.
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How do I change the date of a post?
You may postdate or predate a post. If the post is predated and published, it will show up on the site.
If a post is postdated and published, it will show up on the site at the scheduled time.
In the 'Publish' box at top right, click on the 'edit' link next to 'Publish immediately.'
Update the calendar and time information.Click on the 'OK' button.
Click on the 'Publish' or 'Update' button to save your changes to the page.
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How do I write a new page?
Click on 'Add New' link under the 'Pages' heading in the left side menu or choose 'New Page' from the drop-down list
that starts with 'New Post' in the top menu. You will see a page where you can enter your
text for the new page. You can either 'Save Draft' or 'Publish' which makes it live on the site.
You can use the 'Attributes' box at bottom right if you want to add the page to a certain hierarchy.
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How do I edit a page?
If, instead, you want to edit a draft or edit an already-published post, click on the 'Edit' link under the 'Pages'
heading in the left side menu, or click on 'Pages' from the front page, under 'Right Now'. Mouseover the title of the
post you want to edit to see the options appear. You can click on 'edit' to edit a page or 'delete' to delete it.
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How do I paste from Word?
In Word, use your cursor to select your content, and use control-C or right-click 'Copy' to copy the text. Back in
Wordpress, go to edit or add a new page, and click on the 'Paste from Word' button. A window will pop up. Use control-V
to paste your content into this box. Note that this will work for text or tables with text, but not images.
Once you have pasted your text, click on 'Insert.' Don't forget to 'Publish' or 'Update' your page to save your changes.
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How do I add a link to another page?
- Type the text for the link in the text box.
- Use your cursor to highlight the part that will become the link.
- Click on the chain icon. A box will pop up.
- In the 'URL' field,enter the link (starting with http:// if the page is on a different site), or choose a page listed below to link it to a page in your site, or type in the search box to find a different page on your site.
- If you click on a page listed, it will fill in the URL & Title fields automatically. (The title field is optional so you don't have to fill it out if you type in a link.)
- Check the box 'Open link in a new window/tab' if you want the link to open a new window or open in the same window. As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to have it open in a new window if the link is not within your site, or is a PDF document on your site, and in the same window if it is another page on your site.
- Click on the 'Add link' button.
- Click the 'publish' button to save your changes.
How do I add a link to an email address?
Email links should appear automatically when you enter an email address in the Visual Editor area. However, if this does not happen
or if you need to link up other text, like 'Click here to email us,' instead, follow steps 1 through 3 above. Then:
- In the 'URL' field,enter 'mailto: email@example.com' (without the quotes, and with the email address in question).
- Click on the 'Add link' button.
- Click the 'publish' button to save your changes.
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How do I add images?
Open the page or post and place your cursor in the text of the page where you want the image to go.
Next to 'Upload/Insert' above the editing window, click on the 'insert image' icon.
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In the window that pops up, use the 'select' button to choose a file from your computer to add. If you have any trouble with the uploads
not working, click on the 'Browser Uploader' link and try that method instead.
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Editing Images
To edit size, alignment, or location
Once you have uploaded your image or chosen it from the Media Library, you will see size and alignment options. Click 'Show' to expand the image's
information.
Alignment
if you choose 'left' for the alignment, the image will go to the left and the text will wrap around it. if you chhose 'right', it will do the opposite. If you
choose center or none, the text will start below the image.
Size
You can choose full size, or any size small than the original (thumbnail, medium, large). In the example at left, the original is not as big as the
'medium' size, so thumbnail is the only other options besides full size.
Insert into Post button
Click the 'insert into post' button to add the image into the page editing area where your cursor was. In Firefox and Internet Explorer, you can also
drag the image to a different spot in the page.
After you insert your image into your page, if you want to add a second image that you uploaded, click on the Upload/Insert image icon, then click on the Gallery
tab. Or if it's in the general group of images, click on the Media Library tab. Find the image and click the Insert into Post button for that image too. You can use the
search box to search for an image by name.
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Can I edit the image after I've already placed it on my page?
If you want to make size, alignment, or title changes to an image you've already added into a post, click on the image in the
editing box to select it. Two icons will appear - a mountain and a red circle for delete. Click on the mountain.
It will bring up a box, in which you can change the size and alignment. If you click the Advanced Settings at the top, you can be more specific about
what size you want the image to be. Alternatively, in the editing box, you can select the image and drag it smaller from the edges.
What if I accidentally deleted my image?
If you delete your image from the page by mistake, it has not been deleted from the entire site, and you do not need to re-upload it. Instead,
simply click on the 'insert image' icon next to 'Upload/Insert' above the editing window, find your image in the Gallery, and re-insert it as above.
Moving an image
In Internet Explorer or Firefox, when you are editing a page, you can click and drag on the image to change its placement.
Don't forget to click 'Update Post' when you have finished with your image updates.
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How do I add a PDF?
Open the page to edit, and click on upload/insert.
Upload the file, or if it is already there, find it in the Gallery and choose 'Show' to see all of its details.
To get the pdf file's link, look for 'Link URL' in the file's info. If the box is empty, click the button right underneath called 'File URL'.
Copy the File URL and close out that box.
Back in the content you're editing, highlight the wording that should be a link. Click the link icon (chain link, top row).
Paste the File URL into the link box that says Link URL. Click 'Add Link'.
Click on the 'Publish' or 'Update' button to save your changes.
Save the page and go check it out!
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How do I add a password to a page or post?
From time to time, you may want to add information on your site that is not publicly accessible, so a user would need to enter a password to
view that information.
On your page or post, go to the top right where you see 'Visiblity: Public'. Click on 'Edit'.
Click on the radio button next to 'password'. A text field will appear, type the password here.
Click on 'OK' to save these changes, then click on 'Publish' or 'Update' to confirm them.
Head over to your page or post to see it in action.
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How do I approve or delete comments?
The other thing that you will want to do on the site, if you have chosen to allow comments, is approve those comments
or delete spam from the comments.
So click on the 'Comments' link in the left side menu, and then on the 'Pending' link. These comments have not yet been
published on the site. Mouseover the comment to see the options appear. You can either use the edit or delete links
for each comment, or you can check the box next to the ones you want to moderate, and then choose 'Approve,' 'Mark as
Spam,' or 'Delete' from the drop down list marked 'Bulk Actions' at the bottom of the page. If a comment is spam,
it's best to mark it as spam rather than simply deleting it. This 'teaches' the program to better recognize spam the
next time.
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